Daily headlines - Monday, 4 April

Ljubljana, 4 April - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 4 April:

DELO

Hungary, Serbia elections
"Serbia counts slowly, Hungary a bit faster": The super-election April got under way with parliamentary elections in Hungary and Serbia. Polling stations in both countries stayed open longer than planned to let queueing voters cast their ballots. (front page, page 3)

France
"Corsicans take to the streets": Unrest follows the death of a Corsican nationalist beaten by a fellow inmate at an Arles prison. Yvan Colonna is turning into a symbol of France's unfair attitude to Corsica, political scientists André Fazi has told Delo. (front page, page 6)

Ukrainian cargo aircraft
"Ukrainian giant at Brnik": Ukrainian Antonov An-124M cargo aircraft, one of the world's largest, landed at Ljubljana airport on Sunday. Airport operator Fraport did not say what cargo it would carry on several flights. (front page)

Chip production
"We can offer niche chips to Europe": As Brussels is working on a toolbox worth several dozen billion euro to tackle chip shortages, Iztok Kramberger of the Maribor Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science says Slovenia has the experts and know-how to offer Europe development of niche chips. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

Hungary elections
"Orban on the threshold of fifth term": Of two populists who have in recent years demolished democracy in their countries, only Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić was looking at a clear victory even before the elections. However, in Hungary too Viktor Orban followed suit with another victory, according to first partial results. (front page, page 4)

Fuel prices
"Lower percentage of biofuels would make petrol much cheaper": Given that excise duties are at the lowest possible rate allowed by the EU, the only option to mitigate price shocks for consumers appears to be to temporarily reduce the share of biocomponents in fuel. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Company tax
"All you need to know about tax returns: The paper advises companies what to watch out for when they submit their tax returns. (front page, page 7)

Health insurance
"What would scrapping top-up insurance bring": A study commissioned by Vzajemna, the mutual insurer that provides top-up health insurance, examines eight scenarios of how to offset the loss of revenue if the top-up insurance was scrapped; most would mean higher taxes or lower prices. (front page, page 9)

Economic trends
"Slovenia can in no way catch up with European average, we now have Lithuania breathing down our neck": Data on GDP per capita in terms of purchasing power parity that has recently been published by Eurostat ranks Slovenia in the middle rung at 90% of the EU average. (front page, page 4)

VEČER

Sex crimes
"Each year more rapes": Almost every type of crime in Slovenia declined during the Covid-19 year of 2021, except for rape, where the number of cases increases every year. There are some 50 cases reported a year. (front page, page 2, 13)

Parliament
"Which MPs are invisible": A tool called Parlamenter has measured who was absent most often and who holds a record in the number of words they spoke. (front page, page 3)

Pollution
"New gypsum warnings": After at least 16 Koroško farmers fertilised their fields and meadows with a white substance that looked like lime but turned out to contain too much lead, some other members of the public have turned to Večer to report they have spotted gypsum in their localities. (front page, page 13)

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