What the Papers Say: Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Wednesday, 24 October 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

NLB sale
"Only investors can now upset the sale": The countdown to the initial public offering of NLB shares has started; the only thing that could prevent the sale of Slovenia's largest bank now is insufficient response from investors. (front page, page 3)

ITU elections
"Koprivnikar's cuckoo's egg": The Marjan Šarec government is to take a decision on Thursday on the previous cabinet's proposal for Slovenia to back Burkina Faso's candidate for deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) at the organisation's conference in Dubai next week. (front page, page 2)

Khashoggi murder
"G7 nations and Erdogan dissatisfied with Saudi explanations": Unhappy with the explanations provided by Saudi Arabia, Turkey as well as representatives of the G7 countries have called for a thorough, credible and transparent investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

Local elections
"Old and new faces on lists for city council": Unless the Election Commission finds flaws, ten mayoral candidates and 20 lists of candidates for the city council will be running in the local elections in Ljubljana. (front page, page 9)

Patria-related trial
"Walter Wolf in the dock after all": The controversial 79-year-old businessman has come from Canada to Slovenia after all to face money laundering charges. Walter Wolf is alleged to have helped launder EUR 3.6m in kickbacks from Finnish Patria. (front page, page 3)

FINANCE

Privatisation
"What now with Cinkarna Celje's privatisation?": The share of the chemical company Cinkarna Celje has plunged more than 20% since early June, having soared on speculations of a takeover by Anatol and KKR. The state owners planned to establish a consortium to sell their stakes, but there is no sign of it now. (front page, pages 2, 3)

NLB sale
"SSH will not disclose NLB price range, but calls it ambitious": There are indications that the price range in the initial public offering of NLB shares has not been set very high, writes the paper after the bank's sale was endorsed by the supervisory board of Slovenian Sovereign Holding. (front page, pages 4, 5)

Entrepreneurship
"Life and death question: What happens to employees when SP owner dies": Nine questions and answers as to what happens when the sole proprietor dies. (front page, pages 8, 9)

VEČER

Business awards
"These are the best businessmen": Večer and the regional Chamber of Commerce and Business have declared the companies of the year for the Podravje region in several categories. (front page, pages 4, 5)

Local elections
"Candidates support rally": The first in a series of campaign debates hosted by Večer showed that all the candidates for mayor of Ravne na Koroškem support a workers' rally for higher wages. (front page, page 4)

Koper-Divača railway
"Military appetites for second track": The Americans are interested in the Koper port and are dissatisfied because the planned second track connecting the port is not designed for transport of army equipment. (front page, page 3)

NLB sale
"Green light for sale": The supervisory board of Slovenian Sovereign Holding has endorsed the price range for NLB share in the initial public offering. (front page, page 6)

Road infrastructure
"Drilling on the Axis route": Geological test drilling is being conducted in the north of the country for the planned expressway running between the border with Austria and the border with Croatia. (front page, page 13)

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