The cost of co-financing Vjesnik in 2010 was HRK 36 million, with 18 million provided from the state budget and the remaining 18 million covered by Narodne Novine d.d. (Official Gazette).
The plan for rationalisation and restructuring of the newspaper company requires financial assistance from the government so as to complete the process of restructuring. Narodne novine-PRESS d.o.o. hopes to be able to finance on its own the publication of the Vjesnik daily as of mid-2012.
The financial assistance is proposed because of the public interest in the existence of a serious and relevant daily newspaper, whose purpose is to provide timely and objective information free of commercial content, the statement said.