Guste Santini
Pension Reform Plan Encounters Opposition in Croatia
As Croatia's government announces stricter rules for the state's ailing pension system, both pensioners groups and experts have warned that the announced changes will not resolve the key issue - the unhealthy ratio between working people and pensioners.
Russians May Take Over Croatia's Agrokor, Economist Says
A Croatian economic analyst told BIRN that Russia's state-owned bank Sberbank and VTB Bank may take over partial ownership and management of troubled Agrokor, the biggest private company in Croatia.
It "can't be ruled out", economic analyst Guste Santini told BIRN.
Croatia's Industrial Growth Leap Divides Economists
Experts have expressed divided opinions after the Croatian Bureau of Statistics reported that the volume of the industrial production in December 2016 was 14.9 per cent higher than 12 months earlier.
The figure represents the biggest annual growth since 2001, when such statistics were made for the first time by the Bureau, as well as a rise of four per cent on November 2016.