Below is a review of today’s news in Slovenia, summarised by the headlines in the daily newspapers for Tuesday, December 11, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Anniversary of Ivan Cankar's death
"Friends, it's a matter of life and death now! I'm hoping for life!": Even a century since his death, Ivan Cankar (1876-1918) remains one of the greatest creative spirits and intellectuals of Slovenian cultural history, the paper says. (front page, 16-17)
Brexit vote
"Weakened Theresa May returning to Brussels": British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed a key vote on the Brexit agreement reached by the EU's and British negotiators last month in the British parliament to avoid a debacle. (front page, 6)
Health
"Example of health system's collapse": The Maribor Community Health Centre, the country's second biggest, struggles with staff deficiencies and work overload. (front page, 4)
Nobel Peace Prize laureates
"Overlooked victims of sexual violence in wars": The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureates - Congolese physician Denis Mukwege and Yezidi activist Nadia Murad - called for action and justice on behalf of the victims of wartime sexual violence as they accepted their awards on Monday. (front page)
DNEVNIK
Karavanke tunnel expansion
"Review Commission has completely confused DARS": The bids in the tender of the national motorway company DARS for a second tube of the Karavanke motorway tunnel between Slovenia and Austria are being reviewed again. The Turkish contractor Cengiz Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret, whose selection by DARS has been annulled by the National Review Commission, insists its bid remains relevant. (front page, 2)
Anniversary of Ivan Cankar's death
"Rediscovering Ivan Cankar hundred years since his death": On the eve of the 100th anniversary of Ivan Cankar's death, the main national ceremony was held in his birth town of Vrhnika last evening. (front page, 14)
Cerar's trip to the US
"Cerar going to balance relations with US": Foreign Minister Miro Cerar is scheduled to pay an official visit to the US on Friday to offset criticism that Slovenia is too attached to Russia. (front page, 3)
FINANCE
Construction
"Building is expensive and it's going to get even more expensive": In the first half of 2008, the costs of building apartments were 3.5% higher than in the same period last year and 6.4% higher than the 2015 average. (front page, 2-3)
Taxes
"Macron in France under fire over taxes, Šarec and taxes in Slovenia most popular": Why is the public's support to the government and the assessment of PM Marjan Šarec's work the best so far, while our taxes are above the OECD average and it does not seem things will get any better, the paper wonders. (front page, 4-5)
Labour market
"Beginning of the year most promising in production, finance and logistics": Employers in Slovenia are quite optimistic about hiring in the next quarter, with about a quarter of them planning to increase their staff, shows the latest survey by temping agency Manpower. (front page, 6)
VEČER
Anniversary of Ivan Cankar's death
"Hundred years after Cankar": Slovenia's greatest author Ivan Cankar managed to defy all attempts of being owned and manipulated and remains a "mirror and the Bible", the paper says. (front page, 16-17)
Brexit vote
"Brexit vote postponed": British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed at the last minute a vote on the Brexit divorce agreement after weighing the potential support. (front page, 7)
Air quality
"Air quality the worst in Miklavž": Air quality measurements in the Maribor area show that air is often more polluted in small villages than in the city. (front page, 10-11)
