Daily headlines - Tuesday, 9 February

Ljubljana, 9 February - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 9 February:

DELO

Cybersecurity
"Cybersecurity in the hands of intelligence agents?": Defence Minister Matej Tonin is working to unite all stakeholders dealing with cyber security under one roof, the Defence Ministry. (front page, 2)

Trump's second impeachment
"New impeachment of Trump": Former President Donald Trump faces a second impeachment trial this week over his role in the Capitol siege. (front page, 5)

Culture Day
"Culture lovers happy that galleries reopened": Many Slovenians visited museums and galleries on Culture Day yesterday, which opened their doors admission free. Numerous events were also available online. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Pokljuka Biathlon World Championship
"Slovenia betting on Jakov Fak": The Biathlon World Championships 2021 starts on Pokljuka today in what is the second time that the event is being hosted by Slovenia. (front page, 17-20)

Culture Day ceremony
"State of the art regime creation": Culture Day ceremonies have always attracted a lot of attention in Slovenia. One of the reasons why this is so is because the question of whether the ceremony should be a cultural, political or hybrid event still remains unanswered. (front page, 8, commentary 16)

Rapid tests
"Despair in healthcare over chaotic measures": Tens of thousands of Slovenian employees working in Austria will have to take a rapid coronavirus test every week, which has caused a distress in healthcare. (front page, 3)

FINANCE

Inspections
"Inspectors not resting during the epidemic. What are they and what will they be focussing on?": The coronavirus epidemic did not stop them, this could be the summary of the 2020 report on the work of inspectors, who were last year mostly busy checking people's complying with coronavirus rules. (front page, 2, 3)

Italy's PM nominee
"Draghi means jobs 'first', not only in Italy but also in the EU": If Mario Draghi manages to form a government this will be important not only for Italy, but also for the EU, ECB and the euro. (front page, 4, 5)

OMV
"OMV plans on leaving Slovenia. Who could be the buyer?": It seems that after 30 years, the energy company OMV is leaving Slovenia. The group said on its web site last week it is selling the Slovenian part of the group, including 120 petrol stations. (front page, 6)

VEČER

Spade of the Year
"Counting days till Spade of the Year 2020": The ceremony where the Spade of the Year award will be declared by the publisher Večer for the statement that its readership believe best captured the zeitgeist of last year will be held in a different form this year, on Saturday 20 February. (front page, 2, 4)

Schools
"Schools not risky for infections": New findings show that schools are not the most risky areas for coronavirus infections. Slovenian epidemiologists too say they should be the last to close and the first to reopen. (front page, 6, 7)

Rapid tests
"Maribor: Problems with tests for shop assistants": As there has been no instruction on how to organise testing of shop assistants and craftsmen many took the test at the Pohorje ski slopes. (front page, 8)

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