Daily headlines - Thursday, 29 December

DELO

Super election year
"Help from centre-left that was never seen before": The common denominator of all elections and referendums in 2022 are defeats of the Democrats (SDS) and the party's long-time president, ideologist and strategist Janez Janša. (front page, 2)

Forecasts
"Profitability will be key": Luka Flere, a member of the management board of the asset management firm Generali Investments, expects that in 2023 focus will be on economic growth and profitability of companies. (front page, 8)

NBA
"Dončić writing NBA history in spectacular way": Slovenian basketball star Luka Dončić recoded 60 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists as his Dallas Mavericks defeated new York Knicks at home on Tuesday for a stat line that has never seen in the history of the league. (front page, 18)

DNEVNIK

Solar energy
"Solar cells on fields, landfills...": In order to catch up with trends in renewable energy, the government is introducing a legal basis for faster installation of wind farm and solar power plants, including along motorways, on landfills and reservoirs. (front page, 2-3, commentary 12)

Euro adoption in Croatia
"Shortage of ATMs and tickets for conversion": Getting cash from ATMs in Croatia is like winning a lottery these days as banks have closed the majority of ATMs as the country switches to the euro on 1 January. Users are feverishly looking for ATMs that still work. (front page, 5)

FINANCE

Personalities
"Winners and losers of 2022": Looking back at 2022, the paper lists ten winners and ten losers, naming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Slovenian entrepreneur as the top winners, and American entrepreneur and investor Sam Bankman-Fried and former Slovenian PM Janez Janša as the biggest losers. (front page, 2-3)

Forecasts
"What will interest policy of ECB and FED be like in 2023": As the key interest rates continue to rise, the majority of analysts expect that money will get even more expensive. The paper wonders where is the highest point to which interest rates can be raised. (front page, 4-5)

Car sales
"Porsche Slovenija: record profit with much lower car sales": Danolo Florjančič, the director general of Porsche Slovenija, the largest car dealership in the country, said while the annual sales in 2022 were the lowest in the last 20 years, profit was record-high. (front page, 12)

VEČER

Štajerska person of the year
"Those who stood out, made a difference": Readers of Večer and the newspaper's expert commission have selected the personalities from the north-eastern region of Štajerska who have marked 2022. Saša Krajnc, a news anchor and journalist of the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, is the Štajerska person of the year. (front page)