STA, 29 October 2018 - Shares of NLB, Slovenia's largest bank, will be priced at EUR 51.50-66 in the forthcoming initial public offering of up to 75% of the bank minus one share, valuing the entire bank at EUR 1-1.3bn. The pricing, revealed in a prospectus released on Friday, is at the lower end of expectations but reflects the current market situation.
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 29 October 2018, as prepared by the STA:
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Sisay Lemma Kasaye, from Ethiopia, won the 23rd Ljubljana Marathon and set a track record of 2:04:58, knocking 3 minutes 21 seconds off the previous fastest time, 2:08:19, achieved three years ago. The current world record for men is 2:01:39, as set by Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) earlier this year in Berlin.
A selection of some of the festivals and events taking place around the country in November, with links to the official sites, with the main thing being St Martin’s Day (Martinovanje), which marks the arrival of this year’s new wine on the scene.
This week’s focal event is Halloween, which occurs on Wednesday, with plenty of horror movies and themed club nights if you want to go out and celebrate that way. It’s also the half-term break, so don’t be alarmed if you see a lot of kids on the streets during school hours – they’re (probably) not doing anything wrong. Finally, Wednesday and Thursday are national holidays, Reformation and Remembrance Day, and some things, including supermarkets, are closed.
STA, 26 October 2018 - After an absence of 15 years, Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will return to Ljubljana airport as it launches daily scheduled flights from Moscow on Sunday.
STA, 25 October 2018 - The average age of Slovenians who died last year was nearly 77.7, which compares to 68.8 in 1987, the latest data by the Statistics Office (SURS) show. Men die younger than women, while Mediterranean lifestyle appears to have a positive effect on health.
STA, 25 October 2018 - Group net profit at Telekom Slovenije dropped by 22% to EUR 23.5m in the first three quarters of the year, Slovenia's telecoms incumbent reported on Thursday. Sales revenue and gross operating profit (EBITDA) edged down 1% year-on-year to EUR 538.1m and EUR 153m, respectively.
As reported by STA, Adria Airways is likely to end a second year in the red, after posting a net loss of €5.4m in 2017, with the company blaming the poor results on fuel prices. However, despite a number of cancellations in recent weeks, the carrier is still planning to operate 171 weekly flights to a total of 21 destinations this winter, as detailed in the company’s latest schedule, which runs from October28 to March 30.
STA, 24 October 2018 - The Financial Administration (FURS) has processed the data on international bank accounts of Slovenian citizens it had received by the end of September 2017 from the countries signatories of the relevant OECD agreement from 2014, and has issued on this basis a total of EUR 3.6m in tax requests.