The country will close the policy chapter concerning free movement of goods at the intergovernmental conference, which will be held on April 19. However, the country will not start negotiations on the unopened chapters, Spanish EU Presidency spokeswoman Cristina Gallach confirmed. Gallach said that the Spanish EU Presidency plans to organise another intergovernmental conference in June. There were expectations that a lot of policy chapters will be opened and closed at the next intergovernmental conference. The country had already opened 30 out of the 33 policy chapters. The yet unopened chapters are judiciary and fundamental rights, competition policy and the foreign, security and defence policy. We note that at end-March the Union invited the country to submit its negotiation position on the policy chapter competition policy. |
The Croatian government decided on Thursday, March 21, to take over the ownership of all four companies part of local shipyard 3.Maj after which the privatisation of the parent company will be ... more
Croatian dairy producer Dukat said it intends to place a takeover bid for the 49.7% stake it does not yet own in Slovenian peer Ljubljanske Mlekarne. Dukats current stake of 50.3% in the ... more
Croatia's construction output fell 2.1% on the year in January 2013 after dropping an annual 19.9% a month earlier, the statistics office said, quoting unadjusted data. Working-day adjusted data, ... more