Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 20 February, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Healthcare
"Patients "very fast" before closed doors": The amended patients rights act, which introduced a new urgency status on referral forms, is proving to be unenforceable. Doctors cannot take in all the patients with "very fast" forms. (front page, 2)
Politics
"Janša and Orban affirming their alliance": Janez Janša, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party (SDS), and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, are leading parallel campaigns, centring on a strong anti-immigrant message and fear for European civilisation. (front page, 3)
Olympics
"Jumpers without miracle, now for a hockey one": Slovenian ski jumpers failed to produce a miracle in the team event in PyeongChang, finishing in fifth place. There is still time for a miracle though, as the hockey team will play Norway for a berth in the quarter finals today. (front page, 9)
DNEVNIK
NLB and Slovenian-Croatian relations
"Border labyrinth soured further by deposits catch": The implementation of the Slovenian-Croatian border arbitration award has reached a dead-end, while relations between the two countries are further complicated by new rulings of Croatian courts over Yugoslav-era deposits in LB, the defunct bank from which NLB originates. (front page, 2)
Olympics
"Slovenian jumpers end PyeongChang competitions with 5th place in team event": Norway, Germany and Poland expectedly won medals in the ski jumping team event. Slovenia's Jernej Damjan, Anže Semenič, Tilen Bartol and Peter Prevc disappointed by losing to Austria and placing fifth. (front page, 15)
Ljubljana roads
"Archaeologists to start researching other part of Gosposvetska in March": Archaeologists have announced they would start digging in the other half of the Gosposvetska street in Ljubljana's city centre in March. Street works are to be completed by July this year. (front page, 9)
FINANCE
Labour
"When will we work six hours a day?": Almost one in ten companies in Slovenia will make cutbacks due to automation of work processes in the coming two years. One of the possible solutions is to shorten work hours. (front page, 2, 3)
Energy
"Robert Golob seeking two-year parking for GEN-I. What is happening?": Electricity trader Gen-I is seeking a buyer for a 25% stake in the company for exactly two years. According to Robert Golob, the boss of Gen-I, the company is testing the interest of Slovenian investors for potentially listing Gen-I. (front page, 8, 9)
Healthcare
"Hundreds of millions for drugs in pharmacies without tenders": Public pharmacies have been buying most of drugs without using tenders for years. Hundreds of millions of euros have been spent in a non-transparent and unlawful way. (front page, 4)
VEČER
Crime
"They beat victims in front of children": Police have apprehended seven suspects over involvement in brutal robberies that have been upsetting people in the area around Celje since November. (front page, 20)
Novelties
"Dubai has it, why not Koroška?": An automatic pizza dispenser has been inaugurated in Slovenj Gradec, following a series of automatic dispensers in the northern Koroška region. (front page, 13)
Health
"Home birth? Experts advises against it": One in thousand women in Slovenia decide to give birth at home, but experts advise against it. (front page, 9)
