{"id":43118,"date":"2026-05-11T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=43118"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:49:42","slug":"president-milanovic-i-expect-rijeka-to-be-a-centre-of-knowledge-and-excellence","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-i-expect-rijeka-to-be-a-centre-of-knowledge-and-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107: I expect Rijeka to be a centre of knowledge and excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cRijeka is a city which grew on money and commerce. Not on great artistic contributions or great noble families, but on something practical. Naturally, it should have a top-notch faculty of economics. That is the reason why my expectations from Rijeka are high and why I expect it this to be a centre of knowledge, academic prestige and excellence. I expect people to come here for education because the potential, knowledge and experience it carries are great,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 in Rijeka today in his address at the special session of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Rijeka on the occasion of the Faculty\u2019s 65th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking further about Rijeka, he emphasized: \u201cThis is a city from which I still have great expectations.\u201d \u201cThis is a city of commerce, shipping, port operations, finance, insurance and everything that goes along with that. Rijeka has always been a European, nowadays a Croatian city \u2013 not a large one, but an open and multinational one for the most part of its history. This history of many cities cannot and should not be erased at any cost. Everything history brings to Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik, no matter how much the population changes in the following hundred years, will leave a mark on the city. The one that Rijeka carries is a mark of excellence,\u201d emphasised the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, he referred to the Bologna Process, saying it was a reform which, in his opinion, brought much more bad than good; however it also \u201cbrought some good things \u2013 a certain kind of purification took place.\u201d \u201cDue to this purification, the Faculty lost a significant number of students. University is not for everyone and shouldn\u2019t be for everyone. There is no shame in not finishing one\u2019s studies or not attending university. A university programme must mean excellence,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from President Milanovi\u0107, the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business in Rijeka Prof. Sa\u0161a Drezgi\u0107, Rector of the University of Rijeka Prof. Goran Hauser, Mayor of Rijeka Prof. Iva Rin\u010di\u0107, Prefect of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Ivica Lukanovi\u0107, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and envoy of the Prime Minister Tomislav \u0106ori\u0107, as well as Member of the Croatian Parliament and envoy of the Speaker of the Parliament Josip Ostrogovi\u0107 delivered an address. Public recognitions were awarded to prominent individuals and partners of the Faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by the President\u2019s Adviser for Education Jadranka \u017darkovi\u0107 and Special Adviser for the Economy Velibor Ma\u010dki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Ana Marija Kati\u0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRijeka is a city which grew on money and commerce. Not on great artistic contributions or great noble families, but on something practical. Naturally, it should have a top-notch faculty of economics. That is the reason why my expectations from Rijeka are high and why I expect it this to be a centre of knowledge, academic prestige and excellence. I expect people to come here for education because the potential, knowledge and experience it carries are great,\u201d said the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 in Rijeka today in his address at the special session of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Rijeka on the occasion of the Faculty\u2019s 65th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43117,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-43118","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Milanovi\u0107: I expect Rijeka to be a centre of knowledge and excellence - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-i-expect-rijeka-to-be-a-centre-of-knowledge-and-excellence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107: I expect Rijeka to be a centre of knowledge and excellence - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cRijeka is a city which grew on money and commerce. 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