The President of the Management Board of HBOR, Anton Kovačev, did not hide his satisfaction that during the conference, Elektroprivreda Hrvatske zajednice Herceg Bosne, Zagrebačka banka, and Unicredit signed a loan agreement for the construction of the Mostarsko blato hydroelectric power plant.
More than 150 entrepreneurs learned at the Sixth International Conference on Export Promotion, organized today in Dubrovnik by the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, that the Earth is flat and that dinosaurs are not extinct. These are messages that could be drawn from the presentation by the President of the Bern Union, Lars Kolte, who emphasized that it is wrong to believe that export credit agencies are a thing of the past, that risks should primarily be mitigated in poorer countries, and that governments are primarily responsible for this.
Many conference participants agreed with the words of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Damir Polančec, who concluded that Croatia is a regional leader and called on foreign investors to knock on the doors of the Export and Investment Promotion Agency. However, he was bothered by journalists’ questions about negative assessments in the prospectus regarding the sale of T-HT’s ordinary shares, as he unofficially stated that almost no one has seen that prospectus (except for him and those responsible at Hanfa), let alone that one can speak of negative assessments. Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polančec told reporters during a break in the conference that ministers in the government, as well as their wives and children, will not be able to purchase T-HT shares. (T. V., S. B.)
