Daily headlines - Friday, 17 December

DELO

Slovenia resolution in European Parliament
"Government gets slap in the face instead of congratulation": The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on fundamental rights and rule of law in Slovenia in a 356 to 284 vote as 40 MEPs abstained, to express concern over pressure on public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, prosecutors, new police legislation, ruling by means of government decrees and the atmosphere of hostility in the country. (front page, 3)

North Korea
"Decade of Kim Jong-un": The paper looks at the path of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un since he took office in 2011. (front page, 6)

NLB bank AGM
"NLB interested in Croatia": At the NLB banking group's annual general meeting on Thursday, shareholders approved the management's proposal that the bank pay a further dividend of almost EUR 67.4 million. This will give shareholders an additional EUR 3.37 gross per share on 24 December. (front page, 9)

Constitutional Court
"Ahead of Constitution Day": A ceremony marking Constitution Day, 23 December, was addressed by the new president of the Constitutional Court, Matej Accetto, who focused in his speech on the relation between a crisis situation and the rule of law. (front page, 3)

Football
"Nations League: Slovenia in group of death": Slovenia's national football side will play Sweden, Norway and Serbia in the third iteration of the UEFA Nations League in June and September next year, a draw has decided. (front page, 18)

DNEVNIK

Food prices
"Food producers: Food will be costlier or there will be none": Two scenarios are possible as of 1 January 2022: Either retailers will allow for a significant rise in food prices or food production will be stopped, says Izidor Krivec, CEO of meat company Celjske Mesnine, pointing to higher energy prices. (front page, 4)

Ljubljana passenger centre
"Station becoming ever smaller": The OTP bank has obviously abandoned plans for the construction of a giant shopping and entertainment complex at Ljubljana's main bus and train station. Under the new plans, only a railway station hall will be built. (front page, 8)

VEČER

Maribor mayor
"What the mayor's service has been like": The paper presents results of a public opinion poll on the work of Maribor Mayor Saša Arsenovič and political relations in Slovenia's second biggest city. (front page, 18)

Staffing
"Staffing mills keep on grinding": Political staffing in the energy sector continues, as Bogdan Potočnik from the coalition New Slovenia (NSi) and daughter of Kidričevo Mayor Anton Leskovar, who is a member of the senior coalition Democrats (SDS), have been appointed supervisors at Talum. (front page, 6)

Theatre
"SNG: Why changing constitutive act?": The SNG Maribor theatre's constitutive act has been amended by the Culture Ministry without public consultation to abolish working bodies, while the director will from now on pick the head of the Borštnik Meeting festival. (front page, 8)