ZAGREB, May 24 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday forwarded into parliament by urgent procedure a bill which should dissolve the financial police after eight years of activity. If parliament okays the bill, about 700
financial police employees should be transferred to other jobs in the finance ministry or other state bodies within three months at the latest. Those not transferred will be put at the government's disposal with a notice period and severance pay in keeping with general labour provisions. Finance Minister Mato Crkvenac explained the dissolving of the financial police was being proposed as part of a broader reorganisation of his ministry, with an aim to avoid overlapping with other services. He announced a number of financial police would be transferred to the interior ministry's department for combating economic crimes, and others to the tax administration. The government today endorsed signi
ZAGREB, May 24 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday
forwarded into parliament by urgent procedure a bill which should
dissolve the financial police after eight years of activity.
If parliament okays the bill, about 700 financial police employees
should be transferred to other jobs in the finance ministry or other
state bodies within three months at the latest. Those not
transferred will be put at the government's disposal with a notice
period and severance pay in keeping with general labour
provisions.
Finance Minister Mato Crkvenac explained the dissolving of the
financial police was being proposed as part of a broader
reorganisation of his ministry, with an aim to avoid overlapping
with other services.
He announced a number of financial police would be transferred to
the interior ministry's department for combating economic crimes,
and others to the tax administration.
The government today endorsed signing a DRUZBADRIA project
agreement which should connect oil fields in Russia and the port of
Omisalj and include all seven countries the oil pipeline would
cross.
The project would be implemented in three stages and increase oil
transport by 30 million tons annually.
The first stage is the construction of a Sisak-Omisalj reversible
system, a $20 million investment which should wrap next year.
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