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Croatia must think small

My new piece for the FT: Croatia is struggling. Set to become the the second former Yugoslav Republic to join the European Union in just five weeks’ time (after Slovenia, which joined in 2004), Croatia has been in recession since 2009, despite being blessed with more than 4,300 km of often stunning coastline and a […]

Lider Press Best Financial Journalist 2012 Award

I just won Lider Magazine’s award for best young financial analyst – journalist “Hrvoje Mateljic” for the year of 2012 on behalf of my work for The Moscow Times and the Financial Times. Many thanks to the jury of Lider Magazine that selected my work as well as the editors at MT and FT for […]

Financial Times: Has populist folly finally come to an end in Slovenia?

My new oped for the Financial Times: Last week, political change captured headlines globally. Pope Francis took over leadership of 1.2bn Catholics globally, matched by Xi Jinping, with his official ascendance to the presidency over 1.3bn in the People’s Republic of China. In between Beijing and the Vatican (if rather closer to the latter), and […]

If Croatia is to gain the full benefits of EU funding, it must learn lessons from other new EU member states.

My new piece for LSE EUROPP: This July, Croatia is set to become the EU’s newest member state. EU accession will bring with it access to structural and cohesion funding to enhance economic development. However, as Luka Oreskovic writes, there is a danger that Croatia’s government, administration, and private sectors may lack the capacity to absorb this […]

Shopping in Europe: Gazprom Expands Southward, Welcomed by Croatian President

My new piece for Moscow Times: Read more:http://www.themoscowtimes.com//article/shopping-in-europe-gazprom-expands-southward-welcomed-by-croatian-president/474498.html#ixzz2MECHK5wj The Moscow Times