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Slovenian Cleanshelf company acquired by German IT company

The German software company LeanIX has acquired the Slovenian-US owned Cleanshelf, a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) management provider. By acquiring the San Francisco-based Cleanshelf, LeanIX will become the leading provider with comprehensive solutions in SaaS management. @ Austin Distel from Unsplash Cleanshelf will integrate its product into the LeanIX portfolio. LeanIX has 300 employees and 400

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New hospitality bill to tighten rules on Slovenia’s Airbnb properties

A new hospitality bill that has recently been sent into public consultation brings stricter rules for renting out flats and houses to tourists on platform such as Airbnb. Service providers will have to get registered, have an identification number, and obtain certain permits, while facing high fines for breaking the new rules. @ Andrea Davis

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Hisense Gorenje recruiting new people as orders grow

Gorenje, the Velenje based maker of household applicanes and TV sets now part of Chinese group Hisense is reporting increasing orders and is therefore hiring additional workers. The company already has 750 employees and an additional 50 will be emplpyed in April. @ Kam Idris from Unsplash Hisense Gorenje reports that as orders are increasing

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The Golden City Gate awards Slovenia with five golden awards for tourism promotion

The Slovenian Tourism Board (STO) was awarded with four gold and three silver awards during this year’s Golden City Gates international competition, part of international ITB Berlin Now travel trade show. The Golden City Gates competition celebrates excellence in promotional campaigns and features. Another golden award went to the Slovenian western region of Posocje. @

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Slovak startup nettle received 1 EUR million in funding

Slovak company nettle.ai, which is focused on solutions in the are of conversational technologies using articial intelligence, has received an investment of 1 EUR million from Crowdberry investors and the Venture to Future Fund (VFF) investment fund. The company will use this investment for its further growth, marketing and completion of the product portfolio. @

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