Daily headlines - Tuesday, 29 March

Ljubljana, 29 March - Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Tuesday, 29 March:

DELO

Startups
"Startups decamping to Croatia": More and more Slovenian startups are moving across the border to Croatia, where there are more investment funds and the tax system is more favourable. (front page, 10)

Slovenian-Croatian relations
"To Zagreb for Krk gas": Prime Minister Janez Janša wants to immediately halt the import of Russian gas, but the LNG terminal on Krk island in Croatia does not offer a quick solution, no matter the neighbouring country's good will. (front page, 3)

Refugees
"The EU needs a crisis plan": EU members are still successfully coping with the influx of Ukrainian refugees. Despite that, the Commission says a crisis plan is needed because it is unclear what the future will bring. (front page, 5)

Minority in Italy
"National Hall officially Slovenian": National Hall in Trieste, a symbol of Slovenian identity in the city, has been formally returned to the minority. (front page, 4)

DNEVNIK

Healthcare during pandemic
"They still don't know what went wrong": The number of stillbirths rose substantially during the pandemic. Epidemiologists plus gynaecologists and obstetricians will now conduct an analysis to try and determine the causes. (front page, 2)

PM's Croatia visit
"Janša and Plenković did not crack the border nut": The Slovenian and Croatian prime ministers, Janez Janša and Andrej Plenković, yesterday focused on nuclear energy and gas. They see potential for cooperation in both segments. There was no headway on the border issue. (front page, 2)

Real estate in Ljubljana
"Apartments instead of Žito's bakery": One of the locations that food company Žito plans to abandon in Ljubljana will probably be turned into a commercial and residential development. The move is a sign of huge demand for property and means industry will be relocating outside the city at an accelerated pace. (front page, 5)

FINANCE

Income tax
"Income tax brackets now indexed, which additionally raised net wages": With income tax brackets now indexed to inflation, net wages will rise. This will have the biggest impact on the lowest and highest wages. (front page, 4)

Subsidies
"EUR 100 million in subsidies for more than EUR 600 million investments by companies": In the last two years the state spent EUR 100 million on direct subsidies that generated EUR 600 million in corporate investments. These are only subsidies awarded directly, without an open call for applications. (front page, 2, 3)

VEČER

Prices
"Prices in construction running wild": Supply chain problems, high energy prices and logistics costs have caused construction prices to skyrocket. (front page, 6)

Gas supplies
"Slovenia frenetically looking for gas": Much like other European countries, Slovenia is frenetically looking for new sources of natural gas. An expert doubts whether it is really possible to completely offset Russian gas. (front page, 4)

Youths
"Youths want solutions, not bickering": The Left has the highest number of candidates for MP who are under thirty, 12. The Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) has only two. Most of these candidates come from parties' youth wings. (front page, 2)

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