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SLOVENIA
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Retail revenue starts growing again in May
Ljubljana, 24 June (STA) – Slovenia’s retail sector is growing stronger again after taking a blow during the coronavirus lockdown, data from the Statistics Office show on Wednesday. In a drop that lasted three consecutive months, retail revenue reached the lowest level since 2006 in April, but then gained 12.8% in May. It was however still 10.6% lower than in May 2019.
More: https://www.investslovenia.
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Jobless total on continued weekly decline throughout June
Ljubljana, 29 June (STA) – Last week, the number of registered unemployed persons was down for the fourth week in a row, staying below 90,000, preliminary data from the Employment Service show. The figure is, however, still below that in March, when the coronavirus epidemic was declared and the government imposed lockdown measures.
More: https://www.investslovenia.
Why tech cities matter- global outlook and winners 2020/2021 (June 2020)
Tech cities of the future- Zurich & Zug 🇨🇭 are among the top tech cities in Europe, not to forget to mention, Vilnius, Warsaw, Tricity, Bucharest, Tallinn, Sofia, Zagreb, Krakow and Prague, according to the recent study by fDi Intelligence.
NEW PARTNERSHIP
We are delighted to officially announce the partnership between the Joint Chamber of Commerce (JCC) and our Chamber of Commerce Switzerland Central Europe (SEC).
JCC is the leading private sector organization in Switzerland that promotes bilateral business between Switzerland and Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova; Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan & Afghanistan, and the South Caucasus – Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
In 2018 we already had a successful joint event “Cross-Border Trade and Investment Opportunities: Poland, Romania, Belarus, Ukraine” and we are looking forward to a close and further fruitful cooperation!
Members of our chamber who are interested in attending the events of JCC benefit from the same participation fee as their members and vice versa.
Find all upcoming events here: https://www.jointchambers.ch/events.html
