Archive for March 4th, 2008

IMF: Reform Efforts Need To Be Accelerated

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission head in Croatia Robert Feldman has said that although Croatia had made certain progress over the past year, it will be hard to reach the planned economic growth rate of six percent in the coming years.
IMF is expecting Croatia’s economic growth for this year […]

Rijeka Doctors Successfully Re-attach Severed Fist

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) — A Rijeka worker Aleksandar Damis has had his fist severed by a machine and it has been put back into place by surgeons at the Rijeka Susak hospital during a 9-hour operation on Tuesday.
The worker had alerted some vendors in a shop as soon as the accident happened and he […]

Croatia’s Foreign Debt Standing at €32.9 Billion

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) — Croatia’s foreign debt has grown by €3.7 billion during 2007 and stood at €32.9 billion at the end of 2007, reports the central bank (HNB).
The annual growth has been slowed down from 13.7 percent in 2006 to 12.5 percent in 2007. Also, the structure of foreign debt has changed, as […]

Croatian Teenager in Critical Condition after Setting Himself Alight in School

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) – A 14-year old boy is fighting for life after has setting himself on fire at school on Monday in the Croatian northern town of Varazdin.
The teenager is said to have arrived early for his classes and used the toiled coming out drenched in accelerant.
He then set himself alight in the […]

World Economic Forum List Places Croatia’s Tourism in 34th Place According to Competitiveness

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) — Croatia is in 34th place out of 130 according to the competitiveness of its tourism and has climbed up four places from last year, claims the latest report by the World Economic Forum. Switzerland tops the list, while trailing are Austria and Germany.
Croatia’s best features are said to be its […]

Contaminated Steel Discovered in Croatia

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) — The State Office for Protection Against Radiation has confirmed speculations that radioactive steel has ended up in Croatia.
It has been stressed that there was no danger of radioactivity spreading, but admitted that the concentration of radioactivity was higher than standards allowed and that the steel must be disposed of.
The steel […]

Zagrebacko Kazaliste Mladih Theatre Begins Staging Subtitled Plays in March

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) – Zagrebacko Kazaliste Mladih (ZKM) theatre is to stage a play, which is to be accompanied by subtitles in English once a month as of March.
The effort is to expand the cultural offer of the Croatian capital, enabling those who do not have the command of the Croatian language to have […]