ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Croatia's Government on Thursday accepted a plan of Croatia's activities for its participation in the economic reconstruction, development and cooperation within the Stability Pact for Southeastern
Europe.
ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Croatia's Government on Thursday accepted
a plan of Croatia's activities for its participation in the
economic reconstruction, development and cooperation within the
Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe. #L#
This plan containing some 40 projects focuses on infrastructure
projects and modernisation of roads and the energy powers system.
It will be presented during the first session of the Pact's Working
Table for Economic Recovery, Development and Cooperation,
scheduled for October 9 in Bari, Italy.
Priority is given to the construction of the Adriatic-Ionian
Motorway, and not only Croatia but also Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and Greece has taken interest in
it. A 568.6-kilometre-long section of this motorway will pass
through Croatia which has made considerable preparations for this
job, said Jure Radic, the Reconstruction, Development and
Immigration Minister.
In addition, Croatia will present another seven projects in traffic
and transport and projects in the power industry, reconstruction of
war-stricken areas, tourism and environmental protection.
On Thursday, the Government also adopted an Initial Report on
implementation of the international pact on civic and political
rights, which is to be forwarded to the United Nations.
Justice Minister Zvonimir Separovic said Croatia could proudly
conclude that human, civic and political rights were respected well
in the country, although some malicious from the opposition might
deny this. He stressed that Croatia's legislation protects human,
particularly political rights, in a good and satisfactory way.
Amendments to the insurance act were forwarded from Thursday's
session of the Government to the parliamentary procedure. These
changes refer to a stricter control over insurance companies. They
include, for instance, a provision that chairpersons of the
branches of foreign insurance companies must speak Croatian. World
Trade Organisation (WTO) experts however, have indicated that such
provision would not be useful for Croatia's admission to the WTO,
said Finance Minister Borislav Skegro, adding that in case it was
contentious, the Government can react by amendments.
The Government made a decree that a former Paulist monastery in the
northern town of Lepoglava would be given back to the Catholic
Church. The building of the former monastery was used as a prison
and under the Government's decree the Diocese of Varazdin should
take it in its possession under condition that one room will be
maintained as a memorial room in the remembrance of those who served
prison terms as political prisoners in that notorious Lepoglava
jail.
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