Ljubljana, 28 March (STA) - The government has concluded a contract with the state-owned Kopp Izobraževanje company to provide maritime piloting services in the port of Koper as a public service. So far these services have been provided by private company Piloti Koper.

Ljubljana, 26 March (STA) - Banka Slovenije, the central bank, said in its report for January that the banking system remained strong capital- and liquidity-wise but should now brace for a fast drop in profitability.

Ljubljana, 25 March (STA) - Before an expected dive in March due to coronavirus, the tourism sector in Slovenia continued to do well in February, recording an only 4% year-on-year drop in arrivals to 302,000 and a 1% decrease in overnight stays to 853,000, show data released by the Statistics Office on Wednesday.

On Thursday the Slovenian parliament passed a set of laws aimed at reducing the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis. Measures include financial compensation for temporary lay-offs and deferrals of loan repayments and tax duties for companies.

Slovenia is among the countries with the highest share of women in managerial positions. According to data published on March 8th, 44 percent of the managerial positions in Slovenia are held by women. Only four other EU members have a higher percentage, while in the entire EU just over one third of managers are women.

Slovenia has a new center-right government as of March the 13th, which comes after the resignation of previous prime minister Marjan Šarec in January.