DELO
Brexit talks
"Negotiations with a whiff of infinity": There is a probability that the breakthrough in the marathon negotiations between the EU and UK does not happen before December. The latest EU summit, which was supposed to result in an agreement on the Irish border, had been doomed from the start. (front page, 3)
Employment of foreigners
"Rocky way to foreign workers": Foreign companies in Slovenia which want to employ foreign workforce are complaining about long and complicated administrative procedures for obtaining work permits. (front page, 5, 16)
Local elections
"Phenomenon of former mayors: Old mayors are coming back": More than 70 candidates are running for mayors in the eleven urban municipalities in Slovenia, including nine women. The current mayors in nine of them are seeking re-election. (front page, 2)
National football team coach sacked
"Open search for a new Slovenia coach": Slovenia is looking for a new coach of the men's national football team as Tomaž Kavčič was dismissed yesterday following a dismal start in the UEFA Nations League. A long-term solution could be found after the draw for the Euro 2020 qualifiers in December. (front page, 18)
DNEVNIK
Education
"An extra day of leave to accompany a child for the first school day": The Supreme Court has ruled that civil servants are eligible for an extra day of paid leave to accompany their first graders on the first day of school. (front page, 2)
Environment
"Saubermacher is said to be closing the composting plant": While a candidate for the mayor of Vrhnika is claiming that the Saubermacher composting plant near the town, which the locals have protested against due to unbearable smell, will close next year its directors says that it will remain open at least through the end of 2019. (front page, 9)
FINANCE
Child heart surgery programme
"EUR 1.4m for two doctors in half a year": The paper reveals the financial plan of the emerging National Institute for Congenital Heart Disease, under which foreign doctors would be providing consultancy services at EUR 3,500 gross a day. (front page, 4)
Foreign markets
"What is going on in Germany and Italy, the most important markets for Slovenia": The German and Italian markets are not in a good shape, with the consumer confidence index in the former being in the negative territory, while Italy is having problems with its budget and debt. (front page, 2-3)
Tourism
"Five key moves we need to make to make tourism even better": Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek discussed at yesterday's event hosted by Finance what he called the five key moves Slovenia needs to make to improve its tourism. (front page, 2-3)
VEČER
Social affairs
"The forgotten disabled": There are between 160,000 and 170,000 persons with disabilities in Slovenia, many of whom cannot get a job and are completely dependent on welfare. The average disability payment is well below the poverty threshold. (front page, 2-3)
Food industry
"Warnings ahead of sale to Ukrainians": One of the rivals of the Ukrainian holding MHP, which is looking to acquire Slovenia's leading food processing company, poultry group Perutnina Ptuj, has warned about the alleged contentious production methods used by the Ukrainians. (front page, 2-3)
On-line banking
"Problems with NKBM's on-line bank": More than ten clients of the Maribor-based bank NKBM have reported difficulties with the bank's on-line services accessed by an SMS token. (front page, 5)
