Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, January 28, 2019, as summarised by the STA:
DELO
Elderly care
"Higher pensions taken away by more expensive elderly care": The load of the increase in wages for the staff in retirement homes, agreed between the government and public sector trade unions, will be put on the shoulders of the residents or their families. (front page, 20)
Culture minister scandal
"An offer which will be hard to refuse": Culture Minister Dejan Prešiček, who is facing accusations of bullying, offered to resign yesterday and now it is up to Prime Minister Marjan Šarec to announce his decision today. (front page, 2)
Patients' rights
"Who will inform patients?": Patients are increasingly turning to advocates of the rights of patients to ask about their rights and to make complaints as countless healthcare regulations have been changed in the last year. (front page, 2)
Ski jumping
"He realised what he had been announcing for a while": The best Slovenian ski jumper in the current World Cup season, Timi Zajc, finished second in Japan's Sapporo on Sunday for his first podium finish. The 18-year-old is now looking forward to the weekend and the triple-header in Oberstdorf. (front page, 13)
DNEVNIK
Culture minister scandal
"Minister Prešiček resigning over bullying": Faced by bullying accusations, Culture Minister Dejan Prešiček offered yesterday his resignation to Prime Minister Marjan Šarec, who is to announce his decision today. The paper says that there are almost no doubts that he will accept the resignation. (front page, 3, 16)
Health insurance
"How close is abolition of supplementary insurance?": Many have been taken aback by Health Minister Samo Fakin saying that Slovenia cannot afford abolishing supplementary insurance for the time being as they understood that the rates for basic health insurance will increase. (front page, 3, 16)
Handball world championships
"Denmark wins world champions title after beating Norway": The national men's handball team of Denmark beat Norway 31:22 in the finals of the World Handball Championships at home to become the world champions for the first time in history. (front page, 21)
FINANCE
Prices in healthcare
"Will UKCL suppliers really significantly reduce prices on their own? Do you believe that?": The paper doubts that the call from Aleš Šabeder, the director general of the UKC Ljubljana hospital, to suppliers to reduce their prices by at least 10% will be answered. (front page, 21)
Bankruptcies
"A record number of companies went bankrupt last year? What was going on?": Although Slovenia has been recording economic growth in the last three years, the number of bankruptcies reached a record last year. Experts note that a majority of them were "empty bankruptcies" without assets, with creditors being left with nothing. (front page, 2-3)
Interview with labour minister
"Biggest violators of labour legislation should be made public": Labour Minister Ksenija Klampfer said in an interview with Finance that she would make public the names of the biggest violators of labour legislation "so that their colleagues directors see what some do to the people". (front page, 6-7)
VEČER
Pensions
"Pensions: Up two times": Pensions will increase by 2.8% next month as part of a regular indexation, while an extraordinary indexation will be carried out only in December, when pensions will go up by a further 1.5%. (front page, 4)
Culture minister scandal
"Šarec on the move": One day before Prime Minister Marjan Šarec was to announce his decision on the fate of Culture Minister Dejan Prešiček, who is facing accusations of bullying, the minister offered to resign himself in a public letter. (front page, 2)
Ski jumping
"First career podium finish for Zajc": After placing among the top ten for eight times in the past year, Slovenia's Timi Zajc finished second in Japan's Sapporo on Sunday for his first career podium finish. (front page, 18)
