Daily headlines - Thursday, 28 December

DELO

Statistics
"Statistics sees better and is more far-sighted": Slovenia's inflation rate was above EU average in November, average pay in the first nine months was 10% higher year-on-year, and 251,000 people, or 12.1%, were at risk of poverty in 2022, acting head of the Statistics Office Apolonija Oblak Flander told the paper. (front page, page 2)

Retail
"Food price watch not reflecting actual situation": The government's staple foods price watch project does not actually translate into considerably lower prices for consumers, since retailers raise or lower their prices according to the tracker. (front page, page 3)

Traffic
"Complete closure of Dunajska Road at the start of new year": The most challenging part of the construction of a new passenger terminal in Ljubljana will take place between 4 and 7 January, when Dunajska Road will be closed due to construction works. Detours and free evening bus rides will be in place. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

Health insurance
"Healthcare contribution and how it will be paid": Top-up health insurance will be transformed into a EUR 35 mandatory contribution beginning in new year. (front page, pages 2-3)

EU
"Wrapping up legislative packages by EU elections": Belgium's EU presidency, which starts on 1 January, will seek to see as many legislative packages adopted as possible by May, when an EU elections campaign begins. (front page, page 6)

FINANCE

2024 forecasts
"Where to invest money in 2024": The paper talks about inflation and the situation on financial markets, listing investment suggestions for 2024. It expects a 7% growth of stock indexes next year. (front page, pages 2-4)

Finance newspaper
"You're holding a copy of the last physical edition of Finance: This is not a funeral, this is a rebirth": Finance will no longer print physical editions beginning in new year, since the newspaper is going digital-only. (front page, pages 6-16)

VEČER

Retail
"Price hikes despite cheaper foods basket": The government's staple foods price watch project is no longer effective, so it would be sensible to end it, an expert tells the paper. (front page, page 2)

Politics
Expelled and ejected MP": Mojca Šetinc Pašek, who was expelled from the Freedom Movement in October and now serves as an unaffiliated MP, believes that PM Robert Golob casts people aside once he no longer needs them. (front page, page 3)

Fugitive search
"Fugitives pay extradition cost": Slovenia's fugitive active search team is successful at finding Slovenian fugitives abroad and internationally wanted criminals in Slovenia. Its head Miran Ozebek talks to the paper, noting that extradition costs are covered by fugitives themselves. (front page, pages 8-9)