Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 9 April 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Hungarian election
"Fidesz gets less support than opinion polls showed": Unofficial results of the Hungarian general election show that the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Victor Orban won 116 seats in the 199-strong National Assembly, less than public opinion polls had projected. (front page, 6)
Exporters
"Revoz again first among exporters": The Novo mesto-based Renault assembly plant Revoz has returned to the top of Delo's list of largest exporters after six years, with more than 1.57bn in exports last year. (front page, 15-19)
Party ratings
"Šarec's lead on shaky footing": The three leading parties in opinion polls - the Marjan Šarec List, the Democrats (SDS) and the Social Democrats (SD) - have lost some support, while the Modern Centre Party (SMC), New Slovenia (NSi) and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) have gained ground. (front page, 15-19)
DNEVNIK
Liberalisation of sport betting
"SMC used questionable data for liberalisation of sport betting market": A survey by Mediana has found that 20% of Slovenians place on-line sport bets abroad, as opposed to 80% argued by Modern Centre Party (SMC) deputy Branko Zorman in his proposal for liberalisation of the market, which was endorsed by the lower chamber of parliament on 20 March. (front page, 4)
Hungarian election
"Orban wins election again, but without two-thirds majority": The Fidesz party of Prime Minister Victor Orban again convincingly won the Hungarian general election, but unlike in 2014 it will not get a two-thirds majority in parliament. (front page, 7)
Traffic in Ljubljana
"Super radar fines drivers for million and half already": The speed radars installed on four locations in Ljubljana have detected more than 10,000 cases of speeding in six months, which equals one million and a half euro in fines. (front page, 9)
FINANCE
Wages
"Will explosive growth of wages pour over into Slovenia as well?": Wages in the eastern EU member states (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania) are increasing at a steep pace, the paper notes, wondering whether Slovenia will follow suit. (front page, 9)
Energy
"New price hikes for petrol and diesel announced": The paper believes that the government-regulated prices of petrol and diesel will increase at midnight for the third time in a row as the prices on Mediterranean oil bourses have reached the highest value since January. (front page, 5)
NLB
"Will the Commission turn a blind eye like it did with Italy?": The paper wonders whether the European Commission will have some patience regarding Slovenia's commitment to sell the NLB bank as the country is nearing the general election. (front page, 4-5)
VEČER
Doping scandal
"He gave the dangerous drug even to a child": UKC Maribor hospital employee Boris Špes, who has been embroiled in a scandal involving the supply of doping to several athletes, is said to have given iroprem, a drug used for treatment of iron deficiency which could have serious side effects, to a 15-year-old. (front page, 12)
Mass death of birds
"Dead birds on the lake": More than 100 dead river gulls have been found on the shore of the Ptuj Lake, with experts suspecting that they have been poisoned. (front page, 3)
War in Syria
"Chemical weapons killing in Syria": A chemical attack in the Syrian town of Duma, most probably with chlorine or sarin, has killed several dozens of civilians. (front page, 5)
