Daily headlines - Thursday, 22 July

DELO

Parties
"New face causes stir within NSi and politics": After Mark Boris Andrijanič took over as new minister for digitalisation, rumours began to circulate that he is founding a liberal party. Meanwhile, the opposition Social Democrats are getting ready for the next election by commissioning a survey with interesting questions, including one about a potential grand coalition with the Democrats. (front page, page 2)

Norway mass shooting anniversary
"Political aspect of attack turned into taboo": Ten years after Anders Breivik killed 77 people in Oslo and Utoya, the survivors believe time has come to talk about the attacker's political and ideological ideas. (front page, page 4)

Football
"Prekmurje side's destiny to be known in Bulgaria": Slovenia's football champions, Mura, have survived the third fixture on the thorny road to the UEFA Champions League, pulling out a 0:0 draw against Bulgaria's Ludogorets in the second round of qualifying last night. (front page, page 17)

DNEVNIK

Covid-19 certificates
"Those who mustn't get jab forgotten": The patients who cannot get vaccinated against Covid-19 for health reasons will continue to have access to free rapid tests, but the experience of a family who turned to the Ljubljana patient ombudsman shows it is almost impossible at the moment to get a certificate proving such a status. (front page, page 4)

Government building subway
"Passage under Gregorčičeva under classified data heading": The government plan to build an underground passage connecting the government secretariat and the Government Palace and one leading to Cankarjev Dom are valued at EUR 900,000, a sum to be headed under section "classified data handling system". (front page, page 8)

FINANCE

Government-sponsored vouchers
"What can new tourism vouchers buy": The Financial Administration has provided concrete answers as to what can be bought with the new vouchers. (front page, pages 2-4)

Banking pay
"Which banks have highest salaries": Data from annual reports show the state-run development bank SID Bank and the central bank Banka Slovenije paid their employees highest salaries last year. (front page, page 5)

Stock market flotation
"Owner of Slovenian Zemanta to get listed": Outbrain, whose main development centre is run by the subsidiary Zemanta, a company incorporated in Ljubljana in 2007, is to get floated expectedly tomorrow on the Nasdaq stock market in what will be the first Nasdaq company whose main development centre is located in Slovenia. (front page, pages 10, 11)

VEČER

Healthcare wait times
"Women waiting": Since the gynaecology department at UKC Maribor had to move to make room for Covid department during the height of the outbreak, some 300 women are now waiting for surgeries and another 400 for smear tests. (front page, pages 8, 9)

Culture Ministry
"Ministry also curates literature": The Culture Ministry has also intervened in the selection of the Slovenian work in the Europe Readr project. (front page, page 17)

Sewage sludge dumping
"Who is to blame for pollution": More than two months after sewage sludge from water treatment plants in Ptuj and Rogaška Slatina was illegally dumped in Vodule near Dramlje, the inspection service found the sludge was dumped by lorries owned by the company Lasaza, ordering it to clean up the site within 15 days after picking up the decision. (front page, pages 2, 12)