Daily headlines - Monday, 24 July

Ljubljana, 24 July - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 24 July:

DELO

Labour shortages
"Mountain huts short of staff too": Mountain huts are increasingly popular, but they find it ever harder to get staff to serve their customers. (front page, page 3)

Tour de France
"Pogačar still in the fighting spirit on Champs-Élysées": Dane Jonas Vingegaard won the 110th Tour de France ahead of Tadej Pogačar. Pogačar won his second stage at this year's race on Saturday and he was still in the fighting spirit yesterday, breaking away on the Champs-Élysées. (front page, page 10)

Spain election
"Tight vote counting": The result of Sunday's election in Spain was much tighter after two-thirds of ballots were counted than what the polls suggested. (front page, page 5)

DNEVNIK

Tour de France
"Vingegaard wins Tour, Pogačar grows out of white jersey": Dane rider Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France. Second overall was Tadej Pogačar, who was in the mood for attack yesterday. He rode for the last time in the white jersey. (front page, page 13, commentary 12)

Energy prices
"We'll be paying more for electricity than today": Households will very likely be paying more for electricity in the coming autumn and winter than they were in the past one, and we will definitely be paying more next year. Price regulation expires at the end of the year. (front page, page 3)

FINANCE

Subsidies
"Recovery plan is changing. Where there will be less money for companies and where more": The funds available under the national recovery and resilience plan have been reduced from EUR 1.8 billion in grants and EUR 705 million in loans to EUR 1.5 billion in grants and EUR 545 million in loans. There will be EUR 11 million less available for tourism, EUR 19 million less for development projects and EUR 10 million less for investments. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Gaming
"What is FURS detecting and which taxes it can collect?": Financial Administration (FURS) inspectors are increasingly examining illegal online betting shops. (front page, page 7)

Healthcare
"What's happening with staff at UKCL": Marko Jug, director-general of the UKC Ljubljana medical centre, urged the Health Ministry in June to take systemic measures to stop staff loss. Having examined the situation in detail, the paper finds staff shortages are not that bad, but the employees work too little. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

European Youth Olympic Festival
"Let the games begin!": The European Youth Olympic Festival got under way in Maribor with a spectacular opening ceremony last night. (front page, page 3)

Tour de France
"Pogačar puts smile on his face after all": The Tour de France was challenging for Tadej Pogačar. After impressive performances, realisation that Dane Jonas Vingegaard put in a dream-like time-trial result and after the dark moments in the Alps, Pogačar came back to win the penultimate stage and put a smile back on his face. (front page, page 13)

Prisons
"Bosses of prison underground": Bojan Majcen, the head of the Prison Administration, talks to the paper about the situation at Slovenian prisons. (front page, page 18)

Extreme weather
"Lives not at risk": Efforts continue to clean up the debris after Friday's fierce storms in Črna na Koroškem in the north. Some roads are still closed and the damage is set to be huge. (front page, page 7)

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