Daily headlines - Tuesday, 19 January

DELO

US First Lady
"Melania was no comforter of Americans": Outgoing US First Lady Melania Trump is still a puzzle to most Americans. The history will not remember her as one of the greatest, believes historian Katherine Jellison. (front page, 5)

Economic recovery
"Chinese would renovate Europe": China started the pandemic year badly but finished it very well, with a 2.3% economic growth. The Asian superpower wants to be the global force of renovation after the pandemic. (front page, 6)

Handball
"Slovenians going to Cairo upbeat after all": Slovenia wrapped up the preliminary round at the World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt on Monday with an important 29:25 win against Belarus to earn second place in Group H and take a good position entering the main round. (front page, 18)

DNEVNIK

Epidemic
"Why are we doing so much worse than others": Experts most frequently cite omission of contact tracing and non-implementation of safety recommendations at work as the main reasons why the epidemiological situation in Slovenia has been so serious for so long. (front page, 2)

No-confidence motion
"Erjavec will temporarily withdraw his consent to candidacy": DeSUS leader Karl Erjavec will temporarily withdraw his consent to the bid to become a prime minister-designate today because several MPs have been infected with coronavirus and cannot vote in person. He believes it would be right to continue with the no-confidence motion once all MPs can vote. (front page, 3)

FINANCE

Company subsidies
"Which subsidies can you expect this year and when": The paper presents the calls for applications for subsidies that will be available to companies in 2021, saying how much money will be available to whom and for what purposes. (front page, 2-3)

Petrol
"How can Petrol compare to its rivals in the region after Crodux takeover": Slovenia's energy company Petrol has obtained 91 additional petrol stations as it took over an outright stake in Croatian petroleum products seller Crodux. (front page, 4, 5)

Banks
"Banks a lot more optimistic this year": The paper looks at the business results of major US financial institutions in the final quarter of last year. (front page, 10, 11)

VEČER

Special-needs schools
"Few infections": Some 70-80% of children with disabilities have returned to special schools. They have problems with unrealistic safety recommendations, while schools alone are in charge of conducting rapid tests. (front page, 5)

No-confidence motion
"Infections are not for KUL": DeSUS leader Karl Erjavec would like to suspend the no-confidence motion procedure and continue it when all MPs are able to vote. (front page, 3)

CO poisoning
"Too frequent CO poisonings": A dozen foreign workers sought help in Dobrna on Sunday for inhaling carbon monoxide. The latter is the most frequent cause of poisoning in Slovenia. (front page, 21)