Daily headlines - Thursday, 19 October

DELO

Border control
"Border control for fear of terrorists": Border checks will be reintroduced this Saturday on the Slovenian border with Italy in the face of an increased terrorist treat. The government will decide today on the introduction of border checks on the borders with Croatia and Hungary. (front page, 4)

Wait times in healthcare
"Wait times gone wild": Cutting wait times in healthcare has been the goal of every Slovenian government in the last two decades. The latest data, from July, shows that 281,000 patients waited for treatment, which is over 20,000 more than in October last year, when efforts to cut wait times started. (front page, 3)

US president visit to Israel
"Biden's visit in the shade of horror": US President Joe Biden was in Israel yesterday. But during his flight hundreds of people were killed in the Evangelical community hospital al-Ahli Arab, so Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders cancelled their meetings with Biden. (front page, 5)

DNEVNIK

Real estate
"How the rich buy apartments": The new owners of apartments in a luxury housing development in the centre of Ljubljana that was launched yesterday and where some apartments cost upwards of four million euros mostly bought the apartments with own funds. (front page, 3)

Border checks
"Police soon at all Slovenian borders?": Italy is introducing checks on its border with Slovenia, and the government will decide today whether to introduce checks on the borders with Croatia and Hungary. (front page, 4)

FINANCE

Post-flood reconstruction
"Where did aid money go and how much is yet to be paid out": The latest figures show that the direct flood damage amounts to EUR 4 billion, the estimated damage and reconstruction costs EUR 10 billion, while the government set aside EUR 521 million in budget funds to help the affected citizens. Municipalities and businesses have so far received EUR 185 million. (front page, 2-3)

Defence Ministry's reality show
"Bizarre: Šarec will shoot military reality show": At a time when austerity has been ordered to all the ministries, the Defence Ministry has come up with the idea to shoot a reality show for EUR 2 million. (front page, 6)

Luxury real estates
"We're publishing Top 10 apartments that were sold for the highest prices in Ljubljana. How is Schellenburg doing?": A complex of two buildings called Palais Schellenburg and Villa Schellenburg, featuring 125 apartments, which was opened yesterday, has been sold out. The new residents are to move in in December. (front page, 4-5)

VEČER

Defence Ministry's reality show
"Expensive military show": The Defence Ministry led by Marjan Šarec plans to promote the profession of a soldier through a reality show with a price tag of EUR 2 million. (front page, 2-3)

Border control
"New checks on our borders": Like Austria, Italy will reintroduce checks on its border with Slovenia, while Slovenia is to do the same on its borders with Croatia and Hungary. (front page, 5)

Medical error
"He wants damages from UKC": A man whose testicle has been removed although the tumour was no cancer demands EUR 450,000 in damages from the UKC Ljubljana hospital where he was operated on. Two experts have confirmed the medical error. (front page, 9)