MEETING IN DELEGATION OF EUROPEAN UNION

Ambassadors on investment climate in Croatia

Ambassador Paul Vandoren,  Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia invited Branko Grčić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds and Damir Novinić, Director of Agency for Investments and Competitiveness to be guests at a regular meeting of ambassadors of EU members to Croatia. Since topic of this meeting was investments climate, also non-EU ambassadors and representatives of World Bank, UNDP and EBRD were invited to participate. 

ANNIVERSARY

20 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Croatia

On behalf of 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Croatia H.E. Mr. Masaru Tsuji, ambassador of Japan to Croatia and Mr. Joško Klisović, Deputy Minister of foreign and european affairs exchanged letters from prime ministers and ministers of foreign affairs from Japan and Croatia,March 5. 

INTERVIEW: H. E. Mr. Mohsen Sharifkhodaei, Islamic Republic of Iran ambassador to Croatia:

Political relations between Iran and Croatia are at good level

On February 11th Iran is celebrating 33rd Anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution. Embassy in Zagreb gave reception celebrating also 20 years of establishing diplomatic relations. to Croatia. As H. E. Mr. Mohsen Sharifkhodaei, Islamic Republic of Iran ambassador to Croatia. pointed out, they were among first Middle eastern countries to do so. However this year's celebration came in a quite restless times for Iran

FAREWELL RECEPTION

Ambassador Tamura leaving

Japanese Ambassador H.E. Mr. Yoshio Tamura and his wife Mrs. Chikako organized big farewell party at Japanese residence in Zagreb, January 20, 2012. The dean of Diplomatic Corps H.E. Nuncio Mario Cassari gave the farewell speech in which he remembered three wonderful years that he had spent in Japan:

DIPLOMATIC DRIVE

German and French ambassadors testing e-smart

The German ambassador Bernd Fisher and the French ambassador Jerome Pasquier have joined the promotion of usage of renewable sources of energy by having driven Mercedes Benz's electric automobil, e-smart, through Zagreb. The vehicle is also a result of economic cooperation between Germany and France, as German e-smart is assembled in French Hambach.

New Year reception at President's office for Diplomatic Corps

New Year reception hosted by President Mr. Ivo Josipović and First Lady Mrs. Tatjana Josipović, was attended by 64 members of the Diplomatic corps,  led by H. E. Mario  Cassari and, also, nine representatives of international organizations accredited to  Croatia.  Amongst Croatian guests were the Prime Minister Zoran Milanović , Minister of Foreign Affairs Vesna Pusić and other representatives of the Government, Parliament, Armed Forces, coalition partners and representatives of national minorities. Here is the speech that gave H.E. Apostolic Nuncio Mario Roberto Cassari:

BRITISH AMBASSADOR LEAVING

Blunt: My sailboat stays in Sukošan

A farewell reception at the apostolic nunciature for the British ambassador David Blunt and his wife Geirid was organised December 15, 2011. Deviating from the usual protocol, according to which the leaving ambassador is given a crystal plate by his colleagues from the Diplomatic Corps with their names engraved on it, H.E: Mr. David Blunt asked that the equivalent of the money which was to be spent on the plate be donated to „Wings", an organisation for therapeutic horse riding for physically challenged.

New ambassadors

President of Croatia Mr. Ivo Josipović recieved credentials from three new ambassadors: H.E. Mr. Kim Song Gyong, Ambassador of Democratic Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Aliyar Abdul Azeez, Ambassador of Sri Lanka and H. E. Mr. Roy Warren Blackbeard, Ambassador of Botswana.

BCCC ROUNDTABLE

Blunt: Foreign investors expect reasonable safety and reasonable profit

Only 1.6 percent of foreign investments in Croatia comes from Great Britain. At the roundtable organized by the British Chamber of Commerce entitled "CROATIA - a new EU member: how to improve competitiveness and attract investors", British Ambassador David Blunt said that foreign investors expect from the country they are investing in to ensure "reasonable safety and a reasonable profit" . He also said that the difficulties they encounter in Croatia are lack of clarity and predictability of the tax system.

Namegiving of Dag Hammarskjöld to University College of Diplomacy

High  school of international relations and diplomacy in Zagreb marked the beginning of their third academic year by gaining the name Dag Hammarskjold.   Ambassador Erik Hammarskjöld, who was representing  the Hammarskjöld family on this  occasion presented to the Dean Ivo Šlaus  the documents confirming the right of the University College to be named after Dag Hammarskjöld.