Daily headlines - Friday, 17 June

DELO

Bosnia-Herzegovina
"Desecrated graves in a country torn apart": As the Serb member of the country's collective presidency, Milorad Dodik, is visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, questions are being raised in Bosnia-Herzegovina who has destroyed the WWII Partisan cemetery in Mostar. The two events illustrate the sorry state of a country torn apart. (front page, page 5)

Secondary school enrolments
"Battle for students who want to go to cities": It is not clear yet how many final year primary school students have failed to get enrolled for a secondary school in the first round, but publicly available data shows more than 300 did so in Ljubljana alone. Meanwhile, smaller towns are fighting for each student they can get. (front page, page 3)

Radio station anniversary
"Val marks its Day 202 with music": Val 202, the radio station operated by Radio Slovenija, a part of the public broadcaster, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a concert at Križanke open-air theatre on Thursday. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Food prices
"We can fill our stomach for 5 or 30 euro": In response to the indication that the government could regulate food prices as the most radical move in response to rising prices, agrarian economist Aleš Kuhar says intervening in the energy market is not the same as intervening in food prices and the head of the Agriculture and Food Chamber Tatjana Zagorc says it is impossible to distribute costs in the supply chain. (front page, page 3)

Ljubljana hotels
"Iconic Ljubljana hotels going into Spanish hands": Spain's Grupo Hotusa will take over management of the Ljubljana hotels Lev, uHotel and Union for 20 years with the option of an extension in a deal valued at around EUR 110 million. (front page, page 8)

VEČER

Utility bills
"No price hikes (yet)": After the mayor's coalition fell apart, the Maribor city council voted to remove a proposal by the city-run holding to hike up prices of drinking water and Pohorje cable car fares from the agenda yesterday. (front page, page 17)

Ukrainian refugees
"Ukrainian refugees in ever deeper distress": Ukrainian refugees in Slovenia are grappling with long waits to get their status and financial aid, and they are willing to take any kind of work as donations subside. (front page, page 2)

Tour of Slovenia
"Dutchman fastest in Štajerska": Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen won the second stage of the Tour of Slovenia, between Ptuj and Rogaška Slatina, for his second win in the spa town. (front page, pages 14, 15)

Road casualties
"Vision zero deaths still far away": Slovenian roads have already claimed 42 lives this year, roughly as many as in the same period last year, ahead of what are statistically the deadliest moths. (front page, page 13)