DELO
Healthcare
"Who will treat us if we fall ill?": Young doctors in Slovenia no longer want to specialise in general practice, with only 12 responding to the 119 open posts for specialisation in this branch of medicine. (front page, 2, 8)
Pensioners
"Pensioners can look forward to higher annual allowance": Pensioners can look forward to higher annual allowances in 2019 as the draft budget implementation bill envisages EUR 140m for this purpose (EUR 18m more than this year). The government will discuss the bill today. (front page, 3)
Infrastructure
"A ten-metre hole in middle of road": Renovation work on the railway tunnel near Šentilj caused a ten-metre sinkhole on the road next to the exit ramp from the A1 motorway near the border town. (front page)
DNEVNIK
Survey
"Big rise in support for Marjan Šarec government": The support for the government of Marjan Šarec has grown significantly in the latest Vox Populi poll; in fact it has doubled to 44.2%. Šarec himself also gained in popularity, rising from the fourth to the second place in the rankings. (front page, 2)
Slovenian Sovereign Holding
"Andrej Božič already has one foot in SSH management": Slovenian Sovereign Holding supervisory board is to appoint the two missing members of the state assets custodian today, with Andrej Božič, the former chairman of Steklarna Hrastnik, a large glassworks, enjoying the support of the ruling Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) and several supervisors. (front page, 3)
Football
"Matjaž Kek returning to the coach's seat": Matjaž Kek, who coached the national football team in 2007-2011, will likely return to the hottest seat in Slovenian sport, the paper cites unofficial but reliable information. (front page, 17)
FINANCE
Construction
"Unpaid subcontractors: How did Cerknica-based builder stray on path of fallen construction barons?": AS-Primus, the Cerknica based construction company, has received municipality and EU funds for several projects, but it owes more than EUR 1m to subcontractors. (front page, 4, 5)
Economic cooldown
"Another downgraded forecast for Slovenia's growth: Who is already feeling the cooldown?": The OECD is the latest institution that has downgraded Slovenia's GDP growth forecast for the coming two years. Business results and projections of certain companies also indicate that a cooldown may be coming. (front page, 2, 3)
Takeovers
"Turks and postmen to apparently fight for Intereuropa": After the failed sale of logistics company Intereuropa two years ago, the biggest shareholders invited four interested buyers to submit binding bids last month. It appears that the postal operator Pošta Slovenije and Turkish Netlog Logistics are the most interested. (front page, 10, 11)
VEČER
Trade unions
"Initials and protests": As three public sector trade unions reached a EUR 306m deal with the government, the Pergam and ZSSS trade union confederations announced a protest rally in front of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) for 5 December to demand higher wages for all. (front page, 2, 3)
Infrastructure
"Sinkhole on the road above tunnel": A huge sinkhole appeared at a crossroads in Šentilj, caused by works in the tunnel that runs six metres below the road. (front page, 10)
Companies
"Hotel of 100 irregularities": City Hotel is one of the nicest hotels in Maribor, but there are a number of irregularities, with Mestna Vrata, the hotel's owner controlled by a secretive Austrian company Ho-Com, avoiding the start of receivership and the police investigating the hotel's business. (front page, 6)
