Business

February the 13th, 2021 - An increase in Korcula and Peljesac hotel capacities is on the cards as Laguna lays out its tourism plans for 2021's summer season, should all be remotely normal in regard to the coronavirus pandemic by the time the warmer summer months roll around. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, with its recently announced offers, the Laguna Novigrad hotel company is set to take over the remaining shares of HTP Orebic and HTP Korcula, and is strengthening the position of the Management Board by appointing a brand new member - Dino Hrelja, who has since taken over…

ZAGREB, 12 February, 2021 - Milenko Bašić and Dragan Stipić, businessmen suspected of influence-peddling and bribe-offering in the Krš-Pađene wind park scandal who escaped to Bosnia and Herzegovina, have been extradited to Croatia and are in Zagreb's Remetinec prison.   The Croatian Ministry of the Interior said it was looking into how the two men had crossed the border as there was no official information on it. "The Ministry does not have data on the persons in question having crossed the state border and has been conducting checks to establish the circumstances that preceded their arrival at the prison in Zagreb," the ministry…

February 12, 2021 - 2020 may have been a tough year for most of us, but Croatia's oldest PR firm went from strength to strength, as Manjgura grew 100% last year. With its expertise and problem-solving skills, which was a daily practice even before the COVID-19 crisis, Poslovni.hr reports that the Manjgura PR agency achieved record results. Although the pandemic also hit the communications industry for a year, it is no secret that the services of versed communications experts have been more in demand in some segments than ever before. One of the leading Croatian PR agencies, Manjgura, ended 2020…

February the 12th, 2021 - Croatian and Israeli companies have put their heads together and engaged in what could potentially be important business talks for the future, and as many as 500 such enterprises have done so. As Novac writes, almost 500 Croatian and Israeli companies participated in the aforementioned business talks and prepared the ground for further strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries in the future, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the economic woes it presents, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) announced. HGK President Luka Burilovic pointed out that the Israeli economy is among the most…

February 12, 2021 - The upcoming Split Ferry Port reconstruction and expansion is the first significant investment in 150 years.  At the end of January, the Split Port Authority signed a contract for expert supervision and a contractor to reconstruct and extend Prince Domagoj Coast in the Split City Port. The works are expected to start on February 19, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. As was announced earlier, at the beginning of December 2020, the community of bidders "Pomgrad inženjering" and "Građevno Zec" was selected, with a bid of HRK 30,556,248.91. Two applications were also received for expert supervision, and the community…

ZAGREB, 12 February, 2021 - Several guilds in the hospitality sector on Thursday commented on the government's announcement that it will allow the sale of coffee to go, saying that it is a psychological rather than a financial measure and will not help them as measures designed to maintain their business operations would. Commenting on the government's decision to allow hospitality businesses to sell coffee to go as of 15 February, which restaurants were allowed to do until now but cafes were not, Žaklina Troskot of the Independent Association of Hospitality Businesses, which is part of the national association, told Hina that there is…

February 12, 2021 – Marija Cafuk, who successfully lead the campaign to have Varazdin cabbage protected by the EU, has been shortlisted for the award of Most Innovative Woman in European Agriculture. She used the opportunity to voice her concerns for Croatia's small producers under proposed new changes in the laws on seeds Inexpensive and packed with nutrients and vitamins C + K, the humble cabbage is a staple part of the Croatian diet. One of its most famous varieties is Varazdin cabbage (Varaždinsko zelje), which is protected at a European level as distinct in coming from its point of…

February 11, 2021 – The total untapped export potential of Croatian mechanical engineering machinery and equipment production is a staggering $399.8 million, according to an analysis by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce The total untapped export potential of Croatian mechanical engineering machinery and equipment is 399.8 million US dollars, according to an analysis by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) as part of the Fit4Globe project. According to this analysis, the Croatian mechanical engineering groups with the greatest export potential are parts for gas turbines and turbojet engines, parts of machines and devices for lifting, moving and construction works, parts…

February the 11th, 2021 - Croatian tourist boards which operate in less developed parts of the country, as well as those which have ''joined forces'' in an area, now have a new form of financial help at their disposal. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, a total of 37 million kuna was paid out to numerous Croatian tourist boards which fit the aforementioned criteria, based on new regulations on the distribution of these subsidies issued by the Croatian Government back at the end of 2020, and as has been learned from the Ministry of Tourism. Of that amount, most went to…

February the 11th, 2021 - The GroMar Polish e-learning platform is seeking workers, with a particular focus placed on no less than Ogulin as the company looks forward to operating in an area of Croatia one might not expect it to. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes, recently, the often overlooked Croatian town of Ogulin gained the attention of the domestic public due to the decision of the Swedish company Pervanovo Invest AB, owned by Croat Darko Pervan, to build a floor covering factory there, worth 200 million euros. The factory would become the largest in the world, but this…