Daily headlines - Thursday, 26 August

DELO

Pahor's birthday
"I believe humankind will come to their senses": Acclaimed Trieste-based author Boris Pahor is celebrating his 108th birthday. He is considered the last living witness of arson by Fascists of the central Slovenian institution in Trieste, National Hall. (front page, page 5)

Companies
"Directors are buying shares": Among the big players on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, five chairmen have purchased stock of their companies, says the paper, taking a look at how many shares are in the hands of managers and supervisors of companies. (front page, page 10)

Agriculture
"Tractor protest in Gornja Radgona": Farmers spiced up the Agra fair by staging a protest featuring some 60 tractors to voice their concerns over the draft national strategic plan for the EU's common agricultural policy. (front page, page 3)

DNEVNIK

Healthcare
"When a doctor imposes the PCT rule on all patients": The Health Ministry has left laying out conditions for seeing a GP mainly up to health centres and doctors themselves. One of them requires of her patients to comply with the tested-recovered-vaccinated rule. (front page, page 2)

Railway
"More than EUR 65 million for rail link to Brezovica": Site preparation works have started to upgrade a rail link between Ljubljana and Brezovica. The project is expected to be completed at the start of 2023. (front page, page 8)

FINANCE

Covid
"Huge additional costs of ventilators are coming": Slovenian hospitals face ventilator costs of millions of euro regardless of whether the machines will have been used or not. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Afghanistan
"Underworld riches of Afghanistan": Afghanistan is said to be a region rich in valuable natural resources. The paper wonders whether these resources will be ever tapped. (front page, pages 8, 9)

VEČER

Agriculture
"Money should stay in agriculture": The Trade Union of Farmers protested against the draft national strategic plan for the implementation of the EU's common agricultural policy, highlighting family farms should stay front and centre. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Covid
"Joint cooperation is needed": The tested-recovered-vaccinated rule is effective only if all comply with it, the head of the Covid-19 advisory group Mateja Logar tells Večer, adding the group will endorse on Monday a proposal for a new traffic light system for imposing or lifting restrictions. (front page, page 6)

Mountaineering
"Rising from the ashes": As many as four mountain huts burnt down recently, including three in the Celje area. Renovation works are ongoing, but the pace of the works varies. (front page, page 12)