Business

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 6th of November, 2020, one travel agency, Croatia Luxury Rent, specialising in the placement of luxury private accommodation, achieved an impressive 12 percent increase in arrivals when compared to the summer period last year throughout the period from the end of May to the end of August this year. With an average occupancy rate of as much as 86 percent even in spite of the pandemic is to be applauded. The founder of Croatia Luxury Rent, Josip Stulic, has offers along the entire Croatian coast. The best results were achieved by the counties…

November 06, 2020 - After smart parking, meters and air quality monitoring systems, A1 Croatia continues to apply IoT solutions, this time in waste management, and given the national coverage of the A1 NB IoT network, they are ready for the exponential growth of IoT ecosystems in Croatia, said Ivan Gabrić, General Manager for Business Users A1 Croatia, at an online press conference. As reported by Večernji list, some European and world cities have already conducted pilot projects which confirmed the many advantages of the application of IoT technology in efficient waste management, ie smart waste containers, say from A1 and…

ZAGREB, November 6, 2020 - In ten years time vehicles will be autonomous, networked, electric and shared, which is an opportunity for Croatia to create a new business model, owner of the Rimac Automobili, Mate Rimac said at a conference on electromobility and autonomous cars technology. During the videoconference, organised on Friday by the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences' (HAZU) Scientific Council for Technological Development, Rimac underscores said that the future of automobility is changing as too many people are losing their lives on the road. "Electric autonomous vehicles are able to reduce the number of fatalities in road accidents by more than 90 percent," said Rimac.…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes on the 5th of November, 2020, the Zagreb tech company Ericsson Nikola Tesla (ENT), part of the Swedish Ericsson Group, has contracted a contract worth almost HRK 370 million to introduce eHealth in Belarus, which has thus become the fourth country in which ENT is digitising healthcare. According to the aforementioned Zagreb tech company, the job is related to the implementation of the Central Software Platform for the Centralised e-Health System of the Republic of Belarus. The estimated duration of the platform implementation project is 2.5 years, and the contract also covers a three-year warranty…

ZAGREB, Nov 5, 2020 - A 12 kilometre section of the Istria Y-motorway from Pazin to Cerovlje, valued at €70 million, opened to traffic on Thursday in the presence of Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovic, and the director of the Bina-Istra motorway operator, Darijo Silic. The entire, 28-kilometre section from Pazin to the Ucka tunnel includes the construction of 31 facilities, overpasses and viaducts as well as a new road rest facility, while the sub-section opened on Thursday has 13 infrastructure facilities - three large viaducts and a new, closed drainage system. "The next section will extend to the Vranja junction while…

ZAGREB, Nov 5, 2020 -  The Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) on Thursday warned that employers were faced with permanently rising costs, underscoring that the expenses for the implementation of coronavirus prevention measures are HRK 1,300 per employee, which is why they called for more assistance. HUP says in a press release issued on Thursday that the employers demand some urgent measures, including lowering Value Added Tax on protective equipment and all other related  essentials to reinforce anti-COVID protection. HUP conducted a survey among its members about the costs for providing workers with protective masks and other protective equipment and to set up physical…

November 5, 2020 – At the Adriatic Region Investment Forum held yesterday in Zagreb Hotel Westin, participants discussed health and wellness tourism opportunities in Croatia and the Adriatic region. As part of the fourth Adriatic Region Investment Forum for Health, Sports, and Tourism, held yesterday at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb, numerous potentials of Croatia and the entire Adriatic region were presented as year-round health tourism destinations. Under the new circumstances, panelists and lecturers were filmed in a set-up studio in the hall of the Westin Hotel, and the forum could be followed online. Projects of new tourist capacities Of…

ZAGREB, Nov 5, 2020 - The European Commission projects in its Autumn 2020 Economic Forecast, published on Thursday, that Croatia's economy will contract 9.6% this year, increase 5.7% in 2021 and reach the pre-crisis level in 2022, rising by 3.7%. "Croatia’s economy is expected to contract sharply in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19pandemic. Output should partially recover in 2021, thanks to private consumption and investment, but is not expected to reach its pre-crisis level by 2022," the Commission says. In the Summer 2020 Economic Forecast, published on July 7, the Commission projected that Croatia's economy would contract by 10.8%…

November 5, 2020 - From November 16-22, 2020, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) will be held in Split for the fifth year in a row.  From November 16-22, 2020, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is held in over 160 countries worldwide. It is an event held once a year to celebrate entrepreneurship, innovation, and business creators who drive startups and turn ideas into reality, foster economic growth, and improve their community's wider well-being. This year, the event will be held in Split for the fifth year in a row, organized by the Student Entrepreneurship Incubator, the Entrepreneurship Center Split, and the Faculty of…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes on the 4th of November, as of the 3rd of this month, the popular mobile network Tele2 has been operating under the name Telemach Croatia/Hrvatska, as was announced by the United Group, the parent company of the otherwise very well known Croatian telecom. The United Group purchased Telemach Croatia back in May 2019, and in the year 2021 it plans to invest as much as 130 million euros in the modernisation of this particular mobile network in order to provide a full 5G experience, as well as an additional 100 million euros in the construction…