Daily headlines - Monday, 27 March

DELO

Automotive industry
"Production falling, fewer buyers": "The automotive industry is stagnating," says Boxmark Leather director Marjan Trobiš. The industry is facing major challenges, including the threat of new contraction due to inflation and rising interest rates, growing competition from other continents and the need to adapt to electric mobility. (front page, page 3)

Critical raw materials
"EU would like to open mines": After Slovenia has shut down almost all its mines, EU decision-makers have changed their position on the exploitation of domestic raw materials, the paper writes in reference to the EU's critical materials act. (front page, 18)

Public administration
"Legislation our undoing": Experts offer different takes on planned reorganisation of administrative units, but Sonja Šmuc of Dewesoft says the main problem is complicated and nonsensical legislation that makes life hard both for applicants and clerks. (front page, page 2)

Cycling
"Roglič's invitation to Monte Lussari": After winning Tirreno-Adriatico, Primož Roglič has also won the Volta a Catalunya, announcing he is hoping for successful steps to follow in the coming weeks. In this way he invited Slovenian fans to Monte Lussari just across the border for a stage of the Giro d'Italia on 27 May. (front page, page 17)

DNEVNIK

Football
"Slovenia open Euro qualifying with full point score": Slovenia secured the planned six points in their first two matches of qualifying for Euro 2024 in Germany against the lowest-ranked teams in Group H. (front page, page 13)

Public administration
"Administrative units at level of 20th century municipalities": After protest from mayors over the government's alleged plans to abolish administrative units, the Public Administration Ministry said on Friday they were not closing down the units but merely modernising them. (front page, page 2)

Judiciary
"After successful appeal, court discloses judgement": Dnevnik has won a suit at the Administrative Court against the Ljubljana District Court's decision not to disclose a fully anonymised final judgement such as those accessible on the case-law portal. (front page, page 4)

FINANCE

Home prices
"End of rising prices of flats in Ljubljana, sharp fall in transactions. What next?": The Statistics Office has confirmed that prices of flats in Ljubljana have stopped increasing. (front page, page 4)

Hospital finances
"UKCL's loss tripled last year. What about other hospitals?": All public hospitals generated a shortfall of EUR 32 million last year after a surplus of EUR 12 million the year before. (front page, pages 6, 7)

EU fiscal rules reform
"EU will tighten rules on debt - and it concerns you too": The European Commission is expected to present a proposal of a legislative act reforming EU fiscal rules at the end of this month. The paper lists main points. (front page, pages 2, 3)

Staffing at state-owned companies
"Why did Pavle Hevka have to leave 2TDK": The official reason for the replacement of the boss of 2TDK, the state-owned company managing the Koper-Divača rail project, is the project's delays and cost increase, but the main reason is political incompatibility. (front page, page 5)

VEČER

Quote of the year award
The paper continues to present nominees for its annual Spade of the Year award for most apt statement capturing the spirit of the past year to be declared on 1 April. (front page)

Care homes
"Wait lines and empty beds": Even though 16,500 people wait for a bed in care home and at least 2,000 are in urgent need of care, 750 beds are empty because of staff shortages. (front page, pages 2, 3)