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Today in Croatia: Signing of the Contract for the Construction of the Pelješac Bridge

We announce the most important events in Croatia for Monday, April 23:

ZAGREB – The session of the Economic and Social Council will be held at the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts (3:30 PM, Ul. grada Vukovara 78). Camera crews and photo reporters can capture the beginning of the session after which statements for the media are possible.

ZAGREB – Minister of Science and Education Blaženka Divjak will visit the Info Center for the Curriculum Reform “School for Life,” which opens on Berislavićeva Street, and will meet with project team members and hold a meeting with mentoring groups. Accompanying the minister will be assistant Lidija Kralj and Tomislav Stojak, a member of the Education and Sports Committee of the City Assembly of Zagreb. After the official visit, statements for the media are planned from Minister Blaženka Divjak and Arijana Blažević, a member of the mentoring group monitoring the process of introducing the curriculum reform in schools (10 AM, Ulica Petra Berislavića 16).

ZAGREB – The Croatian Journalists’ Association/Environmental Journalists’ Association and HEP Supply Zagreb are organizing a ceremonial award presentation for the Velebitska degenija for the best journalistic works in the field of environmental and nature protection for 2017 (12 PM, large hall of the Journalists’ Home, Perkovčeva 2).

DUBROVNIK – Signing of the contract for the construction of the Pelješac Bridge between Hrvatske ceste and the Chinese consortium China Road and Bridge Corporation, as well as the contract for construction supervision with the consortium of bidders including the Institute IGH, the Center for Construction Organization, and Invest Engineering. Hrvatske ceste received three bids in the tender for the construction of the Pelješac Bridge and in January of this year selected the bid from the Chinese consortium, at a price of 2.08 billion kuna (excluding VAT). At the beginning of April, the consortium of bidders was selected for the supervision of the construction of the land-Pelješac bridge with access roads, which included the Institute IGH, the Center for Construction Organization, and Invest Engineering, which submitted a bid of 49.4 million kuna (excluding VAT). The signing of these contracts will also include Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković, Minister of State Property Goran Marić, Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds Gabrijela Žalac, and Minister of Administration Lovro Kuščević. The contract with the contractors for the construction of the land-Pelješac bridge with access roads will be signed by the CEO of Hrvatske ceste Josip Škorić and the authorized representative of the consortium/bidder community Zhang Xiaoyuan. The contract for the supervision of the construction works on the bridge will be signed by the CEO of Hrvatske ceste Josip Škorić and the CEO of IGH Oliver Kumrić (10:30 AM, Hotel Excelsior, Frana Supila 12).

ZAGREB – A business delegation from the United Arab Emirates, led by the president of the government agency Dubai Exports Saed Al Awadi, will participate in an economic forum organized by the Croatian Chamber of Economy (HGK) during their visit to Croatia. The delegation from the United Arab Emirates includes representatives from 15 companies and institutions from the food industry, pharmaceuticals, metal industry, energy, construction, cosmetics, finance, and trade sectors, and 70 Croatian companies have registered to participate in the forum (10:30 AM, Hotel Westin, Ulica Izidora Kršnjavog 1).

ZAGREB – The average net salary of employees in legal entities in Zagreb for January of this year was 7,158 kuna, which is a nominal increase of 1.1 percent on a monthly basis and 5.3 percent on an annual basis, according to data from the Department of Statistics of the City Office for Strategic Planning and Development. The average Zagreb salary for January was, in fact, 76 kuna higher than the average for December of last year, and 362 kuna higher than for January of last year. Compared to the average net salary in legal entities at the national level, which was 6,189 kuna for January, the average Zagreb net salary is higher by 969 kuna.