Daily headlines - Tuesday, 6 December

Ljubljana, 6 December - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 6 December:

DELO

Energy
"Prices of oil products going down": Prices of motor fuels off motorways dropped quite significantly at midnight for the second time in a row in two weeks, but the price of heating oil went down the most. (front page, page 9)

Football
"Croatia cannot do without suffering and drama": Croatia's men's football team has made it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the third time in its history after 1998 and 2018 in what was a dramatic match against Japan that ended in a penalty shoot-out. (front page, page 18)

DNEVNIK

Local elections
"Fewer and fewer partisan mayors": Practically all political parties are satisfied with their results in the recent local elections, but trends show that increasingly many mayors are elected as independents. (front page, page 2)

Police
"Slovenian police force dons mourning black": A 25-year-old police officer lost his life in a tragic incident yesterday as the gun of his best friend and colleague went off accidentally. (front page, 9)

EU-Slovenia
"Michel talks the Balkans and energy with Golob": On his way to Tirana for an EU-Western Balkans summit, European Council President Charles Michel made a stop in Slovenia to discuss EU enlargement to the Western Balkans, the energy crisis and war in Ukraine with PM Robert Golob. (front page, page 5)

FINANCE

Loans
"Fixed interest rates already topping 5%": Most Slovenian banks raised fixed interest rates from December. At the NLB bank the figure for a 30-year loan went above 5%. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Real estate
"In cut-off area of Bela Krajina property is cheap": Demand from locals is greater than supply in the real estate market in Bela Krajina, and people from elsewhere express a lot of interest in buying a holiday home there. (front page, pages 14, 15)

Subsidies
"New open call to subsidise solar power plants towards the end of the year": The Eco Fund is expected to publish another open call soon to subsidise solar power plants for households and small businesses. The call could be worth around EUR 10 million. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Elections
"What did elections show": The key points of the results of all the 2022 elections or votes are the consolidation of the Freedom Movement as the leading political force and the decline of Janez Janša's policy. (front page, pages 2, 3, 23)

Government
"Tatjana Bobnar will not leave freely": Prime Minister Robert Golob wishes that Interior Minister Tatjana Bobnar would step down, but she does not intend to resign of her own volition. (front page, page 4)

Police
"Sad day for Slovenian police": A young police officer from the Ptuj area lost his life yesterday, having been fatally shot in a gun accident at the Krško police station. (front page, page 13)

People
"Russian woman helping Ukrainian teen": A Russian woman has been helping a Ukrainian girl who has developmental disorders, including autism, every week since September. The teenager and her family found refuge in Slovenia in March. (front page, page 5)

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