What the Papers Say: Friday, August 17, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 17 August 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Vote on PM-designate
"He will jump over the first hurdle to his government today": As the vote on Marjan Šarec as prime minister-designate is to be carried out today, the five parties of his coalition have not distributed the ministries among themselves yet. (front page, 2)

Healthcare fund
"Salvaging healthcare with fresh money": The National Assembly will decide next week whether the surplus in the national health purse can be used for measures to cut waiting times in hospitals. (front page, 3)

Tourism
"State looking for solutions to nationalise hotels": The paper has unofficial information that the state is feverishly looking for ways to keep hotel operator Istrabenz Turizem under its wing, as envisaged by the national tourism strategy. (front page, 3)

Sarajevo Film Festival
"Award to Bulgarian film on the Inuit": The best film award of the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival went to Aga by Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov. (front page, 3)

DNEVNIK

Real estate market
"Shortage of rental apartments only in centre of Ljubljana": Unlike buyers, people who are looking to lease an apartment in Ljubljana and surroundings have no difficulties, except for the centre of the capital. (front page, 3, 16)

Gold of Chinese emperors exhibition
"Unsurpassable goldsmith craft of China": A guest exhibition of gold jewellery and tableware from the Ming dynasty era (1368-1644) opened last evening at the National Museum in Ljubljana, which left China only once before - in 2011. (front page, 28)

Education
"Some state scholarships will be late": As social work centres are not able to access certain data on students, some state scholarships will be late, with the relevant ministry saying they will be only one month late. (front page, 4)

FINANCE

Taxes
"Šarec's 5 + 1 = bad news for 'flat raters'": The paper analyses what the emerging coalition of five parties around Marjan Šarec and the Left as an external partner means for sole proprietors with social security fixed contributions and taxes. (front page, 2-3)

China
"Is the lust for power having a revenge on Xi Jinping?": The Chinese people are growing increasingly dissatisfied because of the slowing down of the economic growth, the shrinking markets and the vaccine scandal. (front page, 6)

Electric cars
"Three challenges for Elon Musk": Elon Musk is facing three big challenges with his electric car company Tesla - an investigation by the US market regulator, the fact that the company is not profitable and that the production is not catching up with the plans. (front page, 10-11)

VEČER

UEFA Europa League
"No goals, no Europe": Maribor had numerous opportunities, but failed to score against Glasgow Rangers in the 3rd qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League at home last night, bidding farewell from European competitions this season. (front page, 22-23)

Engineering heritage
"Buried Pesnica treasure": It used to the longest viaduct in the world, but now only a few arches have remained of it, the paper says as it remembers the Pesnica Viaduct on the former railway between Vienna and Trieste. (front page, 8-9)

Companies
"No dividends ahead of sale": Due diligence in TAB, the Mežica-based maker of vehicle and stationary batteries, is continuing as the company is in talks on a tie-up with a strategic partner. It has thus decided not to pay out dividends for last year. (front page, 2)

Vote on PM-designate
"Today only about Šarec": The National Assembly will today vote only on Marjan Šarec as prime minister-designate and not also on whether to replace Matej Tonin as the speaker. Tonin has announced to resign next Thursday. (front page, 4-5)

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