What the Papers Say: Monday, September 17, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 17 September 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Sport climbing
"Setting new milestones and raising the bar ahead of Tokyo": Slovenia's Janja Garnbret has become the first person in history to become a world champion in three disciplines of sport climbing. She is seriously threatening to overshadow the biggest star in the sport, Czech Adam Ondra. (front page, 14)

Slovenia-Croatia border dispute
"Our senior officials critical of Brussels": The European Commission being advised by its Legal Service to back up Slovenia's positions in its case against Croatia has brought another twist in the debate on the border arbitration decision. (front page, 3)

Public sector trade unions
"Public sector making government have guilty conscience on the first day": Trade unions would like to continue where they had left off in the public sector pay talks, while the new government and Public Administration Minister Rudi Medved would start anew. (front page, 2)

Marathon
"World record nearing two hours": Eliud Kipchoge, the Olympic champion in marathon from Rio, set a new world record at the Berlin Marathon, becoming the first human to run the 42-km race under two hours and two minutes (2:01:39). (front page)

DNEVNIK

Public opinion poll
"People not impressed by new government": A majority of people polled in the latest Vox Populi poll have no particular opinion about the new government line-up, with almost 32% saying that they were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied and 22% saying they could not tell. (front page, 2)

Slovenia-Croatia border dispute
"Reprimand to Croatia brings no major changes": The European Commission being advised by its Legal Service to back up Slovenia's positions in its border arbitration case against Croatia actually has no major influence regarding the legal proceedings Slovenia intends to launch against its neighbour. (front page, 4)

Sport climbing
"Janja Garnbret first winner in Olympic combined": Slovenia's Janja Garnbret was the most successful athlete of the Climbing World Championships in Austria's Innsbruck, winning on the last day the women's Olympic combined, which combines the lead, speed and boulder disciplines. (front page, 20)

FINANCE

Slovenian export award winners
"We are respected in Europe like Mercedes, Audi or BMW": Tomaž Kmecl and Peter Novak, the executive and commercial directors of Kolektor Etra, the winner of this year's award for the best Slovenian exporter by Finance, have told the paper in an interview that the company's transformers have the same status in Europe like Mercedes, Audi or BMW have in cars. (front page, 6-7)

Cryptocurrencies
"Crypto company Cofound.it closing its door": Cofound.it, a Slovenian start-up developing a platform for initial coin offering (ICO), has announced its closure. It will distribute the EUR 14m in ether cryptocurrency among the coin buyers. (front page, 6)

VEČER

Environment
"Waste is multi-layered problem": The organisation Ecologists Without Borders has completed another Let's Clean Slovenia in One Day! campaign after similar campaigns in 2010 and 2012, this time in hope that it will be the last one as the goal is to keep Slovenia without waste. (front page, 2-3, 6-7)

Slovenia-Croatia border dispute
"Law on Slovenia's side": Slovenian officials have reacted critically to the revelation that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has "overlooked" the opinion of the Legal Service that Slovenia's positions in its border arbitration case against Croatia should be backed. (front page, 2)

Music
"Spectacle of the year in Maribor": The Slovenian-Croatian cellist duo 2Cellos performed a concert in Maribor on Saturday in front of 15,000 people, which was their most attended concert in Slovenia ever. (front page, 32)

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