Below is a review of headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 5 March, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Italy elections
"In great expectation of the Knight's return": Voting was held in several parts of Europe of Sunday. Most attention went to the general election in Italy. (front page, pages 2, 6, 24)
German government formation
"Angela Merkel to be chancellor a fourth time": Two-thirds of the German Social Democrats (SPD) opted for the party to join the grand coalition with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists (CDU/CSU). (front page, page 6)
Vitranc Cup
"Kranjska Gora like in old times": The skiing World Cup meet in Kranjska Gora appears to has gained back its former appeal, judging by the 15,000 crowd it attracted at the weekend. (front page, page 13)
DNEVNIK
Construction safety
"Wall removal may threaten apartment building's safety": Construction experts warn that neither legislation nor inspection oversight are a sufficient guarantee that those who refurbish their homes in blocks of flats will do so in a way that does not threaten the buildings' safety. (front page, page 4)
German government formation
"Grand coalition patched together": The German Social Democrats threw their convincing support behind a new grand coalition with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists. (front page, page 8, commentary p 16)
Vitranc Cup
"Two times Marcel Hirscher, farewell of Andrej Šporn": Austria's Marcel Hirscher won both World Cup events for the 57th Vitranc Cup in Kranjska Gora this weekend. The meet also saw the farewell of Slovenia's downhill specialist Andrej Šporn. (front page, page 13)
FINANCE
Trump's tariff move
"Trade war major impact for Slovenia too": US President Donald Trump is introducing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, while the EU is threatening with counter-measures. Trade war will not benefit anyone. (front page, pages 2-4)
NLB bank profit
"NLB group net profit last year tops 220m": The paper has obtained unofficial results for the NLB bank for last year which show the group net profit topped EUR 220m. (front page, page 5)
Jobs
"How to get a job in Germany and what skills you need": The front-page title refers to an article about ways to motivate older employees. (front page, page 14)
VEČER
Online bullying
"Online bullying on the increase": Online bullying, slander and hate speech are on the increase among children and youths. (front page, pages 6, 7)
Vitranc Cup
"Joy at Vitranc": The World Cup meet in Kranjska Gora attracted 14,000 spectators this weekend who were happy to see Slovenian Žan Kranjec place 5th in the giant slalom and Štefan Hadalin 13th in the slalom. (front page, page 13)
Army procurement
"Boxers without a call": Slovenia's plan to buy new eight-wheelers to form two battalion-sized battlegroups by excluding competition has obviously budged no one but the excluded competition. (front page, page 3)
Consumer prices
"How consumers are ripped off": Retailers are not boasting about prices hikes in the past year, while statistics show higher prices of red meat, chicken, fish, milk and flour. (front page, pages 2, 3)
