Daily headlines - Tuesday, 16 November

Ljubljana, 16 November - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 16 November:

DELO

Banking
"Hundred thousand Slovenians report bank account abroad": A total of 101,517 individuals or persons with a business have reported they have a bank account outside Slovenia, mostly in Germany, Latvia and Austria. (front page, 9)

Self-testing at schools
"Head teachers are to receive detailed instructions": First protests against self-testing of children at schools were held at some schools yesterday and some schools expect chaos tomorrow when the obligatory self-testing steps into force. (front page, 3)

Polish-Belarus border
"Poland fortifying its border with Belarus": Due to migrant pressure Poland will start building technical obstacles at its border with Belarus in December, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced yesterday. (front page, 5 and 7)

DNEVNIK

Self-testing
"They self-test elsewhere too - without stress": A day before self-testing of students at schools becomes obligatory, head teachers are looking for ways to make the new measure as stress-free as possible. (front page, 2)

Construction waste
"Construction waste moving from Stanežiče to Zaplana": The construction waste that had been illegally dumped in Stanežiče is now to be taken to Zaplana, for which the company Prenova-Gradbenik reportedly has an environmental permit. (front page, 8)

FINANCE

Christmas bonuses
"Who will give them? What to be careful of?": Last year, 10,779 companies paid out Christmas bonuses, which is 20% fewer than the year before, show data by the Financial Administration. This year, it seems that the economic recovery will show in the paying out of Christmas bonuses as well. (front page, 2-4)

Energy
"How Robert Golob secured his position at Gen-I": The term of the Gen-I management led by Robert Golob expires this week and although it denies this the government does not want Golob at the helm of the electricity distributor. But due to cleverly drawn up social contracts the attempts to appoint leadership politically are doomed to fail. There are thus two options: a deal with Golob or a court will need to appoint an interim management. (front page, 5)

NLB bank
"Will the bank indeed return state aid with the December dividend?": Blaž Brodnjak, the boss of the NLB bank, said on Friday that the bank would return the state aid it received in 2013 in full with the additional dividend to be paid out in December. The paper looks at the figures. (front page, 6)

VEČER

Charities
"Abuse or indeed only a coincidence?": People in Maribor and Ravne na Koroškem in particular were surprised to hear that the well-known charities Humanitarček from the Štajersko region and the Association for Non-violent Communication from Ljubljana have namesakes in Ravne na Koroškem. (front page, 22)

Epidemic
"Epidemic rising steeply": As the epidemiological curve in Slovenia continues to rise, the paper looks at how many Covid beds Slovenian hospitals can still offer and at the expense of which units and patients. (front page, 2-3)

Energy
"To the finals of the battle for Gen-I": The term of the management of electricity distributor Gen-I expires tomorrow and an interim management could be appointed by a court. PM Janez Janša also commented on the staffing. (front page, 4-5)

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