What the Papers Say: Tuesday, February 6, 2018

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The news Slovenia is waking up to.  

Below is a review of headlines in the Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 6 February, 2018, as prepared by the STA:

DELO

German coalition talks
"Heated talks on new German government": Talks on a new grand coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel have not ended yet, with the coalition agreement encompassing more than 160 pages four months after the election. (front page, 3)

Children
"Child's welfare in first place": The Maribor Administrative Court has upheld the Labour Ministry's decision in a highly-publicised case of two children whose mother was killed by their father. The ministry refused to give custody to their grandmother, who will now appeal to the Supreme Court. (front page, 2)

Tax inspection 
"Big Brother can enter apartment": The Financial Administration (FURS) has used warrants to enter apartments of suspected violators in a clampdown on undeclared vacation rentals. (front page, 12)

DNEVNIK

Uber
"Will Uber come as unfair competition?": Taxi drivers, trade unions, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) and the Chamber of Trade Crafts and Small Business (OZS) object legislative changes that would facilitate the entry of Uber to Slovenia. They believe that the US ride-hailing company would be an unfair competition, while Uber says the law poses too many obstacles. (front page, 2)

Roma
"President Pahor in Dolenjska to discuss Roma community": President Borut Pahor visited the biggest illegal Roma village in Dolenjska to discuss issues the Roma community and the majority population have in the south-eastern region. (front page, 11)

Migrations
"More Algerians, Turks and Kosovars": The number of migrants Slovenian police apprehend on the border with Croatia is growing. It has led to increasingly daring attempts to cross the border, which ended in the first death of a refugee on the Slovenian border last week. (front page, 3)

FINANCE

Gorenje
"Haier and PwC not conducting due diligence in Gorenje": The management of household appliances maker Gorenje has rejected reports by Finance that due diligence is being conducted at the company by Chinese giant Haier or consultancy PwC. (front page, 4)

Krvavec ski resort
"Battle for Krvavec: Janša claims to have the money, where is the problem?": The deadline by which businessman Janez Janša (no relation to politician Janez Janša) and Unior should have struck a deal on the sale of Krvavec to Janša expires today. But things have gotten complicated despite Janša's claims that he has the money. (front page, 4)

Auctions 
"Houses that will be put to auction in February": The paper runs a list of property that will be put to auction in February. The listings range from EUR 51,000 to EUR 402,000. (front page, 12, 13)

VEČER

Unemployment
"Jobs, not only labour": Unemployment outlook for young people has improved over the past year. 2,506 young people were registered as unemployed in Maribor at the end of the year, the least in the past few years. (front page, 11)

Gorenje
"Huge support for strike in Gorenje": Trade unionists at household appliances maker Gorenje are gearing up for a potential strike after the management unilaterally abolished the in-house collective bargaining agreement. (front page, 6)

Vaccination
"They would close kindergarten door to unvaccinated children": A group of deputies from the ruling Modern Centre Party (SMC) and the junior coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) have filed to parliament a proposal to ban non-vaccinated children from public and private kindergartens financed from the budget. This would not apply to children who have not been vaccinated against diseases for which vaccination is mandatory due to medical reasons. (front page, 4)

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