Daily headlines - Wednesday, 6 September

DELO

Teaching staff shortages
"Teachers also sought on social networks": Teachers are increasingly hard to find and retirements will increase the staffing shortages further. Meanwhile, it is not clear whether all schools will be eligible for funds to hire students. (front page, page 3)

GDP statistics
"SURS denies govt influence on calculations": Tomaž Smrekar, director-general of the Slovenian Statistics Office, is not planning to resign over the substantial downward correction in the GDP growth estimate for 2022. The office denies the suggestion their calculations had been swayed by the government or someone else. (front page, page 2)

Basketball World Cup
"Debutant Luka Dončić wants to make World Cup semi-finals": Slovenia have made it to the Basketball World Cup quarter-finals for the third time and with Luka Dončić's debut appearance at the world tournament the expectations had never been as high as ahead of today's matchup with Canada. (front page, page 15)

DNEVNIK

Ljubljana passenger centre
"Everything will be different around Ljubljana's new station": The Ljubljana municipality has asked the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy whether it needs an environmental permit to develop infrastructure around the future passenger centre. The request shows how far-reaching are the changes it plans in the area. (front page, page 2)

Retail business
"Lower prices at retailers at expense of suppliers": Data from annual reports of retail store chains reveal that their suppliers were forced to give up part of their margins; purchasing prices of goods rose at a substantially slower rate than food inflation. (front page, page 6)

FINANCE

Property auctions
"Ten flats you can now buy at auctions": The most interesting of the flats on offer at public auctions in the coming weeks are located in Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje and Portorož. (front page, pages 6, 7)

Bank tax
"How much tax would Golob government collect from individual banks": After Prime Minister Robert Golob announced a new tax on 0.2% of banks' total assets, the paper has calculated how much each bank would pay. (front page, page 4)

VEČER

Health reform
"No noticeable progress": The government has not made any noticeable progress on health reform. Instead of major changes indicated before, PM Robert Golob is now betting on smaller, targetted measures. (front page, page 5)

Bank tax
"Half a billion euros in five years": The planned new tax on total assets of banks ranks between political voluntarism and solidarity. Practice between European countries differs. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Basketball World Cup
"Two stars, one place in the semi-finals": Slovenia will face Canada for a spot in the semi-finals of the Basketball World Cup in Manila today. The two teams' respective stars, Luka Dončić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, are also serious contenders for the tournament's MVP. (front page, page 10)