Economy Ministry

The Argentine government in January saw its first monthly budget surplus in nearly 12 years, as new President Javier Milei continues to push for strong spending cuts, the Economy Ministry announced.

The Economy Ministry is in a race against time for changes to the civil servants' salary system to be confirmed in the next few weeks and the new provisions to be included in the first omnibus bill.

The ministers of Economy, Health and Justice will be responsible for most of the crucial reforms that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants to implement in his second four-year term.

Slovenian authorities have decided to strictly enforce marketing and advertising rules for social media influencers after recording a significant expansion of influencer marketing and the danger of deceptive practices.

Slovenia is a country rich in timber, but the annual wood industry event heard that a shift should be made to focus on exporting finished and semi-finished products rather than logs, which have lower added value. The industry will also need to attract more young people.

A financial audit report by the Court of Accounts in Moldova on the economic activity of Moldovagaz, Gazprom's subsidiary in Moldova, revealed dubious "non-compliant" expenses of over 2 billion Moldovan lei [100 million euros] between 2011 and 2021.

The Vogel ski resort, located above Lake Bohinj, is planning substantial investments as part of the efforts to attract even more visitors year around. They are planning to build a new panoramic cable car, as well as a bike park and an archaeological hiking trail.

Factory orders in Germany dropped 5.3 percent in November compared with the previous month, on a sharp drop in foreign demand, official figures showed on Jan. 6.

New orders, an important indicator for Europe's biggest economy, dropped for the third time in four months following a 0.6 percent uptick in October.

Berlin said on Sept. 16 it had taken control of the German operations of Russia firm Rosneft, which runs several refineries, to secure energy supplies which have been disrupted after Moscow invaded Ukraine.

Ljubljana – The prices of regular petrol and diesel sold outside the motorway network will go down again at midnight, with the former to be sold at EUR 1.49 a litre, down 4.4 cents, and the latter at EUR 1.641, or 3.5 cents cheaper than today, the Economy Ministry has announced on its website.