Slovenia will promote its growing brewery industry at the International Green Week (IGW) in Berlin, one of the biggest agricultural and food exhibitions in the world. Kicking off on Thursday, the 84th IGW will feature more than 1,700 exhibitors and will be accompanied by an agriculture ministerial attended by Slovenia's Aleksandra Pivec.
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The Idea of a Fountain Spouting Beer Carried The Name of Žalec Into The World
The news of the intention of the town of Žalec to erect a Green Gold fountain, dispensing beer instead of water, attracted attention outside of Slovenia as well. Not only Croatia and Serbia, but also the editorship of the British BBC found it interesting! Thus BBC in their column “News From Elsewhere” published an article “Slovenian town goes ahead with ...
Read More »Heineken Makes Takeover Bid For Outstanding Laško Stake
Dutch brewer Heineken published a bid on Tuesday to complete the takeover of the Slovenian beverage group Pivovarna Laško after acquiring a majority stake earlier this year. According to the notification in the daily Delo, Heineken is offering EUR 25.56 a share for the remaining 46.57% stake it does not own already. The offer is open from 18 November until ...
Read More »Heineken wires EUR 120m, takes control of majority stake in Laško
Heineken paid on Thursday EUR 119.5m for a 53.43% stake in beverage group Pivovarna Laško. Moreover, the Dutch buyer provided additional EUR 185m for the group to repay its debt. Dušan Zorko, who will remain at the helm, told the press that “Laško no longer owes anything to anybody but Heineken”. The core company, Pivovarna Laško, will get EUR 141m, ...
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