Below is a review of today’s news in Slovenia, summarised by the headlines in the daily newspapers for Tuesday, December 4, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
Local elections
"The lessons of mayoral elections": Looking at the tight outcome of the mayoral run-offs in Koper and Šmarješke Toplice, Delo writes that the "post-election abstinence hangover" may last for at least four years, which is something worth remembering at least until the Euro elections. (front page, pages 4, 5, 7)
France fuel protests
"Enraged genie out of the bottle": The face of the protest France is unpleasant as democratic demands have turned into street riots. (front page, page 6)
Party financing probe
"What would the coalition probe first?": The Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) has drawn up a proposal for a parliamentary inquiry into party financing from abroad, which data indicates would target the opposition Democratic Party (SDS). (front page, page 2)
DNEVNIK
Local elections
"Koper drama resumes with complaints": Outgoing Koper Mayor Boris Popovič has not reconciled himself to having been defeated by a mere seven votes. His lawyer has announced his camp will resort to all legal means at its disposal. (front page, page 2)
German-speaking community
"Austria pressing for minority recognition": Austria has again formally supported the German-speaking community in Slovenia in its demand to be recognised as an ethnic minority in the constitution. The demands have been stepped up since a right-wing coalition took over in Austria. (front page, page 3)
FINANCE
Interest rates
"Which bank offers highest deposit interest rates?": Slovenian households are piling up their savings with banks. Although time deposits are getting less popular, they still total EUR 4.8bn, which is a billion more than in the pre-crisis year of 2007 when interest rates were much higher. (front page, pages 2, 3)
Banks
"Who's who in Slovenian banks?": The paper offers an analysis of the Slovenian banking sector and how it has changed over the past decade. (front page, page 4)
Healthcare costs
"Higher pay eating at contributions and services in healthcare": The management board of the ZZZS public health insurance fund has drawn attention to the fact that the government has again failed to secure the funding for the pay rise agreed with the trade unions. (front page, page 6)
VEČER
Local election analysis
"Elections of change": This year's local elections saw independent candidates, tight vote outcomes, new faces, few women mayors and expectation of change. (front page, pages 2, 3, 9, 12-15)
Maribor hospital
"New obstacle in effort to tackle anaesthesiology": The Health Ministry has failed to approve a special programme funder which would help the UKC Maribor hospital tackle the shortage of anaesthesiologists by subcontracting local doctors. (front page, page 8)
Chemist murder trial
"Michel was never aggressive": The defence called its witnesses as the trial resumed of Michel Stephan for instigating to the murder of Janez Plavec from the Ljubljana Chemistry Institute. (front page, page 21)
