What the Papers Say: Wednesday, 29 August 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Wednesday, 29 August 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Plenković-Merkel talks
"Merkel taking initiative in Balkans": Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković is visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and some other senior officials. He wants to discuss the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Slovenian-Croatian border issue. (front page, 7)

New health minister
"Is Fakin medicine for Slovenian healthcare?": Samo Fakin, the candidate for health minister, was the head of the ZSSS health insurer for a full nine years. He has contributed to or created most of the problems in the healthcare sector, the paper says. (front page, 2, 5)

Protests in Germany
"German extreme right marching": After a murder of a German citizen, who was allegedly killed by a refugee from Syria and Iraq, the protests of extreme rightist and other groups continue. (front page, 7)

DNEVNIK

New team of ministers
"No first-class politicians without proper pay": The paper compares the pay of Slovenian MPs to other countries after former National Assembly Speaker Matej Tonin recently proposed raising MPs' pay by two brackets. (front page, 3)

Ljubljana infrastructure
"Šumi: Instead of offices a big hotel": Šumijev Kvart, a company that was to build an office building in the Ljubljana city centre, decided to build a big hotel instead, given the rise in tourism in the capital. (front page, 8)

Protests in Germany
"Germany: Several injured in clashes among extreme rightists and leftists in Chemnitz": Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel strongly condemned yesterday the violence during protests in Chemnitz in the east in which at least 20 people were injured. (front page)

FINANCE

Waiting times in health
"Why did the state start hiding information on waiting times in health?": The National Public Health Institute (NIJZ) has stopped publishing data on waiting times, because it fears inaccurate data could cause damage. (front page, 5)

Fashion business
"Slovenian selling high fashion on-line could be worth more than we thought": The paper presents the recent positive trends in on-line sale of high fashion and a Slovenian who co-founded one such company, Lyst. (front page, 2-3)

Electric cars
"How many jobs will be eaten by electric cars?": Debates on how many jobs will be lost or created because of electric cars are just as mythic as debates on whether electric cars are cleaner or are just putting problems off. (front page, 7)

VEČER

Maribor sport facilities
"Salvaging of Športni Objekti": The public institute Športni Objekti Maribor is struggling financially, reportedly due to the poor state of its facilities, austerity measures, and unfinished projects such as the planned pool in the Pristan swimming complex, which would bring in EUR 60,000-80,000 a year. (front page, 9)

Chinese investors
"They have brought Chinese to Croatia": SHS Aviation, the Chinese owner of Aerodrom Maribor, is also eyeing the airport in Croatia's Osijek. (front page, 6)

Pohorje hotels
"Pohorje hotels to be revived": As of 1 September, the Pohorje hotels Arena, Bolfenk and Videc will be taken over by the company Playgreen of Miran Ferk, which will rent them for a year. (front page, 9)

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