Daily headlines - Monday, 30 January

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

DELO

Russia spies
"Two Russia spies arrested and detained in Ljubljana": Two foreign citizens accused of spying for Russia have been apprehended in Ljubljana in what is another such development in a series of recent arrests of Russian agents in a number of European countries. (front page, page 3)

Energy prices
"No price hike yet": There will be no higher prices of kindergartens in Ljubljana for now, as the municipality awaits the government's response to the energy crisis and higher pay for kindergarten staff. (front page, page 4)

DNEVNIK

Healthcare
"Is time running out for concessions?": The Constitutional Court's recent ruling changed the granting of healthcare concessions even before the government reached agreement on long-term changes. One of the proposals is to abolish the existing concessions. (front page, page 2)

Investment
"Hydro power stations on Ljubljanica by 2026": A project involving a hydroelectric power station on the Ljubljanica river in the capital is expected to be completed by 2026, but Dnevnik says this is too an optimistic time frame. (front page, page 7)

FINANCE

Tax authority
"FURS inspectors active": As the government is spending more and more, the Financial Administration's inspections this year are bound to be quite strict. (front page, pages 2-3)

State aid
"Were leaseholders in shopping centres forgotten when preparing electricity cap scheme": The electricity cap scheme dedicated to help micro, small and mid-sized companies weather the energy crisis does not include leaseholders in shopping centres, suspending a level playing field. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Hungary
"Crisis in Hungary": Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's price cap policy has aggravated inflation, forcing Hungarians living close to the border to start buy groceries in Slovenia. (front page, page 3)

Culture
"Premiere of Žižek's Antigone": Slovenian star philosopher Slavoj Žižek attended the premiere of a production fusing his play The Three Lives of Antigone and Sophocles's Antigone at the Munich Residence Theatre. (front page, page 10)

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