Factory Gate Prices Down 0.1% in July
Year-on-year, the cumulative increase of industrial prices stood at 4.3%, while prices were up by 2.6% since the beginning of the year

Tender for Telekom Slovenije to Be Out on 31, not 24 August
A public call for bids for a 49.13% state stake in telco Telekom Slovenije will be published on 31 August in the Slovenian and European official journals and the Financial Times

Tabloid Slovenske Novice Tops List of Most Popular Papers
Tabloid Slovenske novice remained the most widely read daily newspaper in Slovenia in the first half of 2007, followed by Delo and Dnevnik

Tourist Board, Japanese Travel Company Sign Agreement on PR Travel company JTB Business World Tokyo Corp and the Slovenian Tourist Board signed a contract on cooperation in PR activities, aimed at increasing the number of Japanese tourists visiting Slovenia Economy Minister Discusses Cooperation with Japanese Secretary Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak discussed economic cooperation between Japan and Slovenia with Masaji Matsuyama, Japanese parliamentary secretary for economy, trade and industry Cyprus Opens Embassy in Ljubljana Cyprus opened its embassy in Ljubljana on 23 August Slovenia to Open Consulates in Belgium, Turkey, Mexico, Japan Slovenia will open consulates in Belgium's Mechelen, Turkey's Antalya, the Mexican capital Ciudad de Mexico, and Japan's Kumamoto Parliament Speaker Receives Outgoing Belgian Ambassador The officials also discussed the future of the EU and Kosovo Bank Shareholders Endorse Share Split Shareholders of NKBM, Slovenia's second largest bank, agreed to split its 2,919,748 common shares at a ratio of 1 to 8 Storm Causes EUR 4M in Damage, Minister Promises Help The storm that wreaked havoc in mid northeastern parts of Slovenia destroyed some 280 hectares of hop fields just before this year's harvest was to begin PM Discusses Cooperation Between Deutsche Bahn, Slovenian Companies According to the press release, talks revolved around continuing development of Slovenian rail operator Slovenske zeleznice and cooperation between Slovenian logistics companies and DB Official Says No Decision on Logistics Partnership as Yet Finance Ministry State Secretary Andrej Sircelj told the press that no solution had been reached as yet about possible partnership between Deutsche Bahn and Slovenian transport and logistics companies, while he did say that Slovenia was in intense talks with the German rail operator over options for such cooperation Enlarged Shopping Centre Opens in Ljubljana Some 3,700 square metres of new shopping area opened in Citypark, Ljubljana's biggest shopping mall Shareholders Endorse Merger Between Helios and Belinka Belinka's shareholder will swap 43.5 of their shares for a single share of Helios, the companies said in a press release following the general meetings Simobil's Revenues Rise by 36.7% in Q2 Simobil, the second largest wireless operator in Slovenia, generated EUR 42.8m in revenues in the second quarter of 2007 Helios Ups Revenues, Profit in First Half Chemical group Helios generated net sales revenues of EUR 156.55m in the first six months of this year Krka Stock Split Scheduled for 31 August Shares of pharma company Krka will be split into ten each on 31 August in line with a decision of the company's annual general meeting of 5 July Upgraded Europark Opens new Shopping Areas Maribor's biggest shopping mall, Europark, is some 12,000 square metres bigger Pivovarna Lasko Increases Revenues by 12.6% Beverage group Pivovarna Lasko posted net sales of EUR 150m in the first half of 2007 Mercator Sees Double-Digit Growth in Sales, Profit The Mercator group posted net sales to the tune of EUR 1.1bn in the first six months of this year Gorenje's Sales up 30%, Profit Almost Flat Gorenje, the Velenje-based maker of household appliances, reported a 30% rise in half-yearly revenues, to EUR 620.46m

Survey: Six Percent of Internet Users are Bloggers The survey, which was conducted between May and July by companies iProm and Valicon among 5,883 people, showed that some 30% of bloggers use one a hour per week to manage their blog Retailers Increase Revenues by 13.4% in 2006 Slovenia's retailers generated EUR 10.28bn in revenues in 2006 at current prices Government Adopts Regulation for Confidential, Defence Procurement The government adopted a regulation on defence and confidential procurement, which allows for the exemption of such tenders from the public procurement system based on Article 296 of the Treaty establishing the European Community