DELO
Lobbying
"Lobbyists rush in - who will be driving Šarec?": Analysing the list of lobbyists active in the first month of the new government, the paper also highlights continuing efforts by the French food company LDC Group, which failed to take over the poultry group Perutnina Ptuj. (front page, 3, 10)
Abanka privatisation
"We're selling Abanka. Let's get as much as possible": Given Abanka's results in the past 12 months, the government can expects offers to exceed EUR 560m. (front page, 10)
Healthcare corruption
"Marko Noč: Bad sleep worse than the investigations": The doctor who revealed the excessive pricing of stents procured by Slovenian hospital says setting up an effective procurement system is more important than the corruption investigation under way. (front page, 2)
DNEVNIK
Corruption in education
"Education Ministry pays heavily for fake study": Armenian healer Ruben Papian is definitely not the author of the study for which the National Education Institute paid him EUR 50,000 gross on the basis of an April 2010 contract. (front page, 3)
Healthcare corruption
"NBI investigating stent procurement": The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) conducted searches of homes, companies and public hospitals but did not detain anyone on Thursday in an investigation of suspected corruption in stent procurement. (front page, 2)
Transport
"New speed traps on Slovenčeva street": Ljubljana is getting three more stationary speed traps, located on the streets Slovenčeva, Zadobrovška and Cesta Dolomitskega odreda. (front page, 9)
FINANCE
Abanka privatisation
"The sale of Abanka": Slovenia Sovereign Holding (SSH) publishes an invitation to investors to express their interest in Abanka, Slovenia's third largest bank. The number of potential buyers will be clear by the end of the month. (front page, 4-5)
Healthcare corruption
"Deja vu: healthcare corruption investigation. Will five years of silence follow again?": The paper hopes Thursday's house searches related to suspected corruption in the procurement of stents were not only a show for the public. (front page, 3)
VEČER
Maribor local election
"Game of Thrones": The relatively late mayoral bid by entrepreneur Saša Arsenovič turns things around in race for Maribor mayor. (front page, 2-3)
Healthcare corruption
"Police follows commission": After stent procurement has been discussed by a parliamentary inquiry commission for two years, the police conducted searches at several hospital and private addresses on Thursday. (front page, 2-3)
Public sector wages
"Govt fails to agree on starting points for negotiations": The cabinet's failure to agree on how much to offer at the start of talks on a pay rise prompts trade unions to step up strike activities. (page 3)
