Daily headlines - Monday, 20 March

Ljubljana, 20 March - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 20 March:

DELO

Digitalisation
"New identity card also as health insurance card from April": New biometric identity cards, which have been issued since 28 March last year, will also be valid as health insurance cards next month, but citizens are advised to keep their old health insurance cards because the new cards will be phased in gradually. (front page, page 4)

Ski jumping
"Ema Klinec secures record, win and crown": Ema Klinec dominated the historic first women's ski flying World Cup event in Vikersund; on her way to a convincing victory and the Norway tour crown she sailed to a new world record of 226 metres. (front page, page 15)

China-Russia ties
"Chinese in Moscow": Chinese President Xi Jinping is due in Moscow today for a three-day visit as part of which he will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. (front page, page 5)

DNEVNIK

Ski jumping
"Woman who flew for history": Ema Klinec set a world record in ski jumping with a flight of 226 metres in the first series of the first ever women's ski flying World Cup event in Vikersund. (front page, page 13)

Voter approval ratings
"Barely positive mark for govt": Public support for the Robert Golob government dropped again this month with 47.6% of respondents in Vox Populi poll rating its job as successful, against 47.3% who rated it as unsuccessful. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Jobs
"Employment outlook in our main export markets": The paper looks at the results of an employment prospects survey conducted by ManpowerGroup in Slovenia's six major export markets; Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Switzerland and Poland. (front page, pages 4, 5)

Health insurance
"Have you checked out yet how much you paid and got from health insurance?": The cost of health insurance per average pay last year was 3,600 euros. The paper explains where to access data on how much of that you spent. (front page, page 6)

Interest rates
"ECB confirms another interest rate hike - what will be the next step?": After confirming another 0.5 percentage-point increase in key interest rates at its March session, the ECB did not say what it will do at its next session in May. Finance looks at what this means for trends in key interest rates in the euro area. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Pharma companies
"Where does half a billion euros in Krka's accounts come from": Krka, the Novo Mesto-based pharmaceutical company, more than tripled the amount of cash on its accounts last year, publicly available unaudited data shows. The increase was affected by a reduction of investment in state bonds. (front page, page 7)

VEČER

Quote of the year award
The paper presents a nominee for its annual Spade of the Year award for most apt statement capturing the spirit of the past year to be declared on 1 April. (front page)

Ski jumping
"Ema Klinec for the annals": The Slovenian ski jumper won the first women's ski flying event in Vikersund with a record. (front page, page 18)

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