Slovenian Enterprise Fund

Tel Aviv – An accelerator for Slovenian start-ups was launched in Tel Aviv on Sunday, featuring nine Slovenian tech companies working in various fields until 11 April. The project was launched by SPIRIT Slovenija agency in collaboration with the Slovenian Embassy in Israel and the Slovenian Enterprise Fund. “In the last decade, Israel has become a global leader in terms of start-ups.

Ljubljana – Expo 2020, to be held in Dubai from October 2021 to March 2022, will be a record-breaking world exhibition. Slovenia and Slovenian companies will have an opportunity for excellent promotion and a long-term positioning in the Middle East and beyond, the country’s Expo commissioner general Matic Volk says.

Ljubljana – Slovenia will focus on three segments at the Dubai Expo this year: know-how, economic opportunities, and unique sustainable experiences. Its showcase will go beyond the pavilion and a strong business programme is planned, Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek told the press on Tuesday.

Ljubljana – A total of EUR 30 million in funds will be allocated to small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovenia as part of a call for applications for digital transformation of SMEs (P4D React EU), the government has announced. The entire amount will be contributed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Ljubljana – The organisers of the Slovenian Expo 2020 pavilion invited Slovenian companies to join the world exposition in Dubai with an online event on Wednesday. “Expo 2020 will likely be the only major international event for a long while, thus we would like for Slovenia to use it well,” said Tomaž Kostanjevec, director of the SPIRIT agency.

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Enterprise Fund has published a call for applications for favourable loans for mitigating the consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic on companies, worth a total of EUR 77 million. In the first round, the sole beneficiaries will be companies providing travel services.

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Enterprise Fund has issued a call for bank loan guarantees worth EUR 103 million for micro, small and medium-sized companies. It plans to support around 650 projects.

Under the facility, companies can secure bank loans under favourable conditions and with a subsidised interest rate, the fund said on Friday.

Ljubljana – The government has declassified the draft national recovery and resilience plan after pressure from the opposition that a broad debate was required on the document. The parliamentary EU Affairs Committee discussed the plan on Friday, rejecting all recommendations from opposition parties.

Brdo pri Kranju – The government endorsed on Wednesday a draft of the seventh stimulus package mitigating the ramifications of the second Covid-19 wave. The draft will be finalised at one of the coming government sessions, a press release published after yesterday’s session reads.