Croatia: Croatia Jobless Rate Rises For Sixth Month

Croatia readies to become the 28th EU member state

2013/04/28 Zlatko Grabar, chief of the Croatian Customs Government, said Croatia's customs service requires reorganisation as it becomes part of a unified EU customs service. "The agency will be faced with new tasks, notably in supervision," Grabar said on Tuesday. According to him, apart from combating smuggling, customs officers will be additional engaged in the field supervising unregistered activities.

NFTE Partner For Global Entrepreneurship Education

2013/04/08 Mara Foundation and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) have launched a partnership aimed at educating emerging entrepreneurs across the globe. The partnership indicates commitment to assisting with the development of the next generation of entrepreneurs. The programmes will run in schools and universities internationally.

Farmers fight cow farts to protect the climate

2013/03/30 Gas emissions from flatulent, belching cows contribute to world warming. In an effort to protect the climate, French farmers are giving their herds feed that will reduce how often the animals belch and break wind. Grass-fed cattle and other ruminants like sheep and goats release methane (CH4) as a result of their slow digestive process. At the same time as they belch and fart, they release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that gets far less attention than carbon dioxide (CO2) as a contributor to world warming.

The total number of unemployed persons in Croatia

2013/03/19 The total number of unemployed persons in Croatia has reached 372,000, according to the new official data, published last week. In January alone, an extra 13,800 people lost their jobs. Since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, Croatia has lost additional than 150,000 working places.