What the Papers Say: Friday, July 27, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 27 July 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Waste management
"Slovenia, where your waste comes from": Half of the cases in which the European Commission is running infringement proceedings against Slovenia concern the environment. (front page, page 3)

Company-sponsored scholarships
"Most scholarships available for machining technicians": The companies which are offering scholarships for high school and college students are mostly looking for those training for shortage occupations. They offer them up to 400 euro a month. (front page, page 12)

Ljubljana Festival
"Northern Venice's musical gift": Opera soloists from St Petersburg will perform a gala concert in Ljubljana tonight as a special addition to this year's Ljubljana Festival. (front page, page 10)

DNEVNIK

Water sports safety
"Sea will turn into concrete at high speed": According to the Maritime Safety Administration, the providers of rental boats and adrenaline sports at sea in Slovenia are mostly sticking to the rules. (front page, page 3)

Emergency medical services
"They will bill you for non-urgent appointments": On Monday, the Celje General Hospital will start billing patients at the emergency department for all health services that doctors asses as non-urgent. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Stock market
"Is it wise to transfer deposits into stocks": The US S&P 500 Index is but two months and two percent away from the longest bullish trend since the Second World war. The paper looks at whether the timing is still good to invest savings into stocks. (front page, pages 2, 3)

ECB
"ECB boss Mario Draghi: We'll end stimulus measures this year, we won't raise interest rates as yet": The European Central Bank's board endorsed the decision yesterday to gradually strain the bank's monetary policy. (front page, pages 4, 5)

Bankruptcy estate ownership
"Golf course near Smlednik to end up in Russians hands after all": After a golf course near Smlednik, part of the bankruptcy estate of Golf Projekti, was taken over by Sberbank in late 2017, the new owner since April has been Cubo Golf, a firm affiliated with the owners of the Ljubljana hotel Cubo. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Trump - Juncker meeting
"US-EU trade row ironed out": The US will not yet impose extra tariffs on imports of European cars. This is the product of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Football
"Maribor with a nil from Tbilisi": Maribor pulled out a goalless draw in Tbilisi in the first leg of the second round of qualifying for the Europa League. (front page, page 22)

Arson trail
"Firefighter pleads guilts to arson": Firefighter David Mislović has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for setting fire to a barn near Ptuj. (front page, page 21)

Tourism
"They expect a million nights and a record": The Pomurje region saw a 5% year-on-year increase in visitors numbers in the first five months of the year. The trend continues this summer. (front page, page 14)

Maribor
"He'd like to improve Maribor": Maribor city authorities have set up an app through which residents can make proposals for the city's improvement, but a 24-year-old local believes communication should improve. (front page, page 9)

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