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April 5, 2022 -  With just over a month to go until the innovative Work. Place. Culture. remote work conference in Dubrovnik, TCN continues its look at the list of high-class international speakers who will be sharing their wisdom in the Pearl of the Adriatic. Below, a familiar face and recognized as one of the US LinkedIn Top Voices 2022, Mandy Fransz returns to share about remote work, LinkedIn, and entrepreneurship. A busy season for Croatia's digital nomad story is about to begin. Last year's highlights included the introduction of the digital nomad permit on January 1, 2021, and destinations such as…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - Agricultural land in Croatia is the cheapest in the EU, more than 20 times cheaper than in the Netherlands, which has the most expensive agricultural land, show data from the EU's statistical office Eurostat. Eurostat has established that one hectare of farmland in the Netherlands cost as much as €69,632 in 2019, noting that all Dutch regions are above the average of other EU countries. Croatia had the cheapest arable land, with the price of one hectare being €3,440 in 2020. Among the regions, the most expensive are the Spanish Canary Islands, where one hectare of arable land…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange indices went up on Tuesday, the Crobex by 0.53% to 2,119.86 points and the Crobex10 by 0.36% to 1,276.34 points. Regular turnover was HRK 5.55 million, HRK 2.12 million less than on Monday. The most traded stock and the only one to cross the million-kuna mark was the HT telecom, turning over HRK 1.66 million and closing at a stable HRK 191 per share. Forty-eight stocks traded today, with 20 going up and 19 down in price, while nine were stable. (€1 = HRK 7.565001)

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - There are 12,403 Ukrainian refugees in Croatia, Civil Protection director Damir Trut said on Tuesday, while Red Cross Croatia president Robert Markt said HRK 3 million had been raised as well as various goods collected. They were visiting the reception centre for displaced Ukrainians in Gospić, one of three in Croatia. Markt said that of the 131 Red Cross organisations in Croatia, 25 had asked for funds for the refugee crisis and that HRK 511,000 had been paid into their accounts. In Lika-Senj County, 517 Ukrainians have been temporarily accommodated in hotels and motels. Trut said…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - Croatian Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Tuesday that EU member states had again failed to agree on a minimum taxation of multinational companies and that one or more attempts would be necessary to reach an agreement. He was speaking in Luxembourg, where he attended a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council. Croatia has been very constructive from the start and for a good compromise that would mean faster and more efficient implementation, as recommended by the OECD, Marić said. "We hope that we will reach an agreement in the next meetings." He said today's debate focused…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - Science and Education Minister Radovan Fuchs said on Tuesday that over the past two years his ministry had worked on amending legal regulations, with amendments to the Higher Education and Science Act, to be put to public consultation soon, being among the most important. Addressing a conference on education, taking place in Zagreb, Fuchs said that the ministry had launched a reform of the entire system - from pre-school education to higher education. This includes changes designed to make pre-school education mandatory, introduce full-day classes in primary schools, and increase the number of children attending grammar schools.…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - The office of Croatia's representative before the European Court of Human Rights said on Tuesday that by dismissing Croatia's application for a re-examination of the judgment in the case of Afghan migrant girl Madina Hussiny, the ECHR did not find that Croatia was responsible for her death. The ECHR clearly states in the judgment that Croatia breached the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms because it did not effectively investigate the death of the six-year-old, the office said, adding that if someone was responsible for her death and who will be established by national bodies while executing the judgment.…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - The Central State Office for Digital Society (SDURDD) on Tuesday launched a new digital platform, called e-Poslovanje (e-Business), designed to facilitate communication between business entities and public administration bodies. The platform, developed in partnership with the Financial Agency (FINA) and the Apis IT company, is available via the e-Građani (e-Citizens) portal, and the project, worth close to HRK 51 million, was co-financed with money from EU funds. The platform builds on the e-Građani system, whose services are used by 1.6 million users, SDURDD state secretary Bernard Gršić said. The e-Poslovanje platform integrates the different business services available in…

April 5, 2022 - Explore Gornjogradske coprnice, a walking tour that tells the tale of Zagreb history’s dark side. Croatia’s answer to the Salem witch trials, the 17th-century witch hysteria had also made its way to the Zagreb upper town. We’ve briefly covered the story of Zagreb witches in this 2018 article, but to sum it up, every woman accused of doing some sort of harm was believed to be a witch. Known as “coprnice” (meaning “sorceress” or “wizard”), these women were blamed for every misfortune, from frost and hail to various diseases. This was followed by a trial carried…

ZAGREB, 5 April 2022 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday called on Croat and Bosniak parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina to reach an agreement on electoral reform so that all citizens and peoples in the country can be legitimately represented. Croatia does not want the crisis due to changes to BiH's election law to be prolonged, he said at the opening of the 2022 International Economic Fair in Mostar, BiH. "We appeal in particular to the leaders of the Bosniak and Croat parties to renew trust, to renew their alliance so that the election law can be changed." We have shown willingness…