What the Papers Say: Monday, October 15 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 15 October 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Sailing
"When will sailing potential be realised by state?": The 50th Barcolana, the annual international sailing regatta in the Gulf of Trieste, attracted 2,688 boats, a global record. Slovenia had three teams among top ten, including two podium finishers. (front page, page 4)

Party ratings
"SDS gaining, Left losing ground": The newspaper's latest opinion poll gives the opposition Democratic Party (SDS) 18.6%, 0.7 percentage points up from the poll commissioned by the paper a month ago. (front page, page 2)

Local elections
"Have city mayors disappointed voters?": Less than a third of those questioned in a poll commissioned by the paper are likely to support the same mayor on 18 November as they did four years ago. (front page, page 2)

Banksy art
"Girl With Balloon is Love Is in the Bin": The Banksy print that destroyed itself now has a new name. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Party ratings
"Low early support for Šarec govt": The Marjan Šarec government has begun its term with a low voter approval rating. A poll commissioned by the paper shows that only one out of five respondents rate its job as successful. Still, 43% are undecided. (front page, page 2)

Football
"Without play, Slovenia on course to be relegated to D league": Three games into the UEFA Nations League Slovenia remain without a point. They were defeated by hosts Norway on Saturday without even a single wide attempt. (front page, page 17)

Bavaria election
"Bavaria election gives Berlin a headache": The projections have proved correct; Bavaria is set to get a coalition government only a second time in 60 years after the ruling Christian Democratic Union suffered a bitter defeat in the election in this German state yesterday. (front page, page 8)

FINANCE

NLB IPO
"Which politicians, businessmen and trade unions will buy NLB shares?": As an intention to float the shares of Slovenia's largest bank is to be published today, the paper wonders who of Slovenia's political and opinion leaders will give his or her money to buy NLB shares in the initial public offering. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Gaming industry
"Joc Pečečnik: He's fed up with the state which clogs gaming industry's development": Joc Pečečnik's company has sold casinos Kongo and Lev to a company owned by Austrian giant Novomatic. He says the reason is that they have been unable to develop the business because the national law protects monopoly and is not being adapted to contemporary needs. (front page, page 4)

Malta
"Is Malta paradise for business or for tax hide-and-seek and money laundering": The European Commission has been wagging its finger at Malta over how it sells citizenship. Later this year it will also release a report on national EU citizenship schemes for investors. (front page, pages 6, 7)

VEČER

Journalist killings
"Price of media freedom": Twelve years after the murder of Russian reporter Ana Politkovskaya the world is seeing a series of alleged assassinations of journalists. (front page, page 3)

Environment
"People are against, but plans remain in place": A concert and an exhibition marked 33 years of efforts to preserve the Mura river from being turned into "a concrete canal". (front page, page 4)

Economic trends
"Toward a new financial crisis?": Italy's debt was the main topic of the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bali. (front page, page 3)

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