Statistics Office director Tomaž Smrekar resigns

Ljubljana, 10 October - Tomaž Smrekar resigned as director general of the country's Statistics Office (SURS) on Tuesday, the STA has learnt from SURS, which declined to provide the reason for Smrekar's decision. However, it comes after SURS came under fire for significantly downgrading Slovenia's GDP growth figure for 2022 from 5.4% to 2.5% on 31 August.