CROATIAN ECONOMY DAYS IN VIENNA END

VIENNA, Dec 1 (Hina) - Croatian Economy Days in Austria, an event presenting Croatia's economic potential, ended in Vienna on Friday. Slavko Begic, a minister plenipotentiary at the Croatian Embassy in Vienna, said the event was the largest presentation of the country's economy in Austria so far. More than 1,300 government officials, and representatives of banks, chambers of commerce and other financial and commercial institutions from Croatia and Austria, participated in the event. The event started on November 12 with the establishment of a joint chamber of commerce and a meeting of the two countries' crafts ministers. Three conferences - on the development of communal infrastructure, a joint agricultural policy of Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and Croatia, and investments in the Croatian tourism, resulting in concrete projects, took place during the event, Begic said. Croatian Economy Minister Goranko Fizulic and European Integration Minister Neven Mimica attended the event as well. Austria is the third biggest investor in Croatia and is ranked first according to direct investments, which amount to 13.7603 billion schilling. Most Austrian investments are made in tourism, Begic said. (hina) rml