A strategic study and a framework plan for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Adriatic Sea were presented in Zagreb on Tuesday and the presentation was organised by the Hydrocarbons Agency. The most frequent questions by those attending were about the hazards of oil exploitation in the Adriatic, what a disaster caused by…
Month: January 2015
Croatian parliament pays tribute to Holocaust victims
Deputy Parliament Speaker Dragica Zgrebec said on Tuesday that Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27, was a day to send a message that peace, freedom, equality, solidarity, respect for differences and the right to choice of every man, are a pledge for the future of mankind. International Holocaust Memorial Day was marked in the Croatian parliament…
Social dialogue in Norway and Croatia
The conference “Norway and Croatia: Partners in Economic and Social Development”, organised by the Norwegian embassy in Zagreb on Monday, brought together Croatian government officials, unionists, employers and nongovernmental organisations’ activists. Speaking at the conference, Labour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic boasted that “social dialogue in Croatia has become of age”, while union leader…
DIP reports Grabar Kitarovic winner of Croatia’s presidential vote
The winner of Croatia’s presidential election, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic garnered 50.74% of the vote, that is 1,114,945 ballots, while the incumbent president Ivo Josipovic won 49.26% (1,082,436 ballots), the State Electoral Commission (DIP) reported on Monday after a repeated vote at a polling station in Karlovac on Sunday. Thus, the new Croatian head of state…
Parliament Speaker announces new session of Sabor
This year’s first regular session of parliament will start on January 21 and is scheduled to run for ten weeks, Parliament Speaker Josip Leko announced after a meeting of the parliament’s presidency on Tuesday. Leko explained that now that the Christmas break was over the parliament would continue with its usual schedule of two sessions…
Road union rep not surprised by constitutional court’s decision
President of the Independent Roads Union Mijat Stanic, who was the main person behind an initiative to call a referendum against the government’s plan to lease Croatian motorways, said on Tuesday that he wasn’t surprised that the Constitutional Court had rejected a request to temporarily ban any further procedures until the referendum was finalised. “The…