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October the 14th, 2021 - Korcula tourism this year has exceeded all expectations, much like the truly remarkable (if somewhat incidental) Croatian tourism season has overall, especially when compared to 2020. This Dalmatian island claims that it can attract foreign visitors throughout the post-season, too. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, after the end of the traditional summer tourist season on the island of Korcula, which exceeded all expectations, one of the southernmost Croatian islands showed how to attract tourists even during the off-season. Hana Turudic, director of the Korcula Tourist Board, revealed that this year, Korcula tourism realised as much…

October the 14th, 2021 - A remarkably good Croatian summer season which few could have possibly predicted or expected when remembering the dire situation we experienced back in 2020 saw air traffic passengers in Croatia double. The sheer amount of people being transported by air was certainly a breath of fresh air for the travel industry, which was not only so badly harmed by the pandemic, but has also now got to work to regain the trust of travellers. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, back during August 2021, the very height of the Croatian summer season, the total amount of passenger…

October the 14th, 2021 - Zagreb's Franjo Tudjman Airport has been re-certified as a safe airport in the conditions of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the capital's busy airport reported on Wednesday. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Zagreb's Franjo Tudjman Airport recalled that back in 2020, they were among the first European airports to successfully pass the accreditation programme for the establishment of health and safety measures in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, and recently the re-accreditation process for 2021 was completed. In the accreditation process, as they say, special emphasis was placed on further improving the established health and safety…

October the 14th, 2021 - The Croatian agency, Bruketa&Zinic&Grey, and the Untouched by Light sparkling wine from Slovenia's Radgonske gorice won the prestigious Cresta award recently. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, Cresta is an international award for creativity in marketing communications, which has been awarded since back in 1993 and for which many of the most respected international creative companies compete. It is considered to be a real global benchmark for and of creative standards. The award-winning project of Croatian creators Untouched by Light, is the first sparkling wine in the world to be produced, sold and tasted in full,…

ZAGREB, 14 October, 2021 - The RASCO manufacturer of devices and multi-purpose vehicles for the maintenance of traffic infrastructure and municipal maintenance of urban areas, on Wednesday presented its new product, the electric street sweeper called LYNX Charge. This first Croatian electric vacuum road sweeper was developed by the Kalinovac-based company in cooperation with the Zagreb-based Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER). The device is a part of the project launched by the company in 2017. In 2019, RASCO launched the diesel-powered LYNX. The whole project is estimated at about 30 million kuna, and HRK 15 million has been provided from European…

ZAGREB, 14 October, 2021 - The Hrvatske Autoceste (HAC) road management company on Wednesday selected a consortium of Colas Hrvatska and Geotehnika for the construction of the Lekenik-Sisak section of the A11 motorway between Zagreb and Sisak, as the most economically advantageous bid of HRK 281.33 million without VAT. Once the contractors enter the construction site they will have 24 months to complete the work, HAC said in a press release. HAC has secured the entire amount to complete the Zagreb-Sisak motorway without any additional borrowing, the company said. Colas Hrvatska was established in 1962 under the name Cesta Varaždin. Since 2007 it has…

ZAGREB, 14 October, 2021 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Wednesday that Europe was not prepared for a new migrant wave, rejecting allegations that Croatian police were doing dirty work for the European Union. "Many studies by Croatian and international institutions warn of the possible arrival of a large number of migrants as a result of the situation in Afghanistan. Europe must prepare itself for that. However, frankly speaking, the European Union is not fully prepared," Božinović said at a meeting of the Croatian Parliament Committee on Human Rights and Rights of Ethnic Minorities. The Committee met to discuss pushbacks…

ZAGREB, 14 October, 2021 - The opposition in parliament expressed its satisfaction on Wednesday with the Supreme Court's verdict in the retrial of the Fimi Media corruption under which the Croatian Democratic Union was fined HRK 3.5 million. Urša Raukar (ZLB) claimed that the verdict clearly identified the HDZ as the most responsible for corruption in Croatia. That is a great news, added Katarina Peović (RF), at the end of a parliamentary debate on the President's recommendation for Judge Radovan Dobronić to be appointed Supreme Court President. "The Supreme Court did not rule that the HDZ is a corrupt party, nor criminal…

ZAGREB, 14 October, 2021 - Prime Minister and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Andrej Plenković, commenting on the ruling in the Fimi Media case, rejected the responsibility of the party's present leadership "for the actions of some other people between 2004 and 2009." "When it comes to what went on then, as far as the incumbent leadership and policies we are leading are concerned, and I in particular, as the president of the party since 2016, have nothing to do with that nor will we take any responsibility for the actions of individuals," Plenković said commenting on the Supreme Court ruling…

ZAGREB, 14 October, 2021 - Prime Minister and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that the HDZ respected the rule of law and would comply with the Supreme Court's ruling under which this ruling party was fined HRK 3.5 million in the Fimi Media corruption case. Earlier on Wednesday, the Supreme Court partly upheld the verdict following the retrial in the Fimi Media corruption case, under which the HDZ was fined HRK 3.5 million, while the former PM and HDZ chief Ivo Sanader had his prison sentence cut from eight to seven years. Sanader and his co-defendants were charged…