What the Papers Say: Thursday, July 12, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 12 July 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Secondary school-leaving exam
"Majority can set sail towards relaxed holiday": Only 543 of 5,589 secondary school students failed the nationwide school-leaving exam in their first attempt, while ten got the highest possible score. (front page, 3)

Healthcare
"Doctors can also destabilise UKC": The leadership of Ljubljana's UKC hospital is warning that the payment agreed by the state with the US doctor who arrived to salvage the children's heart surgery programme - EUR 130,000 gross a month, which compares to EUR 3,960 on average for Slovenian doctors - can destabilise the entire hospital. (front page, 2)

Trade war
"Economic terrorism is destroying the world": China and the US are in an dispute that can imperil the global order. (front page, 6)

FIFA World Cup
"Croatia delirious, facing France in final": The excellent performance of the "fiery" Croatian team was too much for the English. (front page, 20, 21, 24)

DNEVNIK

Trade war
"American whisky will be slightly dearer, Harley-Davidsons not": At least for the time being Slovenian consumers will not really feel the consequence of the trade war between the US and the EU, since there are not many products that will be burdened by new levies. (front page, 2)

FIFA World Cup
"Croatia enters final": The Croatian national team entered its first ever FIFA World Cup final with Wednesday's win over England. (front page, 17)

Ljubljana transport
"Extra lane for cars on Dunajska street": Plans to secure a third lane on Ljubljana's Dunajska street have been met with protests from NGOs. (front page, 9)

FINANCE

Czech wealth
"Why are ever more Czechs overtaking us in BMWs": Comparing the main macroenomic data and economic policies in Slovenia and the Czech Republic, the paper highlights the latter's flat income tax rate, which leads to the state taking less of the wages. (front page, 2-3)

Ljubljana real estate
"Renovation livens up real estate market on otherwise 'dead street'": The paper notes that real estate transactions, in particular those involving bars and restaurants, picked up significantly on Ljubljana's Gosposvetska street during its now completed renovation. (front page, 4)

VEČER

Secondary school-leaving exam
"Celebrating successful matura exam": Most of the 6,248 secondary school students who had done the school-leaving exam had an early day start on Wednesday, as 40% of them checked their results online immediately after 7 AM. (front page, 2-3)

NATO summit
"Trump an elephant in a porcelain shop": The NATO summit turned into a story seen before - everybody against Trump and Trump against everybody. (front page, 5)

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