Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 15 February, 2018, as prepared by the STA:
DELO
Winter Olympics
"Americans have fallen, the Lynx going after Russians": The Slovenian men's national ice hockey team have proven that not even the greatest ones are great enough when you play as a team, defeating the favoured US 3:2 in the opening game of the Olympic tournament in PyeongChang. (front page, 25)
Public sector strike
"If necessary, they will repeat the drill in March": Employees in education staged a strike yesterday, and some 20,000 people protested in Ljubljana's Congress Square, giving the government three weeks to reach an agreement on higher wages. (front page, 3)
New UKC Ljubljana boss
"Aleš Šabeder wants to increase UKC Ljubljana revenue": Aleš Šabeder was named yesterday for a full four-year term as the head of UKC Ljubljana. He is facing a lot of challenges at the helm of the country's main hospital, which needs a financial injection. (front page, 2)
DNEVNIK
Public sector strike
"Protest rally of teachers on strike": Around half of some 40,000 Slovenian teachers on strike gathered yesterday in Ljubljana's Congress Square to tell the government that they are underpaid. (front page, 4, 18)
Pre-election time
"Feverish writing of bills has obviously exhausted MPs": The pre-election fever is not ending, as the MPs of the ruling Modern Centre Party (SMC) alone filed five bills in parliament in the last week, including two by National Assembly Speaker Milan Brglez. (front page, 2)
Denationalisation
"Codelli's heirs looking at compensation for Kodeljevo": The Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry will likely propose that heirs of land owner Antonio Codelli are paid compensation for Kodeljevo Manor and the surrounding park in Ljubljana. (front page, 11)
FINANCE
Agribusiness
"This is how champions of agribusiness are doing": The paper has selected ten "champions of agribusiness" in Slovenia, analysing how they are developing their business and sales. (front page, 18-19)
Price hikes
"Why prices are growing faster than wages?": An annual review of prices shows that numerous groups of products and services have become much more expensive in Slovenia. The paper analyses where the biggest inflation pressure is coming from. (front page, 18-19)
Banking
"Governor Jazbec gets new job in Brussels. Who will replace him?": The National Assembly will likely run out of time and will to find by the end of its term a replacement for Boštjan Jazbec, the governor of Slovenia's central bank, who has been put forward for a post at the Single Resolution Board by the European Commission. (front page, 4)
VEČER
Public sector strike
"'We've had enough!'": Around half of some 40,000 Slovenians teachers on strike gathered yesterday in Ljubljana's Congress Square to demand equal pay for comparable work. (front page, 2-3)
Winter Olympics
"Historic win for the Lynx": The Slovenian men's national ice hockey team defeated the favoured US 3:2 to open the Olympic tournament in PyeongChang in a historic come-from-behind win after trailing 0:2. (front page, 25)
Energy
"Money for generator 6 instead of municipalities": MPs will vote today on a proposal from the ruling Modern Centre Party (SMC) to reduce concession fees hydro power plants are paying to municipalities. (front page, 4-5)
