Daily headlines - Monday, 24 May

DELO

Kresnik Prize
"Grand five heading to Rožnik": Five authors have been shortlisted for Delo's Kresnik Prize for novel of the year, which will be conferred on 23 June. (front page, 8)

Giro in Slovenia
"Brda celebrates like the Dolomites": The 15th stage of the Giro D-Italia coming to Slovenia was a major hit, as thousands of Slovenian fans put on a veritable cycling fiesta. (front page, 13)

State aid to tourism
"New tourism voucher proposal on the table": While the government insisted until recently that there will be no new tourism vouchers, it appears to have changed its mind as the latest draft of a bill to help tourism includes vouchers that can be used for services other than overnight stays. (front page, 2)

Iskra's takeover in Croatia
"Šešok family conquering Croatia": Slovenian company Iskra has acquired the Croatian maker of cables Elka, its second acquisition in Croatia in two years. (front page, 3)

DNEVNIK

Giro in Slovenia
"Goriška in cycling mood yesterday": The storied Giro D'Italia race made a detour into Slovenia yesterday for the first time in 17 years. (front page, 17)

Petrol shareholder
"Orban is not helping us open doors": Mario Salecky of the Czech-Slovak group J&T, the largest single shareholder of Petrol, says the company is a portfolio investor and denies it serves as a placeholder for Hungarian energy group MOL. (front page, 5)

Farmland
"Most deals in Pomurje, prices highest on the coast": Proposed amendments to the farmland act change the priority of buyers with pre-emptive right by putting farms and farming companies in the same position. (front page, 4)

FINANCE

Company performance
"Disclosing the balance sheets": Finance looks at the 2020 performance of some of the companies that were in the media spotlight last year. (front page, 2-4)

Interest rates
"How high are interest rates on housing and consumer loans?": Lending data for March shows a strong increase in housing loans, coupled with a sharp decline in consumer loans. (front page, 4)

Monetary policy
"What is the ECB saying about zombies, bitcoin, property?": The European Central Bank (ECB) has released the spring report on financial stability, its twice-a-year analysis of risks, imbalances and challenges. (front page, 7)

Stock market
"Krka's profit highest so far": Krka posted the highest quarterly net profit on record, but warned that comparisons with pandemic year 2020 are not possible. (front page, 5)

VEČER

Football
"Black-and-white dreams": A season of turnarounds ended at the Ljudski Vrt Stadium with Mura crowned national champion for the first time in the club's history. (front page, 2, 16-18)

National tourism holding
"Final stages of tourism holding": The main battle for state control of Slovenian tourism is under way at Sava, whose biggest single owner is the financial fund York. The final talks on an acquisition of the stake are under way. (front page, 3, 4)

Left platform
"Mesec wants even greener": The opposition Left wants a political alliance on the centre-left before the election. At the upcoming congress, it will make green policies an even more prominent feature of its platform. (front page, 2, 3)

Anniversary of independence events
"Tryout for war": A ceremony marked 30 years since the Territorial Defence, joined by the people of Maribor, mounted opposition to the first aggressive actions by the Yugoslav People's Army. (front page, 8, 9)