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| | Slovenia Partner |
 | | The magic one-billion-euro revenue mark was crossed by 54 companies from eight of the new EU member states last year, and among the 1,000 major companies from the new EU members, one tenth are Slovenian, according to the latest issue of a Slovenian business weekly published on Monday, 6 December. |
 | | Slovenia's leading company, according to Gospodarski vestnik, is oil trader Petrol, which ranks 40th on the general list, with revenues of EUR 1.2bn. |
 | | Interestingly, the success of none of the major Slovenian companies that have made it to the list is the result of direct foreign investment. |
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