Daily headlines - Monday, 12 December

DELO

Political geography
"Right limited to rural parts of country": Slovenia having held three elections, this year has drawn the line between urban and rural parts of the country only more clearly. The geographical distribution of votes for the Freedom Movement is similar to that of the Social Democrats (SD) and the Modern Centre Party (SMC) when they won elections, while support for presidential candidate Anže Logar overlapped with support for the Democrats (SDS) and New Slovenia (NSi). (front page, page 2)

Winter sports
"Quintet of podiums for Slovenian athletes": Slovenian athletes won five podiums this weekend: ski jumper Anže Lanišek won Friday's competition in Titisee-Neustadt and second place on Saturday, snowboarder Tim Mastnak was second in parallel slalom, skier Žan Kranjec was third in giant slalom and ski jumper Urša Bogataj was third on Sunday. (front page, page 16)

DNEVNIK

Super court
"Judicial palace project buried": The Justice Ministry has halted plans for a new building to house all courts located in Ljubljana, which are now dispersed throughout the city. Among other things, the ministry cited lack of funds as reason to halt the process. The project was estimated at EUR 135 million. (front page, page 2)

Energy crisis
"Is Russian gas cap going to work?": Russia is prepared for the EU's price cap, and has been getting ready for the measure for months, buying over a hundred tankers and several supertankers. (front page, page 4)

FINANCE

Funds for HSE
"HSE recapitalisation": The paper looks at reasons why the power group needs a EUR 500 million injection at a time of record prices of electricity. (front page, pages 4 and 5)

Global trade
"How fast a new global trade map is being drawn": Trade ties between the EU and the US are strengthening. Analysts believe this to be the most significant development since 2020, indicating that the EU and the US are making themselves less dependent on China. (front page, pages 2 and 3)

VEČER

Meža valley lead pollution
"Concrete measures, concrete effects": A 15-year environmental plan for the Meža Valley is coming to an end this year, showing tangible results: less than 5% of children have blood lead levels over 100 micrograms, the highest acceptable limit in children. However, lead remains in the environment and experts advise a continuation of the programme. (front page, page 2 and 3)

Cruel treatment of animals
"Images from Rače abattoir": Activists of the Animal Enterprise Transparency Project (AETP) released videos from an abattoir in Rače, near Maribor, showing cruel treatment of animals. (front page, page 6)