Minister Popijac hopes number of unemployed will decrease soon

Croatian minister of Economy Djuro Popijac has admitted unemployment as a big problem of in the Croatian economy, but has contradicted the bleak outlook predicted by some experts."The measures being undertaken by the Croatian government will lead to new jobs", Djuro Popijac stated in his interview with Nova TV.He refused to accept the prediction that 350,000 people will be unemployed by next Spring. Despite the current figure of 320,000 unemployed people in the country, the minister insisted that the Government's measures will lead to better times."The Government is doing all it can to decrease the number of unemployed people", he added.

Source: Croatian Times Online News