Daily headlines - Wednesday, 18 August

DELO

Labour market
"On top of EU in share of employed mothers": Slovenia has overtaken Sweden to sit at the top of the EU in terms of the share of employed mothers (86%), three percentage points more than the Scandinavian country. (front page, 4)

Companies
"BAMC selling Alpina": The last large footwear producer in Slovenia could soon get a new owner, as the Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC) as the sole owner has initiated procedures to sell the company. (front page, 4)

Environment
"Saving Triglav Lake from fish": Employees of the Fisheries Research Institute are busy catching the lake char and the common minnow in the fifth and sixth lake of the seven Triglav Lakes, as the species that had been introduced 30 years ago have seriously undermined the local ecosystem. (front page, 17)

DNEVNIK

Real estate
"A million for an apartment is nothing special": The supply of apartments in Ljubljana that cost EUR 1 million or more will further increase as a number of projects in the city centre are drawing to a close. (front page, 9)

Afghanistan
"How to save collaborators of Slovenian forces": While the Defence Ministry says it is trying to save the Afghans who cooperated with the Slovenian Armed Forces in Afghanistan, the word is that it is currently impossible to get into touch with foreigners from Kabul. (front page, 3)

FINANCE

Supply chains
"How do closures of ports and factories in Asia affect Slovenia?": The port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, the third largest in China, has been closed for seven days due to coronavirus outbreak - the prices of shipment of containers from China to the port of Koper have increased ten times. (front page, 2-3)

"Schellenburg Palace": Businessman Jože Anderlič has been provided with a new financial injection for the emerging Schellenburg Palace in the centre of Ljubljana with a bond issue. The paper wonders who are the investors. (front page, 4-5)

VEČER

Coronavirus testing
"Who will pay for tests": As the government continues to insist that rapid antigen tests will be payable as of next week, trade unions in education threaten with a strike if the costs of testing are charged to employees. (front page, 2-3, 5)

Afghanistan
"Taliban already at doorsteps of houses": With evacuation flights out of Kabul continuing as people are fleeing Afghanistan in fear of the Taliban in cramped transport aircraft, there is growing criticism of the US and NATO for the disaster. (front page, 4-15, 18, 19)

Environment
"Problems with ragweed in Ptuj": Večer journalists joined a phytosanitary inspector in the field following reports about the spreading of ragweed, whose pollen is notorious for causing allergic reactions, on the banks of Ptuj Lake. (front page, 15)