What the Papers Say: Tuesday, July 24, 2018

By , 24 Jul 2018, 08:26 AM News
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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 24 July 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Juncker - Trump meeting
"Car tariffs would hurt both sides of the Atlantic": European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's visit with US President Donald Trump tomorrow is one of the last ditch attempts by the EU to prevent the US from imposing 25% tariffs on imports of European cars and car parts. (front page, page 2)

Coalition talks
"Šarec trying to avoid minority coalition": The Left will decide what in their manifesto they will give up as the price for joining a coalition led by Marjan Šarec. The paper wonders what could be the sticking points in talks with the five centre-left parties. (front page, page 3)

Politics in football
"Star of Turkish descent bids farewell to German team": Mesut Özil has decided to retire as a member of the German national football team, citing racism. (front page, page 21)

DNEVNIK

Healthcare
"Confusion over white fillings expansion": Legislative changes that expand the right to free white dental fillings for children, and pregnant and breast-feeding women is causing confusion at dentists' offices. (front page, page 4)

Asset seizure
"Assets from before 2011 safe": The Constitutional Court has decided that the act on the seizure of illegally gained assets cannot be used for acts committed and assets gained before the law was implemented in 2011. (front page, page 3)

FINANCE

Banking
"Hungarians at the door of Slovenian banking market?": Before the NLB bank is put up for sale the paper speculates about potential ownership changes in the market, including the possibility that the bank Abanka is acquired by Hungarian OTP bank, which had eyed NKBM bank a few years ago. The scenario appears to be likelier in case of a Janez Janša government. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Brexit
"What you should know if you live or work in Britain?": The paper follows up on its series of articles offering advice for Brexit. (front page, page 4)

Consumer confidence
"One in five Slovenians considering home renovation, one in ten buying a car": The consumer confidence index in July was three percentage points below the June value but remains at a high level. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Charity
"Punat educating generations": As many as 1,400 children will spend their summer holidays in the seaside resort of Punat, Croatia, under the sponsorship of the Maribor chapter of the Slovenian Red Cross. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Aerobatics
"Steel birds in Varaždin": Slovenian aerobatic pilot Peter Podlunšek made his appearance at the Croatian International Airshow twice last weekend. (front page, page 5)

OECD tax reform recommendations
"High price for higher net pay": After social charges paid by companies were cut a few years ago, the shortfall is now to be offset by taxpayers under OECD recommendations, mainly through higher personal income tax for the middle class, and possibly a VAT hike and higher tax on capital. (front page, pages 2, 3)

US - Iran ties
"Great Satan is coming back": US President Donald Trump and Iran are trading threats again. (front page, pages 2, 7)

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