Daily headlines - Monday, 23 August

Ljubljana, 23 August - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 23 August:

DELO

Tourism
"Majority of tourist vouchers not used yet": This year's tourist season is estimated to be better than last year's with most using new vouchers for holiday purposes. (front page, page 3)

Afghanistan
"The Taliban setting up government structures": Evacuation flights are flying round the clock as Afghan people fear the day after the departure of the last foreign soldier. (front page, page 2)

Cycling
"Roglič riding Olympic wave at Vuelta": Olympic champion in time trial Primož Roglič finished second in the mountainous ninth stage of the 2021 Vuelta race to consolidate further his overall lead. (front page, page 11)

DNEVNIK

Waste
"After illegal dumping the municipality handed amendment": The Prenova-Gradbenik construction company faced the Ljubljana municipality with amendments to the contract worth over EUR 1 million after illegally dumping waste on municipal land. (front page, page 6, commentary 12)

Vaccine
"Protection decreasing, but still very high": Covid-19 vaccines are still effective even in light of new variants, says the paper, providing answers to eight questions about vaccine effectiveness. (front page, page 2)

FINANCE

Tourism
"Tourism given new impetus": Summer tourism figure have reached pre-epidemic levels in certain areas with Ljubljana tourism providers lagging behind. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Contact tracing
"Who NIJZ chose to run contact tracing": The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) contracted a little-known call centre to help run contact tracing without having published an open call for the EUR 2 million project. (front page, page 6)

Real estate
"What were property prices like in Maribor last year and what are the forecasts": The paper looks at what is the situation like in Maribor's real estate market. (front page, pages 4, 5)

VEČER

Covid
"More patients, fewer staff": Hospitals are more or less ready for the fourth Covid wave when it comes to capacities, but understaffing is becoming a bigger problem. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Agriculture
"Protest at the fair": The draft strategic plan on the Common Agriculture Policy is still raising dust with farmers planning a protest over this during the ministry's presentation of the plan at the Agra fair. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Companies
"Major shifts at TAB Mežica": After a year without dividends, the TAB Mežica maker of batteries has announced a distribution of profits as well as a transition to the one-tier management system. (front page, page 4)

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