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Japanese Company Kansai Paint Purchased Helios Group

The Japanese company Kansai Paint, which is the leading manufacturer of automotive, industrial, protective heat insulating and marine paints in Japan, purchased the Helios Group. According to the Finance journalists, the purchase price amounted to 572 million euros. The Helios Group (Domžale) officials have reported that its former owners — Ring International Holding, Franklin Templeton

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Direct Rail Routes Connected Slovenia with the Major Cities of Europe

Yesterday a new schedule of the Slovenian railway company ‘Slovenske železnice’ came into force with a list of changes in the international transportation plan. In particular, it launched a new direct international train Budapest-Koper-Rijeka. A bus will now drive to Trieste two times a day, to which tourists previously travelled by train to the station

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Slovenia at the National Geographic World Legacy Awards

In August this year, the Slovenian Tourist Board (STB) nominated Slovenia for obtaining the World Legacy Awards presented by the National Geographic channel. Slovenia claims the National Geographic Channel Award in the category of Destination Leadership, in which the jury estimates the environmental regulations, the environmental solutions, and the level of environment and cultural heritage

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Slovenian Students Developed an Application for Android

The students of the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technology of the University of Primorska, Tanja Štular and Tadej Vengust, developed the ‘Random Tweets’ application for the iOS and Android operating systems.

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Cross-border Cooperation between Slovenia and Croatia in 2014–2020

“In recent years, Slovenia and Croatia have gained good experience of cross-border cooperation and have realized many projects, which successfully operate on both sides of the border,” Alenka Smerkolj, the Minister for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion Policies, said at the conference on cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and Croatia held in the Brežice Castle.

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