Daily headlines - Friday, 9 June

Ljubljana, 9 June - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 9 June:

DELO

Insurance prices
"Insurance prices surge on wings of inflation": Prices of insurance products have skyrocketed. Data show that some price increases were higher than the increases in underwriting costs. (front page, 3)

Paediatric clinic
"Minister urges Zalar to resign": Health Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan has urged Ljubljana Paediatric Clinic director Boštjan Zalar to resign. The government also replaced its five members on the hospital's council. (front page, 3)

Traffic
"Persistently tackling cars": With peak season approaching, municipalities located within the Triglav National Park have introduced new bus lines and other measures to make sure the park is not overrun by cars. (front page, 12)

DNEVNIK

Healthcare

"Surgeon Klokočovnik gets a concession in Celje": Tomislav Klokočovnik, a prominent heart surgeon, is believed to be preparing to start working at the Celje Hospital as a concessionaire. The surgeon remains tight-lipped for now. (front page, 3)

Coach transport
"Will the Ljubljana bus terminal go bankrupt?": The company operating the Ljubljana bus terminal has been an acquisition target for the Slovenian Railways for a while but its shareholders are yet to agree on an acceptable takeover price. (front page, 5)

VEČER

Crypto scams
"Crypto scams are emptying bank accounts": Despite repeated warnings, many people still fall for crypto scams in their desire to make easy money. The Maribor police alone handled 16 cases in the last month. (front page, 9)

Wind power
"Pohorje wind turbines still": The Slovenska Bistrica municipality has returned the ball to the state's court by declaring that a planned wind farm on the Pohorje Massif be subject to a national zoning law, not local zoning regulations. (front page, 14)

Logar's new movement
"Logar's calculated passivity": Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, is intentionally passive. He is the MP with the highest number of voting absences, which reflects his dilemma: if he votes along party lines, he negates the new discourse he is trying to sell with his new association. (front page, 2)

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