CROATIA - TAX FREEDOM DAY 2009 DAN POREZNE SLOBODE VIDEO: NATASHA SRDOC
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - STATE OF THE UNION CORRUPTION IN CROATIA Despite the EU's assurances, Zagreb is no model for the region Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, Co-Founders, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy
INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM - CROATIA SEEBIZ.EU - VIDEO PRESENTATION OF THE 2009 INDEX OF ECONOMIC OF FREEDOM 
Natasha Srdoc, President, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy
BBC: CROATIA CURSED BY CRIME AND CORRUPTION BBC's Radio 4 - Crossing Continents Listen to BBC's Matt Prodger Reporting on Croatia: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jn8h1 Britain's Foreign Office is warning visitors to Croatia this summer to beware of a threat from organised crime, following a number of assassinations and attacks on prominent figures, reports Matt Prodger. From the BBC report - Comments by Natasha Srdoc, President, Adriatic Institute: "You can see corruption with government officials and practically ministerial-level people with wealth that cannot be explained," says Natasha Srdoc from the anti-corruption think tank the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy. "So the question is - how did they amass such huge amounts of wealth in Croatia? And that's our problem in Croatia because these things we cannot deal with from within. You know, you really need external pressure. "Croatia needs to put an independent judiciary, the rule of law, and protection of property rights in place before it gets into the EU, because if it is allowed to get in before then it will not reform - it won't do anything." Full text of BBC's Article on Croatia: Croatia cursed by crime and corruption
FREEDOM HOUSE: REGION FACES BIGGEST DROP IN PRESS FREEDOM CROATIA'S JOURNALISTS MURDERED AND ASSAULTED DECLINE REPORTED IN BULGARIA AND BOSNIA Read text
FREEDOM TO TRADE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED 1000+ Leading Economists, Policy Makers and other Distinguished Persons Call on Governments to Reject Protectionism and Eliminate Trade Barriers Open letter stresses that free trade promotes prosperity and peace, warns that protectionism would prolong recession and could lead to war Freedom to Trade Coalition will hold G20 to Account http://freedomtotrade.org/coalition www.freedomtotrade.org
ROGER HELMER, MEP, UK: OPEN LETTER TO CROATIA'S PM SANADER CITING SERIOUS CONCERNS
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS SUMMIT - ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE Belgrade, Brussels - The European Parliament, Prague, Warsaw and Zagreb 2009 INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM Published by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation Featuring US AMBASSADOR TERRY MILLER Editor, 2009 Index of Economic Freedom and Director, Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE), The Heritage Foundation ILS Strategic Partners: Adriatic Institute for Public Policy, Belgrade Chamber of Economy, Charles University - Institute of Economic Studies and Projekt Lodz Zagreb, Croatia: February 13, 2009 Brussels - The European Parliament: February 17, 2009 Warsaw: February 19, 2009 Prague: February 20, 2009 Belgrade: February 24, 2009 For information and to receive an invitation, please contact: office@adriaticinstitute.org ILS-Economic Roundtable in The European Parliament, please contact: geoffrey.vanorden@europarl.europa.eu
Nacional's special in-depth report by Marko Custic, Editor Hrvatska na ljestvici ekonomskih sloboda iza Srbije, Mozambika i Gambije Hrvatska na ljestvici ekonomskih sloboda iza Relevant news reports on the 2009 Index of Economic Freedom from media groups covering Southeast Europe
The Heritage Foundation's Dr. Ed Feulner: Official Global Release of 2009 The Index of Economic Freedom on CNBC
US Ambassador Terry Miller's Commentary in The Wall Street Journal 
It would be a shame if countries respond to the downturn with policies that further retard growth. By US Ambassador Terry Miller
Voice of America - Glas Amerike: Bojan Klima's interview with Natasha Srdoc at The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
2009 INTERNATIONAL LEADERS SUMMIT EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR BRUSSELS, AND WASHINGTON, DC 2010 INTERNATIONAL LEADERS SUMMIT - NEW DELHI, INDIA To receive further information, please contact: office@adriaticinstitute.org |
