ZAGREB Top Stories

EBRD and Zagreb Stock Exchange present SME project for Croatia and Slovenia2017-06-28
Public Technologies: SME trading platform to be launched next year under the name 'Progress' The EBRD and the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) presented their plans for a trading platform for small businesses from Croatia and Slovenia in Zagreb today. The platform, supported by the...
Croatia's biggest telco to launch share buyback programme2017-06-28
The Times of India: ZAGREB, June 28 (Reuters) - Croatia's biggest telecommunications company Hrvatski Telekom (HT), majority owned by Deutsche Telekom, said on Wednesday it would start a four-year share buyback plan next week. HT currently has a total of 81,888,535 ordinary...
Currencies ease after ECB signals tweak to stimulus2017-06-28
The Times of India: BUDAPEST, June 28 (Reuters) - Central European currencies eased on Wednesday after comments from ECBPresidentMario Draghi on monetary tightening stoked fears that the region's higher-yielding but riskier assets may lose some of their appeal to investors. By...
HT to launch Share Buyback Programme2017-06-28
Public Technologies: Hrvatski Telekom (Reuters: HT.ZA; Bloomberg: HTRA CZ; 'Company'), the leading provider of telecommunications services in Croatia, announces that the ManagementBoard of the Company has passed a decision on launching a Share Buyback Programme that will start on...
Croatia joins Schengen information system2017-06-28
Xinhua: ZAGREB, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Croatia was integrated into the Schengen Information System (SIS) on Tuesday, a step closer to becoming part of the Schengen Area. The Schengen information sharing system for security and border management contains valuable data...
L&R Properties returns to Greece2017-06-27
Kathimerini: London & Regional Properties (L&R Properties) is in advanced discussions with Greek banks and private entities for the acquisition of mainly tourism but also...
The military attaché network is to be developed2017-06-27
Public Technologies: Speaking at the annual conference of defence, military and air attachés, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó announced that the developments occurring in all areas of the Hungarian Defence Forces will involve the continuing expansion of the military...
Game Of Thrones actor Tomislav Jurcec remains trapped in a child’s body due to a ...2017-06-27
The Sun: A MAN who is trapped in the body of a child because of a rare medical condition has landed acting work on the hit TV series of Game of Thrones. Baby-faced Tomislav Jurcec, 23, from the Croatian capital city of Zagreb, looks at...
INTESA SANPAOLO SIGNS CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF BANCA POPOLARE DI VICENZA AND VENETO BANCA2017-06-27
Public Technologies: Turin - Milan, 26 June 2017 - Following the unanimous decision reached by its board of directors, Intesa Sanpaolo has signed a contract with the liquidators of Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca concerning the acquisition by Intesa Sanpaolo of certain...
Croatia man who looks like a child finds fame on GOT2017-06-27
The Daily Mail: Tomislav Jurcec, from Zagreb, looks at least a decade younger than his actual age - which he can prove comical when trying to buy cigarettes, he said. It is due to a fault in his pituitary gland in his brain. ......
Real-life Peter Pan, 23, finds fame on Game of Thrones due to his bizarre health condition which leaves him looking a DECADE younger2017-06-27
This is Money: A real-life Peter Pan who is trapped in the body of a child due to a bizarre health condition has found fame on the Game of Thrones. Tomislav Jurcec, 23, from Croatia,...
Croatia's T-bill auction above target, yield flat2017-06-27
The Times of India: ZAGREB, June 27 (Reuters) - Croatia's Treasury bill sale beat target at an auction on Tuesday with a flat yield, finance ministry data showed. In the first auction after a three-week respite, the ministry raised 646 million kuna ($98.15 million) against a 550...
Zagreb Mayor Decides to Rename Tito Square2017-06-27
Balkan Insight: ZagrebMayorMilan Bandic said that he will ask the city assembly for the square named after former Yugoslav PresidentJosip Broz Tito to be renamed the Square of the Republic of Croatia. Sven Milekic BIRN Zagreb To meet demands from a new right-wing political...
Spain and Norway win Beach Handball EURO titles2017-06-27
Public Technologies: Spain and Norway were crowned champions when the Beach HandballEURO 2017 concluded at Jarun Lake, Zagreb on Sunday. Spain ended Croatia's hold on the men's title after the hosts of the 2017 tournament won four straight trophies from 2009 to 2015, while Norway...