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Ljubljana, January (STA) - The corporate income tax rate in Slovenia was reduced by 3 percentage points to 17% on Tuesday as part of a government change to the corporate income tax act passed by parliament in April. The rate will continue dropping by 1 percentage...

Ljubljana, 4 January (STA) - The benchmark SBI TOP index on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange closed at 671.45 points on Friday, up 2.82% over Thursday's closing value. The winner of the day was insurer Zavarovalnica Triglav, which gained 4.63% to EUR 17.84. Total turnover...

Ljubljana, 4 January (STA) - The benchmark SBI TOP index on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange closed at 671.45 points on Friday, up 2.82% over Thursday's closing value. The winner of the day was insurer Zavarovalnica Triglav, which gained 4.63% to EUR 17.84. Total turnover...

Ljubljana, 4 January (STA) - The business daily Finance looks Friday at what it calls Slovenia's "natural markets" and comments on opportunities for Slovenian brands there. Two of out five countries from the area of former Yugoslavia have ranked among the 20 most...

Ljubljana, 4 January (STA) - The yield on Slovenian ten-year bonds fell to 4.90% in morning trading on Friday, down 0.08 percentage points over Thursday's closing value. The yield spread over the ten-year German bunds hovers at about 339 basis points or 3.39...

Ljubljana, 5 January (STA) - The first week of the new year on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange was marked by solid growth of blue chips, propelled by expectations about the sale of state-owned companies, according to analysts. The SBI TOP blue chip index gained 5.66% to...

Ljubljana, January (STA) - A total of 55,060 of new cars and vans were registered in Slovenia in 2012, which is a 15.16% drop on the year before, data provided by the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce (TZS) shows. Adding significance to the decrease is the fact that sales...

Ljubljana, 7 January (STA) - The business daily Finance cites three findings from the central bank's report on the stability of the banking system in Monday's editorial which it says should be taken into consideration before the debate on the privatisation of...

Ljubljana, 7 January (STA) - Finance Minister Janez Šušteršič revealed that foreign experts were being wooed for the job of supervisors and advisers in the transfer of bad loans onto a bad bank in an interview with the daily Delo on Monday. Finance Minister Janez...

Ljubljana, 7 January (STA) - The state-owned SID export and development bank has approved a EUR 3.9m long-term loan to LTH Ulitki for the development of new-generation car engine parts, the bank announced on Monday. The eight-year loan will enable the company to...