Daily headlines - Monday, 30 August

Ljubljana, 30 August - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 30 August:

DELO

Chaos in Afghanistan
"Joe Biden facing increasing criticism": The Taliban have given the US and other NATO countries only until Tuesday to evacuate all people who are afraid of retribution by the new/old regime. (front page, 5)

Education
"Knowledge and progress French-style": The idea of Paris-Saclay, a research-intensive academic campus and business cluster, is gaining traction, and it is getting increasingly international, as 42% of doctoral students are foreigners. (front page, 6)

Weather
"Ida raging over Louisiana": Sixteen years after the devastating hurricane Katrina, the south of the United States has been hit by the powerful hurricane Ida. A state of emergency has been declared in Louisiana. (front page, 18)

DNEVNIK

New school year
"They are ready in schools, but also confused": As primary and secondary school students are going back to school on Wednesday, stakeholders in the school system warn that not every detail of the functioning of the new school year has been sorted out. (front page, 2-3)

Traffic safety
"Road is not to blame for accident. Or is it?": Statistically-speaking, the number of accidents caused by poor maintenance of roads is negligible, but this can be deceptive, as poor road infrastructure combined with lack of driver's focus can be fatal. (front page, 10)

FINANCE

Real estate
"What Slovenian real estate funds and companies are buying?": The paper looks at who the main players in the market are, what they hold in their portfolios, what kind of yield they are talking about, and what the potential risks for investors are. (front page, 2-3)

Healthcare
"UKC Ljubljana posts EUR 26m loss while wage bill surges": In the first six months of the year, the country's largest hospital posted a loss of EUR 25.8 million, or 5.3% less than in the same period last year, as revenue increased by more than 19%. (front page, 4-5)

Coronavirus aid return
"FURS allows payback in instalments, there will be no write-offs": The Financial Administration will allow companies and sole proprietors who need to return part of coronavirus crisis state aid in instalments, but it will not write off their debt. (front page, 8)

VEČER

Online work
"Screen epidemic": More work from home and remote work as the "new normal" has brought digital fatigue, insomnia, multi-tasking and presenteeism among employees. (front page, 6-7)

Demographic trends
"Capital to the east, people to the west": While some of the EU member states have seen their population increase by a fifth or more after 2004, when ten new members joined the bloc, some other member states, especially on the periphery, have lost almost a fifth of their population. (front page, 2-3)

Lent Festival
"It was pouring rain, but no one wanted to go home": The finale of the Lent festival in Maribor on Saturday evening was spectacular, loud and euphoric, with the Bosnian dub rock group Dubioza Kolektiv giving a concert in Slovenia's second city again after two years. (front page, 14-15)

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