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21 May 13

Croatian Airlines Staff End Strike

Croatian Airlines flight attendants agreed to end the strike against jobs and wage cuts on Tuesday, after edight days.

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10 Apr 13

Croatia to Axe 10,000 Public Sector Workers

Minister warns that more jobs will have to go in railways, the national airline and the post office, among others.

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07 Apr 13

Dubrovnik Airport Set For Upgrade

One of Croatia’s busiest airports is set to undergo major reconstruction and development.

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01 Apr 13

Croatia Tourist Season Set to Break Records

The first months of 2013 have seen a marked rise in visitor numbers compared to last year, bringing cheer to the country's economy.

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21 Mar 13

Rise in Passengers Cheers Zagreb Airport

Zagreb Airport extended its strong start to the year after registering a marked year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in February.

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20 Mar 13

Croatia Labour Costs Quarter of EU Average

Workers in Croatia earn only a quarter of the average hourly wage in the European Union, according to the country's statistics bureau.

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20 Mar 13

Serbia Tops Balkans For Illicit Financial Flows

The organisation Global Financial Integrity has ranked Serbia worst of all Balkan countries when it comes to illegal financial flows.

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25 Feb 13

Jobless Rise Adds to Croatia's Economic Gloom

Jobless rate reaches new high of 21.9 per cent, the highest in a decade - and that's not the only bad news about the Croatian economy.

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14 Feb 13

Debts Force Big Cuts on Croatia Airlines

After recording serious losses in 2012, Croatia Airlines will have to make big cuts.

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11 Feb 13

Balkan Countries Withdraw Suspect Croatian Milk

Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro have taken milk produced by two Croatian dairies off the market amid fears of contamination by potentially dangerous aflatoxin M1.

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11 Feb 13

Moody's Lowers Croatia Rating to Ba1

Moody's on Friday downgraded Croatia's credit rating from Baa3 to Ba1, citing poor economic growth prospects and the government's lack of fiscal flexibility.

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23 Jan 13

Croatia Urged to Market its Bargain Medical Services

Country is failing to promote its cut-price health services, a local expert in this field complains.

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11 Jan 13

Macedonia Tops Region's Economic Freedom Index

Macedonia tops the region in the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, annually compiled by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.

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09 Jan 13

Slovenia Fears Investment Flight to Croatia

Slovenes fear ‘bridging’ role between West and former Yugoslavia will pass to Croatia once it joins the EU in July.

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17 Dec 12

Croatia's Credit Rating Downgraded to 'Junk'

Standard and Poor's downgraded Croatia's credit rating to junk on Friday, a development deemed "catastrophic" by a local analyst.

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28 Nov 12

Croatia Airlines Gets Government Aid

National carrier Croatia Airlines has received a capital boost of EUR 106 million from the government in Zagreb. 

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21 Feb 12

Kosova Petrol “Occupying” Croatian Property

Lobbying by Croatian leaders and legal action have failed to prise more than 20 petrol stations away from Kosova Petrol, owned by a former advisor to PM Hashim Thaci, and back to its pre-war Croatian owners, INA.

Politics and Society

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02 Mar 12

Wikileaks: The IMF’s Fault for Balkan Wars

The International Monetary Fund is partly to blame for wars in former Yugoslavia, according to Stratfor document published by Wikileaks.