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April 1, 2022 - Hideout festival 2022 celebrates its 10th edition on Pag with boat parties, pool parties, and exclusive headlines hows in 5 open-air venues. Boat parties are always an essential part of the Hideout experience, and this year will be no different, as Hideout reveals the 11 boat parties setting sail across the festival with huge artists at the helm, and tickets went live on the 31st of March at 10 am. Each sun-filled sail will be powered by VOID Acoustics, having announced a new partnership with Hideout that will see the audio giants kitting out each boat with…

April 1, 2022 - Dubrovnik is perceived to be a 2-day destination with everything concentrated inside the UNESCO old town, but it is so much more than that. Find out what, in the first of a new TCN series - Beyond the Dubrovnik Walls. Meet the island of Kolocep, also known as Kalamota.  Seeing things with a fresh pair of eyes is always instructive. Almost a year ago, at the conclusion of the Dubrovnik Nomads-in-Residence programme, A Dutch digital nomad gave an initial presentation to the mayor, tourist board, media and public on his group's findings after 4 weeks as…

April 1, 2022 - The 2022 Zagreb summer flight schedule offers 3 million seats on 20 well-known European and international airlines. After Croatian Aviation published the detailed figures of available seats on the two largest airlines at Zagreb International Airport, Croatia Airlines and Ryanair, they've released the figures of other airlines flying to Zagreb Airport in this year's summer flight schedule. Namely, in this year's summer flight schedule, 20 well-known European and international airlines will operate on regular routes to Zagreb Airport.  The Lufthansa Group's airlines have the largest number of available seats: Lufthansa, Eurowings, and Austrian Airlines. These three…

April 1, 2022 - Looking to explore the real Croatia on the road less travelled? The Zagreb CROMADS Travel Club takes you back to the 18th century on the Kupa River and inside an incredible US$6 BILLION secret airbase. After almost 20 years in Croatia, and just when I thought I knew most of its many impressive secrets, I realised that I knew very little at all.  Our new CROMADS platform, showcasing authentic Croatia, 365 days a year all over the country, has been a huge voyage of discovery into the road less travelled in this beautiful land.   Ever…

April the 1st, 2022 - Could Croatia soon be bidding farewell to 10 kuna coffee, at least in the City of Split? It seems so, as Croatian terrace rental costs are set to soar with just about everything else as the inflation wave continues to engulf us. Sitting and drinking a 10 kuna coffee in the sun on the famous Split Riva for hours on end while gossiping about politicians but never voting them out is an Olympic passtime for most Croats. One small cup of coffee can last a good two hours when people get together to put the…

April the 1st, 2022 - The quite remarkable Vodnjan-based company Infobip has come on leaps and bounds since its creation, making a name for itself on a global scale. The Croatian Infobip company now has a new impressive move under its belt, in the form of a partnership with the German giant, Vodafone. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the impressive Croatian Infobip company has announced a partnership with one of the largest mobile network operators in Germany, Vodafone, to provide mobile security for potentially 62 million smartphone users across the country. Vodafone has been well known for a great many years…

April the 1st, 2022 - Croatian wages paid per hour rather unsurprisingly fall short of the European Union (EU) average, even with state benefits included in the final sum. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the price of an hour of work, which includes state benefits, stood at a mere 11.2 euros back in 2021, according to a report which looked into the matter by Lider. The survey, conducted at the level of the European Union, showed just how below Croatian wages paid by hour are when compared to the general European Union average, given that the average cost of labour in…

April the 1st, 2022 - The Belgian company DW Reusables has taken over the Zagorje company Strazaplastika in a move that will see it expand further across Croatia. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Jadranka Dozan writes, DW Reusables, one of the leading companies for the production of reusable packaging, specialising in tailor-made solutions that require the development of molds, has officially confirmed that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the Zagorje company Strazaplastika. This large Belgian-based company will as such expand its business operations across the Republic of Croatia; it already owns the former Kaplast, and in addition to Belgium and Croatia,…

April 1, 2022 - Among the growing number of foreigners relocating to Croatia, international students are increasingly visible. So who are these foreign students choosing Croatia, and why? In the second of a new series, we get the perspectives of life and study in Croatia through the eyes of its foreign students, continuing with Mohamed Hafez from Egypt.  Among the many foreign tongues heard around the Croatian capital these days is the growing number of students choosing to do their graduate programmes in Croatia. A safe, affordable EU country, with a rapidly expanding programme of high-quality graduate courses in English,…

ZAGREB, 31 March 2022 - Foreign tourists generated €9.1 billion in revenue in 2021, up 89% in 2020 and, it was equivalent to 87% of the revenue they generated in the record year 2019, the Tourism Ministry said on Thursday, citing Croatian National Bank data. "We are extremely pleased with these results," Minister Nikolina Brnjac said. "Thanks to the government's measures and a good preparation by the whole sector, we have kept the tourism system stable." She sees that as a confirmation of the big demand for quality tourism products and services, saying that the focus on quality and responsible business can ensure…