Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, January 25, 2019, as summarised by the STA:
Koper-Divača railway
"Green light for second track": The government confirmed yesterday the investment plan for the new railway line between the port of Koper and Divača, with the project being estimated at EUR 1.2bn. Works on the route will start in February. (front page, 3)
Investigation in Banka Slovenije
"Brussels with lawsuit against Slovenia": The European Commission has decided to take Slovenia to the EU Court over the investigation in 2016 in the central bank Banka Slovenije in which files of the European Central Bank (ECB) were seized. (front page, 2)
Real estate projects
"Another luxury hotel growing in Ljubljana": Works on the Šumi development project in the centre of Ljubljana have started. It will include 96 luxury apartments, a commercial/business complex on the ground floor and a six-storey hotel. (front page, 8)
DNEVNIK
Standby bonuses trial
"Foreign dean and Finance Minister Dušan Mramor defending disputable bonuses": Former Finance Minister Dušan Mramor pleaded not guilty at the Ljubljana District Court to charges related to unwarranted stand-by bonuses paid out by the Ljubljana Faculty of Economics, where he was the dean. (front page, 4)
Koper-Divača railway
"Second track: EUR 1.194 billion and Hungary still in play": The investment plan for the new railway line between the port of Koper and Divača, confirmed by the government yesterday, answers the key questions about the project, including the price - EUR 1.194bn. (front page, 3)
FINANCE
Brexit
"Brexit could be a new Lehman Brothers": Egon Zakrajšek, a Slovenian economist working for the US Federal Reserve, told the paper that Brexit is full of unknowns and that a chaotic exit of the UK from the EU could cause a shock the world will need a lot of time to recover from. (front page, 4-5)
Public finance
"Growth of revenue so high that not even EUR 1.1bn of new expenditure threatens surplus": Presenting the supplementary budget for 2019, Finance Minister Andrej Bertoncelj said that this year's budget surplus will stand at 0.55% of GDP. (front page, 2-3)
Retail
"Who is buying shopping centres in Slovenia": As the Velenjka shopping centre in Velenje is getting a new owner, the paper says that more than 20 shopping centres in Slovenia have been sold in the last two years. (front page, 7)
Taxes
"National tourism at a test: FURS blocks Kanin": The Financial Administration (FURS) blocked on 15 January the accounts of Sončni Kanin, the operator of the Kanin ski resort, due to non-payment of social security contributions to employees. (front page, 6)
VEČER
Crisis at Culture Ministry
"Culture going to the dogs": The uncertain fate of Culture Minister Dejan Prešiček, who is facing bullying allegations, has opened up a debate on the state of Slovenian culture, which has been facing systemic issues for years. (front page, 4)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
"Remember that it happened!": President Brut Pahor addressed the main International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony, which took place last evening at the Sinagoga Maribor Centre of Jewish Cultural Heritage. (front page)
Crime
"Prostitution in a palace of pleasure": Police officers conducted searches in Nova Gorica and Maribor as they went after a suspected prostitution ring. A total of 19 Slovenian and Romanian citizens are being treated as suspects. (front page)
Football
"Kek starts with a draw": Matjaž Kek started his second stint as the head coach of the Slovenian national football team with a 2:2 draw with the Chinese U-25 team as part of a training camp in Spain. (front page, 22)
