Below is a review of today’s news in Slovenia, summarised by the headlines in the daily newspapers for Wednesday, January 9, 2019, as prepared by the STA:
Flu season
"Flu filling up waiting rooms, but vaccine remains in stock": Slovenian pharmacies are not yet overwhelmed with customers looking for over the counter drugs, but this is about to change as the flu season is expected to peak in the coming weeks. (front page, page 3)
US-China trade talks
"War at the doorstep of peace": US President Donald Trump tweeted that China talks "are going very well" as negotiators from both sides were looking for compromise solutions to prevent a full-blown trade war late into the night yesterday. (front page, page 6)
Economic outlook
"Pessimism portends crisis": Giving the cyclic nature of economy, a recession is expected but Slovenia is looking at another successful year, Sergej Simoniti, CEO of the insurance arm of the state-owned SID export bank, told a debate yesterday hosted by the Institute of Strategic Solutions. (front page, page 9)
DNEVNIK
Healthcare pay costs
"Health centres suing the state": Community health centres are suing the state for EUR 3.4m in compensation because it did not give them the money to cover for the pay rise in 2017. (front page, page 4)
Ljubljana passenger terminal
"Emonika said to be eyed by Hungary's largest bank": Hungary's largest bank OTP is unofficially interested in the construction of the commercial part of Ljubljana's new train and passenger terminal. (front page, page 9)
FINANCE
Millennials
"What kind of bosses do millennials make?": People born between 1981 and 1996 have flooded the labour market and one out of five have made it to top executive positions at companies. (front page, page 14)
Tesla
"Tesla's waltz with the devil in numbers": Tesla, the California-based electric car maker, has survived a production hell and Musk's storm of tweets is now riding confidently above the industry. (front page, pages 10, 11)
NLB shares
"Why JP Morgan believes NLB share should cost EUR 93": A good one month after Slovenia's largest bank went public, analysts of the London subsidiary of the US investment bank JP Morgan and of the Czech investment bank Wood & Company have compiled a recommendation for investors to buy NLB shares with a target price of EUR 93 and EUR 80, both of which are high above the market value. (front page, pages 2, 3)
VEČER
Declining birth rate
"Ever fewer births": Even though women in Slovenia give more births on average than a few years ago, the number of births is falling. (front page, pages 2, 3)
Education
"Unprofessional methods at schools": From tapping to brain gym - these are professionally unproven practices that the Education Ministry is subsidising at schools. (front page, page 6)
Medical errors
"Fatal medical error": The Ljubljana District Court has ordered the UKC Ljubljana hospital to pay damages in compensation for medical errors that caused the death of a 23-year-old in 2012. (front page, page 21)
