Daily headlines - Thursday, 15 December

DELO

Interior minister's resignation
"After Bobnar's departure KNOVS takes action": After Prime Minister Robert Golob offered his first answers to the allegations made against him by Tatjana Bobnar, now former interior minister, the opposition-controlled parliamentary Commission for the Oversight of Intelligence and Security Services (KNOVS) made a visit to the police to look into the matter. (front page, page 2)

Patient mix-up
"First damages claim": Celje General Hospital has received the first damages claim over the September patient mix-up. The details are not clear. (front page, 2)

Politics and media
"PM's risk contact": Jiri Šmejc, chairman of PPF, the group that owns the Slovenian media company Pro Plus, which runs commercial channels POP TV and Kanal A, and the most popular news portal 24ur.com, has met with Prime Minister Robert Golob, according to information obtained by Delo. Golob's office confirmed there was a meeting with representatives of PPF at the company's initiative, but said it did not notify the anti-graft watchdog because the meeting did not entail lobbying. (front page, page 3)

Football World Cup
"France end Morocco fairytale": After Argentina, the defending champions France have made it to Sunday's World Cup final too, having ended Morocco's fairytale 2:1 last night. (front page, pages 17, 18)

DNEVNIK

Air links
"Dead end of air links": Slovenia is becoming a country that is but flown over by passenger aircraft. Only 48 a week take off from Ljubljana airport, compared to about a thousand flights a day from Europe's airports. (front page, pages 4, 5)

Ljubljana public utility
"Staffing reshuffle in city family": The paper writes about replacements at the helm of the Ljubljana Public Holding Company and its waste management subsidiary Snaga. (front page, page 8)

Interior minister's resignation
"Tatjana Bobnar's resignation: Writers' protest in the name of decency": The Slovenian Writers' Association held a most unusual literary protest evening in support of Tatjana Bobnar only hours after parliament took formal note of her resignation. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

EU job retention scheme audit
"All the faults of the EUR 100bn job retention scheme": The European Court of Auditors has found there is not enough good data to assess how many jobs were saved with the help of the EU's 100 billion euro support tool for crisis-hit workers and firms (SURE). (front page, pages 2, 3)

Windfall tax
"Shaky foundations of Slovenian windfall tax": The paper explains why proceeds from the windfall tax will be insubstantial. (front page, page 4)

Tax reliefs
"Issues with reliefs for green and digital transition. What to watch out for and what's the alternative?": The paper explains why young companies would not benefit from reliefs for investments in low energy buildings or renovation and offers advice. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

School infrastructure
"Run-down as well as dangerous": A Maribor primary school is falling apart due to old age and lack of investment. The roof is leaking and electricity wiring is damaged. (front page, pages 18, 19)

Interior minister's resignation
"She's walked with her head held high": Interior Minister Tatjana Bobnar and Prime Minister Robert Golob presented each their side of how they see the reasons for Bobnar's resignation in parliament yesterday. (front page, page 2)

Swiss franc law ruling
"Constitutional judges annul Swiss franc law": The Constitutional Court has fully annulled a law that distributed the cost of the surge in the value of the Swiss franc between banks and franc loan borrowers. (front page, page 3)

Music video
"Paul McCartney was enthusiastic": Visual artist Rok Predin talks about how he included a small piece of his Maribor into his excellent video for The Beatles' song Here, There and Everywhere. (front page, page 8)