Daily headlines - Friday, 15 April

Ljubljana, 15 April - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 15 April:

DELO

General election
"W'll be able to vote early from Tuesday": The law does not make it possible for those who get sick and self isolate after 20 April to cast their ballot at home. The solution is early voting, which starts on Tuesday. (front page, page 3)

Investments in Maribor
"Maribor gains cultural momentum": Maribor is seeing a major investment drive, mainly in terms of cultural institutions. (front page, page 17)

Hungarian investments
"OTP eyeing new targets": "Emonika is our third major investment in Slovenia; if a new interesting target comes up, we are willing to invest in it," Sándor Csányi, the CEO of the Hungarian banking group OTP, tells Delo in an interview. (front page, page 10)

New police chopper
"Julka reinforces police fleet": The police aviation unit yesterday received a new AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter, which the staff nicknamed Julka. (front page)

DNEVNIK

War in Ukraine
"Ukrainians badly damage the Moskva": Ukrainian missile strikes badly damaged the Moskva, the warship that is the pride of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. [The ship has since sunk]. (front page, page 6)

General election
"A week to the polls, Freedom Movement ahead of SDS": In the last week of the election campaign the paper will be looking at a tracking poll for at least three details: whether the Freedom Movement retains an edge ahead of the SDS; which of the left parties, the Left or the SocDems, will be more successful; and, above all, which parties will make the parliamentary threshold. (front page, page 2)

VEČER

General election
"Last stage of election race": Until the end of the election campaign the paper will be releasing projections of voting results based on a tracking poll commissioned from Ninamedia. The latest shows no change at the top with the Freedom Movement in the lead ahead of the SDS and the Left in third, neared by the SocDems, as New Slovenia moved to 5th spot. (front page, page 2)

Election campaign in Maribor
"Maribor election battles": About candidates for MPs who would like to represent Maribor. (front page, pages 18, 19)

Voting rights
"Not all issues will be resolved": The National Electoral Commission cannot guarantee all voters abroad will get ballots and return them on time. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Adrenaline sports
"Premiere for adrenaline downhill": The Pohorje Bike Park will open its first course today to let mountain bikers plunge downhill for the first time officially this season. (front page, page 20)

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