Slovenia News

Slovenian Companies See Future in Electric Cars

The global car market share of electric vehicles is less than 1%. However, the Slovenian suppliers see great prospects in this market segment. About 60 companies with more than 20,000 employees are united into the automotive cluster of Slovenia (Slovenski avtomobilski grozd). In 2015, their income was almost 4 billion euros, which is 1/5 of

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Chinese Investments in the Balkans

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chinese are considering a number of large investment projects in the infrastructure of the Balkan countries. The main subject of their interest in Slovenia is the port of Luka Koper, but the local government has already declared that the port is not available for sale. In addition, China is considering the purchase of the

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Japanese Company Kansai Paint Purchased Helios Group

The Japanese company Kansai Paint, which is the leading manufacturer of automotive, industrial, protective heat insulating and marine paints in Japan, purchased the Helios Group. According to the Finance journalists, the purchase price amounted to 572 million euros.

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Direct Rail Routes Connected Slovenia with the Major Cities of Europe

Yesterday a new schedule of the Slovenian railway company ‘Slovenske železnice’ came into force with a list of changes in the international transportation plan. In particular, it launched a new direct international train Budapest-Koper-Rijeka. A bus will now drive to Trieste two times a day, to which tourists previously travelled by train to the station

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What Attracts the Japanese in Slovenia?

There is a distance of 10,000 kilometres between Slovenia and the most economically developed country in the Far East — Japan. However, this fact does not prevent the two countries from cooperation in economic sphere. Japanese interest in Slovenia is caused by several reasons, which will be discussed below.

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