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Friday, 25 November 2022
Sinteza Clinic Changes Ownership, Announces Growth Post-Acquisition
November 25, 2022 - The company Futura Partners announced their acquisition of the Bagatin Medical Group from Ognjen Bagatin yesterday. With this, the company Futura Partners, which took over the luxury interior design company Sinago this summer, entered the health sector. The Futura Partners company was founded by local Croatian entrepreneurs and businessmen with the aim of investing in small and medium-sized Croatian companies with great growth potential. The partners are the IT professionals Luka Abrus Fijačko and Ivan Gabrić, economists Berislav Horvat and Filip Jelić, lawyers Josip Konjevod and Zlatko Knezović and entrepreneurs Saša Cvetojević and Ognjen Bagatin. Bagatin…
Friday, 25 November 2022
Croat Ante Delija Fights for PFL Heavyweight Title, 1 Million USD
November the 25th, 2022 - Croat Ante Delija is set to meet Matheus Scheffel soon... The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is the first and only MMA league with a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points in the Regular Season advance to the win-or-go-home Playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize. The 2022 PFL World Championship, which is taking place at…
Friday, 25 November 2022
A Week in Croatian Politics - Politician Pay Rises, Schengen and Ukraine
November the 25th, 2022 - This week in Croatian politics, we've had everything from wage increases for politicians and state officials and saying an emphatic ''YES'' to training Ukrainian soldiers, to Austria changing its tune regarding Croatian Schengen accession and Milanovic claiming that it's actually America fighting with Russia through Ukraine. The monthly wage earned by Plenkovic, his ministers and parliamentarians is set to go up Much to the delight of every average Joe living and working in Croatia and struggling to make ends meet, Plenkovic and co are set to get a wage increase. You'll probably remember that last…
Friday, 25 November 2022
Esplanade Hotel General Manager Ivica Max Krizmanic Wins Award
November the 25th, 2022 - The general manager of Zagreb's well known and very popular Esplanade Hotel, Ivica Max Krizmanic, has won the prestigious World Luxury Hotel Award for 2022. As Suzana Varosanec/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the general ,anager of Zagreb's Esplanade Hotel, Ivica, Max Krizmanic, is the winner of the World Luxury Hotel Awards 2022 for the best general manager in all of Southern Europe. This is otherwise a very prestigious award that is traditionally awarded to the absolute best in the demanding hotel industry. The press release stating that Ivica Max Krizmanic had received this year's prestigious award was…
Friday, 25 November 2022
Croatian Modepack Company to Increase Revenue with Eurozone Accession
November the 25th, 2022 - The Croatian Modepack company is set to cash in and increase its income on the mere change of the country's currency from the kuna to the euro as of January 2023. As Darko Bicak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, with an investment of 63 million kuna in their new plant in Velika Gorica near Zagreb, the Croatian Modepack company has recently rounded off its strategic efforts to double its capacity conceived in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, when the demand for their range of courier and security packaging on the global market exploded. As explained by Jure…
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Diary of a Croatian Lawsuit: Key Witness Shares Thoughts on LinkedIn
November 24, 2022 - Last week's hearing in the ongoing lawsuits against TCN CEO Paul Bradbury from the Croatian National Tourist Board included two witness cross-examinations. One shared his thoughts about the experience on LinkedIn. The first comment I saw on a thread about the trial from Zoran Pejovic was 'Kafkaesque.' Zoran and I have known each other for a decade and he is what I consider to be one of the true tourism visionaries in this country, particularly in the luxury tourism sector. It was no surprise that he also appeared in the article in the Croatian media which…
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Cvarakfest Karanac: Slavonia and Baranja in a Nutshell
November 25, 2022 - The largest fair of local products in eastern Croatia is held on the Karanac fairground alongside the traditional Cvarakfest. We are yet to find a more Slavonian event. As SiB writes, like every year, the fattest and tastiest festival in the region awaits on the last Saturday in November. A festival dedicated solely to no less than the truffles of Baranja – cvarci! The Karanac winter fair is an event that offers the products of almost 80 local producers, mainly from the OPGs of Slavonia and Baranja. Here you can make sure you stock up your…
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Croatian Lottery Winner "Had to take the Bus, Husband too Excited to Drive"
November 24, 2022 - Vesna Lukac is the latest Croatian lottery winner. She played the Druga Sansa (Second Chance) game and won a million kuna. 24Sata spoke to the lucky winner. "I won the prize on the day when, 30 years ago, I had to leave Turanj as a refugee of the war. In the end, I stayed there, and somehow I consider the prize a reward for everything I went through," says Vesna. "I wasn't sure if my husband was crying, singing or laughing... he is in such a condition that he can't drive, so as a millionaire, I…
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Public Car Auction to be Held at Zagreb Velesajam this Saturday
November 24, 2022 - A public car auction will take place on Saturday, 26 November, at Zagreb Velesajam (Zagreb Fairgrounds). The auction system is buy-as-is. The vehicles are untested, possibly defective, or incomplete, and the seller does not guarantee the correctness of the mileage on the vehicles. The auction will be carried out through a buy-as-is system, which excludes the possibility of subsequent objections. As Poslovni writes, an auction of used vehicles at the Zagreb Fair will be held on November 26, 2022, in the Brijuni hall, starting at 9:00 a.m. All vehicles can be inspected on November 24 and…
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Euro in Croatia: How to Pay for December Utility Bills due in January
November 24, 2022 - Euro in Croatia: on the first day of 2023, the euro will become the official currency in Croatia. Paying in kuna (only in cash) will be possible until January 14. Preparations for the introduction of the euro in Croatia from January 1, 2023, are proceeding without any problems and according to plan, as was pointed out this week at the session of the National Council for the introduction of the euro. As Poslovni / N1 write, Croatian citizens are already mostly familiar with what awaits them from the first of January. One of the questions that…
Thursday, 24 November 2022
2022 World Cup Impressions from a Croatian Female Football Journalist in Qatar
November 24, 2022 - The media has had a lot to say heading into the controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but what’s it really like on the ground? TCN Sports Editor Daniela Rogulj shares her impressions as a Croatian female football journalist in Qatar. There has been a lot said going into this World Cup, and I won’t bore anyone by repeating it. Having read many articles before I departed for Doha on November 21, I, too, was a bit nervous. From the rules in Qatar to the FIFA organization, how would the world's biggest football tournament play out? I…
