Daily headlines - Wednesday, 6 January

DELO

Audit on PPE purchases
"Court of Audit report disclosed": The paper has obtained the confidential draft audit report on the procurement of personal protective equipment and medical supplies during the first wave of coronavirus in which the Court of Audit finds the purchases were inefficient because an efficient system to asses the needs for critical supplies had not been put in place. (front page, page 2)

Snow in the mountains
"Snow is beautiful, but it can also be dangerous": Large amounts of fresh snow in the mountains have created breathtaking scenery, but also many risks. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Road safety
"Epidemic saves lives on the roads": Slovenian roads claimed a record low number of casualties last year with early statistics suggesting there were no road accident deaths in December. The main reason for the trend is reduced traffic during the epidemic. (front page, page 10, commentary 12)

No confidence vote in the government
"Politics: Erjavec promises no-confidence motion next Friday": Karl Erjavec, the leader of the Pensioners' party (DeSUS) and a potential PM-designate, announced after a meeting with KUL coalition parties yesterday that they would file a motion of no confidence in the government on 15 January. (front page, page 2)

Ljubljana
"Children's hospital part of deal with the state": It appears that under a new agreement between the Ljubljana city and the state, municipal plots by the URI Soča rehabilitation institute will be swapped for the former children's hospital in Ulica Stare Pravde where the Waldorf school would like to expand to. (front page, page 8)

FINANCE

Prices
"How much will you pay for utility services, food, postal services, kindergartens and holidays?": The paper writes about projections for prices of municipal services, raw materials, energy products etc. (front page, pages 2-4)

Vaccination against Covid-19
"Chaos predicted in mass vaccination against Covid-19: How to line up with your GP": The state has shifted the responsibility for the compilation of priority lists for vaccination of patients with chronic conditions onto GPs, who are already at a loss about how to access the oldest population to let them know they need to line up digitally. (front page, pages 6, 7)

Bank charges
"NLB first to introduce them": NLB will introduce charges on deposits as the first bank in Slovenia on 1 April, at 0.04% per month for deposits in excess of EUR 250,000. (front page, pages 10, 11)

EU presidency
"Who does Portugal preside over and what are its priorities": The focus in the EU under the Portuguese baton in the first half of the year will be primarily on implementing policies already adopted, including those during the German presidency. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Antigen tests
"Rapid tests, quick profits": As mass antigen testing is under way across the country, doubts are being raised about the reliability of tests supplied by young entrepreneurs after a video emerged of them bragging about their luxury life style. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Special needs schools
"Happy to be back to school": Life returned to schools and institutions for children with special needs as they reopened after almost three months of distance learning. (front page, page 4)

Dairy company
"They only buy Slovenian milk": The dairy Pomurske Mlekarne has returned to profit and has big plans for the future. Its director Anthony Tomažin owns five Slovenian companies in tourism and hospitality, food and IT industries. (front page, page 6)

Maribor Alpine Ski World Cup meet
"Forecast gives hope": Half the time in the past decade the Golden Fox Cup for the women's Alpine Ski World Cup was not held in Maribor due to too warm weather. Even if the view from the city does not look promising this time around either, the organizers hope to keep the 57th iteration at home. (front page, page 22)