What the Papers Say: Thursday, 19 July 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 19 July 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Astrophysics
"News from the edge of outer space": The paper features an articles by Gabrijela Zaharijas, the Slovenian researcher involved in the ground-breaking first detection of the source of a high-energy neutrino from outside our galaxy. (front page, 3)

Company shutdown
"Can something else replace stockings": Delo hopes a new idea will emerge at stockings maker Polzela, which will close shop tomorrow after more than 90 years. In its heyday the company employed 1,200 people. (front page, 3)

European Parliament perks
"Heavy earners in European Parliament": While MEPs have a generous basic monthly gross salary of EUR 8,600, the additional work done by one in three has so far racked in a total of EUR 41m in extra earnings. (front page, 2)

DNEVNIK

Telecommunication/consular aid
"Telekom wants to be paid for consular text message": Only around half of Slovenians receive the consular aid message when arriving to a foreign country - the Foreign Ministry has reached an agreement on free messages with all providers bar state-owned Telekom Slovenije. (front page, 3)

Sewage system
"EU money will reduce the sewage system charge": EU funding will make bearable what would be a hefty charge to around 4,000 households that will get connected to the about to be expanded Ljubljana sewage network. (front page, 9)

Coalition building
"Janez Janša's twitter diplomacy and (non-)coalition building": While only two parties have responded to the Democrats (SDS) leader's invitation to talks, there was some communication between Janša and the rest in recent days - on Twitter where he was mocking potential coalition partners. (page 3)

FINANCE

Housing
"Foreigners who are building apartment blocks in Ljubljana": More and more foreigners are entering the Ljubljana real estate market, especially Austrians. (front page, 2, 3)

Airbnb inspections
"How are inspectors looking for violators on Airbnb": The paper says that financial inspectors have major powers in their search for Airbnb tax evaders, including the possibility to ask banks to reveal all Airbnb transactions to individuals. (front page, 8, 9)f

VEČER

Education
"Bureaucracy or trust": The paper carries a feature on the continuing debate regarding the limited access parents have to the school grades of their adult children. (front page, 4, 5)

Healthcare
"25 euro charge for non-urgent visit": A Maribor community health centre has introduced a EUR 25 charge for paediatric examinations performed outside of the working time of the chosen doctor of the child in question. (front page, 9)

Company shutdown
"Final end": No buyer has been found for Polzela and the stockings maker is closing shop this month. (front page, 6)

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