Daily headlines - Monday, 1 March

DELO

Nordic World Championships
"Record medal yield does not seem to end": With three medals, Slovenia is the leading ski jumping force at the Nordic World Championships in Germany's Oberstdorf. (front page, 11)

Diplomacy
"Relations with Russia are not on ice": Slovenia's relations with Russia have not turned cold as some had been predicting, and Foreign Minister Anže Logar will be travelling to Russia in the spring, the Foreign Ministry has announced. (front page, 2)

Space exploration
"Postcard from Mars": NASA's rover Perseverance, which has been stationed on the neighbouring planet Mars since 18 February, is diligently sending pictures from its new home, while engineers are calibrating its systems. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Nordic World Championships
"Bronze for Lampič and Urevc": Slovenia already has five medals at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Germany's Oberstdorf as cross-country skiers Anamarija Lampič and Eva Urevc won bronze in the women's team sprint event yesterday. (front page, 13-14)

Agriculture
"A storm in a cup of balsamic vinegar": Italy is accusing Slovenia for endangering its traditional aceto balsamico by changing the rules on the quality of vinegar. (front page, 3)

Earthquake safety
"Experts propose earthquake coupons": A simulation of the earthquake that hit Ljubljana in 1895 has shown that today there would be between 57 and 1,200 casualties, and that material damage could reach up to 15% of the country's GDP. (front page, 6)

FINANCE

Subsidies
"Fresh money for young companies": Two new calls for applications are available for start-ups - EUR 75,000 convertible loans with a three-year moratorium or EUR 600,000 co-investment with a private investor and the Slovenian Enterprise Fund. (front page, 12-13)

Economy
"Slovenia's GDP -6.1 percent: investments prevent a greater drop": According to seasonally-adjusted data, Slovenia's gross domestic product (GDP) decreased in the coronavirus year 2020 by 6.1%, the Statistics Office has reported. (front page, 2-3)

Apps
"Taking Tom brings Chinese largest profit in company's history": The mobile app developer Outfit 7, which used to be owned by the richest Slovenians, the Login couple, recently published the 2019 report under which it posted a record annual net profit of almost EUR 88 million. (front page, 7)

VEČER

Nordic World Championships
"Bronze, bronze and a slip": Cross-country skiers Anamarija Lampič and Eva Urevc won bronze in the women's team sprint event and ski jumper Anže Laninšek won bronze on the men's normal hill yesterday, while the Slovenian mixed ski jumping team finished fourth at the Nordic World Championships in Germany's Oberstdorf. (front page, 16-17)

Work during Covid-19
"Epidemic of overtime work": As Covid-19 epidemic has changed work processes into a 24/7 virtual presence, sociologists and trade unionists discuss for the paper the positive and negative sides. (front page, 3)

Banks
"Larger Nova KBM with 2,000 employees": As of today, the banks NKBM and Abanka are formally and finally merged into a single bank with a new logo. They are holding more than a fifth of the Slovenian baking market. (front page, 2-3)