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ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - Croatian National Bank (HNB) Governor Boris Vujčić said in an interview with the HTV public broadcaster on Tuesday evening that he had not used inside information for personal gain and that he discussed the allegations with the prime minister. Vujčić also said that he did not have information that other HNB employees did it either, calling on anyone with evidence of such activity to report it to the HNB and the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA). The Index news website said on Monday that about 40 HNB staff, including HNB Governor Vujčić, had traded in bonds and shares…

January 12, 2022 - The project Fortress ReInvented is carried out by the Šibenik City Museum and has been recognized by the European Commission and used as an example of good practice and use of European funds. The project Fortress ReInvented- An innovative approach and digital content on the historical forts, whose head is the Šibenik City Museum, has been highlighted as an example of good practice to successfully use European funds to implement innovative techniques and content in the presentation of cultural heritage to the general public in the interactive guide The Cultural Funding Guide, which is published by the European Commission at…

January 12, 2022 - The TZ2 form refers to the period 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022 and must be submitted by Saturday, January 15th. Here are some important considerations for filling it out. Persons who provide catering services in the household or on the family farm must submit to the competent Tax Administration a special TZ2 form by January 15 of the current year for 2022, according to the data on the number of beds from the previous 2021, reports HrTurizam.hr. According to the instructions for filling in published by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MINTS), it should be noted that…

January 12, 2022 - In the past two days, stormy winds on the Croatian coast on Tuesday tore down trees and electrical cables, raised the roofs of houses and overturned vehicles, and some citizens were without electricity for several hours. HRT News reports that yesterday the County Center 112 Rijeka received several reports of disasters caused by stormy winds in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, according to the website of the Directorate of Civil Protection. In the area of ​​the municipality of Čavle, several telephone poles were broken and a tree fell on the road. In Crikvenica, in King Tomislav Street, the wind…

January the 12th, 2022 - Obonjan island used to be just another of Croatia's many uninhabited islands dotted along the coast. A few years ago, it underwent a transformation and is now a place many pay a visit to. It seems yet another transformation of sorts is on the cards for Obonjan island. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Zeljko Perekovic became the owner of the tourist company "Obonjan Riviera" last year, and he appointed a new three-member Supervisory Board at the extraordinary assembly of the company. In addition to him, Kristijan Perekovic and Irena Dolencic are now in that body, as…

January the 12th, 2022 - Drugs in Croatia aren't often discussed as much as they are in various other European countries where there are severe addiction issues and raids which often make the headlines, such as in the United Kingdom. That said, there certainly are drug busts in Croatia very frequently, and the biggest of them all happened in the autumn of 2021. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, two stories broke about drugs in Croatia recently, and the two sagas regard two entirely unrelated actions. An enormous amount of heroin was found following the search of a ship that arrived from…

January the 12th, 2022 - The Vodnjan Bursic prosciutto factory has created pancetta crisps (or chips if you're American), the very first of their kind to exist here on the Croatian market. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, the Vodnjan Bursic prosciutto factory has introduced a new type of cured meat snack into their range, more precisely the Istrian pancetta/bacon crisp. The Vodnjan Bursic prosciutto factory began work back in 1994, when it was called "Kod Milana", and today they have six employees and a location at which they offer dishes based on their own cured meat products. "The idea to…

January the 12th, 2022 - The famous Split shipyard under Tomislav Debeljak, Brodosplit, has got its hands on two very valuable new contracts to construct ships in 2022. The world of Croatian shipbuilding has been suffering since long before the coronavirus pandemic struck and caused an extended period of domestic and global economic gloom. The likes of Uljanik and Maj 3 in Pula and Rijeka dominated the headlines for months on end due to their enfeebled state and attempts from the state to get things moving again. With strikes because of wages not being paid to employees for months on…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - The SSSH union federation supports the possibility for employers to organise teleworking in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus provided that workers consent to remote work and expenses arising from working from home are covered by employers. SSSH said in a press release that it supports a decision by the national COVID response team which entered into force on Tuesday related to working from home which would reduce contacts and circulation of the population in public transport in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and avoid a new lockdown. "However, that…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - A project called "Local media for a better society" is being launched by journalists' associations from Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of building trust through cross-border cooperation and joint work on building strong and professional local media. The project involves the Croatian Journalists Union, the Slovenian Journalists Association, the BH Journalists Association, and the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia, with the support of the UK Embassy in Croatia. The project, focusing on building trust and cooperation and strengthening the autonomy and freedom of local media outlets as the basic source of information…