What the Papers Say: Tuesday, 07 August 2018

By , 07 Aug 2018, 08:41 AM News
Detail of a picture taken on Maribor Island, 1960 Detail of a picture taken on Maribor Island, 1960 Wikimedia. Photographer: Jože Gal

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

DELO

Piran cathedral
"Bora prompts angelic holiday in Piran": A strong gust of bora wind broke off one of the wings of Archangel Michael atop the Piran cathedral in February. He was airlifted to the ground yesterday to be restored. (front page, page 18)

Trade war
"What else can China retaliate with against US": China is running out of customs measures in the trade row with the US. (front page, page 11)

Food waste
"Households discard most food": Households contribute almost half of the food waste. Statistics show that and average Slovenian threw away 74 kilos of food in 2016. (front page, page 4)

Cycling hero home
"Delightful memory of France": An enthusiastic crowd gathered in Ljubljana yesterday to give a warm welcome to Primož Roglič after his success at the Tour de France. (front page, page 22)

DNEVNIK

Ljubljana road infrastructure
"Major road reconstruction for better traffic at BTC": The Ljubljana city authorities are planning a major project to improve traffic conditions in the BTC shopping district. The work is expected to start this year. (front page, page 9)

Corruption in healthcare
"A van full of hospital bribery documents": The specialised prosecution service submitted an indictment in the Gold Bars case yesterday. Running to 500 of pages, the document charges 15 suspects with corruption in healthcare. (front page, page 2)

Abuse within police force
"Minor without licence carried drunk police officers": The story about an underage girl who drove around drunk police officers is making waves in public. (front page, page 11)

FINANCE

Slovenia analysis
"Slovenia 20 years later": The paper offers a comparison between how Slovenians lived in 1998 and how do they live today, how wages, petrol prices, number of pensioners and phones have been growing. (front page, pages 2-4)

Golf course ownership
"Smlednik in Russian hands, who gets Arboretum and Mokrice?": A golf course with Mokrice Castle in the south-east of the country and Golf Arboretum in central Slovenia are on sale after Cubo Golf, a company with ties to Russian owners, bought the Smlednik course for EUR 5.9m four months ago. (front page, pages 6, 7)

Electricity prices
"Which suppliers will raise prices": Electricity suppliers are planning to hike up prices this year. (front page, page 7)

VEČER

Coalition talks
"Šarec to do or die": The five centrist parties have decided to nominate Marjan Šarec for prime minister with a minority government, while SocDem leader Dejan Židan will stand for speaker. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Cycling hero home
"Tour hero home": Hundreds of supporters, including sporting and political officials, welcomed Primož Roglič in the centre of the capital city to honour his 4th place in the Tour de France. (front page, page 22)

Corruption in healthcare
"Eight doctors among the accused": The specialised prosecution service filed a 500-page indictment against 15 people charged with bribery yesterday. (front page, page 3)

Crime
"With car against police officers": An unidentified man run his car into a police van, abandoned the vehicle and continued his run using a stolen one. (front page, page 21)

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