What the Papers Say: Thursday, 23 August 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 23 August 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Trump probe
"Ground disappearing from under Trump's feet": Convictions of and confessions by two of President Donald Trump's former close associates mean that the possibility of Trump being impeached is becoming very real. (front page, 3)

National reconciliation
"Reconciliation process in blind alley": The paper points out that Slovenia still has not ratified European Parliament's 2009 resolution on European conscience and totalitarianism and that reconciliation efforts after the WWII schism have only been superficial. (front page, 2)

State support stats
"More state aid last year despite boom": Preliminary data show the total amount of state support - primarily for environmental protection, employment and transport - went up by 10% last year, which Delo says is surprising given the economic boom. (front page, 4)

DNEVNIK

Sale of coastal hotels
"Massive interest for acquisition of Istrabenz hotels": 22 potential buyers have expressed interest in the Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC)-dictated sale of Istrabenz turism, while BAMC allegedly also received a foreign offer for 90% of its claims to the Istrabenz holding. (front page, 5)

Trump probe
"Special counsel closing in on President Donald Trump": The conviction of Trump's former campaign manager and admission of guilt by his former lawyer will allow investigator Robert Mueller to tighten the ring around Trump. (front page, 6, 12)

Ljubljana transport
"Municipality giving up on idea to expand Dunajska street": Faced with strong opposition by NGOs the Ljubljana municipality has withdrawn plans for another lane on Dunajska street, one of Ljubljana's thoroughfares. (front page, 9)

FINANCE

Coalition agreement
"Marjan Šarec's tax sticks and carrots": The coalition agreement indicates massive taxation of capital gains, a real estate tax, but also higher net wages. (front page, 2-3)

Wall Street
"Longest bull market in US history": While analysts are not united on whether this is a record, the S&P500 index reached its highest value in history on Tuesday and without a 20% correction for the 3,452nd consecutive day. (front page, 6)

VEČER

Poetry festival
"European centre of poetry": The 22nd Days of Poetry and Wine, one of the most acclaimed international poetry events, got under way in the town of Ptuj last night. (front page, 16, 17)

Coalition agreement
"Free kindergartens and a bypass of NATO commitments": The new coalition agreement recycles the idea on free kindergartens, reserves more funding for education and reduces efforts to meet NATO commitments to "a dynamics that is financially sustainable ... while allowing our country to preserve credibility". (front page, 2, 3)

Maribor hospital staffing
"Anaesthetists from Rijeka are the past": The UKC Maribor hospital, which seems to have secured enough anaesthetists, has terminated the cooperation with a team from Croatia's Rijeka that had cost it up to EUR 180,000 a month. (front page, 8)

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