Daily headlines - Tuesday, 3 October

DELO

Pensions rise
"Pensions rise and freezing of transfers": Pensions will go up by 8.2% under the regular annual indexation in January. Trade unions warn that income tax brackets and social transfers should also be adjusted. (front page, 3)

Govt approval rating
"Golob's team will have problems reversing the trend": Public Administration Minister Sanja Ajanovič Hovnik, who got caught up in scandals, will perhaps become the fourth close associate of PM Robert Golob after Marta Kos, Tatjana Bobnar and Danijel Bešič Loredan to say goodbye. (front page, 2)

Start of new academic year
"Welcoming students, especially freshmen": A new academic year started for 65,180 university students and 11,000 college students yesterday. (front page)

DNEVNIK

Insurance
"Insurers will not offer insurance to those flooded any more": Insurers are increasingly reserved about offering insurance of buildings located in flood zones. (front page, 3)

Ski resort infrastructure
"Inspector closes down Kanin ski slopes": Infrastructure inspector temporarily closed down a ski lift in Kanin yesterday. The 50-year-old ski lift is close to the end of its lifespan, while the state is reluctant to invest in Kanin's renovation. (front page, 2)

Ljubljana Fashion Week
"Ljubljana: Rog centre hosting 14th Ljubljana Fashion Week, featuring the most Slovenian designers so far": The big hall of the recently renovated Rog Centre hosted last night a thousand fashion enthusiasts, who had eagerly anticipated the largest fashion event in the capital. (front page)

FINANCE

Health insurance
"How the new health contribution will be calculated": The paper presents the new health contribution that will replace supplementary health insurance on 1 January 2024. (front page, 4)

Labour inspections
"This is what tax, market and labour inspectors look into": Labour inspectors will scrutinise those who have or will receive state aid to deal with the flood damage and those who sell construction material or hire foreign workers. (front page, 5)

Flood damage
"EUR 4.7bn in direct flood damage or less? How do we get EUR 7bn?": While there are ideas about new taxes that should be introduced, there is still no clear flood damage estimate. Based on the data gathered so far, the damage amounts to some EUR 3 billion. (front page, 2-3)

VEČER

Football
"Crisis sweeps away the coach": A new defeat of the Maribor football team, the fourth this season in the first league, was obviously the last straw, so Damir Krznar is no longer the team's coach. (front page, 10)

Companies
"Paloma posts big loss for the second year running": Due to high costs of cellulose and energy, Paloma, a maker of hygienic paper products, is in the red. But investments continue. (front page, 5)

Pensions rise
"Good news for pensioners": Despite problems with the public finance due to floods, the government has come up with a way to raise pensions as scheduled, by 8.2%. (front page, 3)