Daily headlines - Monday, 3 May

DELO

Press freedom
"Fr** me**a cannot STAy on in dict****ship": Thirty years after the Windhoek Declaration press freedom is threatened more than ever, says the paper, describing this year's as likely the most important World Press Freedom Day in Slovenia since independence and noting the launch of a fundraising campaign for the STA. (front page, page 3)

New party
"New party to also address SDS voters": Jure Leben, the former environment minister who quit the SMC party two years ago, is returning to politics to launch a Party of Green Action. (front page, page 2)

Belarus opposition leader
"Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in Slovenia": As Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya visits Slovenia today, the country's politicians will get the opportunity to make a clear stand on what is one of the biggest political crises in Europe in recent years. (front page)

Olympic torch
"From Triglav off on a journey to 212 municipalities": The Slovenian Olympic torch is setting off on its journey across Slovenia after six mountain rescuers took it to Mt Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, at the weekend. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Press freedom
"We are friends of freedom. Join us!": In an editorial spread across its front-page, the paper underscores the significance of media freedom, and expresses its support for the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) as one of the "STA friends" launches a fundraising campaign. (front page)

FINANCE

Labour taxation
"How heavily taxed are Slovenian salaries": Slovenia ranks eighth among OECD countries in terms of tax wedge - the difference between the cost of gross salary for employer and the take-home pay - the same spot it has been in for several years, but the tax wedge was reduced by a good half a percentage point to 42.9% in 2020, shows the latest Taxing Wages survey. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Business
"How healthy will be Slovenian businesses post-Covid": The central bank's stability report offers an insight into the risks for Slovenian companies ahead. (front page, page 4)

Bankruptcy risks
"How big tidal wave of bankruptcies to get ready for": The paper sums up the main points from a report by the European Systemic Risk Board on how to manage expected mass insolvencies post-Covid and how to prevent bankruptcies. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Press Freedom
"Media stand together": On World Press Freedom Day, a month-long fundraising campaign for the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) is being launched by the Slovenian Journalists' Association and STA supporters. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Covid-19 treatment
"They cannot help everyone": Nina Gorišek Miksić, the head of the communicable diseases department at the UKC Maribor, writes about what experts have learned about coronavirus. A year on, she says working with Covid-19 patients is no less stressful but it has become more of a routine and more focused. (front page, pages 6, 7)

Rental market
"Rental market without tourists": The pandemic has increased supply on the rental market, but only for as long as tourists do not return. There are currently 130 rental flats available in Maribor. (front page, page 3)

Music
"Josip Ipavec Year": 2021 marks the centenary of the death of composer Josip Ipavec, who scholar Igor Grdina says in his lifetime was not as known, understood or performed at home as abroad. (front page, page 10)