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Saturday, 5 February 2022
Pozega Company Plamen Rewards Employees for Getting Vaccinated
February the 5th, 2022 - The Pozega company Plamen has recorded some extremely encouraging results, mostly related to exports, despite these continually challenging times. More controversially, it decided to reward its employees for getting vaccinated against the novel coronavirus by providing monetary bonuses. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, according to the company's procurator Vinko Matijevic, the Pozega company Plamen generated a massive 280.6 million kuna in revenue last year, which is an increase of as much as 67 percent when compared to the previous year. Net profit amounted to 49 million kuna and was 70 percent higher, Radio Vallis Aurea wrote on…
Saturday, 5 February 2022
Replenishment of Croatian Aircash Wallet Via Paysafe Available in 20 Countries
February the 5th, 2022 - The replenishment of the Croatian Aircash wallet via the Paysafe platform is now available in twenty different countries, but ironically NOT here in Croatia, where the Aircash app was created and developed. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ivan Tominac writes, the Croatian fintech Aircash and the multinational online payment platform Paysafe have concluded a cooperation that allows Aircash wallet users to top up their wallets directly with cash in more than twenty countries across Europe, from Austria to Sweden. When they want to add cash to their account, Croatian Aircash wallet users choose the "cash" option as a…
Friday, 4 February 2022
‘The Cathedral Isn’t Ugly’: Impressions of Croatia in Travel Journals of Yore (I)
February 4, 2022 - Long before the dawn of tourism, pilgrims, artists, scholars and adventurers of all kinds made their way down the Croatian coast. Many foreign travellers recorded their impressions along the way, leaving behind a treasure trove of travel journals for us modern folk to peruse and enjoy just how much some of the writings resemble online reviews of the present day. Exploring the predecessors of Trip Advisor, starting with a few thoughts on Istria Most of us can’t help but love travel content. In the present age, especially since a certain issue made it quite difficult to…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Mayor Expects Positive Opinion of State Inspectorate for Mt Medvednica Cable Car
ZAGREB, 4 Feb 2022 - Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević said on Friday he expected the State Inspectorate which is conducting a technical inspection of the cable car connecting the foot of Mt Medvednica and Sljeme peak, to give a positive opinion and the cable car should be put into operation in a few weeks' time. "A noise impact assessment has been submitted and now the decision is up to the State Inspectorate, which I believe will give a positive opinion. After that, the Transport Ministry is expected to issue an operating licence. I hope everything will be over in a…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Cash Changeover to Euro Banknotes and Coins to Cost €120m
ZAGREB, 4 Feb 2022 - The Croatian National Bank (HNB) on Friday awarded the authors of the most successful designs of the Croatian national motifs on future euro coins, and HNB Governor Boris Vujčić said that the changeover from kuna to euro cash would cost over HRK 900 million. The production of euro banknotes and coins which have to replace the current kuna banknotes and coins will cost more than HRK 900 million. This is quite expensive for the HNB, said the governor at the ceremony at which the authors of the best designs of the Croatian euro coins were…
Friday, 4 February 2022
President Confirms Having Received Contracts on Rafale Jets
ZAGREB, 4 Feb 2022 - President Zoran Milanović confirmed on Friday having received contracts on the purchase of the Rafale fighter jets but he would not comment on them, saying the documents were confidential. "I do not have any comment except for the fact that an extra €200 million will be deducted from the Defence Ministry budget," he said. Asked what else the army needed, Milanović said that the issue of army equipment procurement was far from having been finished. "The Bradleys purchase had to be pushed for. I could not believe that someone could think, like an amateur, that the issue…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Minister Says Lećevica Waste Management Centre to be Built in Three to Four Years
ZAGREB, 4 Feb 2022 - Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Tomislav Ćorić said in Split on Friday the construction of the Lećevica waste management centre should be completed in three to four years. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Split-Dalmatia County head Blaženko Boban, Ćorić said that he was informed at the meeting about the implementation of the Lećevica project, noting that project documentation was being adjusted to the new programming period. "The plan is to start work on the Lećevica project in 2023, and the second stage, which concerns unsorted municipal waste, is planned for 2024 and 2025," Ćorić…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Croatia Should Prepare Well for Euro Introduction, PM Says
ZAGREB, 4 Feb 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that 1 January 2023 would be a historic moment for which one should be well prepared in every regard, including the adoption of a good law on euro introduction and the amending of a set of other laws this year. "This includes also economic preparations and consumer protection," he said in reference to the planned introduction of the euro as legal tender in Croatia on 1 January 2023. In an address at an event at which the most successful designs of the national side of the euro and cent…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Retiring in Croatia as a Non-EU National: Navigating Bureaucracy
February 4, 2022 - Croatia is touted as being one of the best places to retire, with plenty to offer including an agreeable climate, rich culture, relatively low cost of living, and affordable healthcare. But how can retirees, especially 3rd country nationals, gain the right to live long-term in Croatia? In this article, I briefly walk you through the different types of long-term permits the Croatian government currently offers and provide deeper insights into those that are the most applicable to retirees. All information presented here is from the Ministry of the Interior (MUP) which regulates the stay of foreigners…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Croatian Political Parties: A Brief Summary
4 February 2022 – Many words can be used to describe Croatian politics: controversial, sensitive, dull, exciting, but confusing stands out as the word that I think many of us would associate most strongly with the topic. A closer look into Croatian political parties. Political misperception represents a common challenge globally. In an age where misinformation campaigns are rampant, the task of discerning fact from fiction is becoming evermore arduous and personal. Moreover, for the diaspora, the Croatian political establishment can present as a bit of a Blackbox. However, our votes matter, as does our political engagement. To make an…
Friday, 4 February 2022
Osijek Company Orqa Begins Developing Chip Design Ecosystem in Croatia
February the 4th, 2022 - The Osijek company Orqa has begun developing no less than a chip design ecosystem right here in Croatia. Namely, Orqa, Osijek's FERIT and Zagreb's FER signed an agreement on cooperation in the project of designing a specialised chip for unmanned systems. Complex chip design such as this hasn't existed in the Republic of Croatia so far, and it is on the basis of an initiative through which the rapidly-growing Osijek company Orqa d.o.o. further seeks to advance first-person (FPV) and remote reality (RR) technologies. The goal of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Orqa, the…
