Business
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
MojPosao Portal: More Workers Were Wanted in 2021 than Before the Pandemic
January 4, 2022 - According to an analysis by the MojPosao portal, in 2021 more jobs were sought than before the pandemic and the most sought-after occupations were waiter, salesman, driver, storekeeper, cook, programmer, and production worker. Last year, more than 74,000 job advertisements were published on the MojPosao portal, which is 42 percent more than in 2020 and eight percent more than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, while more than 1.5 million work applications were received, the MojPosao portal announced today. "The analysis of the entire labor market, taking into account the total number of published job advertisements, shows…
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
HNB: Total Loans Reach HRK 237.6 bn
ZAGREB, 4 Jan 2022 - The volume of loans issued in Croatia totaled HRK 237.6 billion at the end of November 2021, which is an increase of 3.7% compared with November 2020, according to data from the Croatian National Bank (HNB). Total lending by monetary institutions to domestic sectors (except the central government) was HRK 243.4 billion, an increase of HRK 700 million or 0.3% compared with October 2021 and of 4.5% compared with November 2021. Loans accounted for the majority of lending, reaching HRK 237.6 billion in November 2021. They increased by 0.3% from October 2021 and by HRK 8.5 billion or…
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
ZSE Indices Rise
ZAGREB, 3 Jan 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices rose by over two percent on Monday, the Crobex by 2.37% to 2,128 points and the Crobex10 by 2.34% to 1,291 points. Yesterday's regular turnover was HRK 11.2 million, about 5 million more than on the previous trading day. The most traded stock was the HT telecommunications company, turning over HRK 2.5 million. Its price went up by 0.27% to HRK 186 per share. The stock of the Valamar Riviera hotel company turned over HRK 1.74 million. It closed at HRK 33.6 per share, up 1.82%. The stock…
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
Strategic Croatian Company List to be Revised as Numbers Drop
January the 4th, 2022 - Precisely what makes a strategic Croatian company? Are there any firm criteria to speak of? With the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Croatian: NPOO) requiring explanations, it seems that there are. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Brnic writes, for years, the state has had a list of companies it owns and which are of special interest to it, but for the first time at last year's session, the government updated the list, citing precise reasons as to why each company is strategically important. The reason for these explanations are the measures adopted by the NPOO on improving…
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
New Novska Gaming Campus to Attract 50 More Croatian Startups
January the 4th, 2022 - The new Novska gaming campus is the first of its kind in all of Europe, and given that it is located in this often wrongly overlooked part of the country, things can't get moving quickly enough. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, the construction of the Pismo video game industry campus in Novska worth 375.5 million kuna, the first gaming campus in Europe, is a strategic project and a prominent component of the programme of social and economic revitalisation of the areas of Sisak-Moslavina County being assisted post-earthquake, with expected rapid realisation. The new Novska gaming…
Monday, 3 January 2022
Rimac Offering €1000 to Anyone Who Recommends Someone He Employs
January the 3rd, 2022 - Mate Rimac is Croatia's shining star when it comes to entrepreneurship, having shown that anything is possible in Croatia, despite the many barriers to success in his field. He has even turned the eyes of the demanding automotive world to Croatia, who wouldn't have given this country as much as a second glance otherwise. Porsche is now firmly tied to the country through him. The Livno-born businessman who is the head of the currently Sveta Nedelja-based Rimac Automobili, is now offering a very handsome 1000 euro amount to anyone who recommends a person they end…
Sunday, 2 January 2022
Tehnix Company Wins Award for Best Innovation of 2020
ZAGREB, 2 Jan 2022 - The innovation of Đuro Horvat, that is, his company Tehnix, "Technology for Bioreactor Composting and the Production of Eco Compost", earlier this week won the "Innovation of 2020" award, as chosen by the Croatian Association of Innovators. The three finalists competing for the award were the Tehnix company, the HS Produkt firearm producer -- with an innovation by Marko Filipović and Igor Stojković, a cell for robotic deburring, and JEL-TOM -- with an innovation by Franjo Pokrajčić, a flood protection system called Mobile Box Barriers. Receiving the award for the best innovation, Horvat said that his company today…
Sunday, 2 January 2022
Croatian Plava Laguna Strengthening Brand, Change for Hotels Coming
January the 2nd, 2022 - The Croatian Plava Laguna company is going to be spending 2022 strengthening its brand, and there is quite the change coming to its hotels. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, as of this brand new year, the facilities operating under the Croatian Plava Laguna brand in Umag will no longer operate under the brand of the Spanish Melia, instead, all of the the facilities of the company will be repositioned under the brand and name Plava Laguna, the company recently reported. As has since been learned from the Croatian Plava Laguna company, this will not mean…
Saturday, 1 January 2022
Recovery, Higher Credit Rating, Rimac, Large Projects Mark Croatian Economy in 2021
ZAGREB, 1 Jan 2021 - The rebound from the corona crisis, the country's improved credit rating as well as a rise in inflation marked the economic trends in Croatia in 2021. After 2020, which will be remembered for efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and for the devastating quakes that hit the capital city of Zagreb on 22 March and Sisak-Moslavina County on 28 and 29 December, the outgoing year has been marked by a high growth rate. In 2020, the economy contracted by 8% and it is set to have rebounded at a rate of 8.1% in 2021, according to the…
Saturday, 1 January 2022
Plitvice Mall Opening Up 90 Employment Opportunities for Locals
January the 1st, 2022 - The word ''Plitvice'' might well be synonymous with the stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park, but when it comes to the economy in this part of Croatia, things tend to be very much overlooked and the population is thinning here by the year. The new Plitvice Mall is set to open up some new employment opportunities for local residents who might have otherwise been tempted elsewhere. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in the tourist zone of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, the new Plitvice Mall has been opened to the very many visitors and locals of the…
Thursday, 30 December 2021
ZSE Main Indices End Year at Highest Levels Since March 2017
ZAGREB, 30 Dec 2021 - On Thursday, the last trading day this year, the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) main indices went up, with the Crobex gaining for the seventh consecutive trading day and the Crobex10 for the fourth day in a row, both ending the year at the highest levels since March 2017. The Crobex rose by 0.15% to 2,079 points, while on the week it went up by 1.79%. The Crobex10 rose by 0.06% to 1,262 points, while on the week it rose by 1.36%. The main indices gained on the year as well, with the Crobex going up by 16.6%…
