Archive for March 3rd, 2008

Zagreb Stock Exchange: Crobex Drops 5.9 Pct in February, Turnover Drops 41 Pct

Zagreb, March 3 (CP) – The Zagreb Stock Exchange index, Crobex, has ended February with a 5.9 percent drop, brining the total loss since the start of 2008 to more than 19 percent.
The January drop in value totalled 14 percent.
The more moderate drop in February was accompanied by a considerably lower liquidity of the market, […]

Croatian PM Sanader Dismisses the EU or ZERP Dilemma; Says Croatia Will Recognize Kosovo as soon as EU Countries Do

Zagreb, February 3 (CP) – PM Ivo Sanader said that there was no dilemma between EU and the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP), as Croatia needed to protect its national interest but also join the EU.
Sanader said Croatia’s goal was to join the EU and fulfil the conditions to do so, but said that […]

HNS Leader and Head of the National Commission for Monitoring EU Negotiations Pusic Announces Croatia Would Recognize Kosovo in about Two Weeks

Zagreb, March 3 (CP) – The Croatian Peoples’ Party leader and the head of the National Commission for Monitoring EU Negotiations, Vesna Pusic has announced Croatia would recognize Kosovo’s independence in about two week’s time.
Pusic said that Kosovo represented a political fact and Croatia needed to recognize its independence. She added that according to what […]

Croatian Movie Captures Prize at Belgrade’s Fest Film Festival

Zagreb, March 3 (CP) — The Croatian movie “The Living and the Dead” by director Kristijan Milić has been voted the best of eight films in competition in the “Europe out of Europe” program of the 36th Belgrade FEST film festival.
The panel of judges chose Milić’s anti-war film for it’s precise direction, distinguished acting and […]

Food Giant Podravka’s Takeover by Nestle Denied

Zagreb, March 3 (CP) — In response to media speculation that the Swiss packaged food multinational Nestle intends to take over the Podravka company in Croatia, Podravka’s CEO, Darko Marinac has stated that Podravka is neither negotiating nor assisting any investors in the purchase of stock, nor does it have the authority to do so.
Marinac […]

Some 56 Percent of Croats Favour ZERP Implementation over EU Membership

Zagreb, March 3 (CP) – Some 56 percent of Croats picked the full implementation of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) over EU membership, claims a Vecernji List daily survey.
In a survey conducted on February 28 and 29 on a total of 900 people, as many as 56 percent have said they would rather […]