Business
Thursday, 10 September 2020
Porsche Digital Croatia Plans to Employ 100 Experts in Next 3 Years
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes on the 9th of September, 2020, the leading Croatian software design and development company, Infinum, in partnership with Porsche Digital, a subsidiary of Germany's Porsche, is opening a development centre for software design and development, artificial intelligence and machine learning called Porsche Digital Croatia. The centre wil be located in Zagreb. Representatives of both companies announced at a recent press conference that Porsche Digital Croatia will start operating at the end of September and that Infinum and Porsche Digital will invest a massive ten million euros in the company and product development over the next…
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Entrepreneurial Mindset 2020 Conference Speakers: Meet Boris Trupcevic
September 9, 2020 - The second Poduzetnik Mindset (Entrepreneurial Mindset) conference takes place online tomorrow. Continuing our look at the speakers, meet Boris Trupcevic, CEO of 24 Sata. One of the leading lights in the campaigns for the digitisation of Croatia, as well as wider reforms, is 24Sata CEO, Boris Trupcevic. TCN caught up with Boris on the eve of the Poduzetnicki Mindset 2020 conference, which takes place online and in Zagreb tomorrow. 1. As CEO of one of Croatia's leading media, you are on the front line of demanding change in Croatia. How are things going, and do you…
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Croatian Government Subsidies Aid Companies for Shorter Working Week
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 8th of September, 2020, so far, 534 companies registered in Croatia with a total of 24,192 employees have applied for Croatian Government subsidies to cover their employees as they make the increasingly popular decision to shorten their working week. Croatian Government subsidies will ensure the payment of all of them up with up to 2,000 kuna per employee, and the measure will be applied by the end of the year. Companies and enterprises from particularly vulnerable industries who have experienced a pandemic-induced drop in their income of more than 60 percent when compared to…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
AD Plastik Wins Golden Key Award As Best Large Exporter
ZAGREB, Sept 8, 2020 - Plastic car parts manufacturer AD Plastik wins Golden Key Award as the best large exporter in 2019, IT firm Infobip is the best medium-sized exporter and Jadran-una has been honored as the best small company, it was announced at the 15th Croatian Exporters Convention on Tuesday. Addressing the convention, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic congratulated the exporters, saying that commodity exports had been rising steadily for the past 10 years and their share in GDP had increased from 16.7% to 28.5%. He said that only 15% of Croatian companies generated revenues on foreign markets, while they…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Calculated Risk Has Made it Possible to Reactivate Economy, Says PM
ZAGREB, September 8, 2020 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Tuesday that the intentional calculated risk in relaxing epidemiological measures enabled the reactivation of the economy and that the policy of reopening the country was based on expert estimates. Asked by reporters on the margins of a convention of Croatian exporters whether the government's calculated risk helped the tourism sector, while on the other hand it was detrimental to exporters due to a surge in new cases in the recent weeks, which was why some countries put Croatia on their quarantine lists, Plenkovic answered that without the reopening of the…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Infinum and Porsche Digital Invest 10 Million Euros in Joint Company in Croatia
Zagreb, September 8, 2020 – As Hina reports, Croatian domestic IT company Infinum, together with Porsche Digital, a subsidiary of German Porsche, is launching the Porsche Digital Croatia company in Croatia, for software design and development, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, which will see a 10 million euro investment. Infinum is one of the leading Croatian and internationally recognized companies that has been creating software design and development since it launched in 2005, and the new company with Porsche Digital will be a development center for digital technologies. "The company will start operating at the end of September and will…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Businesses Can Apply to HZZ for Job Retention Grants for September
ZAGREB, September 8, 2020 - The Croatian Employment Service (HZZ) has stated that businesses hit hard by the corona crisis can apply for job-keeping grants for September in the period from 15 September to 15 October. The job retention scheme will be in place until the end of this year, according to a press release issued after the HZZ steering board's meeting on Monday afternoon. As for businesses that are particularly at risk, support in the amount of HRK 4,000 per employee per month will continue until December 31. This refers to the transport of passengers, hospitality, travel agencies and recreation-related…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Entrepreneurial Mindset 2020 Conference Speakers: Meet Ana Hanzekovic
September 8, 2020 - The second Poduzetnik Mindset (Entrepreneurial Mindset) conference takes place online on September 10. Continuing our look at the speakers, meet Ana Hanzekovic from Hanza Media. With just two days to go until Poduzetnicki Mindset (Entrepreneurial Mindset) 2020, our focus on the strong line-up of speakers continues with Ana Hanzekovic, board member of Hanza Media, whose numerous media titles include Jutarnji List and Slobodna Dalmacija. 1. It is great to see leading Croatian media supporting this conference. Tell us first how you see the entrepreneurial scene in Croatia, and are you seeing changes? We all know that…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
French Exclusive Networks Takes Over Large IT Company in Croatia
As Novac/Bernard Ivezic writes on the 7th of September, 2020, the French Exclusive Networks company has taken over Veracomp, a Polish company whose subsidiary in Croatia is one of the 50 largest IT companies on the Croatian market. Last year, Veracomp had a revenue of 208.4 million kuna and a net profit of 3 million kuna in Croatia. It is a fast-growing company on the Croatian market whose business jumped by a third compared to the year before, both in terms of revenue and profitability. Veracomp is originally a Polish company, founded back in 1991, and is positioned on the…
Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Monetary Amount on Receipts Increases in Split-Dalmatia in August
As Jozo Vrdoljak/Novac writes on the 7th of September, 2020, the Split County Chamber of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) analysed the operations of the economy in Split-Dalmatia County during August and the first eight months of this year by looking at the value of fiscalised receipts and the unemployment rate. According to the Tax Administration of the Split Regional Office, the value of fiscalised receipts from taxpayers based in Split-Dalmatia County over August amounted to 2.1 billion kuna, which is an encouraging 15.6 percent higher than it was in July, but 21.6 percent lower when compared to last…
Monday, 7 September 2020
EC Opens Public Consultation on Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas
ZAGREB, September 7, 2020 - The European Commission on Monday opened a public consultation on the long-term vision for rural areas, on the basis of which next year it will propose measures for the realisation of that vision, Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography Dubravka Suica said. "Rural areas are often faced with challenges such as distance, poor connectivity and limited services. However, they abound in great opportunities with a matchless quality of life and can play a special role in the transition towards a green, digital and sustainable Europe. Based on these consultations we will present the long-term vision for…
