More hope for the beleaguered shipyard from Pula?

Uljanik Shipyard in Pula launched Hull 530, a polar expedition yacht built for the Australian company Scenic

ZAGREB, January 24, 2018 - The director of Uljanik's Business Information Systems, Hrvoje Markulinčić, said on Wednesday that in the morning the atmosphere in the dock was back to normal and workers were doing their job as usual, after on Tuesday some 200 workers, who were disgruntled by the decision of the striking committee to put the planned industrial action on hold, protested outside the shipyard's administration office in Pula.

ZAGREB, January 23, 2018 - Istria County Prefect Valter Flego, Pula Mayor Boris Miletić and Member of the European Parliament Ivan Jakovčić held talks in Brussels on Tuesday with representatives of the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition after the Commission approved state aid to rescue the Uljanik shipyard in Pula.

ZAGREB, January 23, 2018 - Following a decision by the European Commission to approve government guarantees in the amount of 96 million euro for the financial consolidation of the Pula-based Uljanik shipyard, the shipyard's workers on Tuesday morning put their plan to go on a strike on hold.

ZAGREB, January 22, 2018 - The European Commission on Monday cleared rescue aid for Croatia's shipbuilder Uljanik in the northern Adriatic city of Pula.

Uljanik's unpaid workers step their frustration up a notch, could the strike happen tomorrow?

ZAGREB, January 17th, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told parliament during Question Time on Wednesday that he expected the European Commission to provide Zagreb very soon with its position on the government's approval of a state guarantee for the Uljanik shipyard to help with its restructuring and financial consolidation.

The shipyard is the major employer in Istria.

Two Croatian shipyards make the top 100.