Daily headlines - Wednesday, 10 March

DELO

Pharmacies
"Big pharmaceuticals leaving Slovenia": International pharmaceutical companies, including Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKlein are closing their Slovenian branches. Experts say this means the country is losing highly trained staff and it will take longer for new medicines to reach the market. (front page, 8)

Hospitals
"Fewer treatments, more rewards": Although fewer hospitals performed fewer treatments last year, this did not affect their business results or pay. On the contrary, some general managers and medical staff received higher pay due to Covid-19 bonuses. (front page, 3)

STA
"Pressure on STA stepping up": A clash with the STA continues on the domestic media front, and the European Parliament will discuss government pressures on Slovenian media today. (front page, 4)

Myanmar
"Dont't shoot children, shoot me instead!": A picture of a Catholic nun kneeling before police officers begging them to stop shooting children and shoot her instead went viral, as the military junta continues with violence against protesters in Myanmar. (front page, 6)

DNEVNIK

Education
"They do not come to school because of obligatory masks": Although in some schools there are no problems with the new face masks obligation for students in grades 6-9 and secondary schools, in others parents have notified schools their children will continue with distance learning until the obligation is lifted. (front page, 4)

Investments
"One extension after another and you get new infectious disease clinic": Procedures have started for building an extension to the Ljubljana UKC Department of Infectious Diseases. Another extension will follow in the second phase before the whole department moves to the new facilities. (front page, 8)

FINANCE

E-auctions
"All that you can buy at new court auctions": The Supreme Court set up a portal for court auctions in early February. For now it will be possible to buy only real estate from your couch, while other assets confiscated in court proceedings will be put up for auctions in physical form. (front page, 2, 3)

Taxes
"Which proposals for tax changes can we expect at the end of the month": The Finance Ministry is expected to release the first draft of tax changes at the end of March. According to the paper's sources, changes can be expected in income tax and capital tax. (front page, 5)

Company ownership
"Is hiding in Cyprus over?": Cyprus too is getting a registry of company owners. However, not everyone will get an insight in it. (front page, 7)

VEČER

UEFA European Under-21 Championship
"It will be a spectacle despite the virus": Slovenia and Hungary will host the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in two weeks. Despite the pandemic, 150 million people are expected to watch the games on TV. (front page, 4, 5)

Pensions
"Rise of the lowest pensions still up in the air": The issue of a pension rise has become a political matter and now even pensioners themselves do not find common ground. (front page, 2)

Wine
"With wine tasting in the cellar": The Museum of the World's Oldest Vine should have opened last autumn, but the project was delayed due to additional work and coronavirus. Now the opening is planned in the middle of the year. (front page, 9)