What the Papers Say: Tuesday, September 4, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 4 September 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Foreign investments
"Hungarians eyeing and throwing euros at Slovenia": One hundred years after the reunification of the north-eastern region of Pomurje with Slovenia, the influence of Hungary, the country which used to control the region, is getting stronger there again. (front page, 4)

Taxes
"Myths and facts about capital taxation": As businesses continue to cry foul about the planned changes to the taxation of capital gains, the paper presents some calculations that bust the myths and present facts about the topic. (front page, 5, 8)

Štajerska para-military unit video
"Security risk or a trick by the 'deep state'?": A video and photographs on the internet of a few hundred masked men in military outfit, some of them holding rifles or axes, lined up in the woods in Slovenia are raising dust. (front page, 2) Our report on this story, includoing photos and vidoes, is here

President's Apple of Inspiration
"Message to school children and recognition to a comic book": On the first school day on Monday, President Borut Pahor delivered a message to school children, and conferred the Apple of Inspiration award on the authors of the literary project Cankar in a Comic Book. (front page, 2)

DNEVNIK

Štajerska para-military unit video
"Šiško's 'Štajerska Guard' is a serious sign of radicalisation of society": No matter if it was self-promotion, provocation or a serious threat, the lining up of masked men in military outfit by former fringe presidential candidate Andrej Šiško is a serious sign of radicalisation. (front page, 2)

Energy efficiency improvement programme
"EUR 5m is available, but the poor cannot afford the aid, as they would have to pay income tax for it": In addition to the question of how to pick the 500 "lucky ones" among whom it would distribute EUR 5m for home energy efficiency improvement, the Ministry of Infrastructure does not know how to exempt them from paying income tax for the aid.(front page, 3)

FINANCE

Healthcare
"Health Ministry putting obstacles for Italian physiotherapy graduates": The Ministry of Health demands from Italian students and graduates of physiotherapy to know the Slovenian language even before they take the professional examination to acquire the title of a physiotherapist, even though they only study in Slovenia and do not want to work here. (front page, 2-3)

Auctions
"13 restaurants which will be available in autumn": The paper lists 13 restaurants around Slovenia which will be put to public auctions in the autumn, with their starting prices ranging from EUR 50,000 to EUR 800,000. (front page, 12-13)

Business
"What companies expect by year's end and what they are afraid of": Slovenian companies remain cautious in terms of projections for the second half of the year, with those which produce and sell products for the domestic market remaining optimistic. (front page, 2-3)

VEČER

Shoemaking
"Craft that is dying out": There are only six shoemaking workshops in Maribor left, while every street in the city used to have one, says Mirko Cimerlajt, who took over the craft from his father in the 1990s and still works today. (front page, 10-11)

Štajerska para-military unit video
"Šiško's group being investigated": The police suspects that several criminal acts were committed with Saturday's gathering of an armed group by former fringe presidential candidate Andrej Šiško, with the most senior state officials also making a strong response. (front page, 3)

Forced prostitution
"Alcohol and sex under duress": Celje police have apprehended a group which organised prostitution and human trafficking. Criminal complaints have been filed against eight persons, while five have been brought before an investigating judge. (front page, 21)

Church
"Scandals among priests": Will Ljutomer parish priest Andrej Zrim be cleared of the suspicion of paedophilia and why Murska Sobota Bishop Peter Štumpf could leave the diocese. (front page, 14)

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