Delo

Ljubljana – The newspaper Delo writes about the wider implications of Praedicate Evangelium, the apostolic constitution reforming the Roman Curia and the Catholic Church, which was discussed as Pope Francis hosted cardinals for a meeting earlier this week.

Ljubljana – Lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar has increased her lead in the presidential race after the ruling party’s candidate Marta Kos pulled out, a poll run by the newspaper Delo on Saturday suggests. Pirc Musar gained five percentage points in a fortnight to 31% as Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, stayed at 23%.

Ljubljana – Defections of prominent journalists to politics are undoubtedly deepening the crisis of journalism and undermining its credibility, Delo says in Saturday’s front-page commentary after two journalists have joined the Government Communication Office (UKOM) and the ruling Freedom Movement PR teams this week.

Ljubljana – The information commissioner has asked for constitutional review of part of the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing act that is based on two inspection proceedings and related to processing of personal information by the Office for Money Laundering Prevention.

Ljubljana – The newspaper Delo has reported that Bishop of Novo Mesto Andrej Saje is suspected of tax evasion. On the other hand, Saje has told the STA that he has no knowledge of the criminal complaint that is said to have been filed against him this year, and could not comment on it in detail.

Ljubljana – The newspaper Delo expresses support to border fence removal in Saturday’s front-page commentary, saying that a civilised and modern society must find a more humane way to protect its state border.

Ljubljana – By adopting an emergency healthcare bill, the government has shown that healthcare is indeed its priority, the newspaper Delo says in Saturday’s front-page commentary, headlined Govt Proving Healthcare Is Priority. However, it remains to be seen whether the new legislation really brings the desired results.

Ljubljana – The leadership of RTV Slovenija is not up to running a public media service as it does not understand what the public is, and should therefore leave, Delo says in Tuesday’s front-page commentary headlined They Don’t Like Public Radio and Television.

Ljubljana – The Freedom Movement has gained 4.6 percentage points to 31% in the June poll commissioned by the newspaper Delo to extend its margin ahead of the Democratic Party (SDS) to 9.5 points, despite the opposition party reaching its high watermark.

Aalen – Slovenian boxer Ema Kozin defeated Szilvia Szabados of Hungary in Germany’s Aalen on Saturday evening to become the world champion in the women’s light middleweight category in the WBF organisation. This is third weight category in which the 23-year-old from Ljubljana holds the world champion title.