News

August the 2nd, 2022 - More and more would-be buyers are seeking out land on which they can construct something for themselves as Croatian property prices continue to soar to extremely high levels. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatian property prices and their constant increases are apparently unstoppable at this moment in time, but despite the wildly overpriced square footage, demand is far from abating. In addition to houses and apartments, in the last two years ,there has been a significant increase in interest in building land, as reported by HRT. For two years, Stefano Ladavac intensively searched for construction land…

August the 2nd, 2022 - The Croatian AD Plastik company has contracted a job worth a massive 31.2 million euros with the French-Italian enterprise Stellantis, and it isn't the first time it has succeeded in doing so. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian AD Plastik revealed last week that it has contracted new jobs for the European market worth a huge 31.2 million euros in total. "The AD Plastik Grupa (Group) has contracted new business with the buyer Stellantis for the European market, with expected revenues of 31.2 million euros and an expected duration of the project of seven years,"…

August the 2nd, 2022 - The very first positive monthly financial result for the enfeebled national carrier Croatia Airlines was recorded back during the month of June this year. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, the operational loss of the Croatian national carrier Croatia Airlines (CA) during the first half of this year stands at an absolutely enormous 170.3 million kuna, and the net loss is 164.1 million kuna, despite the gradual recovery of demand and mainly due to the increase in fuel prices, Croatia Airlines announced recently. They pointed out from Croatia Airlines that the company's very first positive monthly financial…

August 1, 2022 - In the last couple of weeks, the Spaladium arena in Split has been rapidly turning into the largest indoor swimming pool in Croatia. The European Water Polo Championship will be held there from August 27 to September 10, with of over a thousand participants, at least 300 journalists and an estimated several thousand fans, especially at the end of the competition. 24 national teams will compete in Split - 16 in the men's and eight in the women's competition. For that occasion, the Spaladium arena will have a capacity of nine thousand spectators. 'Everything is going…

August 1, 2022 - Twenty years a foreigner in Croatia. Part 17 of 20 Ways Croatia Changed Me in 20 Years. An introduction to Croatian justice and a hobby that will take up a lifetime in this beautiful land - getting sued by a State institution. "Finally you became a local. What took you so long?" "Now you can get citizenship. You finally became a Croat after 18 years." I used to think that the British had the best sense of humour in the world. To be fair, our humour is pretty good. And, as an aside, below is a…

ZAGREB, 1 August, 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday that the dismissed chief of staff in Deputy Prime Minister Anja Šimpraga's office, Dalibor Šemper, who has been remanded in pretrial detention after causing a hit-and-run accident and injuring a child, is not a state official and is not connected with the HDZ. "He is not an office holder. He is a civil servant, a man who is not a member of any party, so he has nothing to do with the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) or the SDSS (Independent Democratic Serb Party). He was employed in the government through a regular job…

ZAGREB, 1 August, 2022 - In June 2022, the EU unemployment rate was 6.0% and the euro area unemployment rate was 6.6%, while in Croatia the rate was 6.3%, the European Union's statistical office, Eurostat, said on Monday. The EU seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.0% in June 2022, stable compared with May 2022 and down from 7.2% in June 2021. The rate for the euro area was 6.6%, also stable compared with May 2022 and down from 7.9% in June 2021. Eurostat estimates that 12.931 million men and women in the EU, of whom 10.925 million in the euro area, were…

ZAGREB, 1 August, 2022 - Croatia has registered 48 new COVID cases and 13 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the national COVID response team reported on Monday. Currently, there are 8,340 active cases in the country, including 696 hospitalised patients, 23 of whom are on ventilators, while 4,850 people are self-isolating.  Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 1,186,787 COVID cases have been recorded in Croatia; 16,326 patients have died as a consequence and 1,162,121 have recovered.  To date, 59.57% of the total population, or 70.85% of adults, have been vaccinated.

ZAGREB, 1 August, 2022 - Police are investigating the cause of the wildfire that broke out at Orašac, near Dubrovnik, on Sunday and the death of the fireman Goran Komlenac, Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Monday.   Božinović said that Komlenac was one of the most competent and best-trained firefighters at the Dubrovnik public fire service and that he died as a hero trying to save others. He added that the government would take care of his wife and two small children. Božinović said that right now Croatia had four Canadairs and four Air Tractors, adding that Defence Minister Mario Banožić would…

ZAGREB, 1 August, 2022 - Deputy Prime Minister Anja Šimpraga's chief of staff Dalibor Šemper has been dismissed from his post following a hit-and-run accident on Friday, in which he seriously injured a child while driving under the influence of alcohol. The decision was made during a government conference call on Monday. Šemper (45) has been remanded in one-month pre-trial detention, which was ordered due to the danger of interfering with witnesses and repeating the crime. The Karlovac Municipal Prosecutor's Office has accused him of turning onto the opposite side of the road and hitting a 10-year-old child while under the influence of alcohol. The…