Daily headlines - Thursday, 28 April

DELO

Package delivery
"Austrian post eyeing Slovenian market": Along with online shopping the package delivery business is thriving as well. The Austrian postal company, Österreichische Post, has confirmed it is interested in entering the Slovenian market, the only one in the region it is not present on yet. (front page, page 2)

Inflation
"Inflation to be higher still in H2": Measures taken by the outgoing government to cap some prices will expire in June. It is realistic to expect prices of some goods and services will go up in the second half of the year. (front page)

Ukrainian refugees
"Warm home for little orphans": Twenty Ukrainian children from a Luhansk orphanage, aged one to seven, are expected to arrive next Tuesday to be welcomed at a redecorated cultural home in the village of Slavina near Postojna. (front page, page 3)

EuroCup Basketball
"Drama and disappointment in full Stožice": Cedevita Olimpija failed to break Bursaspor's resistance in the EuroCup quarter-finals, losing 83:85 to the disappointment of the home crowd in the sold-out Stožice Arena. (front page, page 18)

DNEVNIK

Agriculture
"Wild west on the fields of Gorenjska": The paper looks into the background of the row between the Farmland Fund and the company KŽK, which is linked to the recent resignation of Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek. (front page, page 3, commentary 12)

School shooting incident
"Bragging with a gun could have ended tragically": An incident in which a boy bragged with a gun at a Žužemberk primary school luckily ended in mere scratches on the legs of one of his peers. (front page, page 10)

EuroCup Basketball
"Olimpija loses to Turks in Stožice after justifiably annulled 3-pointer": Cedevita Olimpija failed to make it to the semi-finals of the EuroCup, going down 83:85 to Turkey's Bursaspor after a nail-biting finish in the sold-out Stožice Arena. (front page, page 13)

FINANCE

Labour market
"Battle for staff at home as foreign workers wait at the gate": Slovenia's unemployment is record low with more than 912,000 people in employment and not much staff left. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Fuel prices
"Such would be fuel prices had govt not acted": Unless the outgoing government had capped regular at EUR 1.503 and diesel fuel at EUR 1.541 a litre, the paper estimates diesel would now cost 15 to 30 cents more and petrol about 10 cents more per litre. (front page, page 4)

Dividends
"How much will Slovenian listed companies pay out in dividends this year": Most Slovenian listed companies have published calls for shareholders' meetings and proposals on allocation of distributable profit; the paper examines how much will be paid out in dividends and what are the yields. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

General election
"Who did Maribor elect": Maribor will be represented by six MPs next term, one up from this term. All six were elected on the Freedom Movement's ticket. (front page, pages 2, 3)

School shooting incident
"Child brings gun to school": A boy brought a gun to school to show off in front of his peers. The weapon went off but luckily it all ended in mere scratches on the legs of one of the boy's peers. (front page, page 13)

Russian gas crisis
"Russia also starting gas war": Poland and Bulgaria have become the first countries that Russia halted gas supplies to for refusing to pay for it in roubles. (front page, page 7)

Aviation
"From Italy to Egypt by plane": The paper takes a look at destinations of charter flights available from Maribor, Ljubljana, Graz and Klagenfurt for May Day break and summer holidays. (front page, pages 2, 4)