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S&P upgrades rating for Slovenia from A+ to AA-
LJUBLJANA - The rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) upgraded its rating for Slovenia from A+ with a positive outlook to AA- with a stable outlook due to strong economic growth and employment growth, the Finance Ministry said in a press release. S&P said Slovenia "continues to post strong GDP and employment growth, alongside fiscal and external surpluses". After Moody's upgraded Slovenia's outlook to stable from positive in April, the upgrade by S&P is an "additional and significant confirmation that Slovenia is on the right track to get the AA rating it had in May 2006," the Finance Ministry said.
Final decision on Abanka privatisation deferred to Wednesday
LJUBLJANA - The final decision on the privatisation of Abanka, Slovenia's third largest bank, has been deferred to Wednesday after the supervisory board of Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) decided not to convene today as planned. Karmen Dietner, SSH chief supervisor, said the supervisory wanted to "thoroughly examine the large amount of material that represents the substantive basis for the decision." Comments by PM Šarec suggest the bank will be privatised despite initial apprehension on his part - after SSH's reaction that only the government had the power to change the course of the privatisation, Šarec said today the decision was in SSH's hands.
Country's top officials denounce attack on district judge
LJUBLJANA - President Borut Pahor condemned Sunday's attack on the Maribor district judge Daniela Ružič and urged the authorities to thoroughly investigate the incident. "I condemn the attack, I'm worried because of it and I expect the authorities to investigate and determine the perpetrator and their motive," the president said after the attack in which the judge, who is covering corporate crime, was injured severely. Other top political and judiciary officials have denounced the attack as well and called for zero tolerance for violence, among them PM Marjan Šarec, Speaker Dejan Židan, Justice Minister Andreja Katič and Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina.
Adria Airways auditor in spotlight
LJUBLJANA - The auditing firm which checked the financials of Slovenian carrier Adria Airways for last year, the Slovenian branch of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is being scrutinised by the Slovenian Agency for Public Oversight of Auditing on suspicion that Adria's financial statements do not accurately reflect its financial state, news portal Siol reported. Adria, whose air operator certificate could be on the line, said "we've been informed about the audit and we do not see any problems. We're convinced our auditors have conducted a fair and professional audit of our financial statements".
Šarec agrees environmental groups often obstruct important projects
LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec agreed with an opposition MP during questions time in parliament that Slovenia should not allow small environmental groups halt developmentally and environmentally important projects. He proposes that the Environment Ministry draw up legislation to prevent this. "Protecting the environment is important, but stopping every project will also not get us far," the prime minister told MPs, adding that Slovenia would have to decide where it would obtain energy from.
Pahor receives Order of Malta's grand master
LJUBLJANA - The grand master of the Order of Malta, Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetta, is completing his multi-day visit by meeting President Borut Pahor and PM Marjan Šarec to discuss humanitarian cooperation. Pahor and Della Torre had a "brief but very substantive" meeting, discussing all topics concerning Slovenia and the Order of Malta, but also the most topical issues in Europe and the world. Pahor said it would be useful if Slovenia and the Order of Malta reached a cooperation agreement as a follow-up to the exemplary cooperation they had had since they established diplomatic relations in 1992.
NGO not breaking law in aiding migrants, prosecution says
LJUBLJANA - Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar said that the aid provided to migrants by the Legal and Information Centre (PIC), a group of NGOs, did not constitute a crime, as he answered a question from the opposition Democrats (SDS), who are appalled that these NGOs get state funding. This comes less than a month after PIC president Katarina Bervar Sternad was reported to the police by Zmago Jelinčič, the head of the opposition National Party (SNS). Poklukar confirmed that the police saw an increase in the number of times PIC informed the police of illegal migrants entering the country. Both the relevant District Prosecution and the Supreme State Prosecution shared the view that PIC's actions did not amount to a crime, according to him.
Average pay down in April
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's average monthly gross pay in April amounted to EUR 1,730.70, a 1.2% decrease on March in nominal terms and a 2% decrease in real terms mainly due to lower extra payments, shows Statistics Office data. The average April gross pay was higher year-on-year by 4% in nominal terms and 2.3% in real terms. The average net pay for April was EUR 1,114.98, which is again higher than last year's April net pay - by 3.3% in nominal terms and 1.6% in real terms. Compared to March, the average net pay for April decreased by 1.4% in the public sector and by 1% in the private one.
Slovenian companies to build Croatia's biggest regional waste centre
ŠIBENIK, Croatia - The builder GH Holding and a group of other Slovenian construction companies signed a deal with public utility company Bikarac from Croatia's Šibenik on the construction of a EUR 26.5 million waste management centre, the biggest regional centre in the country. The EU-funded project, which is expected to take 30 months, includes the construction of a modern facility for mechanical biological treatment of waste, support facilities, a compositing plant, road, substation and the supply of vehicles to be used at the centre. The consortium also includes VGP Drava Ptuj and Pomgrad.
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