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STA, 15 July 2018 - Janez Janša, the leader of the election-winning Democrats (SDS), has suspended the invitation to a meeting at which he would test the willingness of parliamentary parties to enter government coalition talks with him.
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 16 July 2018, as prepared by the STA:
STA, 15 July 2018 - Companies have from now on 160 million euro at their disposal to co-finance investments into tourist infrastructure from a special credit fund.
Luka Dončić started his career with the youth team of Petrol Olimpija before heading off to Real Madrid and now the Dallas Mavericks. But the movement of players between Slovenia and the US is no one-way street, as evidenced by the news that Jalek Felton, the former University of North Carolina (UNC) point guard, has signed with Dončić’s old team, and is due on the court in the upcoming season.
Things to see and do in the capital.
STA, 15 July 2018 - The leader of the Marjan Šarec Party (LMŠ), the election runner-up, is happy with Saturday's eleven-hour round of coalition talks as the six parties managed to find common ground on most of the coalition agreement.
A storm over Lake Bled Saturday afternoon saw lightning strike a public “beach” and, according to multiple media reports, throw about twenty people into the air, injuring at least five.
STA, 14 July 2018 - Following long prison sentences issued by the Koper court to seven members of the Cobra drug trafficking ring in May, the Ljubljana District Court has handed sentences to seven more members of the Ljubljana section of the ring.
Janja just misses the top.
STA, 13 July 2018 - The government filed on Friday a lawsuit against Croatia over its non-implementation of the border arbitration decision. The lawsuit filed at the EU's Court of Justice in Luxembourg is based on Article 259 of the Lisbon Treaty.
