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Croatia railways

Croatia Flux: Airline Strikes, Railway Disenchantment, and Smugglers, Etc.

2013-05-17 by Phil Butler

Župan Hajdaš Dončić

As the Croatia Airlines strike heads into its fourth day Croatia’s Minister of Transport, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic (below) has said the carrier may go bankrupt if a restructuring plan set in motion is off the table. Meanwhile some 200 Railway Workers Union members protested outside government offices in St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb on Wednesday. By the looks of things Croatia is headed to EU membership carry some unclaimed transportation luggage.

Tags: Catherine Ashton, Croatia Airlines, Croatia concerns, Croatia railways, Croatia strikes, EU membership, Former Yugoslavia, human trafficking, Ivo Josipovic, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic

Croatia’s Zoran Milanovic Pledges State-of-the-art Rails

2013-05-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic

News from Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic’s office last week is good news for fans of rail travel inside and outside Croatia. According to the official news the port of Rijeka will possess state-of-the-art facilities connecting the Croatian Adriatic with all of Central Europe.

Tags: Croatia, Croatia railways, Croatia tourism, Croatia travel

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