Daily headlines - Thursday, 3 February

DELO

Loans
"Record volume of housing loans before increase in interest rates": The volume of housing loans in Slovenia is record-high, as borrowers are taking advantage of low interest rates, which are expected to increase in the near future. (front page, 8)

Election
"Election in the time of pandemic": The National Electoral Commission is discussing today proposals on how to conduct the 24 April general election as the Covid-19 epidemic is not likely to be over by then. One of the options is that the last two hours of election are reserved for infected persons. (front page, 3)

Climate change
"Toli arrives in Olympic Village": A sample of the Triglav Glacier, called Toli, has arrived in the Olympic Village in Beijing, and tomorrow it will be put in a special showcase to gradually melt and symbolically show the state of glaciers worldwide.

DNEVNIK

Railway infrastructure
"They will demolish underpass and close Dunajska Road": The first step in the project to reconstruct the Ljubljana railway station will be demolition of the underpass in Dunajska Road and construction of a new, broader structure that will serve six railway tracks. (front page, 8)

Coronavirus testing
"Cost of PCR testing can be cut almost in half": A tender for an external contractor for PCR testing shows that these tests could be performed for considerable less money than Slovenian laboratories receive from the state. Savings could be measured in millions on a monthly basis. (front page, 2)

FINANCE

Public sector
"How wages grew and how much they will cost us": The expenditure for the public sector last year exceeded EUR 5 billion for the first time, and it would cost an additional EUR 1 billion if the government, in addition to doctors and nurse, gives in also to others in the public sector and raise wages across the board. (front page, 5)

Tourism
"Where have the promised millions become stuck": The government first promised EUR 43 million to the tourism industry companies that have been the most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, and now it talks about some EUR 10 million, and even this sum is questionable. (front page, 2-3)

Energy prices
"Petrol eats into its own margin by reducing prices of petroleum products": Petrol, the largest retailer of petroleum products in Slovenia, is selling a litre of diesel one cent cheaper and petrol two cents cheaper than the competition these days, which is the largest difference since the liberalisation in September 2020. (front page, 4)

VEČER

Tourism
"Revolt against Hungarians": Calls are getting louder in politics for the government to step in and prevent with its pre-emptive right the sale of a 43% stake in the tourism company Sava by the Luxembourg-based fund York to a company owned by the Hungarian capital fund Dioffa Asset Management. (front page, 2-3)

Murder
"He went to to police himself after murder": A tragedy took place on Tuesday in the village of Loka pri Zidanem Mostu, as a man murdered his partner, and then put his six children in a car to go to the local police station to report himself. (front page, 13)

Companies
"They will employ around five hundred people": The Slovenian part of the Chinese corporation Hisense, formerly known as Gorenje, is offering many job opportunities for engineers and production workers in Velenje, Maribor and Ljubljana. (front page, 23)

Agriculture
"Pig farm getting closer": The day when the residents of the Maribor borough of Studenci will get new neighbours, a farm that will breed Krškopolje pigs, an autochthonous breed originating in Slovenia, is getting closer as preparatory work is under way. (front page, 17)