Croatia plans to resolve the issue of state-owned shipyards in the next few months to remove one of the major obstacles it faces before joining the EU next year, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said, Reuters reported March 30, Balkans.com reports.
"This is a topic we will clear up by this summer in any event," Pusic told reporters during a visit to Vienna.
Last week, the government accepted the DIV company's offer to buy 8,073,568 shares in the Brodogradjevna Industrija Split shipyard, turned down investor Danko Koncar's offer for the shipyards in Trogir and Kraljevica, and decided to seek a new solution for the privatisation and restructuring of Brodotrogir and 3. Maj, to privatise Uljanik through an employee stock ownership plan and recapitalisation, and to force Kraljevica into bankruptcy.
"This is a topic we will clear up by this summer in any event," Pusic told reporters during a visit to Vienna.
Last week, the government accepted the DIV company's offer to buy 8,073,568 shares in the Brodogradjevna Industrija Split shipyard, turned down investor Danko Koncar's offer for the shipyards in Trogir and Kraljevica, and decided to seek a new solution for the privatisation and restructuring of Brodotrogir and 3. Maj, to privatise Uljanik through an employee stock ownership plan and recapitalisation, and to force Kraljevica into bankruptcy.