Daily headlines - Monday, 16 May

DELO

Russian oil embargo
"Russian poison to the Continent's unity": Debate on Russian energy import ban has laid bare the fragility of the EU's unity. Slovenians on the eastern border are filling up at Hungarian pumps, which are loyal to Russian suppliers. (front page, page 3)

NATO enlargement
"Finland and Sweden on threshold of NATO": The Swedish parliament is expected to endorse the government's proposal for the country's bid to join NATO today so that Sweden and Finland will formally ask as early as this week to be admitted to the alliance. (front page, page 5)

Military
"Slovenian Army Day in time of fragile security": Addressing a ceremony on Slovenian Army Day yesterday, President Borut Pahor spoke of a deteriorating security situation in Europe and elsewhere around the world. He endorsed the purchase of the German-made Boxer troop carriers. (front page)

City centres
"Full shopping centres, empty cities": Experts see pedestrianisation as the reason why Ljubljana is teeming with life, whereas most other city centres are like ghost towns. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

Vox Populi Poll
"Freedom Movement increases lead ahead of SDS further": The first post-election Vox Populi poll shows the election winner Freedom Movement enjoy the support of nearly 40% with over 60% of respondents seeing Robert Golob as suitable for PM. (front page, pages 2, 3, commentary 12)

Petrol vs diesel
"Ever fewer diesel cars, prices ever higher": Diesel cars are getting marginalised with high prices of this type of fuel coming as an additional blow. Contrary to the common perception, many studies have shown petrol cars to be filthier than diesel ones. (front page, page 19)

FINANCE

Ukraine war
"How to hurt Putin and keep Europeans' prosperity": Olivier Blanchard and Jean Pisani Ferry of the Peterson Institute for International Economics set out monetary and fiscal solutions for the EU in the face of the war in Ukraine. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Coalition agreement
"New taxes, less tax relief, higher minimum wage, 20,000 new flats ...": The paper looks at key solutions in the coalition agreement of the emerging Robert Golob government in the fields of taxes, labour market, healthcare, housing, energy and infrastructure. (front page, pages 4, 5)

VEČER

Football
"Thank you Maribor, thank you supporters": Maribor bade farewell to Marcos Tavares big style; having won a match that keeps them in the running for the championship title, Tavares was joined by his son on the pitch in the 91st minute. One of the stands was named after him too. (front page, pages 17, 18)

Vox Populi Poll
"Complete triumph of Freedom": If election had been held this Sunday, the future PM Robert Golob and his party would have won half the seats in the National Assembly, the poll commissioned by Večer and Dnevnik suggests. (front page, page 3)

Climate-friendly diet
"Two days a week without meat": If Slovenians gave up meat twice a week, they could reduce the amount consumed by a third. (front page, pages 6, 7)

Fire
"Part of kindergarten destroyed by fire": A fire destroyed the old wing of the Brezje kindergarten in Maribor in the night to Sunday. Police have established it was caused by a glitch on the electricity installation. (front page, page 13)