The Croatian Presidency of the EU Council intends to put the islands in the spotlight over the next 6 months, according to its programme.
Croatia had already announced (see EUROPE B12352A10) that it would focus on island policy during its Presidency. Indeed, the country comprises an archipelago of more than a thousand islands in the Adriatic Sea and is a member of the Federation of Small European Islands, along with Denmark, Scotland, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and...