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April the 3rd, 2023 - Despite the slowing down of inflation across the country for the fourth consecutive month now, more Croatian price hikes appear to be on the horizon. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, after a long time of everything seeming to cost the earth, it has finally been confirmed (at least according to the first estimate of the CBS for March), that inflation is continuing to slow down. That said, the prices of goods and services for personal consumption, measured by the consumer price index, are 10.6% higher on average on an annual basis, and 0.8% higher now than…

Hvar, April 2, 2023 - Press Release - After last year's opening of the Beach Bay Hvar Hotel, as the first sustainable hotel in Hvar, and joining the UNESCO sustainable tourism program, with an investment in a new solar power plant project, Sunčani Hvar confirms its leadership position in the application of energy efficiency and green transition programs, setting new standards both in the hotel industry and in the economy in general. Namely, Sunčani Hvar hotels are the first hotel company in Croatia that will install solar power plants in all its hotels and buildings in order to produce its own…

April 3, 2023 - Did you know that the world's most franchised museum was born in Zagreb? A look at the unique and innovative world of Zagreb museums. Someone told me a few years ago that Zagreb has the most museums per capita in the world. Whether or not that is true, there do so seem to be a LOT of them, some of them very successful, and some of them very peculiar. It is a mix that adds a level of attraction to the visitor, while putting Zagreb on the cultural map of the world.  Arguably the most innovative…

April 2, 2023 - A new level of quality souvenir shop has arrived on the Dalmatian coast, as Discover Croatia opens its doors at Dubovnik's poshest address after a very successful start in Split.  Souvenir shops.  Love them or hate them, they are everywhere in tourist destinations, usually plying tacky plastic souvenirs that nobody wants or needs.  Having lived in a tourist destination for 13 years on Hvar, I was well acquainted with the offers, but never tempted to buy. Occasionally, over the years, there have been some very innovative attempts to present to the best of Croatian produce and…

April 2, 2023 - Looking for a job in Croatia? A new weekly feature on TCN, in partnership with leading job site agency, Posao.hr, who present a selection of weekly job listings. How hard is it to find a job in Croatia, and what is on offer? We spoke to Ines Bokan, director of leading jobs site Posao.hr, who kindly took the time for this excellent interview overview.   This week's top 10 jobs from Posao.hr: Zelena Luka d.o.o. is hiring a person in the position Human Resources Generalist (m/f). Place of work Zagreb, Obonjan. As an employer, we offer stimulating…

April 1, 2023 - Croatia will soon receive and host 20 wounded Ukrainians, said Defense Minister Tomo Medved, who arrived in Kyiv with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha in Ukraine. Medved said that Croatia would help Ukraine by accepting the wounded and that the initiative was presented in detail to the Ukrainian leadership today. Two veteran centers are already in operation "Today we went through the contents of the program in detail, and we expect very soon that Ukraine will prepare the first 20 wounded who will be accepted by the Croatian hospital system…

April 1, 2023 - The unemployment rate in the eurozone remained stable in February, and in Croatia it fell slightly, moving away from the average in the zone of application of the common European currency, a Eurostat report showed. Croatia employment rate is now similar to Slovakia's, according to the report. As Index writes, in the 20-member eurozone, the unemployment rate measured by the methodology of the International Labor Organization (ILO) was 6.6 percent in February, remaining at the level of the previous month, according to revised data from the European Statistical Office. In the EU, it was six percent,…

April 1, 2023 - From today, Croatia traffic rules are switching to summer mode, and daytime running lights are no longer mandatory for car drivers. As Index writes, the Road Traffic Safety Act stipulates a fixed period during which daytime running lights or low beam headlights must be on for all motor vehicles, from November 1 to March 31. Under the Act, now high-beam or low-beam headlights on motor vehicles do not have to be on, except at night and in the case of conditions of reduced visibility during the day. There are exceptions Moped and motorcycle riders must have…

March 31, 2023 - A team of cardiologists, electrophysiologists from the Clinic for Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels and the Pediatric Clinic of KBC Rijeka successfully implanted a subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator, a device with an electrode, in a boy on March 23. At KBC Rijeka, for the first time in Croatia, a subcutaneous ICD - a device for delivering electric shocks in case of cardiac arrest - was implanted in a child patient, KBC Rijeka reported at a press conference on Thursday, writes 24Sata. Sandro Brusich, an interventional cardiologist at the Clinic for Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases, stated…

March 31, 2023 - Since Croatia joined the eurozone and the euro became the official currency, Croatian ATMs would only give out 10- and 20-euro notes. That is about to change this Saturday, and it will be possible to withdraw 50- and 100-euro notes. After a few months since the introduction of the euro in Croatia, new banknotes will be available at Croatian ATMs from Saturday in the denominations of 50 and 100 euros. So far, in most cases, notes of 10 and 20 would be paid out, write RTL / 24Sata. The denominations in which money will be issued…