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January the 28th, 2022 - Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac's company, Project 3 Mobility, is planning a new project and requires quite a considerable amount of new staff for that. Project 3 Mobility is, as such, planning further employment in the near future. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, while Rimac and Porsche continue to develop their electric hypercar, as well as plans to develop the automotive giant Bugatti in the direction of electrification - his other large company, Project 3 Mobility, was founded for a controversial robotics taxi development project in Zagreb backed by the European Union (EU) this year. It could…

January the 28th, 2022 - Croatian digital student incubator is creating new generations of creatives and innovators. This project develops the creative and entrepreneurial potential of primary and secondary school students. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, after 2,000 registered participants, more than 160 schools from all over the Republic of Croatia and 170 developed innovative projects in 2021, the Croatian digital student incubator continues - an initiative of the Institute for Innovation, Skolska knjiga (School book) and the Science Centre of Excellence for School Efficiency and Management. It is, as stated, a network project which works to further develop the…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy Minister Josip Aladrović said on Thursday the government's final social welfare bill met the demands of associations of persons with disabilities, primarily by increasing certain allowances and eliminating the means test. "Between two readings the government increased certain allowances, removed the means test. Practically all associations of persons with disabilities had asked for it, and we met their demands." The minister stressed that amendments had been accepted regarding all five chamber laws and penalties for those unlawfully providing social services. "The system will undergo reorganisation this year. We…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Thursday that because of President Zoran Milanović's statements about Ukraine, he had to call nearly every one of his counterparts and apologise. Milanović said on Tuesday that Ukraine did not belong in NATO, that it was one of the world's most corrupt countries, that president Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014 in a military coup, and that the crisis on the Ukraine-Russia border was a consequence of the US home policy. Ukraine issued a strong response and Milanović's statements were reported by world media. "We are appalled. I, as minister, have…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - Economy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said on Thursday that Mayor Tomislav Tomašević and his team were responsible for the markedly higher corporate gas bills in Zagreb, and not HDZ personnel, because they failed to procure it at better prices. Tomašević said earlier the former director of the City Gasworks' Supply division, Igor Pirija, who ran the division until last October, was responsible and that he was HDZ personnel, claiming that he did not buy gas at cheaper prices on time and that Zagreb businesses were in trouble because of him. Ćorić said Tomašević should do his job and that Pirija…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange indices decreased on Thursday, the Crobex by 1.09% to 2,123.83 points and the Crobex10 by 1.08% to 1,292.84 points. Regular turnover was HRK 6.12 million, 1.3 million less than on Wednesday. The most traded stock was Atlantska Plovidba, turning over a little over HRK 1 million. It closed at HRK 372 per share, up 0.54%. Forty-seven stocks traded today, with ten going up and 26 down in price, while 11 were stable. (€1 = HRK 7.526928)

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - President Zoran Milanović on Thursday received representatives of the Financial Club, a specialised university student association, who presented their "Simply about the euro" project, the president's office said. The project was carried out between October 2019 and April 2021 and is the first project dedicated to the introduction of the euro in Croatia, launched by university students to educate their colleagues and the public. The aim of the project was to explain in a simple and comprehensible way all the doubts concerning the euro, the club's representatives told the president. The project, which received the Rector's Award,…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - The United States on Thursday welcomed the deal reached with Croatia on the purchase of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, the embassy said in a press release. "The United States welcomes the Government of Croatia’s decision to acquire Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The United States is pleased to provide our close Ally and partner Croatia with these vehicles, which will be refurbished and equipped with the support of U.S. funding. Croatia’s Bradley program is a joint investment in our shared security," the press release said. "Croatia has earned a reputation as a committed and capable NATO Ally. This acquisition…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - The HANFA regulator is checking the accounts of 725 current and 463 former employees of the central bank as well as other available accounts, with 529 transfers involving 26,940 stocks of credit institutions having been determined for 58 of the 1,188 former and current employees. This was stated on Thursday by the head of the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA), Ante Žigman, at a thematic session of the parliament's Finance and State Budget Committee, entitled "HNB employees' trading in securities of banks supervised by the central bank", which was also attended by Croatian National Bank (HNB) Governor Boris Vujčić…

ZAGREB, 27 Jan 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković called out President Zoran Milanović on Thursday for undermining Croatia's reputation and credibility, and said the government distanced itself from his views on the Ukraine situation. Milanović's statements "are damaging for Croatia's reputation and shameful," he said at a cabinet meeting. "They lead to big disappointment, I'd say indignation, among our partners, from the Unites States to NATO member states, European Union member states, our neighbours." Plenković said it seemed that every important ambassador would be summoned due to Milanović's statements. "That's bad, it's scandalous, it undermines Croatia's reputation and credibility. It's in total opposition…