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ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - Consumers should invest in the financial products and services they understand, and to do that, one should study them well - this was one of the messages of the conference "Consumer in the Digital Finance World", held in Zagreb on Tuesday. The conference was organised on the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day by the ministries of economy and finance, the Croatian National Bank (HNB) and the HANFA regulatory agency for the supervision of financial services. HANFA Steering Board vice-president Ilijana Jeleč said that digitalisation provided a number of opportunities for consumers as well as pitfalls. Access…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - Croatia's SSSH union federation said on Tuesday it was joining in the support to the European and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which are holding a Global Day of Action for Peace in Brussels today. The SSSH said it had condemned the Russian aggression on Ukraine in the strongest terms and demanded that the war stop and that dialogue and negotiations be established within the UN to stop further human victims and suffering. The SSSH said the war in Ukraine was a threat to Europe's peace, stability and values as well as the international order, extending…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - It's time for Croatian politics to stop ignoring the profession, social workers said in a message on Tuesday on the occasion of World Social Work Day, with this year's theme being "Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind." "We are seeking ways for our voice to have the same significance as the voice of politics because politics is deaf to our profession," the president of the Croatian Association of Social Workers Štefica Karačić said. Today's central gathering of social workers in Croatia was held under the motto "Social work in Croatia: New prospects," because in light…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević said on Tuesday that a programme for the city's integral reconstruction, focusing on the seismic retrofitting and integral reconstruction of the Upper and Lower Town districts, that is, the city's historical centre, would be presented on 22 March.  "Next Tuesday public consultation will be launched on the programme for the integral reconstruction of the city's historical centre. In addition to that, an expert discussion and a set of round tables will be launched to include citizens and experts in the process... in order to use the reconstruction process to revitalise the city's…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - President Zoran Milanović said on Tuesday he did not want Croatia to get involved in the war in Ukraine more than it should and more than it was good and safe for it. He was speaking in Mravinci near Split at a ceremony marking 31 years of the BATT Special Police. The president said that in 1991 that Croatian unit was small and depended on a small number of the right and brave people. It is the same in every war, including the one in Ukraine, which depends on defenders and stout-hearted fighters to defend the capital of…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - In the last 24 hours 1,179 coronavirus cases, out of 5,859 tests, and 19 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Tuesday. There are 8,394 active cases, including 715 hospitalised patients, 47 of whom are on ventilators, while 6,572 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,074,706 coronavirus cases to date and the death toll is 15,373. To date 56.89% of the total population or 67.67% of adults have been vaccinated, including 65.62% of adults fully.

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - MPs of the opposition Bridge party said on Tuesday that the Public Administration Ministry had determined that the party had collected a sufficient number of signatures for its two referendum initiatives, noting that the purpose of the two referendums was to build a shield for democracy and human rights. MP Nikola Grmoja said that the referendum initiative aimed at amending Article 17 of the Constitution to include epidemic and pandemic as events during which constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms can be restricted only by a two-thirds parliamentary majority, had collected 370,310 valid signatures. The other initiative, advocating a…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - Several hundred refugees from Ukraine have been provided with accommodation in Varaždin, Međimurje, and Krapina-Zagorje counties northern Croatia, and more and more are arriving on a daily basis. Varaždin Civil Protection Service head Ivica Matošić told Hina on Tuesday that 106 Ukrainian refugees are currently staying in Varaždin County. He noted that the county authorities were doing their best to secure the necessary accommodation capacity for the reception of more refugees. Matošić said that around 1,200 beds were available in private accommodation. 340 refugees enter Croatia in last 24 hours A​​​​​ccording to the latest information,…

March 15, 2022 - Ukrainians in Osijek will feel safe and comfortable in the city thanks to various programs provided to help refugees integrate.  From the first day of the aggression on Ukraine, the City of Osijek opened its doors to Ukrainian refugees. Osijek was among the first in Croatia to prepare a Reception Center with 100 beds and was recently visited by Minister Davor Božinović. It also joined the new action plan "Slavonian Heart for Families of Ukraine," prepared by Osijek-Baranja County and the Center for Missing and Abused Children, to integrate children and adults coming to eastern Croatia…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - EU countries pay overtime work 100 percent, the Večernji List daily says on Tuesday, noting that Germans and the French work the least while workers in Croatia have the longest working week. A regular working week in Finland is 37.5 hours and workers can work overtime to a maximum of 48 hours a week, four months in a year and they cannot work more than 13 hours in one day. It is no wonder that only 13 percent of Fins work overtime because the premium on their wage for the first two hours of overtime work in…