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January the 13th, 2022 - The Croatian travel document has risen on the list of passport rankings ever since Croatia joined the European Union (EU) back in July 2013. But where does it rank now? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the company which has become best known for its passport index, has been monitoring the world's most powerful passports since back in 2006, basing all of its rankings of passports from around the world on data from the International Air Travel Association. They say the measures introduced since the emergence of the global coronavirus pandemic have led to the biggest difference…

January the 13th, 2022 - The Republic of Croatia has become one of the countries of Nestle's new market which spans eleven nations, according to Alessandro Zanelli, market leader for the Southern and Eastern European Market. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, Nestle, as one of the world's leading and well known companies in the food industry, established the Southern and Eastern European Market (SEEM) and appointed Alessandro Zanelli as its market leader this January. Countries belonging to this new market are Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Kosovo, Ukraine and Moldova. The decision was made as part…

January the 13th, 2022 - A brand new Samobor logistics centre is on the horizon, as part of a Czech project estimated to stand at around half a billion kuna in total. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, there's a growing logistics ''trend'' in and around Zagreb, and the City of Samobor is paving the way for a project estimated at half a billion kuna, which will be developed by the Czech development and investment company RC Europe. The aforementioned company is currently engaged in preparing all of necessary documentation for the construction of a brand new Samobor logistics centre (which…

January the 13th, 2022 - The global coronavirus crisis has put all economic entities into difficult waters, but one Kutina company headed by Marija Fresl, an entrepreneur who has been in the textile industry for many years now, launched Hudog & Hucat, a line of pet products for cats and dogs, last year. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, part of this Kutina company's production was redirected to the production of canvas beds and toys and blankets primarily designed for dogs and cats. Although only twn months have passed since the launch of this Kutina company's first product line, the beds…

January 13, 2022 - Despite the summer season still being far away, there is no time to lose in the ''Pearl of the Adriatic'', as there is much to plan ahead in the first third of the year. Thus, the first course of the year was held for directors of cultural institutions in Dubrovnik. A meeting with the directors of cultural institutions in Dubrovnik was held today in the Great Hall of the City, led by Deputy Mayor Jelka Tepšić and Head of the Administrative Department for Culture and Heritage Julijana Antić Brautović, with the aim to plan ahead of the…

January 13, 2022 - As part of an initiative of the Association of Croatian Tourist Guides, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the international recognition of the Republic of Croatia, the Kvarner Tourist Guides Association traditionally organizes free organized tours, and this year will be around Krk Old Town. All interested citizens and visitors can join the tour of the Krk Old Town this Saturday, January 15 at noon, which includes a visit to the Frankopan Castle and the Interpretation Center for the History of Maritime Heritage of the Island of Krk; the place of departure is on the waterfront in front of the…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - Croatian and Serbian police have been coordinating their activities in the search for 27-year-old Matej Periš of Split since his disappearance in Belgrade, and nothing indicates that his disappearance is due to foul play, Criminal Police Director Antonio Gerovac said on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference following a visit to Belgrade by representatives of the Croatian police, Gerovac said that the two countries' police forces have been cooperating on the case since the very start and that at their meeting in Belgrade they exchanged the information collected. Serbian police have done everything that is usually done in such…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - The town of Novska, 95 kilometres southeast of Zagreb, has positioned itself as a place open to development of the gaming industry, and on Wednesday Prime Minister Andrej Plenković opened a dormitory for a local secondary school that has introduced a course in game development. Plenković also visited the local business incubator with more than 60 companies specialising in game development. The school's principal, Nikolina Fijačko Filipović, said that children from all over the country had enrolled in the new course - game technician - so their accommodation had become a priority. She thanked everyone…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - PM Andrej Plenković has said Milorad Pupovac was at a celebration of Bosnian Serb entity day as head of the Serb National Council and that parties that have criticised him for that should have done the same in the case of President Zoran Milanović's "love" for Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik. A number of Croatian political parties have condemned Pupovac's attendance at the ceremony in Banja Luka. Asked about that topic in Novska again on Wednesday, Plenković said that the Serb National Council (SNV), an umbrella association of ethnic Serbs in Croatia, had provided an explanation. "He went there in his capacity as SNV…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - The government will present a comprehensive package of measures to relieve the effects of the increase in energy prices on households and businesses, Prime Minister  Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday. "We have a number of tools at our disposal, including measures by the biggest distributor, and that is HEP, measures by regulators and finally measures by the government. By the time this issue becomes current, we will have a whole package that will relieve or prevent any major blow to citizens' living standard," Plenković said in Novska while attending a ceremony marking the town's day. He did not wish to go…