The new solar-powered office building of Slovenia was an innovative project made by OFIS Architects for Eles Electro located at Ljubljana. It makes use of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. This net-zero project is designed to get the different angles of sunlight there is at different directors throughout the 187 days of the year that sees the sun in such part of the earth. Furthermore, every part of this building is covered with ample solar panels which can power the entire building without leading to grid-fired juice.

The interior part of the facility was made modern and rational and at the same time using organic materials. It is likewise made from concrete and natural materials like wood together with prefab concrete halls. For direct heating as well as cooling, the facility uses ground water together with wind for their natural ventilation.

The Koper Port of Slovenia handled approximately 15.37 million tons of cargo last year, which is a rise of about 17% from the previous years. Based on preliminary estimation, the operating revenues topped 119 million Euros up to 10% year-on-year as claimed by Luka Koper, port operator. Although there was an increase, the biggest rise was noted in the container transshipment that rose 40% to 476,731 units (TEU) which is a new record of the Slovenian port.

The largest maker of industrial robots internationally namely Yaskawa Electric is currently constructing a production center within Europe in the so called town of Ribnica which is 35 km from the south of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The said plant will be a strategic supplier for all subsidiaries of the Japanese group within Europe. Furthermore, the plant is likewise an update of their current activities at Yaskawa’s Slovenian operations, Motoman Robotec and Yaskawa Ristro. Director of the company Hubert Kosler stated that they will be finishing the present financial year ending this February with revenues approximately EUR 3.2m and EUR 7m, respectively.

Krista Group, a Russian auto parts moulder will be supplying plastic car seat components to Togliatti, Russia wherein a new production plant will be established as planned by TPV, a Slovenian auto seats manufacturer. TPV from Novo Mesto, Slovenia is planning to put up a €10m facility within the Samara region for them to supply seats for vehicles that will be assembled within Togliatti by the Russian car maker AvtoVaz. The seats were intended to be utilized in the AvtoVaz car model, the Lada Granta that will be replacing the auto group’s previous Lada Kalina model late this year.

TPV specializes in making and manufacturing seat frames, seals, castings, castings, and wire and pipe products. Other companies the seat maker serves are Magna, Faurecia, Grammer, Johnson Controls and the Renault group, a 25% owner of AvtoVaz.

When Adria announced that they are experiencing a serious financial problem, it was followed by the resignation of Tadej Tufek, Adria Airways’ former CEO. But, the Slovenian government together with Adria’s Management Board recently announced Adria Airways’ new CEO, Klemen Boštjančič. He is the former CEO of the insolvent construction company Vegrad and the former head of the Mineral Council. Just yesterday, Adria’s new CEO announced that he is confident that they can revive the airlines and do measures to get back Adria right on track. He believes that Adria should explore new markets and increase their flights together with the review of Adria’s destinations. It is said that they are willing to establish a new base in Skopje. As claimed by Boštjančič, “The next 6 months are crucial for Adria’s survival. We need to change the airline’s current business model and secure short term liquidity, otherwise the company will go bankrupt. As soon as you don’t pay your suppliers they are in a position

Alkaloid AD is the biggest Macedonian-based pharmaceutical company registered a new company within Slovenia a few days ago. The name of the said company is Alkaloid-farm d.o.o. Ljubljana which 100% owned by the Alkaloid AD Skopje

The main functions of the new developed company involve local business operations within the Slovenian market. The existing company located in Ljubljana was renamed into Alkaloid-INT d.o.o. which concentrates on distributing the products of the company within the European market. The recent decision of the Macedonian company exhibits that enhancement of their export is among their main strategy.

SCT, Slovenia’s biggest construction company has announced that they will continue doing their projects within Serbia.

Among the largest projects of SCT is the Ada Bridge located over the Sava River in Belgrade which is presently under construction. During the late months of 2010, the company has announced regarding their insolvency.

Belgrade seems not concerned regarding the development of the Ada Bridge as claimed by the officials of the Land Directorate since the bridge construction isn’t jeopardized. As stated by Nenad Bajić of the Land Directorate, “The contract was signed three years ago and works are progressing as agreed,” said Nenad Bajić of the Land Directorate.

Together with this project, they were also assigned to do the bridge’s access roads which are worth EUR 36mn.

The investors in different casinos within Slovenia might be eligible for tax breaks once they likewise invest in tourism. The Slovenian state is willing to lessen their ownership below 51% in special cases based on the newest gaming strategy that the Slovenian government is scheduled to adopt soon. The gaming tax is said to be regressive, proportionate depending on how much casino operators invest in tourism. Furthermore, according to Finance Minister France Krizanic, the gaming tax and concession will be combined into one tax. Slovenia’s draft strategy states four categories of gaming establishments which are as follows: mega entertainment centre, gaming and entertainment centre, grand casino, as well as casino. Small gaming parlours are said to continue on their operation but their numbers will be lessened.

Ascent Resources, an oil and gas exploration company have began drilling of the Pg-11 evaluation well within the Petisovci field located in Slovenia. The said field is part of the Petisovci-Lovaszi project in Slovenia and Hungary and the Pg-11 well will be the very first to be drilled by the company within this project.

Just recently, the oil and gas exploration company verified regarding P50 estimate of gas-in-place of 412bcf for the project area. The primary objective on Pg-11 well is to gather data to help in the optimization of the re-development of the gas field. The evaluation program with consist of core sampling, extensive wireline logging and testing.

75% interest of the Petisovci project is handled by Ascent Resources while the remaining interest belongs to Geoenergo, their Slovenian partner.

Adria Airways, the national carrier of Slovenia may go into receivership or perhaps declare a bankruptcy as it still puts a lot of effort to pay their debt from what Maks Tajnikar claim, the chairman of the company’s management board.

The Brnik-based carrier still has an outstanding loan of approximately 86 million euros or $114.5 million wherein the banks aren’t willing to extend or even approve new loans. Adria Airways has declared that they have a total of 7 million euros loss during the first half of 2010 and are currently looking for a strategic investor or the formation of a regional alliance together with other carriers around the Balkan area.