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October the 25th, 2021 - A well known foreign company, the Belgian Gourmet company, has chosen Croatia and more precisely the Dalmatian hinterland in which to do business. The country and the area of Vrlika were chosen as the best among an array of other locations. As Novac/Jutarnji/Slobodna Dalmacija/Toni Pastar writes, the Belgian Gourmet company is heating up its project involving a chocolate factory in the work zone of Kosora near Vrlika, and one journalist from Slobodna Dalmacija was among the first ''tasters'' of the chocolate made by "The Belgian Chocolate Group". Products from their plant over in Belgium were offered…

October the 25th, 2021 - There is a lot of talk circulating about the long awaited opening of Peljesac bridge which is, along with its access roads, finally nearing total completion. In order to put it into function, however, one very important factor needs to be satisfied. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, although Peljesac bridge already looks like it is ready for the first cars to drive across it, the final part of the work is still in full swing, and asphalting is what began first. ''Then comes the installation of all of the fences, the installation of internal drainage, the…

October the 25th, 2021 - The much loved and very popular Zagreb Brewery and K Pivovara (Brewery) which is under its auspices, has created even more variation in what was declared the world's best beer in its category back in 2020. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, last year, the beer that was declared the best in the world in its category - Grif Pale Ale, produced by K Pivovara from Zagreb, has been recently being producted in a brand new form - a 0.33 litre can. Along with the Pale Ale style in the new packaging, Oatmeal Stout is also now…

October the 25th, 2021 - One Zagreb youth has taken entrepreneurship to quite the next level in the form of selling apartments which don't even exist to end customers and then pocketing their payments for them, which amount to millions. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, police officers from the Zagreb Police Administration have further confirmed the suspicion that the currently unnamed Zagreb youth, who we can reveal is 20 years old, has financially three people for more than 600,000 kuna in total by further intensive and persistent criminal investigation. During the above-mentioned police investigation, it has been found that the 20-year-old…

October 24, 2021 - The Vladivostok Search and Rescue Centre reported on Sunday that they've cancelled the operation in which they were looking for a Croatian sailor who fell overboard in the Japanese territorial waters yesterday. The sailor was part of the crew on the Dubrovnik's company Atlantska plovidba ship "Miho Pracat". The company reported yesterday that early on Saturday morning they noticed a member of the crew was missing. The ship was in the Japanese territorial waters at the moment of the disappearance, while going from a Russian port Shakhtyorsk on the Sahalin island to China. As soon as…

ZAGREB, 24 Oct, 2021 - Croatian citizens set aside HRK 549 in savings a month on average, 15% more than last year, according to the findings of a survey done by the IMAS agency this past July and August. The survey covered a little over 500 respondents and was commissioned by the Erste Group. The findings show that men save HRK 593 a month on average and women HRK 507. Eighty-two percent of men as well as women consider saving important or very important. One of the aims of the survey was to find out how the long period of…

ZAGREB, 24 Oct, 2021 - President Zoran Milanović on Sunday attended the special session of the city assembly of Makarska on the occasion of the day of that Adriatic city, and commended local residents for having done a lot for their community. Addressing the session, the president called on the local authorities and citizens to make use of the funds available under the EU funding schemes as much as possible. "Take the money from the EU funds and be greedy within the rules," he said. He presented that data showing that since Croatia's admission to the EU eight years ago,…

ZAGREB, 24 Oct, 2021- The Sixth Croatian Social Week, which was organised by the Catholic Church in the country, on Saturday adopted a declaration which underscores that Croatia is in a deep demographic crisis and calls on the authorities to take measures to halt negative trends. The declaration, adopted at the end of the event that brought together about 200 participants, warns about a demographic failure in Croatia due to the intensive decrease in the number of newborns and demographic ageing. The document says that the country lacks a long-term strategy and a supra-party policy to address the issue. The declaration recommends…

ZAGREB, 24 Oct, 2021 - Dubrovnik is the best meeting destination in Central and Southeast Europe for 2021 in the category of destinations that can host up to 1,200 congress attendees, according to a regional magazine specialised in business tourism, Kongres Magazine. The Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ) reported on this success and Dubrovnik's congress offer last Monday, and HTZ director Kristjan Staničić underscored the importance of such recognition, especially during a pandemic, when business tourism was one of the segments that suffered the most. He believes that the fact that Dubrovnik and some other Croatian destinations are on Kongres Magazine's list…

October 24, 2021 - I don't consider myself halfway to being able to speak the Croatian language fluently, but I think there are definitely some factors that have helped me streamline the process and that can help you as well, and they are worth sharing. It is unlikely, but not impossible, to find someone who wants to study the Croatian language without a particular reason, that is, for the simple fact of learning Croatian. Especially if you are someone with no background in Slavic language learning, it can be quite challenging, and for many even demotivating. Among those who studied the…