What the Papers Say: Monday, 07 May 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 7 May 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Tusk visit
"Security in the Balkans means security in Europe": The upcoming EU-Western Balkans summit needs to throw its support behind the region's European perspective, PM Miro Cerar and the visiting president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, agreed yesterday. (front page, page 2)

Party ratings
"Opposition party moves to the forefront": Less than a month ahead of the general election the opposition Democrats (SDS) take the lead ahead of the Marjan Šarec List and the Social Democrats. (front page, page 3)

Turkey election
"Erdogan announces new military campaigns": Addressing a major rally ahead of the 24 June election, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised more investment and reduction of inflation and interest rates. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Ljubljana WWII liberation festival
"62nd Walk along the Wire draws 30,000 participants": Some 30,000 people turned out for the annual hike or run in the footsteps of the barbed wire circling Ljubljana during WWII. (front page, pages 10-13, commentary 16)

Human rights
"ECHR firmly on the side of online privacy": A Gorenjsko man who has been convicted after being found of possession of child sex abuse recordings has won a case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) because the police did not have a court warrant to obtain his IP account data. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Executive pay
"Which public company boss deserved their pay best?": Taking into account listed companies plus the state-owned banks NLB and Abanka, NLB boss Blaž Brodnjak is the lowest paid executive considering the bank's profit. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Real estate market
"Dream year for realtors": The booming real estate market has reflected positively on the balance sheets of real estate agents. (front page, pages 4, 5)

Fuel prices
"Petrol and diesel prices may go up again tomorrow": Tuesday brings new prices of the best selling types of fuel at service stations outside motorways. The paper projects an increase considering the price per barrel hit the highest since December 2014 on 1 May. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Floods
"One-hundred-year floods": Too warm April is blamed for devastating flooding in the north-eastern Podravje region in the first days of May. (front page, pages 2, 3)

European Parliament
"Generous and opaque": A lot of money but little transparency is how the paper sums up data after only 53 of the 751 MEPs have expressed their willingness to show the documents disclosing how they spend the extra 4,416 euro a month for expenses of their home offices. (front page, page 4)

Road accidents
"Two road deaths": A car passenger has died in a motorway accident near Rogoza, while a van driver hit a pedestrian in Pomurje. (front page, page 13)

Eurovision Song Contest
"Eurovision in the melancholy city": Lisbon has awaited its big week; contestants from 43 countries will be in the running for the Eurovision Song Contest, among them Slovenia's Lea Sirk. (front page, page 13)

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