Daily headlines - Thursday, 26 October

DELO

Healthcare
"Doctors and nurses leaving hospitals": Staff shortages in hospitals are at their most dire point, with more and more doctors working part time in private services. (front page, page 3)

Post-flood reconstruction
"Solidarity contribution cancelled": The government decided to abolish the mandatory solidarity contribution for post-flood reconstruction. Instead, there will be a temporary increase in corporate tax. (front page, page 2)

SVIZ rally
"SVIZ representatives send a message to govt": Several hundred representatives of workers in education, culture and science staged a rally yesterday to warn the government that they will not allow devaluation of their professions. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

Gazelle Award
"Gold prize to IMP Pumps company": Publisher Dnevnik's Gazelle Award for the best fast-growing Slovenian company went to IMP Pumps, a Komenda-based maker of pumps and pumping systems. (front page, pages 2-3, commentary 12)

Govt reshuffle
"Reshuffle: Will they reduce eleven ministries to five?": The planned government reshuffle might include mergers of certain ministries with junior coalition partners disliking the idea of the reshuffle itself. (front page, page 4)

FINANCE

Construction
"Minister Mesec will make construction more expensive": Subsidiary liability of chief contractors will make private construction more expensive, and the difference will be covered by end buyers. (front page, page 4)

Payment policy
"ECB against possibility of refusing cash": The European Central Bank is against the possibility of shops refusing cash, warning that there is a legal gap in this area. (front page, pages 2-3)

VEČER

Business
"How did they do?": The paper looks at Maribor restaurant and pub owners who posted more than EUR 1 million in turnover last year, noting that the 2022 results from the Maribor area show that the sector has bounced back after the Covid pandemic. (front page, pages 14-15)

Politics
"On the threshold of political crisis": PM Robert Golob and his coalition face bigger and bigger problems, as accusations against him pile up and junior coalition partners express their concerns. (front page, pages 2-3)

SVIZ rally
"Against devaluation of work": Representatives of workers in education, culture and science staged a rally to protest against what they see as the government's attempts at devaluation of their work. (front page, page 4)

Cycling
"Instead of Paris parade, battle in Nice": The route of the 111th Tour de France will give more chances to the rivals of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar. (front page, page 10)

Court
"Charges for attempted murder in revenge shooting": A man suspected of the recent shooting in a bar in Maribor has been put in preventive detention. (front page, page 9)