Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 12 April 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Syria
"Superpowers in Syria on the verge of new world war": A direct confrontation between the US and Russia has never been closer since the Cold War than last night when the Western allies were prepared to attack military targets of the Syrian regime and the Syrian-Russian-Iranian coalition was ready for defence. (front page, 6)
Erased
"Constitutional Court gives new hope to the erased": The Constitutional Court has annulled a provision that limited the total amount of compensation to those erased from the permanent residence registry in 1992. The National Assembly has until the end of the year to set the amount of compensations. (front page, 2)
Candidates on Marjan Šarec List
"Who are Šarec's aces": Among the candidates on the List of Marjan Šarec at the upcoming elections are former head of the pharmaceutical company Lek Vojmir Urlep and chief labour inspector Nataša Trček. (front page, page 2)
DNEVNIK
TEŠ report
"MPs denounce president": The National Assembly denounced President Borut Pahor to the state prosecution yesterday on suspicion of failure to exercise due oversight or negligence in office in connection to the ballooning cost of unit 6 of the Šoštanj coal-fired power plant (TEŠ6). (front page, 2, 16)
Ljubljana Public Transport
"CEO Peter Horvat fighting employees on two fronts": Ljubljana Public Transport (LPP) is being sued by its employees in two cases: in one the trade union of drivers is accusing LLP of non-implementation of the collective bargaining agreement and in the other some 290 workers claim that the company stopped paying their insurance without any grounds. (front page, 10)
Facebook scandal
"Facebook: After senate hearing Mark Zuckerberg had to face congress committee": After Tuesday's almost five-hour hearing in front of a US senate committee, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by congressmen yesterday. (front page, 7)
FINANCE
Outgoing government
"Outgoing government hiring and distributing money": The government wants to do all that it failed to do in the last four years in the final weeks before its departure. In just two months, it endorsed more than 30 projects worth some EUR 170m. (front page, 2-3)
Impact of Syrian war on industry
"Biggest hike in the price of aluminium in 30 years. What does it mean for Slovenian industry?": Slovenian buyers of aluminium are not worried about the 13% rise in the price of a tonne of aluminium as they are about a ban on Russian imports of the raw material. (front page, 4-5)
Personal data legislation
"GDPR: What can you do yourself before you start paying hundreds for counselling": As a law on personal data privacy which implements the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a key piece of EU legislation about data privacy, is expected to step into force in a few weeks, the paper presents the changes concerning companies. (front page, 4)
VEČER
Posočje earthquake anniversary
"Posočje 20 years after earthquake": Two decades after a devastating 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Posočje, renovation in the north-western region is still not concluded. But locals are happy, because they have new houses and infrastructure. (front page, 4-5)
Analysis of general election
"What election will be like": Former parliamentary Speaker Pavel Gantar and political analyst Aleš Maver offer their views on political situation ahead of election. (front page, 18-19)
Third Development Axis
"Research, purchases and then construction": After decades of planning, experts are on the ground in Koroška in the north, surveying the terrain for the Third Development Axis, an expressway planned to link the north and south of the country. (front page, 13)
