Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Wednesday, 25 April 2018, STA:
DELO
Obituary
"Metka Krašovec: love, wonder ... death": Painter Metka Krašovec said goodbye with an exhibition of her works and works of her students, which opened in Maribor last week. Born in Ljubljana in 1941, Krašovec was a prominent figure on the Slovenian art scene for over four decades. She died on Tuesday. (front page, 17)
Public procurement in healthcare
"Grouped procurement made drugs more expensive": The Miro Cerar government has introduced grouped procurement for medicines to bring hospital costs down by between 5% and 15%. The opposite happened, drugs became more expensive. (front page, 2)
Tourism
"Počivalšek would join eight companies in tourism holding": A tourism holding envisaged in Slovenia's tourism strategy could be comprised of eight companies instead of three as previously thought, the paper has learned unofficially. Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek, former boss of spa operator Terme Olimia, has always advocated bringing state-owned tourism companies under one roof. (front page, 8)
Slovenian-Croatian relations
"No response to mediation": Slovenia and Croatia seem to be in a cul-de-sac with regards to the border arbitration and Yugoslav-era deposits in the now defunct bank LB. PMs Miro Cerar and Andrej Plenković only exchanged few words at the SEECP summit, and Plenković noted that he would wait for the election outcome. (front page, 3)
DNEVNIK
Corruption
"Jelinčič also in report of CoE investigators": Former Slovenian MP Zmago Jelinčič is also mentioned in a report on corruption with relation to Azerbaijan in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Based on data from the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Jelinčič has received EUR 25,000 from a British company with ties to Azerbaijan. (front page, 2)
NKBM
"NKBM getting ready for mass layoffs": Well informed sources say that the US owner of NKBM bank, Apollo Capital Management fund, demands the number of employees at Slovenia's second largest bank be halved. This year, the management is to cut employee numbers by 200. (front page, 5)
FINANCE
Fraud
"Person in lowest income bracket has EUR 7.6m in foreign account": After banks started exchanging account data automatically, figures paint an interesting picture. 5,454 foreign account holders who report lowest income at home have a total of EUR 101.3m in them. They average EUR 18,000, but the record holder has as much as EUR 7.6m. (front page, 4, 5)
Labour market
"Attention! Strawberry pickers, chefs, chambermaids, builders and waiters wanted": The paper runs an overview of job ads, noting that employers are seeking hospitality, agriculture and construction workers for the warm months ahead. (front page, 2, 3)
Loans
"How much more expensive are loans in Slovenia compared to euro average": Fixed interest rate housing loans in Slovenia are more expensive in Slovenia than in Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal. They are on a par with housing loans in the Netherlands, while they are only much cheaper in comparison to those in Lithuania and Latvia. (front page, 6, 7)
VEČER
Maribor real estate
"Apartments selling like hot cakes": Demand for real estate is on the increase in Maribor as proven by the auction of two municipality-owned flats. 16 potential buyers fought for a flat which requires tens of thousands of euros for renovation. (front page, 9)
Hockey
"'All goes well for opponents'": Slovenian hockey team will play Hungary in a bid to avoid relegation from the World Ice Hockey Championship Division I. (front page, 23)
Doping
"Doping scandal": An emergency investigation into pulmonary disease department at the UKC Maribor hospital finds no irregularities after police apprehended an employee of the hospital in a doping sting. (front page, 8)
