The Prime Minister of Croatia has visited VŠE

On 11 November, the prime minister of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, visited the University of Economics, Prague (VŠE). He gave a lecture focused on “Central and Eastern Europe 25 Years After” and he also held a question and answer session with students.

The Croatian prime minister visited the Czech Republic at the invitation of his Czech counterpart, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. Prime Minister Milanović focused his lecture on the economy of Croatia and on trade relations with the Czech Republic. At VŠE, he also met with VŠE Rector Prof. Hana Machková and the dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Štěpán Müller.

Cooperation between the Czech Republic and Croatia is characterized by particularly lively tourism, the successful activities of a number of Czech business entities in the Croatian market and many projects in the field of culture. Czech companies are active for example in the machinery industry and communication technologies and recently also in green technologies. Croatia was also ranked among the countries of interest in the Export Strategy of the Czech Republic.