Daily headlines - Monday, 5 December

DELO

Local elections
"Celje people replace mayor after quarter of a century": The biggest upset in the mayoral election run-off was the outcome in Celje where the independent Matija Kovač unseated the long-serving incumbent Bojan Šrot. (front page, pages 2, 3)

EU-Western Balkans
"Rudderlessness of the Balkans and the EU": The upcoming EU-Western Balkans summit will be aimed at urging the acceleration of EU enlargement, and then member states will vote on the proposal to grant Bosnia and Herzegovina candidate status in mid-December. (front page, page 4)

Football
"France advance, Croatia fighting today": France have made it to the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup Qatar without breaking a sweat, and today the face-off between Croatia and Japan will determine another quarter-finalist. (front page, pages 13, 14)

DNEVNIK

Local elections
"Veteran mayors celebrating, Celje left without a count": The surprise victory in this year's local elections is the win by Matija Kovač in Celje that swept away Bojan Šrot, who has been mayor there for 24 years. The turnout in the run-off was relatively low. (front page, pages 2-4)

FINANCE

Exchange market
"How did Slovenian listed companies do in the first nine months": Most Slovenian listed companies did considerably better in the January-September period than they did in the same period last year, except for insurers and energy company Petrol. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Energy
"These prices of regular and diesel expected tomorrow": Since 21 June, the prices of regular and diesel have been set every second Tuesday, but in recent months the formula for this has been changed often. (front page, page 6)

VEČER

Local elections
"Onwards with the mayor": Maribor Mayor Saša Arsenovič has been re-elected, defeating former Mayor Franc Kangler in what was a repeat of the 2018 run-off. Arsenovič received 61% in what was a low turnout. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Local elections
"Kovač and Anželj": The biggest upset of the local election run-off occurred in Celje where young councilman Matija Kovač defeated the long-serving incumbent Bojan Šrot, taking nearly 58%. In Murska Sobota, the new mayor is Damjan Anželj, who has been endorsed by the Social Democrats (SD). (front page, page 4)