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Tuesday, 6 January 2009

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Slovenia country news

Top Stories

PM denies bribe from Finnish arms maker

The office of Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa on September 2 dismissed reports that he accepted bribes from Finnish arms maker Patria, Deutsche Presse Agentur... full story

Wiener Bourse takes over Slovenia’s Stock Exchange

Poteza buys EBRD’s 4.5% stake in NLB for 133 mln Euro

Parliament approves revised budget; aims at surplus

Financial exclusion is assessed at 6%

Allianz enters the market with a big package

Petrol Q1 profit up 59% over last year

Slovenian-Romanian ports sign a cooperative deal

Abanka gets 165 mln Euro syndicated loan

Poteza Innovation& Growth makes its first investment

Political

France takes over Presidency from Slovenia

Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel handed over the EU presidency to his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner, on the last day of Slovenia’s six-month EU presidency,... full story

Judges walk out, demand better pay, higher status

Employment policies get a 150 million Euro boost

Iran, Slovenia review joint commission setup

Rupel stresses strengthening ties with Russia

Public funds bill adopted

Quota set for work permits

Slovenia ratifies EU Reform Treaty

Peterle heading the polls in presidential election

Conservative Peterle faces tougher than expected run-off

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Business

23.8% of KD Group bought by Cypriot Companies

Cypriot Tikan Holding and Soroli Invest acquired a 23.89 percent stake in KD Group, one of Slovenia‘s biggest financial conglomerates, Slovene Press Agency reported on... full story

37.9 mln Euro pre-tax profit for Zavarovalnica Triglay

Telekom Slovenie buys Bosnian cable TV operator

Mercator profit up to 22.3 mln after expansion

Gorenje group profit up 25.3% to 8.1 mln Euro

Henkel Slovenia revenue up, won’t reveal profits

Mercator 260 mln Euro sale halted by Competition Board

Insurance companies post 95.1 mln Euro net profit in 2007

Paloma to raise capital by 72 mln Euro

Elan Group to raise capital by 10mln Euro

Economic

Iran, Slovenia are going to review their economic ties

Iran’s deputy head of Trade Promotion Organization has reviewed ties with chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, Press TV Iran reported... full story

NLB Group posts 185 mln Euro in pre-tax profit

Probanka 2007 gross profit at 11.2 mln Euro

Aerodrom Ljubljana’s 2007 net profit up 90%

Skimar’s board troubled by Elan’s performance

NLB confirms 300-mln -Euro capital increase

Iskra Avtoelektrika sales reach 239 mln Euro

Zito generated 120 mln Euro in 2007 sales

Adria Airways carried 12% more passengers in 2007

Competition office launches investigation into Mercator

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The triumphant return of John Maynard Keynes
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EU seeks dialogue with uninformed citizens
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