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 Friday, 8th January, 2010 Croatian pension system faces serious problems The Croatian Pension Insurance Institute has alarming data for November 2009. According to its information, 1.23 workers were then supporting one pensioner in Croatia. The ratio between workers and pensioners has been changing drastically in the recent past, manly because of an increase of unemployment. The daily Jutarnji list has reported experts believe the first part of 2010 will bring new job loses and more unemployment. In the worst scenario, in which one worker would support one pensioner, experts say the pension system would become financially untenable. Although others European countries face the same problem, Croatia is in the group with the most-unfavourable ratio. Only Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania are in worse shape. (croatiantimes.com) |
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 Friday, 8th January, 2010 Split mayor wants to sell his supermarket chain Split Mayor and entrepreneur Zeljko Kerum has confirmed that he wants to sell his supermarket chain "Kerum" for 200 millions Euros. Kerum said if he did not succeed in selling his leading food retailer for that amount he would continue to open new shops. In an interview in the daily Slobodna Dalmacija, Kerum said: "Our price is 200 million Euros, which I believe is fair. If we do not find a buyer, we will start opening new shops next month." Kerum refused to comment more about his future plans and strategy. Kerum's workers are frightened they will lose their jobs. In response to that, Kerum said: "My workers are protected, and nothing bad will happen to them, even if I sell the shops." (croatiantimes.com) |
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 Tuesday, 5th January, 2010 Ivo Sanader expelled from the HDZ The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) expelled former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader yesterday (Mon). HDZ leader and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said Sanader had harmed the party at his unexpected Sunday press conference. Sanader had gathered some HDZ members and held a special press conference without previously having informed Kosor about it. Sanader, who resigned in June 2009, announced he had decided to return to politics at the press conference and said he was going to be fully active in his role of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) honorary president. At the same time, he criticised Kosor, claiming she was not a good HDZ leader. In response, Kosor called an HDZ presidency meeting that lasted for nine hours yesterday and announced to the media at its end that Sanader had been expelled from the party. She described Sanader's comments as an attempt to undermine the government. At least 16 presidency members voted against Sanader, three voted for him, and two abstained. Kosor said: "No one can leave and then attempt to govern, but Sanader wanted to do so. Sanader's press conference was an unseemly benchmark that caused great anxiety in the party. We will not tolerate behaviour that endangers the HDZ or the government. We cannot afford an early general election because it would put a halt to many important initiatives, including EU accession negotiations." Kosor added that HDZ members at the Sunday press conference had been tricked because they did not know what about its subject would be. Sanader told Hina news agency he would accept the HDZ's decision. President Stjepan Mesic. Mesic said it was a logical move after Sanader's press confence. Mesic added that Luka Bebic, the head of Parliament who supports Sanader, should resign because he had helped him. Mesic agrees with Kosor that an early general election would not be a good decision at this time. (croatiantimes.com) Thursday, 31th December 2009 Rijeka -Skoplje direct flights to be introduced Rijeka will be connected by direct flights from 25 January to Macedonian capital Skopje. Macedonian airline Airlift service is planning to provide service between the Krk Island and Skopje on Mondays and Fridays each week in 2010. Rijeka Airport is located on Krk Island. The daily Novi list has reported the flights are being started by Rijeka GAT executive, an aviation outsourcing support company. Both sides said there was great interest in flights between Rijeka and Skopje. GAT head Veseljko Bukvic said: "It is about charter flights for now, but they will function as regular flights twice a week. But, our final goal is for all flights to become official, regular flights. If there is increased interest, we will be ready to introduce extra flights each week." Round-trip tickets will cost 170 Euros, inclusive of all taxes. (croatiantimes.com) |
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 Tuesday, 29th Decemeber, 2009Luka Modric on his way back to top shape Tottenham midfielder and Croatian national football team player Luka Modric has proved he is on his way back to top shape after 101 days of rest because of a leg injury. Modric and Jermain Defoe scored the goals in a 2-0 win against West Ham at the Lane on Monday. Modric had his first start since fracturing his fibula in August. Modric told Croatian daily Sportske novosti (sport news) the game had increased his self-confidence. He added: "This game has increased my self-confidence. I needed something like this. It is very important for my future. I am happy, very happy. I played almost the whole game. It was extremely important for me to return in such a successful way on the field after such a long pause." Talking about a full recovery, he said it was hard to predict anything. He said: "Probably after a few games, I will be back in shape. Honestly, I still do not feel the best, but it is important just to play. I know I can do that. For me, the most-important thing right now is continuity." (croatiantimes.com) |
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Monday, 28th December 2009 |
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 Thursday, 24th December 2009 Rijeka bypass opens The southern Rijeka bypass from Orehovica Interchange to Diracje opened yesterday (Tues) in the presence of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor. Almost 30 per cent of work on the overall bypass, which is 8.856 kilometres long, features construction of structures: four tunnels, two viaducts, a bridge, two overpasses and one underpass. Work on the project worth more than one billion kunas or 137 million Euros has lasted for 23 months. The opening of the four-lane motorway should reduce traffic jams and promote tourism. (croatiantimes.com) |
