(Jul. 11) – Italy’s SALCEF and the Croatian state-owned railway infrastructure operator HZ Infrastruktura signed a contract for the for the reconstruction of a Okucani Novska railway in the southern part of Croatia. The total value of the contract is 25,726,699.98 euros, out of which 85% will be provided from the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), and the remainder will come from the Croatian budget. The works will start in August and should be complete by the end of 2014. The contract signing ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU funds, Branko Grcic, Assistant Minister at Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Kumric Oliver, President of HZ Infrastrukture, Pericic Darko, one of SALCEF’s owners, Valeriana Salsiccia. Ambassador Vandoren and Italy’s Ambassador to Croatia, Emanuela. (red)
