Daily headlines - Tuesday, 17 January

DELO

Pay system
"Growing taxes to be spent on public sector wages": Amid pay rises for certain professions, the announced overhaul of the single public sector pay system is posing a serious risk to this year's budget as well as the mid-term fiscal sustainability. (front page, page 3)

Healthcare
"First surgeries for patients without named GP": The first doctor's offices dedicated to patients without a named GP became operational in four cities yesterday in what is a short-term solution. (front page, page 4)

Traffic
"Snow again causes most trouble in traffic": Yesterday's heavy snowfall broke tree branches and caused power outages in some places, affecting traffic conditions the most. (front page, page 22)

DNEVNIK

Traffic
"Wet snow wreaks havoc": Even though heavy snowfall yesterday had been forecast, it caused big problems, especially in traffic. (front page, page 8)

Healthcare
"More and more kids with respiratory infection, crammed paediatrics department": Many children are being treated for respiratory infection at the UKC Ljubljana Paediatric Clinic and the Ljubljana community health centre's A&E paediatrics department. (front page, page 3)

Coalition
"Golob: No more mucking around, reforms are a must": Wednesday's coalition summit will be aimed at presenting the planned reforms and finding out whether junior coalition partners stand behind them. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Energy
"Electricity price regulation for micro, small and medium-sized companies: What has changed and what will change": Many measures to mitigate the impact of high energy prices have been adopted in the past month, but employers urge further steps. (front page, pages 4-5)

Healthcare AI
"How much smarter is AI compared to Golob": The paper asks chatbot ChatGPT, recently launched by the company OpenAI, what Slovenia should do about its health system. The chatbot provides five pieces of advice that seem useful but are also very generic. (front page, pages 4-5)

Aid
"0.5% of Germany's workforce and a handful of Slovenian companies use short-time work scheme": A Labour Ministry survey shows that Slovenians support the proposal to make the short-time work scheme a permanent measure. This is expected to be adopted as early as this year. (front page, pages 2-3)

VEČER

Healthcare
"Little interest": The Maribor health centre has inaugurated one of the new doctor's offices serving patients without a named GP, but there were no queues on its first day since many locals who work in Austria have their GP there. (front page, page 17)

Coalition
"Smoothing cracks in coalition": Prime Minister Robert Golob will host the third coalition summit this term at Brdo pri Kranju on Wednesday with the main topic on the agenda being reform. (front page, page 3)

Healthcare
"New heliport-equipped hospital facility": The Celje hospital has unveiled a EUR 24 million facility featuring a heliport with PM Robert Golob and Health Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan attending the ceremony. (front page, page 23)