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Friday, 25 March 2022
European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Opens 576 Cases, 1.4% of Them Refer to Croatia
ZAGREB, 25 March (2022) - The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), which started operating on 21 June 2021, opened 576 investigations in the first six months of its existence and 515 were active on 31 December, the Večernji List (VL) daily reported on Friday. Eight of the 576 cases or 1.4% of them are related to Croatia. The EPPO is an independent body of the European Union responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU, including fraud corruption, money laundering and cross-border VAT fraud. Currently, 22 member-states of the European Union, including Croatia, are participating members of the…
Friday, 25 March 2022
Poles Constructing Third Zagreb Matrix Office Park Building
March the 25th, 2022 - The Poles are continuing with the construction of the third Zagreb Matrix Office Park building as part of this wildly successful project here in the capital. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, following the success of the first two buildings in the Zagreb Matrix Office Park, the Polish developer GTC will build a third building, thus expanding its successful project in the heart of the city. According to the company, which is also owned by Zagreb's Avenue Mall shopping centre, the third Matrix C building has received a building permit and, like the previous two, will provide…
Friday, 25 March 2022
Croatian Infinum Has New Visual Identity, Further Development Plans
March the 25th, 2022 - The Croatian Infinum company, a leader when it comes to software design and development, has presented its brand new visual identity and plans for further development. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the leading Croatian software design and development company, Infinum, is currently entering a new phase of business after seventeen extremely successful years, which is marked by reorganisation, a brand new visual identity and plans for further development, as well as changes in the company's management. "Over the last few years, the Croatian Infinum company has been developing steadily and we could say that it has ''grown…
Friday, 25 March 2022
Nobody Exchanging Ukrainian Hryvnia in Croatia, Duty to Fall on HPB?
March the 25th, 2022 - The Ukrainian hryvnia is becoming an extremely tricky currency to deal with in any which way given the current dire events taking place in that country following last month's unjustified Russian invasion. With thousands of Ukrainian refugees now in Croatia, banks and exchange offices have been left scratching their heads. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Blaskovic writes, around 9,000 Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Croatia and took some cash with them in a panicked flight before the war have nowhere to officially change it. In Croatia, the Ukrainian hryvnia isn't being exchanged by banks or by exchange…
Friday, 25 March 2022
Istrian Cape Kamenjak Listed Among Croatia's Best Secret Beaches
March the 25th, 2022 - The gorgeous Istrian Cape Kamenjak beach (Rt Kamenjak) has been listed among the world's best secret beaches by the BeachAtlas portal, which is based in the British capital. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the BeachAtlas portal based in London has included the beautiful Istrian Cape Kamenjak on its list of the best beaches in the Republic of Croatia, as well as on its list of the best secret or hidden beaches in Croatia, local portal Glas Istre (The Voice of Istria) reports. It's worth noting that this particular nature park in the very south of the…
Friday, 25 March 2022
139 Ukrainian Refugee Children Enrolled in Croatian Schools
ZAGREB, 25 March (2022) - So far, 139 Ukrainian refugee children have resumed schooling in Croatia, and of them, 124 are integrated in primary schools and 15 in secondary schools. In order to facilitate their integration in schools, Ukrainian school-age refugees are provided with additional classes to learn the Croatian language. Broken down by county, the highest number of Ukrainian refugee children who are already back to school is in Split-Dalmatia where 22 are integrated in primary schools. There are 15 Ukrainian children in primary schools in the City of Zagreb and Požega-Slavonia County each. Also, 13 Ukrainian kids have resumed schooling in primary schools…
Friday, 25 March 2022
Qatar Airways Doha-Zagreb Flights Boosted from March 27
March 25, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as Qatar Airways Doha-Zagreb flights have been boosted from the beginning of the summer flight schedule. OneWorld alliance member Qatar Airways has increased the number of weekly rotations on the regular line between Doha and Zagreb from Sunday, March 27, reports Croatian Aviation. With the first day of the summer flight schedule (Sunday, March 27), Qatar Airways is increasing the number of weekly rotations between Zagreb and Doha. Namely, the line has operated 2 to 3 times a week so far, and before the outbreak of the global pandemic, this…
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Tramišak Confirms She Has Reported Threats To Police
ZAGREB, 24 March 2022 - EU Funds and Regional Development Minister Nataša Tramišak confirmed on Thursday that she had reported the threats she had been receiving since last summer, to the police, however, she stopped short of revealing the identity of who was making the threatens. "The threats started in early September, I cannot say who made them," she told the N1 broadcaster on Thursday, explaining that the threat in reference to blood-shedding was made in January. The minister said that it was unpleasant to hear such things, however, they did not make her hesitant to continue conducting her ministerial duties. As…
Thursday, 24 March 2022
ZSE Indices Fall Amid Modes Turnover
ZAGREB, 24 March 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices went down on Thursday amid modest turnover, with the Crobex dropping by 0.43% to 2,053 points and the Crobex10 falling by 0.22% to 1,235 points. Regular turnover was a mere HRK 4.7 million, or HRK 3 million less than on Wednesday. The highest turnover, of HRK 660,000, was generated by the stock of the plastic car parts manufacturer AD Plastik. Its price decreased by 1.22% to HRK 97.2 per share. Thirty stocks traded on the ZSE today, with eight gainings and 15 losing in price, while seven were…
Thursday, 24 March 2022
€70m Project For Upgrading Zagreb University Clinical Hospital Agreed
ZAGREB, 24 March 2022 - Physical Planning and Construction Minister Ivan Paladina and the director of the Zagreb-based KBC - University Clinical Hospital, Ante Ćorušić, on Thursday signed an agreement on the €70 million "Stage III" reconstruction project of this hospital. A new multi-purpose building will be constructed within the existing hospital compound and the funds earmarked for the construction and reconstruction has been secured with a loan from the World Bank. The new hospital will be over 27,800 square metres large, and will have eight floors with an open parking lot on five levels and an emergency heliport. Paladina…
Thursday, 24 March 2022
HRT Loses Case Against Reporter Who Accused It Of Censorship
ZAGREB, 24 March 2022 - Zadar County Court has rejected an appeal by the HRT public broadcaster against reporter Hrvoje Zovko and upheld a Zagreb Municipal Court ruling that the statement by Zovko, who is president of the Croatian Journalists' Association, about censorship at HRT was not contentious or false. The court also ruled that Zovko's statement did not hurt the HRT's reputation, the HND reported on its website on Thursday. "This is a great victory for me, my family and my attorney and proof that I have been telling the truth all along," said Zovko. He said the final ruling in the case was also…