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Wednesday, 23rd December 2009 |
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 Tuesday, 22nd December 2009 Blanka Vlasic and Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic are athletes of the year High jumper Blanka Vlasic and sailor Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic were named athletes of the year by the Croatian Olympic Committee at a ceremony in Zagreb yesterday (Sun). Gaspic won in the Finn class at the 41st Semaine Olympique Française in Hyeres on Friday. He is also European champion and has a World Cup bronze medal. He is the first Croatian sailor to achieve such recognition. He said: "I hope that this is just the beginning, the first step towards realising my dreams, and that one day we will celebrate my Olympic gold medal here." Vlasic won gold at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin this year. Marko Raso and the Croatian female expedition that reached the summit of Mount Everest at 8,850 metres in May received the recognition for special sport achievement and the fair-play awards. (croatiantimes.com) |
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| Monday, 21st December, 2009 Prime minister pledges support of economy next year Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has said the government's priority in 2010 will be strong support of the economy. Asked by the media on Saturday what exactly she had meant when she said 2010 would be more difficult than 2009 and what the government planned to do to avoid a worst-case scenario, Kosor said officials had working intensively on some measures for a few months. One of them was a so-called fund for economic support, she said. Kosor explained the fund would be aimed at companies that found themselves in difficulties and saw no way out. She added that the government's aim was to support the economy by helping save jobs and create new ones. Kosor noted that included jobs in agriculture and tourism because next year would be difficult for everyone. She added that the fight against corruption and crime would remain very important. Kosor also noted that the government was planning some new measures that would make Croatia more interesting to foreign investors. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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 Monday, 21st December, 2009Croatian bishops call on the faithful to vote Croatian Catholic bishops have called on the faithful to vote in the upcoming presidential election. During their traditional session in Zagreb, the bishops stressed that only by voting could Croats contribute to the development of democratic values in the country They said: "The president can be responsibly elected only if you vote and refuse to let someone else make your decision for you." Croats will elect a new president for five years on 27 December. Croatian President Stjepan Mesic has served two consecutive terms as president and is ineligible for re-election. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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| Monday, 21st December, 2009 Split gets its first online supermarket Croatia's second largest city of Split has opened it's first Internet supermarket. Businessman Josip Kurbasa has launched the website www.e-butiga.com where customers will be able to order different goods from the online supermarket - and have them delivered to their homes without additional charges for transport. "More than that, our prices will be lower than in other supermarkets", said Josip Kurbasa. He said clients would be able to watch a football match or a movie on a TV, while someone else did the shopping for them and delivered it to their door. "People will save both money and time by using our service", said Kurbasa. The online supermarket will have 7,000 different items on offer. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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 Friday, 18th December 2009Ciro to sign agreement with Chinese club Former Croatian national team coach and trainer of the Bosnia-Herzegovina football national team Miroslav Ciro Blazevic will become coach of the Shanghai Shenhua club in China. The daily Novi list has reported Ciro left for Shanghai yesterday (Thurs). He told the daily it had not been an easy decision considering that China is so far away from Croatia. He will sign a seven-month contract worth around one million US dollars. Ciro added: "I talked with my friend coach Branko Ivankovic, who is also going to China, and I believe it will be much easier to me." The job at the Chinese club will be Blazevic's 19th coaching engagement. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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| Friday, 18th December 2009 Price of natural-gas to go up Croatian residents will pay more for natural-gas from 1 January 2010. The Croatian media have reported the government has approved the request by Hungarian MOL, Croatian oil company INA's majority owner, to raise the price by 0.33 kunas or 0.045 Euros per cubic meter. In Zagreb, there will be a 13.6 per cent increase. For preferred consumers, HEP, the National Electricity Company, Petrokemija and fertilizer company Kutina, the price will go up by 0.3 kunas or 0.04 Euros per cubic meter. But, the real prices will be established by new Croatian Minister of Economy Djuro Popijac, who is responsible for lowering prices for end-users in negotiations with gas distributors. Croatian national television has reported the price of electricity is also likely to go up.(www.croatiantimes.com) |
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 Monday, 14th December 2009 Wind farm starts operating near Sibenik A wind farm at Orlice near Sibenik started operating on Friday. It has 11 wind turbines and total output of 9.6 megawatts and should produce 24 GWh. The wind farm is a 13 million-Euro investment by German company "wpd think energy GmbH & Co. KG" in Bremen. Orlice was opened by Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor At the opening ceremony, Kosor said the government welcomed all investment that contributed to environmental protection. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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 Monday, 14th December 2009 Professor Baltazar cartoons to be on Italian and Swedish television The famous Croatian "Professor Baltazar" cartoons will be screened by Italian television RAI 3 every Saturday and Sunday starting on 12 December. The daily Jutarnji list has reported the cartoons will also be screened by Swedish television SVT. The serial featured 59 episodes between 1968 and 1976. The serial authors are Zlatko Grgic, Ante Zaninovic, Boris Kolar, Milan Blazekovic, Zdenko Gasparovic, Pavao Stalter, Zlatko Bourek and Tomica Simovic. The screening of Croatian cartoon by foreign television is considered a great success for Croatian animated films and production. Professor Balthazar is a cartoon series for children about an old inventor. It was created for television by Croatian animator Zlatko Grgic at the Zagreb Film studio. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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Friday, 11th December, 2009 |
