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Meeting in Sofia on October 14, Croatian president Ivo Josipović and his Bulgarian host, head of state Rossen Plevneliev, said that the two countries would encourage their private sectors to […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Croatia’s economy will shrink 0.6 per cent in 2013, but that it could go up 1.5 per cent in 2014, according to the […]
Croatian railway company HZ Cargo is to be sold to Romanian investor Grup Feroviar Roman. The initial agreements have now started and it is expected that the negotiations will go […]
Grampet Group, a Romanian company, has come out winner in the bidding process for the sale of 75 per cent of the shares of the Croatian state freight railway operator […]
Fighting corruption and organized crime were identified as key target areas as Croatia prepared to join the European Union. However, following the country’s EU entry July 1, critics claim standards […]
After Slovenian company GEN-I won a tender in June to supply the Croatian public administration with electricity, now the Croatian rivals, company HEP has started to reduce prices, too. Now, […]
Less than two decades following the bloody ethnic conflict that broke up Yugoslavia, Croatia celebrated its entry into the European Union July 1 as the 28th member state. Accession into […]
Tens of thousands celebrated across Croatia as it became the 28th member of the European Union. Fireworks lit the sky as the membership became effective at midnight (22:00 GMT). At […]
Members of the European Parliament questioned Croatia’s European Commissioner-designate Neven Mimica on EU consumer policy and his plans for the next 16 months, at a hearing on June 4 2013. […]
If the Balkans have a crowd symbol, it is the traditional circular dance; the symbolism has been especially apt in the process of the countries of the former Yugoslavia joining […]
