Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 3 April 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Waste management
"Waste management good in theory, but not in practice": Most of the country's waste slated for incineration goes out of the country, as Celje has the only waste incineration plant in the country. Transporting waste is costly and it is less environment friendly than it appears on paper. (front page, 4)
Easter
"Pope calls for peace and help for refugees": Easter celebrations in Rome culminated with Pope Francis's Urbi et Orbi in which he called for peace. As many as 80,000 believers filled the St. Peter's square despite strict security measures. (front page)
Russia
"Lavrov: Poisoning and British interest": Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has intensified the conflict with the United Kingdom and indicated that the poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in England could be in British interest. (front page, 2)
DNEVNIK
Banks
"Americans failed to stop Italian money laundering operation": Slovenia's central bank has ordered bank NKBM to put its expansion on halt after an inspection revealed that it had not established adequate measures to eliminate money laundering, the paper cites a decree from November. NKBM was acquired by US equity fund Apollo Global Management and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 2016. (front page, 5)
Death of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
"Anti-apartheid fighter Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died": Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a campaigner against apartheid and the former wife of Nelson Mandela, has died aged 81. (front page)
Real estate and environment legislation
"Housing will have to wait for new government": The Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry has shelved two legislative proposals: the long-awaited bill on housing and an overhaul of the key environment legislation. They will have to be tackled by the new government. (front page, 3)
FINANCE
Dividends
"These Slovenian companies will pay out the highest dividends": Shareholders of the companies listed on the Ljubljana Stock exchange can expect higher dividends than last year, pundits believes. The dividend yields of Slovenian companies are among the highest in Europe, according to Bloomberg. At 4.9%, they are only behind Czech (5.1%), Ukrainian (5.8%) and Romanian (6.6%) companies. (front page, 2, 3)
GDPR
"Five questions and answers about GDPR": The paper runs a Q&A about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) two months before it is enforced, including about what to do if the regulation differs from Slovenian legislation. (front page, 4, 5)
Petrol
"Petrol moves against retailers: opens stores in city centres": Energy company Petrol will start opening HOP IN stores in Slovenian cities, starting in Ljubljana, Kranj, Celje and Maribor in May. (front page, 24)
VEČER
Social care
"Incentives for newborns": Municipalities facing dwindling numbers of births have introduced hefty incentives for having children. Maribor, which has increased the incentive from EUR 105 to EUR 130 two years ago, is among the municipalities with the lowest incentives, while Moravske Toplice in the north-east tops the list with EUR 1,000 a child. (front page, 2, 3)
Football
"Olimpija dominates spring": The spring clash between football clubs Olimpija and Maribor has shown what has been indicated throughout the spring. After a 1:1 draw, the Ljubljana team preserved its ten-point lead ahead of Maribor. (front page, 16, 17)
Cohesion
"East remains worse off": The increasingly lively debate about the challenges of the EU cohesion policy and Slovenia's negotiating positions ahead of the 2021-2027 EU budget planning has shown that the gap between the western and the eastern Slovenian cohesion regions has not been bridged yet. (front page, 2, 4)
