Foreign Investors Council accuses Zagreb of favouring state companies

ZAGREB, April 18 (Hina) - The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) in Croatia on Friday accused the government of according preferential treatment to state-owned companies and companies important for the government to the detriment of companies owned by foreign investors, and these accusations were triggered by the government's recent decision to transfer the job of delivering gas supplies from INA's "Prirodni Plin (Natural Gas) company to the Croatian power provider (HEP) that will deliver gas to distributers who provide Croatian households with this fuel.