Daily headlines - Monday, 4 September

DELO

Banks
"Countries' different ways of intervening in banks' profits": Several EU countries have imposed a tax on banks' windfall profits, but experts warn that this is not necessarily the best solution. (front page, page 3)

Waste
"Nature ejects what is hidden too": The August floods have revealed many hidden dumping sites, and environmentalists are concerned that post-floods measures would not heed the importance of biodiversity and that new pollution hotspots would emerge. (front page, page 4)

Basketball
"Match against Canada in Manila to follow Germany's hard slap": Slovenia suffered the third worst loss in the team's history at the 2023 Basketball World Cup, losing 100:71 against Germany to finish second in Group K. Canada await them in the quarter-finals. (front page, page 9)

DNEVNIK

Healthcare
"Klokočovnik in his eternal rival's face": The launch of a private heart surgery practice at the Celje hospital has been marred by conflict, with surgeon Tomislav Klokočovnik reporting the company of Metka Zorc, his old rival, to authorities. (front page, page 2)

Culture
"End of summer festival with eminent orchestras": The 71st Ljubljana Festival wrapped up yesterday with a performance by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. The last week of the festival featured concerts by another two leading orchestras. (front page)

FINANCE

Taxes
"State-owned companies sitting on their money, while govt reaches into people's pockets": Amid the government's plans for new taxes, the paper provides three examples of companies fully or partly owned by the state that could help boost the national budget by paying out dividends. (front page, pages 2-3)

Tourism
"EUR 57m allocated to investments in tourism. What will be built?": The tourism infrastructure projects that will be co-financed by the state include 20 investments in hotels. (front page, pages 12-13)

VEČER

Politics
"Unity has expiration date": Prime Minister Robert Golob claims that post-floods unity in politics is not over, but the opposition is done supporting government-sponsored proposals in the name of unity. (front page, page 3)

Stock market
"Partial 'nosedive' of Slovenian shares": An 8% drop of the benchmark index on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange in the wake of the August floods does not mean that Slovenian shares are now cheap. (front page, pages 2, 4)

Maribor tourism
"Successful season": The Mariborski Otok swimming pool complex attracted nearly 33,000 people this season despite lots of rain. The management has ideas for the rest of the year too. (front page, page 6)