Daily headlines - Monday, 22 May

Ljubljana, 22 May - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 22 May:

DELO

Interest rates
"Record high banks' profit with cheap money of savers": The interest rates of housing loans rose by as much as 4.6 percentage points in the past year, while interest rates on deposits went up by a mere 1.5 point. (front page, 3)

Social media
"Sales of plots that never happened": Borut Sajovic, the head of the deputy group of the ruling Freedom Movement, has become a target of his political opponents on Twitter. Sajovic was said to have made 15 sales and purchases of real estate last year, which has turned out not to be true. (front page, 2)

G7 meeting
"Zelensky at G7 meeting, Bakhmut in Russian hands": Leaders of the G7 group reiterated their full support to Ukraine at the end of their meeting in Hiroshima. Volodymyr Zelensky also attended. He held a separate meeting with US President Joe Biden. (front page, 5)

DNEVNIK

Energy
"Government regulation crushes savings": Slovenia will not meet its goal of saving 15% of gas compared to its five-year average and is thus lagging behind most EU countries in reducing consumption. (front page, 3)

Greece's general election
"Winner hoping for new election": Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's centre-right New Democracy won Sunday's general election in Greece, but fell just short of an outright majority. Mitsotakis said he would push for a snap election. (front page, 5)

FINANCE

Investor Max
"Detailed analysis of Krka": Why have I bought the share": The paper brings an analysis of pharma company Krka for potential investors. (front page, 2-5)

Healthcare
"How to employ a doctor from Slovenia digitally": Although the demand for doctors in Slovenia is high, the procedures for hiring a doctors who would be ready to work in Slovenia at least part-time is challenging and cannot be conducted online. (front page, 9)

State aid
"Telekom and Cinkarna will not be able to pay out this year's profit to shareholders": Telco Telekom Slovenije and chemical company Cinkarna have received state aid, which is why they will not be able to pay out dividends to shareholders, who have not been informed of this. (front page, 10, 11)

VEČER

Mežica Valley pollution
"How many children still have too much lead in their body": After 15-year efforts to remediate the environment of the Upper Mežica Valley in the wake of its mining past, lead can still be found in children's blood. A new testing of some 700 children will start tomorrow. (front page, 2, 3)

By-elections
"Rajšp will be the new mayor": Independent Samo Rajšp won a by-election in the Rače-Fram municipality after the death of long-term Mayor Branko Ledinek. (front page, 8)

Football
"Ljubljana celebrates, Maribor disappointed": The Ljubljana football team raised the trophy of the best team in the prime league in Stožice, while the fans of Maribor were disappointed, as this was the first time in a decade and a half that their team did not even come second. (front page, 19-21)

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