Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, January 15, 2019, as summarised by the STA:
DELO
Fate of Mercator
"State looking for way to buy back Mercator": The state is allegedly looking for ways to restore control over the retailer and prevent the country's largest employer ending up under the creditor banks-owned "new Agrokor". (front page, 9)
Brexit
"Fate of Brexit in hands of MPs": The British parliament is likely to reject the exit deal with the EU this evening. (front page, 5)
Books
"Book about everything in history and philosophy": The former Archbishop of Ljubljana Anton Stres has published an extensive philosophy lexicon, which he wrote after withdrawing from public life in 2013 upon instructions from the Vatican. (front page, 14)
DNEVNIK
Electoral legislation
"Numerous complications expected": It is clear to experts as well as politicians that changes to election legislation will be a tough nut to crack, which is why some are already wondering what would happen should the Constitutional Court-demanded changes not be passed before the next election. (front page, 2)
Fire at Ljubljana squat
"Rog users to first fix the roof": While the users of Ljubljana's Rog plan to fix what is around EUR 10,000 worth of damage caused to parts of the squatted former factory by a fire during the weekend, the fate of the alternative social centre is being decided in court. (front page, 9)
Brain drain
"More and more young Slovenians emigrating to Asia": The paper highlights low wages and expensive housing among the main causes behind a record 10,000 people, especially the young and highly educated, moving abroad in 2017. (front page, 4)
FINANCE
Healthcare
"Gorenjska example of efficient healthcare": The paper analyses the finances of healthcare centres around the country, which are receiving the same funding but are found to be between EUR 685,000 in the black (jointly organised primary health centres in Gorenjska region) to EUR 1.2m in the red (Ljubljana Community Health Centre). (front page, 2-3)
Construction scandal
"Will municipalities have to pay twice?": The paper reports that several municipalities that hired AS-Primus might have to cover the costs of the failed builder's outstanding payments to subcontractors. (front page, 6-7)
VEČER
MP initiative for Maribor
"Jointly for the region": Klub 7, a cross-partisan initiative featuring the seven National Assembly deputies from the Maribor area, has held its maiden meeting. (front page, 2, 3)
Electoral legislation
"Preferential vote and what to do with voting districts": The political elite is facing a strenuous search for consensus on changes to electoral legislation. (front page, 2, 3)