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 Thursday, 10th December, 2009 Health minister to invite other ministers to be vaccinated Health Minister Darko Milinovic said today (Weds) that 45,036 people had had swine flu and 22 had died from it in Croatia. The minister added that between 3,500 and 4,000 residents of Croatia had received swine-flu vaccinations and no one had suffered any serious side effects. Milinovic announced continuation of the swine-flu vaccination campaign. As a first step on Thursday, he will ask all ministers to be vaccinated. He reiterated that Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had promised him that she would be vaccinated this week. Milinovic also said all health workers should be vaccinated and thereby set an example for others. He said he was aware that interest in swine-flu vaccinations was very low but that better education would change that. Asked whether the new order of 1.5 million batches of swine-flu vaccine were too many considering the low interest in vaccinations, Milinovic said that they would last until the end of March and that no one knew when the pandemic would peak.(www.croatiantimes.com) |
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| Thursday, 10th December, 2009 Croat Robert Pauletic reaches the South Pole Well-known Croatian quiz master Robert Pauletic reached the South Pole on Monday night, the first Croat to have done that.In an interview on Radio Dalmacija in Split, Pauletic reported he had arrived at the South Pole at 10pm on Monday. He marked the place with three flags, representing famous Croatian Alpinist Stipe Bozic, the Hajduk Split football club and well-known quiz mascot "Kvisko".Pauletic dedicated his trip to Stipe Bozic because he was the first Croat to reach the North Pole.People from the UK, Germany, New Zealand and Japan also participated in the expedition.They stayed at the South Pole for 40 minutes at a temperature of minus 31 degrees.(www.croatiantimes.com) |
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 Wednesday, 9th December, 2009 Orahovica becoming a top tourist destination The city of Orahovica has been visited by more than 140,000 tourists in 2009, a record number for that small place in Virovitica - Podravina county.Tourists have spent 12,445 of a total of 22,761 overnight in the county in Orahovica.Local agencies said they had never had more inquiries from domestic and foreign tourists.The surge in tourism came after Tourism Minister Damir Bajs ranked Orahovica in the highest "A" tourism category.Orahovica, known as " Little Switzerland," has become one of the most-popular tourist-destinations in Slavonija. Its culture, events, beauty, sports and lake are attracting more and more tourists.Orahovica Mayor Josip Nemec told the daily "Vecernji list" that tourism was a long-term commitment to enable the city to survive.He said: "That we are ranked on the same level as well-known destinations such as Dubrovnik, Opatija, Zagreb and Osijek is a great opportunity but also a big responsibility for us. We have invested more than 15 million kunas or 2.06 million Euros in city improvements and tourist projects. We have also noticed great investor interest in Orahovica."Nemec cited bureaucracy, which has been delaying Austrian investment in ski resorts, as one of his biggest problems. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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| Wednesday, 9th December, 2009 RBI scientists bring new success A paper by the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, RBI scientists, professor Zvonimir Maksic and Robert Vianello - on computer design and synthesis of a new superbase with interesting properties - has been published in one of the most cited journals in chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society. The study results from a successful Croatian-English-Estonian international cooperation. The RBI scientists predicted a high basicity of a new compound and its characteristic properties, and the compound was synthesized in Brighton (UK), and experimentally tested in laboratories in Bath (UK), Durham (UK) and Tartu (Estonia). The study is a perfect example of the modern scientific research enabled by international networking and synergy of computer and experimental chemistry. In this way, the scientists are able to achieve their results more directly and cost-effectively. RBI stressed the use of such compounds helps in environmental protection.(www.croatiantimes.com) |
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| Tuesday, 8th December, 2009 Health minister receives swine-flu vaccination After the nationwide swine-flu vaccination campaign got off to a bad start, Health Minister Darko Milinovic decided to show people they didn't need to be afraid. Milinovic was given a public swine-flu vaccination in Lika - Senj county on Saturday. A doctor, Milinovic vaccinated his wife and two daughters and some other people. Milinovic said: "I am concerned because of low interest in swine-flu vaccinations, and, because of that, I wanted to show that vaccinations are safe and the best protection against the flu. Almost 50,000 Croats have had or still have swine flu, and we have had more than 20 death cases. Those who call on people to reject vaccinations are spreading false information." Milinovic noted that Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor had promised him that she would be vaccinated this week. (www.croatiantimes.com) |
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Wednesday,2nd Decembre,2009. Reuters:analyst comments The Croatian parliament adopted a 2010 budget -Budget has lower gap at 2.5 pct of GDP, -Analysts say no real reforms in sight -Some 550 mln euros earmarked for EU adjustment |
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