Today in Croatia

We announce the most important events in Croatia for Thursday, September 28.

ZAGREB – Continuation of the session of the Croatian Parliament (9:30 AM, Croatian Parliament, St. Mark’s Square 6). The session continues with a discussion on the proposed amendments to the Law on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities aimed at facilitating the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labor market. To expedite and simplify the inclusion of unemployed persons with disabilities in the professional rehabilitation process, it is proposed that they be directly referred to professional rehabilitation centers for rehabilitation assessment, without the need for prior expert evaluation. Until now, persons with disabilities had to first undergo an evaluation process, and only then, based on the expert’s decision, were they referred for rehabilitation assessment at the professional rehabilitation center, which significantly slowed down their inclusion in the labor market.

ZAGREB – Meeting of the Croatian Government where, among other things, the draft proposal for the law on financing local and regional self-government units will be discussed in the open part of the session (10 AM at Banski dvori (St. Mark’s Square 2).

ZAGREB – City Assembly session. The agenda includes 25 items, including the final proposal for the decision on amendments to the Decision on the Adoption of the Spatial Plan of the City of Zagreb (9 AM, St. Cyril and Methodius 5). Before the Assembly session, Green Action and the UZOR association from Resnik will hold a performance in front of the City Assembly building, asking the representatives of the Zagreb City Assembly to oppose the amendments to the Spatial Plan that the Mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandić, wants to continue implementing, which they claim is a harmful project for the construction of a waste incinerator in the Resnik settlement (8:40 AM).

ZAGREB – The Programming Council of Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) will hold its 48th session. The agenda will include the election of the vice-president of the HRT Programming Council, the Croatian language in the programs of Croatian Television (HRT – HTV) and Croatian Radio (HRT – HR), the autumn programming scheme of HRT, as well as monitoring the fulfillment of obligations specified in the Agreement between HRT and the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Law on Croatian Radio and Television (11 AM, HRT, Prisavlje 3, Building B – 30, 1st floor, Hall 107 a).

ZAGREB – Minister of Science and Education Blaženka Divjak will participate in the closing ceremony of the Summer Camp of Ericsson Nikola Tesla. This is a camp that gathers the best students of technical sciences as well as quality students from other profiles (2 PM, Krapinska 45, Zagreb).

VUKOVAR – Formal signing of the Contract for the procurement of footwear between the Ministry of the Interior and the companies Borovo d.d. and Jelen Professional. The agreement will be signed on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior by Minister Davor Božinović, on behalf of Borovo d.d. by CEO Gordana Odor, and on behalf of Jelen Professional d.o.o. by Director Darko Pintarić. By signing this contract, the Ministry of the Interior ensures nine thousand pairs of winter boots for all branches of the police and 1,500 pairs of ankle boots for the needs of the intervention police (9:30 AM, Borovo company, Dr. Ante Starčević 2/D, meeting room, 1st floor). After that, Minister Božinović will ceremonially unveil a memorial for the 97 fallen and missing police officers in the Homeland War (12:45 PM in front of the Municipal Court building, Županijska Street 20).

ZAGREB – Press conference of the Authentic Croatian Party of Rights where, as the organizers state, “the new criminal prosecution of Milorad Pupovac and the request of the Municipal State Attorney’s Office in Gospić against the president of A – HSP Dražen Keleminac for the words spoken in Srbu that this is his last celebration” will be publicly announced (12 PM in front of the headquarters of the Serbian National Council, Gajeva 7).

ECONOMY

SPLIT – The first international Energy Forum EU – Russia which will gather eminent experts in energy and economy from the European Union, Russia, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean with the aim of discussing energy issues in the EU – Russia relationship, as well as investment opportunities in Croatia (10:00 AM, Hotel Cornaro, Sinjska Street 6).

SLAVONSKI BROD – 8th Congress of Sawmillers of Southeast Europe where, among other things, investments in this sector, sources of financing, education of personnel, and numerous technological and raw material topics important for primary wood processing will be discussed. There will also be discussions on wood consumption and log prices in the region, trends in pellet production, green public procurement, while foreign participants will speak about examples and the state of the sawmill industry and forestry in their countries. Media statements are scheduled for 9:40 AM. (10:00 AM, Concert and Theatre Hall I. B. Mažuranić, Stjepan Miletić Square 12).

OSIJEK – 15th Conference on Natural Gas, Heat, and Water – Gas 2017, which will be attended by representatives of HEP, HERA, the largest energy entities in the gas market, the engineering chamber, leaders of the J. J. Strossmayer University, and others (10:00 AM, Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek, Aula magna, Cara Hadrijana b.b.)