Daily headlines - Tuesday, 16 May

DELO

Staff shortage
"Employees get bonuses for new co-worker": An increasing number of employers reward their employees for finding or recommending the type of staff they need, with rewards going up to several hundred euros. (front page, 3)

DNEVNIK

Hospitals
"Deals worth millions circumventing law": The National Review Commission has accused the UKC Maribor hospital and its former director Vojko Flis of purchasing medical supplies from 17 suppliers, worth a total of EUR 1.8 million, in violation of the relevant law. (front page, 3)

Wolves
"They demand state protection because of wolves": After Sunday's wolf attack near Lake Bled in which several sheep were killed, the locals from Gorje held a protest to demand from the state to take action against large carnivores. (front page, 7)

FINANCE

Economic forecast
"Slovenian inflation much higher than in eurozone. What about GDP growth?": The latest forecast of the European Commission for Slovenia's GDP growth (1.2%) is higher than in the winter, while the inflation forecast is bleaker, with Slovenia projected to record a much higher rate than the eurozone on average. (front page, 2-3)

Subsidies
"Slovenia more at tail end in drawing funds for recovery": EUR 50 million in grants was recently transferred to the Slovenian budget from the recovery and resilience fund, which is the smallest instalment that Slovenia has at its disposal out of the total of EUR 1.49 billion available. (front page, 4-5)

VEČER

Chamber of commerce
"Who will head GZS?": It will be known tomorrow whether the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) will get the "old" or a new president, as Tibor Šimonka, the vice-president of the steel group SIJ, is being challenged by Robert Ljoljo, the CEO of the pharma company Lek. (front page, 2-3)

Freedom Movement
"Klakočar Zupančič protects Osim": Maribor businessman Andraž Osim, who helped the Freedom Movement get a record 41 seats in the National Assembly, has fallen out of favour in the party due to allegations of illegal conduct. National Assembly President Urška Klakočar Zupančič, the vice-president of the ruling party, has nevertheless kept him in her office. (front page, 4)

Court cases
"Hundred thousand euros no go": The Ljubljana District Court has ruled in the case of Dejan Skrt vs Slovenia that the 57-year-old man from Kanal ob Soči is not entitled to EUR 100,000 in damages that he sought over his 20-day detention in Indonesia as a result of Slovenia's international warrant against him. (front page, 9)

Ljubljana-Hague Convention
"For atrocities not to be overlooked": Ljubljana is hosting a two-week conference to finalise the Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, which is expected to become the second most important document of the kind after the 1998 Rome Statute.