Daily headlines - Thursday, 23 March

DELO

Energy infrastructure funding
"Energy sector waiting for European money": Energy companies are gearing up to draw EU funds. The sector plans a total of EUR 10 billion in investments as part of the green transition. (front page, 4)

Public administration
"Uproar over new reform": Some mayors and political parties are up in arms over a Public Administration Ministry proposal that the existing 58 administrative units be reduced to 12, with the rest becoming subsidiaries. (front page, 2)

Climate change
"The glaciers have been around since the last Ice Age": New research shows that the glaciers under Mt. Triglav and Mt. Skuta contain valuable information going back thousands of years. (front page, 19)

DNEVNIK

Recovery and Resilience Plan
"Millions for floods bypassing official criteria": EUR 300m has been allocated in Slovenia's Recovery and Resilience Plan for flood prevention measures. The criteria according to which municipalities which will receive the funding have been picked are unclear, but there appears to have been no consideration about whether they are actually located in areas that are at high risk of flooding. (front page, 2)

Company sale
"Maribor foundry for sale again": A sales procedure will shortly be relaunched for MLM, a foundry in Maribor, after a previous prospective buyer, the German fund Mutares, appears to have become interested in the acquisition again. (front page, 4)

FINANCE

Hospital public procurement
"How and why nobody was sanctioned for violations at UKC public procurement": For over ten years media have been highlighting abuse in hospital public contracts, but those responsible have still not been brought to justice. (front page, 4, 5)

Interest rates
"Sharp EURIBOR growth has stopped. What are the forecasts?": Due to jitters in the bank market growth in the EURIBOR reference rate has stopped and even reversed in recent days. (front page, 2, 3)

VEČER

Football
"Slovenia is better, but Kazakhstan is dangerous": Kazakhstan, Slovenia's first opponent in the qualifying for the Euro 2024, is a dangerous rival, even if Slovenia are better in theory. (front page, 14)