What the Papers Say: Friday, August 31, 2018

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Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 31 August 2018, as prepared by the STA

DELO

Daylight saving time
"Are the days of clock changes numbered": As many as 80% of the 4.6 million people who cast their vote in an online poll held by the European Commission oppose turning clocks to daylight saving time and back. (front page)

Economic development
"Textile workers replaced by pharmaceutical scientists and technicians": Slovenia's manufacturing industry and economy in general has made a shift from a labour-intensive to technologically advanced industries over the past 20 years. (front page)

Capital gains tax
"Will we hang about at the counters again?": According to the coalition agreement, personal capital gains will be included in the personal income tax base. The change would infuriate savings holders. (front page, page 3)

Basketball
"Nachbar and Bečirovič bid friendly farewell": Former members of the national basketball team, Boštjan Nachbar and Sani Bečirovič formally bid their farewell to professional sports at an event in Stožice last night. (front page, page 21)

DNEVNIK

Ljubljana road closures
"Renovated Gosposvetska Street reopens to traffic at last": Now that Gosposvetska Street has reopened to traffic again, shops owners hope that a year's patience was not in vain and that their business will benefit from the facelift. (front page, page 9)

Coalition agreement
"Dnevnik passes judgement on feasibility of coalition agreement": After setting out the content of the coalition agreement in detail in yesterday's edition, the paper offers its assessment of the measures planned by the Marjan Šarec government. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Drug company payments to doctors
"Doctors got at least EUR 13m from pharma companies last year": The payments made by 22 innovative pharmaceutical companies to Slovenian doctors increased by 9% last year to EUR 11m gross, their association estimates. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Capital gains tax
"Who will follow Akrapovič by paying out dividend today": The shareholders' meeting of exhaust pipe maker Akrapovič decided to pay out the entire distributable profit of EUR 32m in dividends yesterday, due to concerns about the future tax policy. It company Dewesoft will follow suit. (front page, page 5)

Intereuropa takeover
"A month more to unbinding bids for Intereuropa": According to unofficial information, at least three companies, the national postal company, SHS Aviation and Turkey's Netlog Logistics, plus eight others, have expressed interest in buying the Koper-based logistic company Intereuropa. (front page, pages 10, 11)

VEČER

Capital gains tax
"Taxes pressing govt": Tax advisors say that the incoming coalition's plans on capital gains tax boils down to nationalisation of personal assets, while entrepreneurs have announced they will move their profits abroad. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Football
"Luka Modrić the best": UEFA boss Aleksander Čeferin presented Luka Modrić with the Men's Player of the Year Award. (front page, page 22)

Higher education
"One grand for public administration course": The Faculty of Government and European Studies will award EUR 1,000 in scholarship to ten students who make its public administration course their first choice. (front page, page 5)

Local elections
"Melita Petelin to bid for mayor as well": The mayoral race in Maribor is heating up. The latest to announce a bid is Melita Petelin, an independent city councillor and former deputy mayor who abandoned incumbent Mayor Andrej Fištravec. (front page, page 9)

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