What the Papers Say: Thursday, August 2, 2018

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 Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 2 August 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Competitions
"Tina and Veronika aiming for tickets for Tokyo Olympics": The series of major competitions continues after the World Cup and the Tour de France with European and world championships across Europe. Slovenian sailors Tina Mrak and Veronika Macarol will try for a medal at the sailing worlds in Aarhus. (front page)

Coalition building
"Enough votes for brittle government": Pundits believe that a minority government formed by Marjan Šarec and his quintet with the support from the Left would be of short breath. (front page, 2)

Health
"Sick leaves draining healthcare purse": The number of sick leaves in Slovenia has increased significantly since 2014, when the new pension law came into force and employers failed to adapt workplaces and processes to older workers. (front page, 3)

Festival
"Trnovo and all Slavic world too": The annual Trnfest festival got under way in Ljubljana under new organisers, the Centre for Slavic Cultures, yesterday. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Coalition building
"Slovenia headed for minority government": Slovenia could get a minority government for the first time in history. While the quintet of parties led by Marjan Šarec are not thrilled about the possibility, they find it preferable to a snap election. (front page, 2)

Ljubljana
"Gosposvetska Street to open in mid-August": The city of Ljubljana has announced that it will open the revamped Gosposvetska street for traffic in mid-August. The city is already seeking a contractor to refurbish adjoining streets. (front page, 9)

FINANCE

Rail upgrade
"Monitoring bats, crustaceans and fish along the second rail track route. Price? Quarter of a million euro!": Public tenders for the Koper-Divača rail upgrade continue, with the latest aimed at monitoring flora and fauna along the rail. It is estimated at a quarter of a million euro. (front page, 2, 3)

Facebook
"Is Facebook's falling short sign of trouble in market?": Investors reacted with dismay at the news that Facebook's revenue grew by 42% instead of the expected 43%, causing the company to lose more than EUR 100bn in market value. (front page, 4, 5)

Cycling
"Is sale of road bicycles increasing because of Roglič?": The paper wanted to find out whether the sale of road bicycles had increased following Primož Roglič's fourth place at the Tour de France, but retailers said it was too soon to tell. (front page, 6, 7)

VEČER

Coalition building
"Minority government ever closer": Signs that Slovenia could get a minority government are multiplying after the Left said it would not join the Marjan Šarec-led coalition but was willing to work with it on projects. (front page, 2, 3)

Books
"Books will not die (out)": The owner of bookshop Bukvarna, Marjan Miklavčič, believes that books will never cease to exist despite the popularity of e-readers. (front page, 10)

Demography
"People moving out of more than half of municipalities": Peripheral regions have been losing inhabitants to regions that are believed to have a developmental potential, with Central Slovenia recording a 5.3% growth in inhabitants over the past eight years. (front page, 5)

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