Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 22 February 2019, as summarised by the STA:
DELO
Real estate
"Largest part of Slovenian coast that is on sale": A total of 180,000 m2 of land near the sea coast in Izola is being sold by Austria's Heta Asset Resolution, the Slovenian state-owned Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) and the Gorenjska Banka bank. (front page, 4)
Culture
"Abstract goals of the project get nine million euro": As much as EUR 9m has been made available in a call for applications for the Network of Centres of Research Art and Culture, which is surrounded by suspicion about non-transparency. (front page, 5, 7)
Forged diploma
"Standard excuse: someone did not do the right checks": A trainee doctor in the Izola general hospital has made it into the registry of physicians with a forged diploma. The Medical Chamber has failed to ask her to provide original documents. (front page, 2)
Winter holidays
"Three out of four families can afford holidays": Winter holidays will start next Monday for around 140,000 primary and secondary students from central and western Slovenia. (front page)
DNEVNIK
Church
"Church admits sexual abuse": Roman Catholic Church leaders have met in the Vatican to discuss the mounting pressure from victims to admit the fact that some of its members are sexually abusing children and youths. (front page, 6, 18)
Defence deals
"New arms blunder: there will be no purchase of 8 x 8": The government opted to freeze the planned purchase of eight-wheeled Boxer armoured personnel carriers over the lack of appropriate legislation allowing the multi-year financing of the EUR 300m deal. (front page, 2)
Investments
"Government did not grant Magna's wish, it will nevertheless open waters act": The government rejected the proposed changes to the law adopted for the Magna Steyr paint shop which would exempt the project from relevant provisions of the waters act. The government said it did not want to solve this issue only for one specific investor. (front page, 4)
FINANCE
Real estate
"What Slovenian millionaires purchased recently": Slovenian millionaires have been increasingly investing in real estate in recent years, buying everything - from villas, land and hotels to industrial plants. (front page, 2-3)
Media
"What hides behind spectacular results of Pro Plus": Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is boasting with spectacular results of its Pro Plus, which operates the POP TV and Kanal A TV channels in Slovenia, but many unpopular moves are behind this, the paper notes. (front page, 4-5)
VEČER
Healthcare
"Precious home assistance": The EUR 1m home assistance project CrossCare, which is to conclude in August 2020, does in practice what the state should systemically regulate. (front page, 10-11)
Multiple sclerosis
"Easing pain also with hemp": There are an estimated 3,500 people in Slovenia diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, some of whom are easing their pain by smoking marijuana or using hemp oil. (front page, 4-5)
Public information
"Are ballots secret?": The National Assembly has launched an administrative dispute over the decision of the Information Commissioner that it needs to reveal to Večer the ballots with which MPs elected Marjan Šarec prime minister. (front page, 2-3)
