ZAGREB, April 25 (Hina) - The Croatian government expects that the employment rate will rise by the end of this year and is trying to deal with development and unemployment as the most important problems, Prime Minister Ivica Racan
said in parliament on Wednesday answering MPs' questions during 'question time'. The government will soon forward into parliamentary procedure a draft strategy of Croatia's economic development, and the draft will be available to the public in early June, he said. The prime minister did not want to comment on demands for a government reshuffle saying the matter could be discussed after local elections, scheduled to take place in late May. Answering several questions regarding the prosecution of persons who committed war crimes against Croats, Deputy Justice Minister Ranko Marijan said Croatia was interested in their being prosecuted. Given that international circumstances are changing, it can be ex
ZAGREB, April 25 (Hina) - The Croatian government expects that the
employment rate will rise by the end of this year and is trying to
deal with development and unemployment as the most important
problems, Prime Minister Ivica Racan said in parliament on
Wednesday answering MPs' questions during 'question time'.
The government will soon forward into parliamentary procedure a
draft strategy of Croatia's economic development, and the draft
will be available to the public in early June, he said.
The prime minister did not want to comment on demands for a
government reshuffle saying the matter could be discussed after
local elections, scheduled to take place in late May.
Answering several questions regarding the prosecution of persons
who committed war crimes against Croats, Deputy Justice Minister
Ranko Marijan said Croatia was interested in their being
prosecuted. Given that international circumstances are changing,
it can be expected that Ratko Mladic will be tried, too, in the not
so distant future, Marijan said.
The prime minister and other government ministers are confident
that the trend of young skilled people staying in Croatia would
continue. Josko Kontic of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
said Croatia's brain drain had indirectly granted more than USD 10
billion to highly developed countries in the past decade.
Government officials dismissed accusations about the selling off
of the Croatian coast. They said that the most critical sections of
the Adriatic highway (running along the coast) would be repaired by
the start of the tourist season and dismissed the possibility of
reducing veterinary control as long as Europe is faced with various
infectious animal diseases.
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