Business

ZAGREB, 23 November, 2021 - As of 1 January 2022, Croatian nationals will have the same status as citizens of other European Union member states on the Swiss labour market, which will provide fresh impetus to Croatian-Swiss relations, it was said at a meeting of the two countries' foreign ministers in Bern on Tuesday. The Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Gordan Grlić Radman, was on a working visit to the Swiss Confederation where he met with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs said in a press release. Grlić Radman welcomed the decision…

ZAGREB, 23 November, 2021 - Fighting bribery in international business transactions is increasingly important for good governance and sustainable development, it was said at a conference organised in Zagreb on Tuesday by the Justice and Public Administration Ministry, the European Commission and the OECD. The day-long conference on the impact of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and new perspectives in Croatia brought together experts from member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OECD) and Croatia. It was part of efforts to raise awareness of the importance of the struggle against bribery in international business transactions. The convention on further…

ZAGREB, 23 November, 2021 - Chinese ICT provider Huawei presented the Huawei for Digital Slavonia project in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek on Tuesday, which will be implemented through two programmes - ICT Academy and Seeds for the Future Scholarship. The ICT Academy programme will be carried out in collaboration with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology (FERIT) of the University of Osijek. It will provide access to advanced knowledge and education about state-of-the-art technology and its application. Students will be able to obtain internationally recognised certificates. The Seeds for the Future Scholarship programme will be implemented…

November the 24th, 2021 - The Croatian railway system has needed a ''lick of paint'' for some considerable amount of time now, and with this more sustainable way of travel being promoted on all levels by the EU, the Croatian railway system hopes to be fully developed and modernised in 10 years. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, railways are the main and key mode for the development of the sector of the future in the whole of the bloc, including Croatia, it was said at the panel discussion "Modern railways in a liberalised market" organised by the Ministry of Maritime…

November the 24th, 2021 - The Croatian Q Agency has embraced the modern remote work trend whole-heartedly as it offers the possibility to its employees, be they in their apartments in Zagreb or in a treehouse on a tropical island. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian Q Agency will permanently enable its employees to choose the model of work that suits them best - from the office, remotely or combined. They also decided on this move based on employee information, and to make it easier to hire people outside of the City of Zagreb. The Croatian Q Agency is thus…

November the 23rd, 2021 - The Republic of Croatia is a key market for the new Quartz Inn hotel chain, and the move could finally kickstart Croatia's more sustainable ambitions as a tourist destination, as this chain places an emphasis precisely on that. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, after the recent official presentation at the London Tourism Fair WTM, a new European hotel brand will be launched in around one month, the new Quartz Inn Hotel chain for independent sustainable hotels, and one of the main markets they plan to expand to is Croatia, where they're already negotiating with facility…

ZAGREB, 22 Nov 2021 - The Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices on Monday went up by more than 0.50%, gaining for the second consecutive day, with the stocks of shipping companies being the biggest winners. The Crobex went up by 0.69% to 2,007 points while the Crobex10 rose by 0.54% to 1,228 points. Regular turnover amounted to HRK 4.6 million, HRK 400,000 less than on Friday. An additional HRK 6.08 million was generated in block trading with shares of the Atlantic Group, at HRK 1,580 per share. The most traded shares were those of the Atlantska Plovidba shipping company, which turned over HRK 1.09…

ZAGREB, 21 Nov, 2021 - The insurance market in Croatia in 2020 with total gross premiums of HRK 10.68 billion (€1.4 billion) written by insurers, slightly increased by HRK 12.9 million (€1.72 million) or 0.1% year on year, the Croatian Competition Agency (AZTN) reported on Friday. "Compared to 2019 when they amounted to just over HRK 10.66 billion, in 2020 a stagnation in gross premiums was registered. When a precise analysis is conducted, only a symbolic growth of HRK 12.9 million was registered in gross premiums written or by a mere 0.1%" AZTN said following a survey which indicated that 15 insurance…

November the 20th, 2021 - The agricultural technology Crop company published an ad on LinkedIn recently which they stated that they were on the hunt for land for the construction of the first high-tech greenhouse into which they plan to invest a massive 18 million euros, with the help of their Dutch partners, Dutch Greenhouses. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the Crop company was founded last year by entrepreneurs from the digital business and public relations, Jan de Jong and Jerko Trogrlic, known to the public for the project of promoting digital nomads and the digital nomad permit (often wrongly…

November the 20th, 2021 - The former HSM Informatika has recently been present on the regional market under the name HSM following the transformation of its visual identity and business strategy. The Croatian informatics company HSM has also seen shifts in its market presence following these changes. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, the Croatian informatics company HSM is 100 percent domestically owned and has been present on the market for more than 30 years now. The company states that the Management Board decided to take this step after the company's management changed. Namely, HSM is a family company that is…