Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 9 March, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Election is nearing
"Cerar government era ending, tasks remain": The period of a lot of promises and little work has begun as deputy group heads started consulting with President Borut Pahor on the date of the general election. (front page, 2)
Trade war
"Trump introduces tariffs on steel and aluminium": US President Donald Trump yesterday made good on his controversial promise and introduced a 25% tariff on imports of steel and a 10% tariff on aluminium. (front page)
Bank robbery
"Bare handed police officer takes robber down": An armed man tried to rob an office of the Delavska Hranilnica bank in Ljubljana, but was prevented by an off-duty police officer who was in the bank at the time. (front page)
DNEVNIK
Energy
"Croatians failed to deliver us electricity in the middle of worst cold - was it our fault?": Slovenia was almost left without electricity as Croatia cut off its supply to the north in the middle of the coldest spell. The brand-new gas generator of the Brestanica plant saved us from the dark and the cold. (front page, 3)
Election is nearing
"Parliamentary election probably to be held on 10 June": President Borut Pahor yesterday consulted with the deputy group heads on the date of the general election, with most of them preferring 10 June. (front page)
Ski resorts
"Saved from burden, but they see the future differently": The Stari Vrh ski resort near Škofja Loka is free from financial burden from the past as of this month, which is a great victory for the owners and a guarantee for further development. (front page)
FINANCE
Banks
"NKBM is banned from takeovers due to money laundering": The US private equity fund Apollo, which owns the Maribor-based bank NKBM, would like to buy some more Slovenian banks but has unofficially been banned from further expansion by the central bank Banka Slovenije. (front page, 4-5)
Loans
"When taking loan don't forget about interest risk": As the European Central Bank is gearing up to gradually increase key interest rates, one should become cautious about the interest rate risk when taking a loan. (front page, 2-3)
Foreign investments
"Who are Slovaks who want to build a new apartment block in Šiška": The Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) has sold a major building plot in Ljubljana's Šiška borough to Slovakian company Corwin, which intends to build apartments there. (front page, 7)
VEČER
Third development axis
"The route not 'cemented' yet": Councillors of three municipalities have decided to file a request for constitutional review of the government decision to put the route of the planned expressway in the northern Koroško region through the village of Braslovče. (front page, 12-13)
Murders
"Two family tragedies": Two family tragedies happened yesterday, with a 38-year-old woman murdering her sister in Maribor and a man from Zagorje ob Savi murdering the mother of his former partner. (front page, 20-21)
Public sector strike
"Will strike in schools and kindergartens be postponed?": The chief government negotiator Lilijana Kozlovič and public sector trade unionist Branimir Štrukelj discussed a new offer from the government yesterday. Whether schools and kindergartens will stay open next Wednesday will be known in a few days. (front page, 23)
