Daily headlines - Tuesday, 23 February

DELO

Energy
"American winter raising prices of fuel in Slovenia": Winter storms suspended the extraction of petroleum in the state of Texas, a major producer in the US. This resulted in a 2-4% drop in global production and a raise in fuel prices. (front page, 9)

Coronavirus
"Number of Covid-19 hospitals being reduced": Hospitals in Topolšica and Sežana are switching back to regular programmes as the Covid-19 epidemic in Slovenia is slowing down. Eventually only the main hospitals in Ljubljana and Maribor and the Golnik clinic will be receiving Covid-19 patients. (front page, 3)

Holidays
"Holiday joy with measures and warnings": School children from the western half of the country are on one-week holidays, and queues are forming in ski resorts as strict epidemiological measures are still in force. (front page, 17)

DNEVNIK

Environment
"Car scrapyard on best agricultural land": The illegal car scrapyard in Zgornji Kašelj, east of Ljubljana, which went up in flames on Sunday, is located on land that is designated as best agricultural land in the municipal spatial plan. (front page, 8, commentary 14)

Disease
"Can H5N8 bird flu virus endanger humans?": The first case of influenza A virus subtype H5N8, or bird flu, jumping from poultry to a human was recorded in Russia. There is no evidence yet that it could be transferred between humans. (front page, 4)

FINANCE

Hospitality industry
"Restaurants opening doors to companies": As restaurants are allowed to serve business, the paper analyses who may be served and what proof inspectors will demand if they see that a restaurant is working. Owners are again pointing to excessive and irrational measures. (front page, 2-3)

Government staffing
"Who has been replaced by Janša": The paper runs a review of all staffing changes made by the government this year, noting that not all replacements are officially reported by the government. Unofficially, new supervisors of the national postal company are to be appointed in the coming days. (front page, 4-5)

Telecommunications
"No more cheap calls from the UK, Telekom and A1 are introducing new, higher prices in April": The largest mobile operators in Slovenia will introduce the "UK zone" for mobile services with prices higher than that for roaming in the EU. (front page, 8)

VEČER

Healthcare
"For more dentists": After almost a decade of efforts, a new study course of dentistry will open in the autumn at the Maribor Faculty of Medicine. This is expected to address the expected staff shortage in the area. (front page, 9)

Ikea opening
"Purchase in Ljubljana, takeover in Maribor": There are only two days left before the long-awaited opening of the first Ikea shop in Slovenia, located in the BTC shopping district in Ljubljana. Due to the epidemic, the number of shoppers is limited to 700 at once. (front page, 6)

Sport
"To open swimming pools or not?" It seems that there is still confusion regarding the re-opening of swimming pools following the latest relaxation of restrictive measures by the government. Swimming pools have already opened in some places. (front page, 3)