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Croatian hosiery producer Jadran Tvornica Carapa [ZSE:JDTC] has filed for bankruptcy at the commercial court in Zagreb over its failure to repay a debt of 167,000 euro ($183,000), the court said on Friday, SeeNews.com reported. The court has scheduled a hearing on March 27 to discuss the request to open bankruptcy proceedings against the debtor, according to a court decision submitted by Jadran to the Zagreb Stock Exchange. The company’s bank accounts have been blocked for 110 days.
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A unit of Israel Shipyards Industries is among the potential bidders for Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856, Jutarnji List reported, citing Eytan Zucker, chief executive officer of the Haifa-based company, Bloomberg News reported. An auction for Uljanik is expected on March 4, following previous, failed attempts to divest the debt-laden company, according to the Zagreb-based newspaper. Other potential bidders include Slovenia’s Eko Bor, Croatia-registered Adria Mont, Romania’s GSP Offshore, Italy’s Micoperi based in Ravenna, and La Maison from Cyprus.
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The European Union gave its final approval for Croatia to adopt the euro early next year, when it will become the currency area’s 20th member, Bloomberg News reported. Finance ministers from the bloc meeting in Brussels held a signing ceremony Tuesday. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, had recommended that the Adriatic nation of 3.9 million people should be allowed to adopt the common currency, finding that it fulfills the necessary requirements on issues including inflation and public debt.
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As Poslovni Dnevnik/Tomislav Pili writes, Russian bankruptcy, which is increasingly likely to occur soon, will not be felt by the Croatian financial system, and global finances should not be shaken by such a scenario either, according to Croatian analysts, Croatia News reported. After announcing on Monday that the Russian Ministry of Finance will pay out interest to foreign investors in rubles instead of dollars, the story coming out of Moscow altered Russia's state treasury has announced an order has been sent to pay 117.2 million U.S.
The Commercial Court in Zagreb has opened the pre-bankruptcy proceedings of Marijo Mendek's company Selection MM, known as the most famous Croatian luxury food importer and premium wines, Total-Croatia-News.com reported. The move was initiated at Mendek's own request due to "threats of insolvency" as well as blocked accounts and an established debt of about 219,000 kuna. In his own proposal, Mendek also listed the assets owned by MM Selection, which also includes the MM building in Ilica in Zagreb's Kustosija, three Citroen delivery vehicles and a mini cooper one.
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Croatian holding company Djuro Djakovic Grupa said that the commercial court in Osijek launched bankruptcy proceedings against its unit Djuro Djakovic Industrijska Rjesenja on December 20, SeeNews.com reported. The court is scheduled to hold a hearing of the debtors' claims on March 29 next year, Djuro Djakovic Grupa said in a filing to the Zagreb bourse published after the end of the trading day on Monday. Djuro Djakovic Industrijska Rjesenja filed for bankruptcy in September.
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Croatia prepared on Friday to rush through new legislation to protect the economy from big corporate failures, as the country‘s biggest private company Agrokor tried to secure a debt restructuring deal, the Stock Daily Dish reported. Some local media reported on Friday that Agrokor had signed a deal with creditors overnight to restructure its debt, but the company declined comment and there was no confirmation from its creditors.