ZAGREB, February 15, 2019 – With 8.5 billion kuna (1.15 billion euro) worth of EU-funded projects agreed in 2017 and 2018, the City of Zagreb takes the lead among Croatian regions in absorbing EU funds, followed by Dubrovnik-Neretva County with 4.4 billion kuna (595 million euro), the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds said on Friday.
The ministry said in a statement that a considerable increase in the number of EU-funded projects had been recorded in the term of the present government, adding that the total amount of the contracts agreed had increased from 985 million euro at the end of October 2016 to 6.75 billion euro, which is an increase of 585 percent.
Among these projects are the construction of the Pelješac Bridge, the upgrade of the Vinkovci-Vukovar railway line, the reconstruction and construction of the Dugo Selo-Križevci railway line, the modernisation of the tram infrastructure in Osijek, equipment for day hospitals and surgery wards, and projects relating to the Croatian Scientific and Educational Cloud, the Centre for Advanced Laser Techniques, the Institute of Physics and the Vučedol Archaeological Park.
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