Daily headlines - Tuesday, 18 May

DELO

Brdo-Brijuni summit
"Leaders came and went, problems stayed": Slovenian President Borut Pahor, the host of the Brdo-Brijuni Process summit, has realised half of his "too ambitious" goals, Delo says in reference to a declaration that reaffirmed the commitment of the Western Balkan countries to EU enlargement, but failed to reach a consensus to call against changes to borders in the region. (front page, 4, 7)

Labour market
"IT experts are hot buns": Some segments of the economy have actually been hiring additional staff at a facilitated pace during the coronavirus crisis, in particular technology companies, which are looking for IT experts. (front page, 8)

Parliament
"Day when it smelled like early election": It happened for the first time in history of independent Slovenia yesterday that the coalition did not muster enough votes to confirm the agenda of a regular plenary of the National Assembly. (front page, 2)

DNEVNIK

Brdo-Brijuni summit
"Fatigued Union should facilitate enlargement": The concluding declaration from Monday's Brdo-Brijui Process summit is that the EU must initiate a more ambitious enlargement process to stand up for the entire Western Balkans, while taking into account individual progress of each member state. (front page, 6, commentary 14)

Healthcare
"How bargaining should beat mathematics": The generous payment of treatment of Covid-19 has revealed the problems that have been piling up for years in relation to certain treatment programmes being underappreciated and underfunded. (front page, 2)

FINANCE

Green transition
"Who will be Slovenian champions of European green transition": As tens of billions of euros will be invested in green transition in the EU as part of the post-Covid recovery, the paper looks at what opportunities there are for Slovenian companies. (front page, 2-3)

Wages
"Wages in Slovenia in March up 14.2% year-on-year - why such a growth?": Due to the large number of people who were on furlough last March, the statistics does not realistically reflect the actual change in disposable income of an average employee. (front page, 4)

Construction
"More expensive construction material could also raise price of construction work on second track": Under the obligations code, increases in prices of construction work due to higher prices of material are permitted, although contracts between construction companies and public investors stipulate that values are final. (front page, 14-15)

Taxes
"Brussels preparing single rules for taxation of multinationals": With a unified system, the EU would prevent the practice by certain member states to offer favourable tax agreements to multinationals, enabling them to make aggressive tax plans. (front page, 6)

VEČER

Parliament
"Parliament blocked": Parliamentary Speaker Igor Zorčič concluded the May session of the National Assembly before it even began as only 42 deputies voted for the session agenda that included an impeachment motion against PM Janez Janša and dismissal of Zorčič. (front page, 2)

Brdo-Brijuni summit
"At Brdo about 'European path' of the region": The ten leaders from the Western Balkan countries came up at Monday's Brdo-Brijuni Process summit with a declaration that calls on the EU to observe the region as a whole, and not as individual countries. There were disagreements regarding the concept of unchangeability of borders. (front page, 3)

Sport
"First fans attend games already": Although it was announced only three hours prior to the ice hockey match between Slovenia and France that fans are welcome to attend, a lot of them gathered in front of Tivoli Arena Ljubljana to get tested to that they could watch the game in person. (front page, 22)

Education
"Majority of students staying at home": Three weeks before the end of the academic year, faculties could in theory be open in-person for all students, but in practice, the hybrid mode that combines remote learning remains in place. (front page, 5)