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February 16, 2022 - NK Osijek managed to stir up the final hours of the HNL transfer window by bringing the high-in-demand Kristijan Lovrić from Gorica to City Garden.  The First HNL transfer window has been concluded - and it ended with a bomb and the unexpected transfer of Kristijan Lovrić from Gorica to Osijek.  The 26-year-old winger has played 21 games in the First HNL this season. Lovrić spent 1,803 minutes on the pitch, which was enough for him to score seven goals and five assists. He added three appearances and three goals in the Cup. His market value according to…

February 15th, 2022 - Hotel Adriatic in Dubrovnik is to be transformed from a two-star facility into an elegant four-star hotel The Maestral hotel group from Dubrovnik has announced a major investment cycle. Over the next few years, the group is planning to make significant investments in its hotels in order to become a luxury hotel chain of the highest category, reports Morski.hr. Hotel Adriatic is the first announced investment of the Maestral group. It’s to be transformed from a two-star facility into an elegant four-star hotel, retaining the same capacity of 140 luxury accommodation units that offer a beautiful…

February 15th, 2022 - The football club from Rijeka launched a crypto token and raised close to half a million kuna in six days of presale Orijent recently launched a fan token ($ORI) and offered it for purchase in a week-long presale, reports Novi list. The club that competes in the Second HNL joins Dinamo and HNS as the pioneers of cryptocurrency in Croatian football. A fan token is a form of cryptocurrency used to reward fans by giving them benefits like voting on club decisions, interacting with the club and players, and a chance to win exclusive rewards. The…

ZAGREB, 15 Feb 2022 - The European Year of Youth, which is being marked in 2022 under the title "Young people - the drivers of modern industries", is an opportunity to popularise modern technologies in Croatia, as well as the contribution of young people as drivers of development, it was said at a conference in Novska. Video game production is currently the fastest growing industry in the world, and the conference, organised by the Central State Office for Demography and Youth, was held at the PISMO Business Incubator in Novska, Croatia's leading gaming industry institution. Presenting their work, young innovators…

ZAGREB, 15 Feb 2022 - The Bulgarian-Croatian Business Club, including Bulgarian companies operating in Croatia and Croatian business circles that cooperate with Bulgaria on enhancing partnership and stimulating investment, was established in Zagreb on Tuesday. Orbico Group founder and owner Branko Roglić was elected the club's president, while Meblo Trade executive director Martin Kasabov was elected his deputy, the Bulgarian Embassy said in a statement. Attending the club's founding session were representatives of the biggest companies active on the Bulgarian and Croatian markets such as Orbico Group, Podravka, Fortenova, Meblo Trade, Rubicon Engineering AD and ELMARK GROUP. This summer the club will organise a business forum…

ZAGREB, 15 Feb 2022 - Economy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said on Tuesday that in 2019, as minister of environmental protection and energy, he had in no way favoured investors in the Krš-Pađene wind park who are under investigation by the USKOK anti-corruption office, of which he has been accused by a former assistant. "I inherited the Krš-Pađene case in 2017 when I took the office of minister of environmental protection and energy, and after several consultations with the State Attorney's Office, we solved that case at the ministry in 2017," Ćorić told the press. He said the ministry's decision was upheld by…

February 15th, 2022 - With several new developments under construction, the Rovinj hospital has an unprecedented opportunity to position itself as a market leader in thalassotherapy Rovinj, the champion of tourism in Istria, is about to get a new public swimming pool complex. As reported by Jutarnjil list, it’s Rovinj’s biggest investment in 2022, worth 60 million kuna and currently under construction on the premises of the Special Hospital for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation ‘Martin Horvat’. The building will be entirely made of stainless steel, the only one of its kind in Croatia, according to Branko Rajko, the director of the public…

ZAGREB, 15 Feb 2022 - After its call on citizens - Croatian residents to report income earned abroad in previous years, the Tax Administration on Tuesday published additional explanations given an increase in queries by Croatians living abroad and the incorrect information about tax residence in the public domain. The authority said that tax payment is not determined based on citizenship or registered residence but based on tax residence as one's centre of interests. Persons with an immediate family (spouse and/or children) have tax residence where their family lives and where the family uses what it needs for everyday life (place of work,…

ZAGREB, 15 Feb 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices rose mildly on Tuesday, compensating for yesterday's sharp declines, owing to the recovery of prices on European stock markets following the easing of geopolitical tensions regarding Ukraine, however, the turnover was half the turnover on Monday. The Crobex rose by 0.47% to 2,132 points while the Crobex10 gained 0.31% to 1,298 points, making up for yesterday's loss of close to 2%. Regular turnover was HRK 5.3 million, around 5 million less than on Monday. The highest turnover, of HRK 970,000, was generated by the Atlantic Group, whose stock price…

February 15, 2022 - Croatia has secured its spot in the World League European final eight after topping Russia in Zagreb on Tuesday.  After Greece, the Croatia water polo team defeated Russia in the second round of the World League Group D. Croatia celebrated in Zagreb on Tuesday 11-9 (1-4, 4-4, 2-1, 4-0) thus securing the World League final European tournament. However, it wasn't so certain from the start. Russia was ahead 4-0 in the first quarter, and Croatia hit the net for the first time only from their seventh shot! The Barracudas were in disarray until the end of…