Shipping & Trade Links: Global Feeder Shipping launched the Egypt–Venice short-sea container service “Adriatic East–Med,” routing Port Said and Damietta to Koper (Slovenia) and Venice, with Hapag-Lloyd marketing capacity under “AdX,” boosting Mediterranean–Adriatic connectivity. Real Estate Recovery: Eurostat data shows Europe’s home sales picked up in 2025, with Slovenia leading volume growth (+29.9% year-on-year) as financing conditions improve, while Croatia remains the outlier with continued declines. Cross-border Nuclear Waste Process: Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to join Croatia’s cross-border environmental impact assessment for a radioactive waste storage site on Trgovska Gora, after legal concerns that Croatia chose the location before the assessment was completed. Banking Expansion in CEE: UniCredit plans to scale its “Prime” affluent service to 40 office units within a year and grow Prime clients to 50,000–60,000, with Slovenia included among nine CEE markets. Energy Costs Watch: A new ranking highlights that European households pay the highest energy bills, with Sweden topping spending per person in 2025—useful context for Slovenia’s energy affordability debate.