INTERVIEW

Jurčić for SEEbiz: Crisis tax annulment will not stimulate spending

12.3.2010 10:39:51

ZAGREB - The government will be left with three unpopular choices.

PENSION SYSTEM

Knežević: Pension system is unsustainable

ZAGREB - More than 15% are privileged pensions, eating away 20% or HRK 7.2bn of the total budget.
3/11/2010 2:53:44 PM

STATE SUBVENTIONS

Popijač: Women entrepreneurs more resilient

ZAGREB - "Women outnumber men, but in economy they are a minority, according to official statistics".
3/11/2010 2:10:26 PM

GOVERNMENT SESSION

Kosor: Crisis tax to be abolished as of July 1

ZAGREB - "We agreed for crisis tax on salaries between HRK 3,000 and HRK 6,000 to be abolished on July 1".
3/11/2010 1:48:41 PM

PUBLIC ADDRESS

Kosor: Budget cuts imminent; new measures soon

ZAGREB - The bailout plan, worth around HRK 10bn, is seen as a cause for optimism that Croatia will recover by 2011.
3/10/2010 2:23:13 PM

EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION

Kuštrak: Illiquidity is generated by public companies!

ZAGREB - The Ministry of Economy announced new regulations regarding forced payment, aimed to boost liquidity.
3/10/2010 12:12:48 PM

PUBLIC FINANCES

Croatia's budget deficit twice the planned!

ZAGREB - In first two months, deficit was already at HRK 3bn, mainly due to lower revenue from crisis tax.
3/9/2010 2:28:28 PM

BUDGET

Privileged pensions to be cut 10-15%?

ZAGREB - This will be discussed in next few days, first within the ruling coalition and afterwards with social partners.
3/9/2010 11:29:58 AM

CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK

HNB sets Croatia's GDP growth target at 0.3%

ZAGREB - Budget deficit should be contained within 3%, as any increase would jeoperdize credit rating.
3/9/2010 10:46:58 AM

SOCIAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL

MoF: Shipyards profitable with restructuring

ZAGREB - Minister of finance refused to specify how obligations to farmers, agreed this morning, will be met.
3/8/2010 2:07:25 PM

FORECASTS

PBZ: Personal income to decline further in 2010

ZAGREB - The average net salary last year was HRK 5,311, up 0.2% from a year earlier.
3/8/2010 12:18:31 PM

WARNINGS

D&B: Croatia's deficit financing an issue

ZAGREB - Economic recovery in Croatia will be hindered by very slow economic growth in the Eurozone, D&B claims.
3/8/2010 11:41:05 AM

2010 BUDGET

In two months, budget expenses override revenues by HRK 3.6bn

ZAGREB - "Nearly HRK 3.1bn went to pension and healthcare systems", finance minister says.
3/5/2010 2:20:02 PM

EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION

HUP: New measures in two weeks

ZAGREB - The cooperation between the government and the employers will continue already next week when a new meeting is sheduled.
3/5/2010 1:54:59 PM

FOREIGN DEBT

MoF: New bonds do not mean new debt

ZAGREB - The government decided to issue bonds worth EUR 350mn and HRK 3.5bn to refinance liabilities.
3/4/2010 2:42:16 PM
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