Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 23 March, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Ski jumping World Cup finale
"Fairy tale introduction to Planica weekend": The first day of the Ski Jumping World Cup season finale could not have been better, as Austria's Gregor Schliereznauer landed at 253.5 metres in front of some 13,200 spectators at the sunny Planica. (front page, 23)
Border arbitration
"Money for moving from lost Slovenia": The Finance Ministry will start paying on 18 April aid for Slovenian citizens who decided to move from the areas awarded to Croatia by the arbitration tribunal. (front page, 11)
Need for humanitarian aid
"Nurses and cleaners also coming for packages": Humanitarian organisations have warned that an increasing number of employed people with low wages are turning to them to get food packages. (front page, 3)
Trade war
"USA taxes China": US President Donald Trump has made good on his promise to introduce import tariffs for China, with which the US has the biggest trade deficit, meaning that the measure will hurt Americans too. (front page, 3)
DNEVNIK
Politicisation of army
"Janša's disputable political lecture to future brigadiers": The Slovenian Armed Forces invited opposition Democrats (SDS) head Janez Janša to speak to high-ranking officers in Maribor. Military experts see this as unacceptable, especially just before the election. (front page, 3)
Housing projects
"City administration boss's husband gets better spatial plan": The Ljubljana city council will vote on Monday to expand the spatial plan for a housing complex in the Ljubljana borough of Dravlje, with the investor being the husband of the acting director of the city administration. The case is being investigated by the anti-corruption commission. (front page, 8)
Ski jumping World Cup finale
"Schliereznauer equals world record, but touches ground": Yesterday's qualifications for the first individual event of the Ski Jumping World Cup season finale in Planica saw Austria's Gregor Schliereznauer equalising the world record at 253.5 metres, but his result was annulled because he touched the ground. (front page, 19)
FINANCE
NLB
"Craze around NLB": The paper analyses the constitutional law proposed by the opposition Democrats (SDS) and New Slovenia (NSi) to protect the state-owned NLB bank from seizure of its assets in Croatia, wondering whether it is only a populist move ahead of the election. (front page, 6-7)
Business in winter
"Who are winners and losers of the long winter": The paper analyses the effects of the unusually long winter in Slovenia on business, noting that some welcomed the snowy conditions and some not so much. (front page, 2-3)
Companies' results
"Krka did OK last year, shareholders can be worried that growth in revenue stopped in the last four years": Pharmaceutical company Krka yesterday published good results for last year, but no growth in revenue has been recorded since 2013. (front page, 4)
Trade war
"USA decided: No tariffs on steel and aluminium for EU": The planned 25% import tariff on steel and the 10% tariff on aluminium will not be introduced for the time being for the EU and Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea. (front page, 5)
VEČER
Maribor library
"Location number five": Maribor Mayor Andrej Fištravec will be looking next week for political support for the plan to relocate Maribor library to the building of insurer Zavarovalnica Sava. (front page, 8-9)
Energy
"Centenary of Fara power plant": The Fara Hydro Power Plant got its commemorative postage stamp yesterday to mark the 100th anniversary of the first hydro power plant on the Drava river and in Slovenia in general. (front page, 6)
