Daily headlines - Friday, 7 January

Ljubljana, 7 January - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 7 January:

DELO

Delo Person of the Year
"Čeferin: Many have been blown away as they climbed high": UEFA boss Aleksander Čeferin was declared Delo Person of 2021, praised for his active citizenship in defence of the rule of law. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Kazakhstan unrest
"Assistance against foreign terrorists": President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accused foreign-trained "terrorist gangs" of causing violence in the country. He asked fellow members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for military assistance over what he described as an act of aggression. (front page, page 6)

Energy companies
"Through digitalisation to profit": The state-owned energy group GEN increased profit to EUR 80 million last year mainly owning to GEN-I's successful trading abroad. (front page, page 8)

Interior Ministry
"Minister putting even music in order": New rules are in the pipeline to determine the rights of veteran police associations, including whether they will need to pay for the Police Orchestra to perform at their events. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

E-public administration
"One click to book administrative unit appointment": The administrative units of Ljubljana, Logatec and Litija have made it possible to book appointments online, not just by phone. By the end of the month larger units are to deploy the new service as well. (front page, page 9)

Public broadcaster
"Studio City columnists targeted": The leadership of RTV Slovenija, which is supported by the ruling party, has made first major change to programme by not extending contracts to the columnists of Studio City, a magazine show. (front page, page 2)

Kazakhstan unrest
"Kazakhstan: Protests claim dozens of victims, Russia coming to help": Protests in Kazakhstan over the past few days have claimed many lives, both among the protesters and police and army members trying to crack down on the protests. (front page, page 6)

VEČER

Coalition summit
"The term's closing accounts": The coalition parties are meeting at Brdo pri Kranju next Friday to review which bill they can get through parliament until the end of the term. Also invited are the MPs of the opposition parties SNS and DeSUS and minorities. (front page, page 2)

Kazakhstan unrest
"Kazakhstan on the brink of civil war": The numbers of dead and injured are growing in Kazakhstan with Russia deploying its troops in the country. (front page, page 7)

Nuclear energy
"Second reactor by 2033?": The state-owned energy group GEN has made a strategic rethink on the construction of a second nuclear reactor with public consultation to follow. A decision should be taken by 2027. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Animal slaughter
"We do not want to see certain scenes": After the release of footage showing animal maltreatment at a Košaki slaughterhouse, Večer has been taken through the process of slaughter inside an empty facility of the Rače cooperative. (front page, page 4)

Golden Fox Cup
"Enough and even too much snow for the Fox": Excessive snow had to be removed from the Kranjska Gora course ahead of the women's Alpine Skiing World Cup meet at the weekend and the test run planned for today was cancelled. (front page, page 15)

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