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Thursday, 2 December 2021
FlixBus and Čazmatrans Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
ZAGREB, 2 Dec 2021 - The German-based bus company FlixBus and Croatia's Čazmatrans signed a strategic partnership agreement on Thursday. Under the agreement, in the first phase, Čazmatrans and FlixBus will integrate their bus services to provide travelers with greater mobility and availability of Croatian and international destinations. The agreement provides for the digitalization of bus tickets, which will facilitate the online purchase of tickets. Over 30 continental destinations in Croatia will be included in the FlixBus network, and some towns, such as Đakovo, Kutina, Petrinja, and Sisak, will become FlixBus destinations for the first time. In the second phase…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
€120m Set Aside in Grants to Help Cultural Sector Cope With COVID-19 Crisis
ZAGREB, 2 Dec 2021 - Addressing an international conference on creative industries, Culture Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek said on Thursday that during the COVID-19 pandemic, over HRK 900 million (€120 million) had been provided for the cultural and creative sectors to help them cope with the corona crisis. The minister said that the government, in cooperation with associations, had responded promptly and drawn up a set of measures to help the creative industry in coping with the consequences of the COVID1-19 pandemic. Of the HRK 900 million, HRK 300 million was earmarked for the development of the cultural and creative sectors.…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
475 Amendments Submitted to 2022 Budget Proposal, Parliament Speaker Says
ZAGREB, 2 Dec 2021 - The Croatian Parliament will begin next week's session already on Monday after 475 amendments have been submitted to the 2022 budget proposal, Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković announced at the start of the Parliament session on Thursday. The amendments will be discussed on Monday and Tuesday and the budget proposal will be put to a vote on Wednesday, Jandroković said. Lawmakers discussed the budget proposal all day on Wednesday, with opposition MPs saying that the budget is unrealistic and impracticable in the circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and the ruling majority claiming the opposite. The 2022 budget…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Number of Croatian Industrial Workers Remains Unchanged
ZAGREB, 2 Dec 2021 - The number of Croatian industrial workers in October 2021 remained unchanged from the previous month and fell by 0.4% compared with October 2020, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS). Compared with September 2021, the largest decrease in the number of workers was recorded in the beverage manufacturing industry (-3.7%) and the largest increase in the manufacture of other transport equipment (+4.1%). Compared with October 2020, the largest decline was registered in the mining support services sector (-16.0%) and the largest increase in other manufacturing (+6.3%). In the year to October 2021,…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Croatia's Coronavirus Update: 5,341 New cases, 76 Deaths
ZAGREB, 2 Dec 2021 - In the last 24 hours, 13,928 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Croatia and of them, 38.3% (5,341) have returned positive, whereas another 76 COVID patients have died, bringing the COVID-related death toll to 11,043, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Thursday. In the last 15 days, the coronavirus infection has claimed roughly 1,000 lives in the country. Currently, there are 32,603 active cases, and of them 2,391 are receiving hospital treatment, including 311 patients on ventilators. Since the first registered case of infection with the novel virus in Croatia on 25 February…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Croatian Chamber of Economy Issues Call for TCN Split Winter Tourism Round Table
December 2, 2021 - Preparations for the TCN Split winter tourism round table on December 13 are underway, with the Split-Dalmatia Chamber of Economy inviting interested parties to a pre-round table tomorrow. The reaction to the TCN Split winter tourism round table initiative has been really encouraging. The event, which will take place at Chops Grill on December 13, has most of the main key stakeholders confirmed, including the Mayor of Split, Ivica Puljak, the Deputy Zupan of Split Dalmatia County, the State Secretary from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, as well as consultants and representatives from the local…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Festive December Holidays Fun at 2021 Christmas in Ludbreg
December 02, 2021 – From winter walks and cycling to festive lights, farmers markets and the arrival of Saint Nicholas, there's a full calendar of activity and fun at Christmas in Ludbreg Sitting just an hour's drive northeast of the Croatian capital, the town of Ludbreg is easily among one of the most appealing day trips you can take from Zagreb. And, no more true is that than in the December holiday season. Batthyany castle, Ludbreg, December 2021 © Nikolina Breber The fields and hills surrounding Ludbreg are today still home to traditional agriculture and winemaking. In the winter season,…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
From Cooking to Sending Wages Home, How Osijek Nepalese Residents Live
December the 2nd, 2021 - There are thousands of foreign workers from distant countries outside of both the EU and the rest of Europe living and working here in Croatia. Slavonia is home to many of them, and we're going to take a quick look at just how Osijek Nepalese residents living and working in that Eastern Croatian city live. As RTL/Sib.hr writes, large numbers of Indians, Filipinos, Thais and many other foreigners are currently working in Croatia. In the City of Osijek, for example, is home to as many as 80 Nepalese nationals. Their homeland lies a distant 6000…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Croatian Galeb Company Impresses NATO for Second Time
December the 2nd, 2021 - The Croatian Galeb company has impressed no less than NATO for the second time around. They're now on their very own export offensive of sorts. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, the business of the Omis-based Galeb, since 1951, when several hundred workers worked with the machines of the time boiling and intertwining the first cotton threads, all the way to today's company with more than 340 workers, a common denominator has remained present - success. The Croatian Galeb company is interesting as it is currently the only vertically integrated manufacturer of knitted products in all…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Electrocoin and Konzum Cryptocurrency Shopping to be Permitted
December the 2nd, 2021 - Electrocoin and Konzum are the main players in the currently largest cooperation in the domestic cryptocurrency market - after implementing the service for several months and then testing it out for a couple of weeks, Konzum cryptocurrency shopping/payment is now permitted. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, in the near future, services will be available in Konzum stores; for a start in 60 of them where they have self-serving cash registers, and soon after in all 630 small, medium and large stores throughout the Republic of Croatia. Noticing the growing interest in the use of cryptocurrencies in…
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Impressive Croatian Earthquake Resistant Data Centre Located in Zagreb
December the 2nd, 2021 - The 2020 earthquakes still remain in the backs of the minds of all of us who were unfortunate enough to experience them, and the need to further secure buildings against these natural disasters has been in the forefront. The Croatian earthquake resistant data centre in Zagreb is impressive. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, after a year of work, A1 Croatia has opened the most modern data centre in not only Croatia but in the entire immediate region. This Croatian earthquake resistant data centre is located the intersection of Veceslav Holjevac Avenue and Neziceva street in…
