Top Events in June 2020
Corona virus has impacted every aspect of our lives, meaning that all events in May have been cancelled. The Adriatic journal team has put together a list of online opportunities you can make the most of from the comfort of your home. Photo: kino bežigrad Drive-in Cinema HR Summer School Post-Corona: Winners & Losers The […]
READ MORETop events in March 2020
The Adriatic Journal team has put together a list of the best and most exciting events taking place in the region in the coming month. You can pick from a literary festival, business conference or the biggest sport event in the valley under the Ponce mountains. Planica – FIS Ski Flying World Championships Photo: Alen Milavec/BOBO […]
READ MORETop events in November 2019
The Adriatic Journal team has put together a list of three most exciting events taking place in the region in the coming month. You can pick from film festival to music festival where we guarantee you will get no sleep. 30th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFe) Source: Life Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Date: 13 november – 24 […]
READ MOREMultilateralism is crucial but it is at risk
This year, the Bled Strategic Forum was focused on geo-strategic resource management in a sustainable way. Delo’s Jure Kosec and Borut Tavčar reported on the forum in the daily’s edition on 2 September. »For whom does the bell toll? It tolls for all of us. ” With these words, Slovenian Foreign Minister Miro Cerar opened […]
READ MOREŠarec on the first official visit to Serbia
Last month, Slovenian prime minister Marjan Šarec made an official visit to Serbia for the first time. A delegation of Slovenian government headed by Šarec met with the Serbian prime minister Ana Brnabić and was also received by the president Aleksander Vučić and the Serbian parliament speaker Maja Gojković. This is Slovenia’s second official visit […]
READ MOREJune Hot topics: Adria Airways in trouble; BiH bans cars older than 10 years; Serbia gets its first 5G base; Lower roaming costs in WB countries
Fitch raises Croatia’s credit score Fitch Ratings raised Croatia’s credit score to investment-grade level last month. The score was raised from BB+ by one notch to BBB-, with a positive outlook. “Croatia outperformed its budget target for the third year in a row in 2018, with the government posting a surplus of 0.2% of GDP… […]
READ MOREAbanka sale completes privatisation of Slovenia’s largest banks
Slovenia’s daily Delo reports that Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) announced in June that the most favourable bid for the purchase of 100% of shares of Abanka was submitted by the Nova kreditna banka Maribor (NKBM), which is owned by the American investment fund Apollo. According to unofficial information published by Slovenian media, SSH decided to […]
READ MOREMAY HOT TOPICS: EC delivers its latest report on progress in Balkans; Merkel supports Croatia’s bid to join Euro and Schengen; Serbia and Bosnia threaten retaliation against Kosovo tariffs; EU elections deliver (almost) expected results in Slovenia and Croatia; Uljanik starts bankruptcy proceedings
EC delivers its latest report on progress in Balkans The outgoing head of the European Commission, Johannes Hahn has published on 29 May his final report on the progress made by the Western Balkan countries aspiring to become EU members. In the report, EC recommends the opening of accession talks for Albania and North Macedonia, while […]
READ MORETito’s magical birthplace
If you’ve given up on waiting for the sun to show up in Slovenia so that you can head for the coast on your days off, consider a different kind of weekend escape – Staro selo museum in Kumrovec in Croatia, the birthplace of Yugoslavia’s president Josip Broz Tito. Explore the village and learn about […]
READ MOREGorenje reports record losses
Gorenje Group, which was last year bought by the Chinese Hysen, generated EUR 111.4m in net losses in 2018. Sales revenues fell by 4% and last year amounted to EUR 1,186bn. The decline in revenue is partly due to the disposal of certain activities.Despite a decline in sales, operating costs, including material and labor costs, were […]
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