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In Slovenia, the population of Kranjska Gora doubles due to epidemic

The official population of Alpine resort Kranjska Gora in Slovenia has double due to the pandemic with over 2,000 registered temporary residence. Accommodation capacities are full and there are people who are not locals. Furthermore, accommodation typically reserved for tourists is being leased out to businesses. © Toa Heftiba from Unsplash Kranjska Gora has near

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Microsoft Czech Republic and Slovakia names Violeta Luca as new General Manager

Microsoft Czech Republic and Slovakia will welcome a new General Manager, Violeta Luca, as of January 1st 2021. She replaced Rudolf Urbánek, who has been leading the subsidiary for almost three years. © Tadas Sar from Unsplash Violeta Luca has joined Microsoft Czech and Slovak team from Microsoft Romania, where she has served as the

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In Slovenia, minimum wage to increase in January

The minimum wage in Slovenia is scheduled to increase during January under legislation passed in 2018. A new formula tying the minimum wage to cost of living will be used and preliminary calculations show it will stand at roughly EUR 736 net. © Mathieu Stern from Unsplash Under the law, the minimum wage must be

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Slovenia’s NLB buys Serbia’s Komercijalna Banka

Slovenia’s Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) has completed the acquisition of an 83.23% ordinary shareholding in Serbian Komercijalna Banka [BEL:KMBN] 394.7 million euro ($485 million), thus becoming the third largest banking group in Serbia. © Floriane Vita from Unsplash NLB has reached a final milestone in this transaction, to further execute its strategy of becoming the

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Regions of Slovakia for Your Business

We have already started this section with a detailed story about Bratislava. © Mohammed Thoufik from Unsplash This time we give information about other cities and regions of Slovakia that may be promising for running your own business. Košice is a city in the east of Slovakia, near the border with Hungary. The second largest

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