What follows is a review of headlines in the Slovenian dailies for Friday, 2 February, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Serbia-Slovenia relations
"Kekec is ours, we're not giving up Tito's cars": Slovenia and Serbia have good relations in all aspects, except for the division of movable cultural heritage belonging to the former Yugoslavia. (front page, page 3)
Change of leadership at NSi
"Janša has coffee ready for Tonin": After taking over as the new leader of New Slovenia (NSi), Matej Tonin announced he will invite all party leaders for a coffee, including Janez Janša. (front page, page 2)
Industrial dispute at port operator
"Charges heaping at Luka Koper, work on hold": The shop steward at port operator Luka Koper has been charged on suspicion of causing public nuisance, which carries up to eight years in prison. (front page, page 10)
DNEVNIK
Change of leadership at NSi
"What does NSi under new leadership brings into Slovenian political arena?": Matej Tonin, who was unexpectedly named acting NSi leader, told reporters yesterday that ten days ago Ljudmila Novak informed the party she did not have the strength to continue as party leader any more. (front page, page 2, commentary page 18)
Healthcare
"Private practice awarded surgeries on the quiet": The junior coalition partners are irked after the government gave the go-ahead in a correspondence session for a privately-held medical centre to perform 130 orthopaedic operations for public funds this year. (front page, page 3)
Ljubljana sporting facilities
"Municipality loses Ilirija sports park": The Ljubljana city has lost a long-running legal battle for the ownership of the sporting facility Ilirija in the Koseze borough. (front page, page 7)
FINANCE
Gorenje
"Chinese raking around at Gorenje": Chinese home appliances giant Haier is conducting due diligence at Slovenia's Gorenje. (front page, page 4)
Register beneficial owners
"Register of beneficial owners is a register of the absurd": The paper wonders why more than 80,000 companies had to enter data in the new register when the same data are already available at the AJPES agency for public legal records, considering that executives are registered as beneficial owners of forms such as bad bank or Sovereign Holding. (front page, pages 2, 3)
Central bank governor
"What drives Governor Jazbec so much abroad": Boštjan Jazbec, the governor of the Slovenian central bank, is bidding to become a member of the Single Resolution Board, the Brussels-based institution whose job is to rescue troubled banks in the euro area. (front page, page 5)
VEČER
Environment
"Rače environmental burden": Locals are concerned because US company Albaugh is seeking a permit to expand production, in particular because of an incineration plant where it would burn hazardous waste. (front page, page 5)
Change of leadership at NSi
"Tonin invites Janša for coffee, not into coalition": Acting NSi leader would like to double the party's result in the upcoming election. (front page, pages 2, 3)
Crime
"He would lend him as sex slave": A 38-year-old from Ljubljana was in the dock yesterday on six counts of grave crime, including that he forced a frail person into sexual intercourse with other people. (front page, page 21)
