Daily headlines - Monday, 8 March

DELO

Government anniversary
"A year of virus and Janez Janša changes Slovenia": It has turned out that the forecast by Prime Minister Janez Janša from last March that Slovenia will be significantly different after coronavirus was unconditional, foreseeing and true. (front page, 2)

Pets
"Imports of dogs up by a fifth": A total of 22,037 dogs were registered anew last year, which is almost 1,500 more than the year before. The interest in dogs has increased due to the stoppage of public life brought by coronavirus. (front page, 3)

Pope's visit to Iraq
"Inter-religious dialogue has never been as pronounced": More than ten thousand of Iraqi Christians attended mass in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan delivered by Pope Francis, with inter-religious cooperation being highly pronounced. (front page, 4)

DNEVNIK

Restrictions
"Curfew in court, police officers 'collecting money'": As curfew in Slovenia is in force for 139 days, which is the European record, the Constitutional Court is discussing four initiatives that see the measure as unconstitutional. The police have meanwhile issued EUR 1.37 million in related fines. (front page, 2)

Social media
"Shocking stories revealed online": The Interior Ministry is rejecting an asylum request from a mother who was raped by police officers in the Congo. Slovenian police officers have fined a man who was helping another man whose car got stuck in snow. These are only two bizarre and shocking stories that are circulating social media. (front page, 4, 11)

FINANCE

Forecasts
"What is the situation with orders in main industrial branches in Slovenia": Directors of major companies says that orders have already reached pre-coronacrisis levels, and some companies have even exceeded their plans. (front page, 2-3)

Insurance
"Insurance group Sava with growth in revenue and profit last year - will dividend be paid out this year?": The insurance group Sava generated EUR 674.9 million in operating revenue last year, up 15.5% compared to 2019, while net profit increased by 12.3% to EUR 56.4 million. (front page, 5)

Vaccination
"Government denying free vaccination to part of foreigners living in Slovenia": A part of foreign nationals with residence in Slovenia has been excluded from the national strategy for vaccination financed from the state budget. (front page, 7)

VEČER

Earthquake safety
"Maribor better, Ljubljana poorer": The Seismology Office has prepared a new earthquake safety map of Slovenia that will be important for the construction in designing and constructing new buildings. (front page, 6-7)

Opposition parties
"How to make a breakthrough?": The paper examines how the Social Democrats (SD) under the new president Tanja Fajon are tackling substantial issues and drafting a programme that would be an alternative to the current government. (front page, 2)

Crime
"He suffocated his wife and turned himself in": A 44-year-old man from the village of Dole pri Polici near Grosuplje has suffocated his 36-year-old wife, with whom he has a young daughter, and then turned himself in to the authorities. (front page, 12)