Below is a review of headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 19 April 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Central bank
"Contentious severance for outgoing governor": Central bank Governor Boštjan Jazbec is leaving the office of his own volition, but he is eligible for a severance pay of six monthly salaries. He is the first Banka Slovenije governor to have such a clause in his contract. (front page, 3)
Healthcare
"Hasty work of radiologists leads to errors": Radiologists are calling for standards and norms for their work to be introduced, as hasty work can lead them to miss things in examining test results. (front page, 4)
Lonstroff incentive
"State subsidy for investment": The government has signed a EUR 4.8m incentive contract with the Japanese-owned Swiss company Lonstroff, which will build a medical elastomer production facility in Logatec near Ljubljana. Production is scheduled to start in a year. (front page)
DNEVNIK
Acquisitions
"Petrol entering ownership of Hranilnica Lon?": Energy company Petrol could shortly obtain a 17% stake in savings bank Hranilnica Lon, which issued 40,000 shares at EUR 105 per share to increase capital. Unofficially, its current owners bought half of the issue, while Petrol is after the remaining 20,000 shares. (front page, 5)
Slovenian book days
"This year's Slovenian Book Days held indoors": Slovenian Book Days are held indoors this year, as the festival moved from the streets to the atrium of the Central Post Office in Ljubljana. (front page, 24)
Ljubljana
"Janković: City will turn its back to you": An altercation broke out between Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković and a rightist outfit over a concert entitled I'll Carry Red Star. The Institute of Patriotic Values urged the mayor to ban the concert "glorifying totalitarianism and spreading hate", but Janković rejected the bid in harsh terms. (front page, 9)
FINANCE
Dividend payouts
"Blue chip dividends: Good times demand serious considerations": Faculty of Economics professor Aljoša Valentinčič points out pros and cons of high dividend payouts as shareholders of major Slovenian companies are looking at a rich dividend payout given company reports for 2017. (front page, 9)
IT in healthcare
"Izola hospital would pay up to EUR 3m for new IT system": The network of public hospitals does not have a consistent IT system, which is good news for commercial providers of services. Millions of euros are spent on hospital IT systems every year, but the state still does not have a strategic plan. (front page, 4)
IMF forecast
"IMF: Conditions in economy will be April-like, sunnier but with a chance of storms": The latest economic forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) points to risks stemming form huge global debt, which could cause trouble as fiscal policies return to normal after years of record-low interest rates and geopolitical tensions running high at the same time. (front page, 2, 3)
VEČER
Rally for science
"Priority - only in cost cutting": Researchers got together for a rally to demand more funds for science and research. According to scientists, fewer funds are allocated to science now than before the crisis. (front page, 2)
Labour market
"For easier transition to labour market": The University of Maribor Career Centre hosted the fifth career day in cooperation with the Maribor and Ptuj branches of the national Employment Service. Around 200 students took the chance to meet 21 employers. (front page, 6)
Public sector pay
"Doctors best earners": Doctors are the best earners among public sector employees, with the latest data from the Public Administration Ministry showing that a specialist from the Jesenice General Hospital earned EUR 17,566 gross in February. (front page, 3)
