Daily headlines - Monday, 10 January

DELO

Labour market
"Lack of workers an opportunity for higher wages": As labour shortages get worse in sectors including tourism, IT and industry, pressure on wage growth are escalating. Human resources managers say employees now have the upper hand in negotiating wages and labour conditions. (front page, 3)

Polling
"Waiting for new players": A poll by Mediana shows newcomers to the political scene have significant potential and would get votes from the undecided bloc as well as from the voters of established parties. (front page, 2)

DNEVNIK

Mandatory vaccination
"Does mandatory vaccination even make sense any more?": Slovenian epidemiologists oppose mandatory vaccination, and even experts in Austria are in doubt as to whether it makes sense given that Omicron has changed the situation so much. (front page, 3, 12)

Transport safety
"Behind the wheel without a phone!": Police have launched an awareness-raising campaign to get people not to use their phones while driving. Last year the police processed over 33,000 misdemeanours involving drivers who were using their phones. (front page, 9)

FINANCE

Bad bank
"What BAMC must still sell": With less than a year to go before it is shut down, the Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) still has a portfolio of assets worth EUR 520 million. What remains on its books in the end will be transferred to Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH). (front page, 2, 3)

Income tax
"Don't forget to reduce income tax with tax break for dependants": Taxpayers have until 20 February to reduce their tax bill by claiming the tax break for dependants. (front page, 5)

Slovenian investment in Croatia
"Croatians support Impol": Aluminium producer Impol will build a new foundry in Šibenik, Croatia worth EUR 25 million. Croatia has designated it as a strategic investment that will not be eligible for a subsidy but will get preferential administrative treatment. (front page, 7)

VEČER

Skiing
"Podium after the Fox": The Slovenian Ana Bucik posted her best World Cup slalom result in Kranjska Gora this weekend. Having finished fifth, she says she is now ready to reach for podium positions. (front page, 17, 18)

History
"Resistance past and present": While the official ceremony marking the downfall of the Pohorje Battalion was cancelled due to surging Covid cases, hundreds of people still made the pilgrimage to Osankarica to pay their respects to the WWII fighters. (front page, 8. 9)

Waste incineration
"Waste incinerators Slovenian style": Doctors and environmentalists are staunchly opposed to the proposed decree on waste incineration, arguing that people's health and the environment should outweigh economic benefits. (front page, 2, 3)

Vaccination
"Vaccination and legal dilemmas": Legally speaking, it is possible to make vaccination against Covid mandatory, according to Dragica Wedem Lukič, a former judge at the Constitutional Court. (front page, 11)

James Webb Telescope
"Time machine unfolds its mirrors": The James Webb Telescope has successfully unfolded the mechanisms that will allow it to glance further into the past than any telescope before it. (front page, 6, 7)