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nia had been persistently trying to improve its already excellent
result. The most industrious member in transposing the directives
last year was Slovakia, which only has 9 directives left, followed
by Denmark, Latvia and Lithuania, with 10 directives each, and
Netherlands (11).
AVERAgE NET WAgE IN 2007 EUR 835
The average net wage in Slovenia in 2007 amounted to EUR
834.50, a 7.9% increase over 2006, while the average gross
wage stood at EUR 1,284.79, up 5.9% compared to the year before,
the Statistics Office said on 15 February. In December, the
average gross wage amounted to EUR 1,342.80, 10% less than
the month before, while the average gross wage in November
was 14.4% higher than in October. The average net wage in December
amounted to EUR 870.70, which was 7.9% down on November.
In real terms, the average gross wage in December was
down 10.4% month-on-month. The fall in the average wage in
December over November was due to bonuses, which had mostly
been paid out to workers in November, the Statistics Office said.
The average wage in 2007 went up year-on-year in real terms as
well, namely gross wage by 2.2%, while the average net wage
increased by 4.2%. Average wages increased the most in mining
and quarrying, the processing sectors and in the services sector,
while health care had the lowest increases in 2007 over 2006.
SLOVENIAN bUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN
US HOLDS INAUgURAL RECEPTION
The Cleveland Slovenian Business and Professional Association (CSBPA),
an initiative bringing together US entrepreneurs with Slovenian roots, conducted
its inaugural reception in Cleveland on 15 February. Established a
year ago, the CSBPA already numbers around 200 members. The CSBPA
was established in Cleveland, home to the largest Slovenian community
abroad, at the initiative of Slovenian Consul to the US Zvone Žigon. Eight
independent sections formed within the association in 2007 and several
meetings have already been held at the consulate. The CSBPA's first general
meeting was meanwhile attended by more than 80 members, the
programme including video greetings from Senator Amy Klobuchar and
the office of Senator George Voinovich. The goal of the CSBPA is to foster
an environment for frequent and accessible contact among its members,
who are native Slovenians, descendants of Slovenians or friends of Slovenia;
to preserve and celebrate Slovenian culture and heritage in the US;
and to encourage active cooperation between the Slovenian homeland
and the US, for various purposes, the CSBPA's website says.
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PETROL PROfIT UP 7% TO EUR 53M
Energy group Petrol generated revenues of EUR 2.1bn in 2007,
9% up on the year before, the group said on 18 February. Its net
profit rose 7% to EUR 53.3m. The group said it had sold 2.1m
tonnes petroleum products in 2007, a rise of 4% on the year before.
Meanwhile, sales of assorted products in its petrol station
shops generated EUR 262.9m in sales, up 22% on the year before.
The company was operating 380 petrol stations at the end of
2007, including 307 in Slovenia, 36 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 32 in
Croatia, three in Serbia and two in Kosovo.
SWISS-SLOVENIAN CONSORTIUM bUyS
SERbIAN COMPANy
Slovenian agriculture machinery manufacturer SIP and Swiss
company Home Art and Sales Services will buy Serbian maker
of farm equipment IMT for EUR 121.1m, the Serbian Privatisation
Commission said on 5 February. The Swiss-Slovenian consortium
won the bidding in the second tender for the privatisation
of the Belgrade-based IMT. The two companies pledged they
would provide a further EUR 10.2m for investment. IMT is the
biggest maker of farm equipment in Serbia. It used to be famous
across the former Yugoslavia, in particular for its tractors. SIP, a
privately-owned company based in Sempeter v Savinjski dolini, is
meanwhile the biggest company of its kind in Slovenia.
bOVEC MUNICIPALITy TO HAVE 30%
STAKE IN ATC KANIN
The Alpine town of Bovec (NW) is to buy a 24.66% stake of the
bankrupt French group Transmontagne in ATC Kanin Group, raising
its stake in the manager of the local ski resort to over 32%,
Bovec Mayor Danijel Krivec said. The acquisition was approved
on 15 February evening by the local council, Krivec said, but he
declined to speculate when the acquisition procedures would be
completed. In nominal terms, the Transmontagne stake is worth
nearly EUR 800,000, but the Bovec authorities reached an agreement
with the Lyon-based court that declared the bankruptcy of
the French company to buy the stake cheaper. With a 32% stake
Bovec will become the second largest shareholder of ATC Kanin
after Nova Gorica-based gaming company HIT, which owns
40%.
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