What the Papers Say: Thursday, September 20 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 20 September 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Arbitration
"Madam Bulc where were you when Juncker kept his eyes shut?": Slovenian European Commissioner Violeta Bulc has come under fire for not doing enough for Slovenian interests in the arbitration implementation dispute with Croatia at the Commission, but she says she has defended Slovenian interests loudly and clearly. (front page, 3)

Health
"When body survives brain": Neurologist Zvezdan Pirtošek paints a bleak future for society that is ashamed of old age and approaches it as a problem. (front page, 4, 14)

Infrastructure
"Austrians start building second Karavanke tube": Austrians have already started building the second tube of the Karavanke tunnel, while Slovenia will be late because unsuccessful bidders wanted the tender reviewed. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Bomb attack
"'Warning' for former owners of Javna Razsvetljava?": A bomb was found in front of the house of Goran Bojovič and another went off under the car of Matej Počivavšek yesterday. Together with Tadej Počivavšek they owned public lighting company Javna Razsvetljava, which they sold to Chinese-owned Cyprus company Frozaria Limited. (front page)

Defence
"Pay rise for soldiers in danger": Auditors of the Defence Ministry have found the order of Maj-Gen Alan Geder, the chief of the general staff, to raise the pay of soldiers in discrepancy with the law. According to the Defence Ministry, pay was raised for too many soldiers, but the Slovenian Armed Forces does not agree. (front page, 3)

Companies
"Designing paint shop without adequate experience": The paint shop for automotive giant Magna in Hoče-Slivnica was designed by architect Uroš Rošker, who does not have formal clearance to design such complicated projects. (front page, 3)

FINANCE

Government
"Four fronts for Šarec government": The minority government of Marjan Šarec has only just formed but it is already facing four major fronts that will keep him busy: the Fiscal Council, business executives, public sector trade unions and the Left. (front page, 2, 3)

Net neutrality
"Has net neutrality gone sleeping with the fishes in Slovenia?": The latest promo offer by telecoms operator A1 Slovenija, under which certain applications do not use the data from users' plans, has brought together the defenders of net neutrality, who believe this is a case of zero-rating offer. (front page, 4)

IMF
"Eight advices by IMF for future of euro and financial union": The paper runs a simplified version of eight pieces of advices given by Poul M. Thomsen, the director for Europe at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to ensure trust in the euro, stability of banks and non-banking finance. (front page, 6, 7)

VEČER

Public sector pay talks
"Govt wants to speed up negotiations": One thing is clear after the initial meeting of Public Administration Minister Rudi Medved and public sector trade unions: the government wants to conclude the talks within three months because without a deal all remaining austerity measures will expire at the end of the year. (front page, 4)

Basketball
"Referees on strike again": A new season, an old problem: Slovenian basketball referees are on strike again because of the Slovenian Basketball Association's failure to address the issue of payments to referees. (front page, 23)

Maribor
"Planned 'press' raises dust among locals": A planned revamp of the village centre in Jarenina featuring a grape press has outraged locals who see the project as a cheap campaign trick before the local election. (front page, 8, 9)

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