What the Papers Say: Thursday, August 30, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 30 August, 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Government formation
"Contract, two billion euro too heavy": The presidents of the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ), Social Democrats (SD), Modern Centre Party (SMC), Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) signed a 47-page coalition agreement on Wednesday, containing EUR 2bn worth of measures, according to the paper's unofficial information. (front page, 2)

Migration policy
"Marcon against Orban and Salvini": French President Emmanuel Marcon stood up to Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban and their efforts for anti-migration measures on the EU level. (front page)

Ski jumping
"Peter Prevc: Time is the only medicine": Slovenia's best ski jumper Peter Prevc spoke about his ankle operations in an interview with the paper. (front page, 21)

DNEVNIK

Police surveillance
"Police with drones at the border and public events": While the Constitutional Court is yet to decide on the use of drones by police, which Human Rights Ombudsman has challenged, the Interior Ministry published a call for applications for the purchase of 24 new drones. (front page, 4)

Government formation
"Šarec: Government will depend only on its results": The presidents of the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ), Social Democrats (SD), Modern Centre Party (SMC), Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) signed a coalition agreement yesterday afternoon, paving the way for Slovenia's first minority government. "Only results will count," said PM-designate Šarec. (front page, 2)

FINANCE

Sale of parking garages
"Parking garage business": Parking garages are changing hands in Slovenia's biggest towns, most notably Ljubljana and Maribor. The paper analyses the market situation. (front page, 2-3)

Real estate
"Who is Russian millionaire and what will he do with former restaurant in Portorož?": The "bad bank" found a buyer for a former small restaurant in the coastal town of Portorož in early June. The new buyer, a Russian investor, reportedly paid some EUR 3m for the plot. (front page, 5)

Gorenje
"Gorenje to sell the company which got Minister Počivalšek into trouble": According to unofficial information, the household appliances maker Gorenje is withdrawing for another of its non-strategic businesses, construction, planning to sell a 50% stake in Gorenje Projekt. (front page, 5)

VEČER

Suspicion of corruption in education
"Police investigating education officials": Police conducted house searches at the end of March at the Education Ministry, the Education Institute and several individuals over an allegedly controversial fee paid to a healer. (front page, 2-3)

Renovation of the Maribor football stadium
"Opening in September 2019": After the renovation of Maribor's football stadium Ljudski Vrt, the number of its seats will be lower by 804. (front page, 9)

Dementia
"If dementia is our destiny it will come": Dementia is an epidemic of the 21st century. There are more than ten million people suffering from the disease in the EU and 32,000 in Slovenia. (front page, 4)

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