What the Papers Say: Monday, August 6, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 6 August 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Holiday traffic
"Tourism nomads occupy roads": Mass tourism migrations were causing traffic jams and anger on the Slovenian roads and border crossings at the first weekend of August. (front page)

Healthcare
"Junior doctor loses 40,000 euro": The doctors who have completed specialist training but fail to take a job in the region of their training for at least as long as the length of the training need to pay back the cost. However, not all of them. (front page, page 2)

European Athletics Championships
"Back to Bolt and Kozmo's stadium": Ten Slovenian athletes will appear in the European Athletics Championships in Berlin; the bets are on Martina Ratej in the javelin throw finals and Luka Janžič in the 400 metre finals. (front page, page 19)

DNEVNIK

Income tax donations
"Charities successful, others much less": Only a third of the taxpayers allocate 0.5% of their personal income tax to organisations benefiting society, political parties and trade unions. (front page, page 2)

Road infrastructure
"Road to Idrija remains closed": The road connecting the western town of Idrija with Godovič through a gorge will remain fully closed until 20 August. Businesses complain of the damage this will cause them. (front page, page 11)

Beach volleyball
"Ljubljana: Beach volleyball spectacle in Congress Square": The World Series beach volleyball tournament made its stop in Ljubljana at the weekend for the first time ever. (front page, page 18)

FINANCE

Electricity prices
"Watch out, electricity will get costlier": The spell of record low electricity prices in global markets is coming to an end. Higher bills will hit households in the autumn. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Fuel prices
"How costly is our car ride compared to last year and where in the EU prices did prices went highest": The paper offers a review of fuel prices across Europe at the peak of the holiday season. (front page, page 3)

Energy-efficient construction subsidies
"How to submit application to get subsidy ASAP": Those investing in improving the energy efficiency of their homes should submit applications as soon as possible because it takes longer for their applications to be processed due to the holiday backlog. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Swimming in Maribor
"Island or across the border": The paper looks at where the people of Maribor can get some relief from heat and what is going on with the city's swimming pools, including the one on the island in the Drava river. (front page, page 4)

Energy market
"Electricity market for millions of users": Gregor Novak, a co-funder and CEO of the SunContract energy exchange platform, says that solar has become the cheapest source of energy in Slovenia and globally. (front page, pages 6, 7)

Youth work camps
"Barn renovation only a beginning": Young people have refurbished a barn in Jurovski Dol and turned it into a community centre with their own hands. (front page, page 8)

Road offences
"Drove police car without a licence": An underage girl has been caught driving a car full of boozing police officers. (front page, page 13)

Holiday traffic
"Headed for holiday without jams": Long queues of vehicles waiting to cross the border with Croatia may be avoided by detouring via smaller border crossings. (front page, page 23) [And you can see our guide to crossing the border, with webcams and a map, here]

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