Below is a review of today’s news in Slovenia, summarised by the headlines in the daily newspapers for Tuesday, November 27, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
NASA mission on Mars
"New researcher from Earth on the red planet": NASA's Insight lander has sent the first photo of Mars only minutes after successfully landing on the red planet. (front page)
Student dormitories
"824 students without roof over their head": Although the Student Dormitory Ljubljana announced this summer that they have enough beds available for students, it turned out that 824 students were left without one. (front page, 8)
Russia-Ukraine incident
"Battle for the Sea of Azov": Only little more than a week after the EU's "foreign minister" Federica Mogherini announced new sanctions against Russia, a new armed clash between Russian and Ukrainian military vessels happened in the Sea of Azov. (front page, 6)
DNEVNIK
As-Primus
"Subcontractors left empty-handed": The company As-Primus, which owes subcontractors about EUR 1m, is being investigated by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). According to the paper's sources, the problems stem from a few years ago, while the NBI is focussing on last year's change in ownership. (front page, 4)
Local election
"Kamnik: Who will win in the duel of deputy mayors?": The second round of local election in Kamnik is expected to bring a neck-and-neck result for the two Kamnik deputy mayors, Mateja Slapar (NSi) and Igor Žavbi (LMŠ), who are close allies. (front page, 9)
Ukraine-Russia incident
"Ukraine-Russia: Ukraine declares martial law after incident in Kerch Strait": Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared a 60-day period of martial law after Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships in the Kerch Strait. (front page, 6, commentary 14)
FINANCE
Illegal construction
"Will you be able to legalise illegal building?": The paper brings a story about how a clerk can prevent an illegal building from being legalised if they are not convinced by the evidence in favour of legalisation. (front page, 2-3)
Oil prices
"Oil prices dropping. Will heating oil and fuel also get cheaper?": The oil prices rose by 3% after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict but they still remain 30% below the peak that was reached in October. (front page, 4-5)
Appointments
"Before appointment of AZN and BS heads: Why don't we have strong financial supervisors": We have been without a full-fledged central bank governor for more than 200 days and today the new head of the Agency for Insurance Supervision (AZN) is expected to be appointed, the paper says. (front page, 7)
VEČER
Migration
"In spotlight: Wire on the Kolpa, winter ahead": The new prime minister, Marjan Šarec, had been promising that he will strive for the wire on the Slovenian-Croatia border to be removed, but the panel fence on the Kolpa river is now being fitted with razor wire. (front page, 3)
PM's reaction to hate speech
"How to fight hate speech": Prime Minister Marjan Šarec raised dust with his clear view on how hate speech should be tackled. He said he was happy to have gotten people thinking about the issue. (front page, 2-3)
Crime
"Soldier gets 19 months": The court sentenced soldier Goran Ognjenović to 19 months in prison for causing a fatal accident but he received no punishment for fleeing the scene. (front page, 20-21)
