Daily headlines - Thursday, 29 April

DELO

National recovery plan
"Recovery therapy on its way to Brussels": The government adopted the National Recovery and Resilience Plan yesterday and will now send it to be reviewed by the European Commission. (front page, page 3)

Foiled shooting rampage plan
"Bloody revenge prevented": A youngster who had been buying weapons and ammunition on the dark net to use in a shooting rampage at a school in Gorenjska has been brought before an investigating judge. The Slovenian police were alerted of his activities by the US Department of Homeland Security. (front page, page 4)

Lynx reintroduction
"Gorenjska enriched by five lynx": Five lynx have been let into the forests of Gorenjska after the species had been gone from the north-western region since the start of the 20th century. (front page, page 12)

DNEVNIK

Covid restrictions on protests
"Protests divide advisory team": The team of experts advising the government on Covid-19 measures disagreed over the position that served the government to reintroduce restrictions on public assembly. Among those opposed was the country's chief epidemiologist Mario Fafangel, who quit the team shortly afterwards. (front page, page 3)

Foiled shooting rampage plan
"Police prevented first shooting rampage in Slovenia": The US Homeland Security Department has seized EUR 5,000 worth of weapons and ammunition dispatched to Slovenia in a microwave oven, thus preventing, in cooperation with the Slovenian police, what would have been the first shooting rampage in the country. (front page, page 10)

FINANCE

Property market
"Is housing market overheated?": Housing prices are slightly overvalued by some indicators, but they are close to being in a long-term balance, follows from an analysis by the Slovenian central bank. (front page, page 6)

Healthcare
"Corona pays: Govt still not reducing excessive Covid prices in hospitals": Three months after the public health insurer urged the government to reduce the high prices charged by hospitals for treating Covid-19 patients nothing has changed. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Retail
"Epidemic sweeps away Petrol's HopIn retail points": Energy company Petrol has closed down its HopIn city food and beverage stores due to a slump in sales blamed on lockdown and other coronavirus restrictions. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Foiled shooting rampage plan
"Shooting rampage prevented": With the help of their US colleagues Slovenian police prevented a mass shooting in Gorenjska planned by a secondary school student in what would have been the first amok situation in Slovenia. (front page, page 21)

Anti-government protests
"Energy, but also risks": After Tuesday's mass protest in Ljubljana a question is being raised whether potential further protests can shake the government. While analysts note motivation behind the protests, public health experts say protests may lead to coronavirus transmissions. (front page, page 5)

Preparations for super election year
"DeSUS can only be saved by Čeferin": Representatives of Maribor chapters of parties and lists talk to Večer about how they are getting ready for the super election year 2022 when Slovenia is due to hold regular parliamentary and local elections. (front page, pages 8, 9)

Justice minister
"'Politics took us by surprise'": Justice Minister Liljana Kozlovič talks to Večer about why Slovenia has not yet appointed European delegated prosecutors and how no one in the Modern Centre Party (SMC) was indifferent to the departure of three MPs from the party. (front page, pages 4, 5)