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August the 27th, 2022 - Precisely how much does Croatian solar panel installation cost, and how much can really be saved by going to the trouble of having them fitted? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, with just how much sun Croatia receives on an annual basis, residents deciding to go for Croatian solar power installation could save thousands and thousands of kuna a year if they decided to take the leap and get their power directly from the sun. Since the government removed VAT on it, everyone appears to be going a little crazy about Croatian solar panel installation, as reported by…

August the 27th, 2022 - Komiza on the beautiful Dalmatian island of Vis is set to get a brand new five star hotel complex as part of a large 52 million euro investment. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the entry of Marriott's lifestyle brand Autograph into Hotel Bisevo has now been officially signed off. As was announced by the company Modra spilja on the Zagreb Stock Exchange on Thursday, the members of the company's management, following the approval of the general assembly and the supervisory board, have now signed the License Agreement for the Autograph Collection hotel brand, under which the…

August the 27th, 2022 - The much loved Croatian chocolate brand, Kras, and Studio Sonda have won a prestigious award for their redesign of the Dorina chocolate packaging. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Josipa Ban writes, product packaging, or the packaging that represents it, is an important and powerful tool of communication with customers. In the proverbial sea of ​​products we're constantly swimming in, you need to stand out and attract attention. It isn't easy for new products that are just entering the market, and nor is it "old", well established brands that still have to follow market trends so as to not…

August 26, 2022 – Meet Antonio Horvat, aka Jones Wire. Having developed an interest in Photoshop, and then digital art, this young graphic designer now regularly creates and sells works of art and has developed an interesting visual identity to go with his alter ego. His Instagram looks professional and artistic, his art has a retro-futuristic vibe inspiring a pleasant, cosy feeling. At least that is the beauty that the eye of this beholder sees. Read all about him, learn about the process, and appreciate his art with us. Tell us about Jones Wire, what you do, and what inspired…

ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - Croatia's economy grew at a rate of 7.7% in the second quarter of this year, compared to the corresponding period in 2021, and the rate accelerated after 7.0% in Q1, according to the first estimates released by the national statistical office (DZS) on Friday. This is the fifth quarter in a row for Croatia's GDP to rebound since the corona crisis, which shows the country's strong recovery from that crisis. Strong growth in the April-June 2022 period is based on the rise in almost all the components of GDP. "Household consumption increased in real terms…

ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - The central events of the month-long salt festival in Ston on the island of Pelješac will be held this weekend. Thus tours of the saltworks and programmes about salt mining are on the agenda.  Visitors can enjoy traditional products and attend handicrafts fairs. They can taste local wines, honey and olive oil. "Wine, Salt & Jazz Night" event will be held on Friday. Also, the festival features 40 local vine growers, wineries, family farms, restaurants and taverns, and shellfish producers of the whole peninsula to enable visitors to enjoy delicious local dishes,  delicacies, and favorite wine Plavac…

ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - Croatia has registered 851 new cases of coronavirus infection and 17 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the national COVID response team said on Friday. There are 6,921 active cases in the country, including 580 hospitalised patients, 22 of whom are on ventilators. A total of 4,343 people are self-isolating. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Croatia on 25 February 2020, 1,210,431 cases of the infection have been registered and 16,639 people have died as a consequence. To date, 59.59% of the total population, or 70.87% of the adult population, have been vaccinated.

ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, who on Thursday said that Croatian households are paying ten times lower prices of electricity than the market price, explained on Friday that before the war in Ukraine, a megawatt hour of electricity cost €57, only to now rise to nearly €600 on the market. This means that the price of electricity supplies bought on the market by the state-run HEP power provider is tenfold higher than last year, while households are still paying the electricity bills as if electricity prices had not gone up, and this exemption of households from paying the market…

ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - Commenting on the death of journalist Vladimir Matijanić, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that everything should be investigated, but there cannot be any insinuations that someone is being protected, adding that Health Minister Vili Beroš's could not be held responsible. The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) asserted today that Matijanić was killed by the state and the system and demanded the dismissal of Minister Beroš, but Plenković, speaking to the press while visiting Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, did not wish to comment on the case because he did not see the statement and only knows what was presented…

ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - The Ministry of Health said on Friday it respects the right of individuals and institutions to have a different view of the same event and to criticise the expert opinion on the illness and death of journalist Vladimir Matijanić, but it cannot accept the distortion of obvious and provable facts. Responding to claims by the Croatian Journalists' Association (HND), the Ministry also "strongly rejected putting the whole case and actions by health employees into the context of political games by some political parties, which have been heard lately." Earlier today, HND demanded the dismissal of Health Minister Vili Beroš, judging…