ZAGREB, September 7, 2018 - The first unofficial response from the European Commission to the restructuring plan for the Uljanik shipbuilding group is expected on Friday, when Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager is to visit Zagreb, but the EC said on Thursday that any plan regarding the shipbuilding group must respect market competition, save taxpayers' money and involve contributions by market stakeholders.

ZAGREB, September 5, 2018 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Wednesday that it was most likely that guarantees issued to the Uljanik and 3. Maj shipyards, which are part of the Uljanik Group, would be activated and that they amounted to almost 70 million euro.

ZAGREB, September 5, 2018 - Economy Minister Darko Horvat said on Tuesday that the Uljanik shipbuilding group's obligations for four ships that have been cancelled amounted to about 30 million euro, while the government's obligations for two ships were about 28 million euro.

ZAGREB, September 4, 2018 - According to information from the Financial Agency (FINA), the business account of the Uljanik shipyard was blocked on Tuesday morning, after contracts on the construction of four vessels by Uljanik Group, which is being investigated by police, were terminated on Monday.

ZAGREB, September 3, 2018 - Workers of Rijeka's 3. Maj shipyard came to work on Monday and the striking committee has decided to end the strike which was put on hold on Friday, committee chairman Veljko Todorović said. He said only minor work was being done in the dock as there was still no material to resume production.

ZAGREB, September 2, 2018 - The leader of the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) Boris Miletić has said in an interview with Hina that neither Istria County authorities nor the Pula town government would ever change the town’s spatial plan in the area where the Uljanik shipyard is located in such a way to cause harm to the shipyard or its workers and called on prosecutorial authorities and the USKOK anti-corruption agency to investigate Uljanik's operations and see if there had been any irregularities.

ZAGREB, September 1, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that the European Commission had been informed of the government's decision which made it possible to pay workers at the Uljanik and 3. Maj docks their wages.

ZAGREB, August 31, 2018 - The government said on Thursday that, at the closed part of its session, it had provided state guarantees to the Croatian Postal Bank (HPB) for changing insurance instruments for HPB's loans to the Uljanik shipyard from 2015 and 2016, which will make it possible to pay wages in the Uljanik Group.

ZAGREB, August 29, 2018 - The workers of the Uljanik shipyard marched down the streets of Pula again on Wednesday, the sixth day of their strike over unpaid wages for July, joined by more and more citizens every day.

ZAGREB, August 28, 2018 - The Uljanik management chairman Gianni Rossanda on Monday evening said in a statement to Hina that he was going to offer his resignation on Tuesday morning.