Daily headlines - Thursday, 11 March

DELO

TEŠ6 settlement
"Damages payment admission of corruption": As the legal successor of Alstom US General Electric signed a EUR 261 million settlement with the power group HSE and the Šoštanj coal-fired plant TEŠ yesterday over the cost overruns in the TEŠ6 generator project. (front page, page 2)

Telekom Slovenije
"Destabilisation of management": The supervisory board of Telekom Slovenije replaced the management yesterday, appointing Cvetko Sršen, a former SDS mayoral candidate in Krško, as CEO. Economist Bogomir Kovač describes replacements and political staffing in state-owned companies as a complete destabilisation of management, reflecting in the companies' reduced efficiency. (front page, page 9)

Parties
"Erjavec at the end of the road in DeSUS": After the failed vote of no confidence in the government and getting himself a job with Iskratel, Karl Erjavec announced it was the end of the road for him in the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS). (front page, page 3)

Fukushima disaster anniversary
"Tenth anniversary of Fukushima disaster": It has been ten years to the day since the tsunami destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant. A quarter of the 165,000 residents have not yet returned to their homes as they are too close to the plant. (front page, page 5)

DNEVNIK

Rog eviction
"Court did not side with Rog people": After some buildings in the Rog compound have already been torn down and the city is planning to publish an invitation to tender for the renovation of the main building of the former bicycle factory, the city has also announced the court has decided against 11 Rog squatters who appealed against the eviction in January. (front page, page 9)

Parties
"Karl Erjavec no longer interested in DeSUS": Karl Erjavec is no longer the leader of the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS). What is more, he is no longer a member. (front page, page 3, commentary 16)

State forestry enterprise
"No extravagant office building": The state-owned forest management enterprise SiDG has decided against the blasphemously costly investment into a luxurious office building planned by the former director Zlatko Ficko. (front page, page 3)

FINANCE

Remote work
"What needs to be done, if you want to work remotely from abroad": If you wanted to spend lockdown in Greece instead in Slovenia, you would need to go through a maze of red tape in which you would probably give up. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Company results
"Cinkarna revenue last year at pre-Covid level": Chemical company Cinkarna Celje posted EUR 172.4 million in revenue last year, which is level with the year before, and a net profit of EUR 18.95 million, down 12%. The first reaction on the stock market shows investors are happy with the achievement. (front page, pages 10, 11)

Bank fees
"This is how much banks charged you last year": A typical Slovenian bank customer spent an average EUR 70.47 last year per package of services, from EUR 28.08 charged by Sberbank to EUR 96.24 at NKBM, a survey by the central bank shows. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Media freedom
"Alarm bells also ringing in Brussels": Brussels expressed concern about the undermining of the Slovenian Press Agency and verbal attacks on the media as the European Parliament debated attempts to silence free media in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Parties
"Erjavec's farewell, heat in the SMC": Political tensions are heating up again as Karl Erjavec bade farewell as the leader of the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) again as well as left the party. In the Modern Centre Party (SMC) there are calls for electoral congress. (front page, pages 4, 5)

TEŠ6 settlement
"Damages for many irregularities": The successor of French Alstom is willing to pay the Šoštanj coal-fired plant TEŠ EUR 260 million in damages - part in cash and part in work on the TEŠ6 generator. (front page, page 3)

Foreign affairs
"Foreign policy revival": A new line-up of the Foreign Ministry's strategic council is planning to modernise the foreign policy strategy by the time Slovenia starts its spell as the president of the Council of the EU. (front page, page 7)