Daily headlines - Tuesday, 13 April

Ljubljana, 13 April - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 13 April:

DELO

Covid-19
"One out of five doctors on verge of burnout": As many as 42% of doctors in the US show signs of burnout, while one out of five doctors in Slovenia report a poor physical or mental condition. (front page, 4)

Bosnia-Herzegovina
"Dissolution of Yugoslavia is concluded": Željko Komšić, the member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, said that dissolution of Yugoslavia has been concluded and that any re-drawing of borders in the region could not end peacefully as he responded to an alleged non paper from Slovenia that discusses the topic. (front page, 3)

Film production
"Directors in dialogue with minister": Film directors have told Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti that the consequences of last year's suspension of funding of film are far-reaching and that they undermine the future of domestic film production. (front page, 16)

DNEVNIK

Self testing in school
"Still more questions than answers": As schools reopened in person for the third time since the epidemic started, it is not clear yet whether secondary school students and those in the final three grades of primary school will self-test on Fridays or Mondays, in classrooms or at home. (front page, 3, commentary 12)

Education
"Remote learning does not enable progress": A study conducted in the Netherlands has shown that remote learning does not enable students to make progress, with children from families with a lower level of education being the most vulnerable. (front page, 2)

FINANCE

Interest rates
"How low can banks go": As there are unofficial information that banks have been offering fixed interest rates for housing loans are well below 2% for a while, the paper took a look at concrete deals in publicly available databases. (front page, 2-3)

Healthcare
"These are record holders among concessionaires in healthcare": The paper runs a list of the top 30 concessionaires in healthcare, two of which had been paid more than EUR 11 million from the national health fund last year. (front page, 6-7)

Stock market
"What is dividend yield of Slovenian shares": The paper looks at where dividend and dividend yield could be higher than before the epidemic, where payouts are still uncertain and when profit distribution proposals will be published by companies that are yet to do so. (front page, 8-9)

VEČER

Education
"Students are desperate": Due to the long-lasting remote studying and being cut away from social life, university students are growing desperate as they stay closed in their rooms while schools are reopening. (front page, 2, 8-9)

Bosnia-Herzegovina
"Who is drawing borders in Balkans": Bosnian media report about a non paper from Slovenia that allegedly envisages re-drawing of borders in the Western Balkans along ethnic lines. (front page, 7)

Frost damage
"There will be very little cherries, plums and peaches": First estimates of the damage inflicted by frost on fruit tree blossoms stand at EUR 50 million, but this is not all, as a few sub-zero mornings are also expected this week. (front page, 6)

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