What the Papers Say: Friday, 25 May 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 25 May 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Waste management
"System fails, garbage piling up": Waste collection company Publicus has heaped tonnes of stinking plastic waste in a makeshift dump near Domžale causing a public uproar. (front page, pages 2, 3)

General Data Protection Regulation
"European D-day is here, what's different?": As the EU regulation on data protection and privacy is put into practice, the paper wonders what difference it will make. (front page, page 3)

General election
"Cerar: We achieved political stability": The paper runs a teaser of an interview with outgoing PM Miro Cerar to be released on Saturday in which he says that he would like to be PM again. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Pre-election interviews with Kučan, Jambrek
"Two grand magi of Slovenian politics for Dnevnik": The paper runs a teaser of its Saturday interviews with Slovenia's former president Milan Kučan and former constitutional judge Peter Jambrek, eminences from the opposite political banks who discuss the political and social situation in the country and the future after the 3 June election. (front page)

Election projection
"Janša projected to win, Šarec to be kingmaker": Projections based on the first in a series of tracking polls commissioned by Dnevnik and Večer projects a convincing victory for the opposition Democrats (SDS), followed by the Marjan Šarec List and the Social Democrats. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

General Data Protection Regulation
"GDPR in force. What now?": Even though it has been two years since the General Data Protection Regulation was adopted, many still do not know what they need as it becomes enforceable today. (front page, pages 2, 3)

General election
"How great is to be an MP": A total of 1,631 candidates on 23 lists are running for 90 seats in the National Assembly in the 3 June election. The pay is great, the job entails little responsibility, easily little work without consequences, but you need a good stomach. (pages 6, 7)

Corporate crime
"How Ivan Zidar paid out money for himself via daughter's consultancy": The official receiver in the personal bankruptcy of former construction baron Ivan Zidar claims 65,000 euro from Zidar's daughter. The money is the profit of a company that Zidar used to own. (page 5)

VEČER

Election projection
"Barricades rather than manoeuvres": Janez Janša's Democrats (SDS) remain stable on top, followed by the Marjan Šarec List and the Social Democrats (SD), who have been stagnating, while the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) and the Left have gained ground in the tracking polls commissioned by Večer and Dnevnik. (front page, page 2, 3)

Bankruptcy auctions
"Vinag headed for new auction": The Maribor wine company Vinag will be put up for auction again in July at the same starting price as twice before. (front page, page 9)

Traffic safety
"Cyclists among those most at risk": Apart from pedestrians, cyclists are the most vulnerable group in traffic. In this group alcohol is a major problem too. (front page, page 21)

General Data Protection Regulation
"Europark offering EUR 200": Several companies, in particular retailers, are taking different approaches in enticing people to sign their consent for personal data use. (front page, pages 2, 3)

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