Daily headlines - Monday, 22 March

DELO

New water law
"Bill threat to drinking water": On World Water Day, Slovenia can take pride in having good water and quite many quality water sources. However, amendments to the water act put forward by the government are seen by experts and NGOs as a direct threat to the attained standard of water supply. (front page, page 3)

New party
"Pivec keen to be in government": Alaksandra Pivec, the leader of the new party Our Land, has told Delo they are not planning to form alliances ahead of the election, however, after the vote, they would be willing to link with the winning party to join either a right- or left-leaning coalition. (front page, page 2)

Vaccine supply row
"EU and AstraZeneca to court": Brussels has decided to initiate a legal procedure in a bid to resolve the row with AstraZeneca over Covid-19 vaccine supplies. (front page, pages 3, 4)

Football
"Slovenia warming up for Croatia and Spain": The Slovenian football family has entered a historic week. The national team is warming up for Wednesday's derby vs Croatia. On the same day the U-21 team will take on Spain in Maribor at the European Championship in what is the first such campaign since Slovenia's independence. (front page, pages 11, 12)

DNEVNIK

Student work
"EU presidency via student job agency": The Foreign Ministry will hire several students for the time of Slovenia's presidency of the Council of the EU. The trade union Mladi Plus sees that as indecent and potentially unlawful exploitation of cheap labour force. (front page, page 3)

Alpine Ski World Cup
"Meta Hrovat and Andreja Slokar bring joy in Lenzerheide": Slovenia saw a solid showing at the finale of the Alpine Ski World Cup in Lenzerheide. Meta Hrovat placed third in Sunday's giant slalom for her fourth career podium, after Andreja Slokar finished 8th in Saturday's slalom. (front page, page 15)

FINANCE

Remote work
"What will be the attitude to work from home post-Covid": Human resources expert Tamara Valenčič talks to Finance about hybrid work as an opportunity, while Salus and EKWB, two companies that posted record results in the pandemic year, talk about how they adapted to remote work and how they will organise work after the pandemic. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Property prices
"In Ljubljana just shy of 3,000 per square metre, prices up most in Štajerska": Contrary to expectations, apartment prices kept rising last year, preliminary report form the Surveying and Mapping Authority shows. Ljubljana was on top at an average price of almost EUR 3,000 per square metre of used apartment. (front page, page 5)

Companies
"Last quarter profit one of highest for Petrol yet, dividend proposal similar to last year's payout": Petrol group last year generated a net profit of EUR 72.3 million, 31% less than in 2019 and on a par with 2016. (front page, page 6)

VEČER

Under-21 Euro
"Euro around the corner": A fixture between the junior football teams of Slovenia and Spain in Maribor on Wednesday swill kick off the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. (front page, pages 18, 19)

State aid
"Some have returned aid": A poll by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry has shown that 42% of the companies surveyed did not tap on the state aid from the first six relief packages, while 39% of those that received aid are expected to be required to repay about 40% of the funds received. (front page, page 4)

Crime
"A tied-up body found in the woods": Crime investigators are looking into a suspicious death of an older man that has been found in near the village of Zgornje Duplice in the Grosuplje municipality. (front page, page 13)

Regional development
"East still lagging behind": The development gap between Slovenia's eastern and western cohesion regions has not been bridged, the question is whether this will be achieved in the new financial perspective. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Impact of remote classes
"Less stamina for learning": Almost two months into in-class learning, teachers find that gaps in knowledge due to remote schooling are not that drastic but pupils are less independent, and have less stamina for learning and work ethic and some difficulties with the school routine. (front page, page 8)