Kosor presents government´s projects to Egyptian investors

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor invited Egyptian businessmen to invest in Croatia at a the dinner held on Wednesday in Cairo as part of the Egypt-Croatia economic forum. Kosor, who is on a two-day official visit to Egypt, reminded those gathered that Croatia guarantees equal rights to both domestic and foreign investors.

"We give non-refundable monetary support to investors and six types of customs and tax brakes," Kosor said, adding that Croatia has 350 business and trade zones "ready for investors." She also reminded that the country’s geographic location makes it a strategic point for entering European markets.

Kosor presented the government's catalogue of 30 public investment projects in the energy, water, tourism and transport sectors that are worth a total of 14 billion Euros, the portal Business writes.

news source: Croatiantimes.com link: article

Slovenia and Croatia agree to enter foreign markets together

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor and his Croatian counterpart Jadranka Kosor agreed as they met in Lovran on Saturday that Slovenia and Croatia should enhance economic cooperation and enter third markets together. They also stressed that the open issues on succession to former Yugoslavia should be tackled in a package.

A Slovenian-Croatian business commission should put forward proposals for a joint entrance to third markets in six months, the prime ministers said after today's meeting in the small Croatian seaside resort near Rijeka.  Pahor said the meeting was all about economic cooperation and highlighted the joint entrance to the markets of third countries as an opportunity to boost economic growth.

According to him, the prime ministers decided for the move because the planned deals require certain capital which the two countries could provide more easily if they joined forces.

News source: Balkans.com link: article