What the Papers Say: Tuesday, September 25 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 25 September 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Public broadcaster
"Staffing and political confusion at public RTV": Katja Šeruga has failed to garner sufficient support of the RTV Slovenija programming council as the candidate for director of the public broadcaster's television arm, and rumours have it that RTV Slovenija director general Igor Kadunc is also on the hot seat. (front page, 2)

European Parliament
"Spending of MEPs under scrutiny": The EU Court of Justice is to rule this afternoon whether information about the travel expenses, allowances and other expenses of MEPs should be made publicly available. The European Parliament possesses this information, but does not want to publish it. (front page, 6)

Triglav landmark tower
"Aljaž Tower ready for return": The Aljaž Tower, the storm shelter on top of Slovenia's highest mountain, will be returned to Triglav next week after the much needed repair works done 123 years after it was erected. (front page, 17)

DNEVNIK

Central bank governor candidate
"Presentation of governor candidate Primož Dolenc": Transparent operation and adequate supervision are among the most important goals of Primož Dolenc as candidate for the new governor of Banka Slovenije. He has been put forward by President Borut Pahor, but parliamentary parties have not promised the necessary 46 votes. (front page, 2)

Sport retailers
"Decathlon shuffled cards among retailers": An analysis of the performance of sport equipment retailers in Slovenia shows that the entry of the French multinational Decathlon resulted in a drop or stagnation of revenue for some retailers. (front page, 5)

Red Cross
"Alojz Kovačič silently dismissed": The main committee of the Slovenian Red Cross has dismissed Alojz Kovačič as legal representative, officially because of the provision in the statute saying that the organisation cannot have two legal representatives. (front page, 5)

FINANCE

Sale of companies
"Why sale of Elan does not mean catastrophe in Gorenjska, but the opposite": The paper examines in what condition sports goods maker Elan and its subsidiary Elan Inventa are as their foreign owners are selling the two, with a Japanese company and several Slovenian companies as interested buyers. (front page, 4-6)

NLB sale
"We can get the 2013 buyout amount for 75% of NLB": New roadshows related to the privatisation of the state-owned NLB bank have started, with preliminary information suggesting that the country's largest bank could be sold for a good amount, provided that politicians act prudently. (front page, 4-6)

Telecommunications market
"What EUR 30m means for T-2": The paper wonders whether the EUR 30m in settlement that the telecommunications company T-2 will get from Telekom Slovenije will be enough for T-2 to carry out the long overdue financial restructuring. (front page, 10-11)

VEČER

Small business
"Keeping family companies": A lot of family companies in Slovenia are for sale, either because there are no successors within the families themselves or the children of the owners want to do something else. (front page, 6)

Small business
"Tovšak freed": Hilda Tovšak, the former boss of the now bankrupt construction company Vegrad, will be released from prison on parole on Friday after having served more than five years of her eight-year sentence. (front page, 21)

UN General Assembly session
"Still unnoticed in US": The Slovenian delegation to the UN General Assembly session in New York, featuring President Borut Pahor and Foreign Minister Miro Cerar, will not hold bilateral meetings with the most senior representatives of the US. (front page, 3)

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