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March the 16th, 2022 - The very first Koprivnica Mcdonalds restaurant is set to open its doors near the town's Supernova centre sometime this July, bringing with it stable employment for local residents. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the world-famous American fast food chain, McDonalds, should open its very first Koprivnica restaurant this July. Work on the location next to the roundabout near the Supernova shopping centre has already started. As has also been found out, the training of future Koprivnica McDonalds employees has been going on here in the City of Zagreb for three months now, and it is said that…

March the 16th, 2022 - Issues in the overall Croatian rental car business are arising as preparations slowly but surely begin as 2022's tourist season approaches. What were once issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic are now being added to by something else... As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, what began as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic in the Croatian rental car market has continued even more fiercely and with even greater uncertainty under the new circumstances of Putin's shock invasion of Ukraine, bringing total disorder to the car rental market worldwide, including here in Croatia. Purchasing new cars…

March the 16th, 2022 - Could a ''green Opatija'' be on the cards as this beautiful Kvarner town in the Northern Adriatic region hopes to position itself as a ''green'' business destination? It seems so. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the Tourist Board of the City of Opatija has launched the project Opatija - Green Meeting Destination, which aims to direct this city, dominated by picturesque Austro-Hungarian architecture, towards the status of becoming a recognised sustainable business destination. If it succeeds, the new ''green Opatija'' would join the ranks of European cities like Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Zurich, Glasgow, and if we're looking…

March the 16th, 2022 - The Croatian company Atos has obtained the ''Great Place to Work'' certificate for the third year running, placing this particular company firmly on the map for the pickier job seekers among us. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, for the third year in a row now, the Croatian company Atos has received the Great Place To Work (GPTW) certificate, the most famous sort of international recognition in the field of employee satisfaction. According to the company, both Atos companies in Croatia - Atos IT Solutions and Services and Atos Convergence Creators - have defended this much sought-after status…

March 16, 2022 - A record number of jobs in Split-Dalmatia County are currently on offer, which can only mean one thing - summer is coming.  There are more and more job advertisements on social networks lately, but also advertised on Employment Service pages, confirming that the new tourist season is soon approaching, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. Waiters, chefs, receptionists are some of the most sought-after jobs, and there are 562 ads in the "Service and catering occupations" category in Split-Dalmatia County. During the first two months of 2022, a total of 7,696 needs for workers were received, which is 4,621…

March 16, 2022 - Petra Martić has advanced to the Indian Wells quarter-finals after defeating 23-year-old Russian Ludmilla Samsonova in the round of 16 on Tuesday.  Petra Martic (WTA - 79th), the only remaining Croatian representative at the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, advanced to the quarter-finals on Tuesday, defeating 23-year-old Russian Ludmilla Samsonova (WTA - 32nd) 7-6 (6), 6- 4 in one hour and 54 minutes of play. It was the fourth meeting between the two tennis players and the fourth victory for the 31-year-old from Duće. Martić started the match better, took a 3-0 lead, and held the…

March 15th, 2022 - Luxury home tester sure sounds like one of the better jobs in the tourism industry Many employers in the service industry are currently recruiting staff for the upcoming tourist season, but it’s not every day that you come across a job listing as captivating as one that was posted on a local job search site this week. Namely, owners of a beachfront luxury villa on Korčula island are looking for two people who will stay at the property for a week and test all the amenities to ensure everything is in working order and ready to…

March 15th, 2022 - An exciting event has been announced by the Jelsa Tourist Board: the first trail running race to take place in this part of Hvar island The recently announced Jelsa Trail is a bit different than your average trail race. Namely, it will retrace the route of the renowned procession Za križen (Behind the cross), which takes place every Maundy Thursday on Hvar island. The race is scheduled for Saturday, April 23rd, ten days after the traditional procession. And what a setting for a trail race! Hvar island boasts no less than six UNESCO heritages, Za križen…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - Croatia remains one of the safest states with the safest cities because "that's a tradition", President and Armed Forces Commander in Chief Zoran Milanović said on Tuesday, adding that Croatia had a quite high level of public security throughout history. "In that system (communism) and in this system we have always been a country where you could let a child walk out at ten at night. It's been known to happen that some gangs in Split go wild and start shooting with Kalashnikovs, then nothing happens for 100 years," Milanović said at Zemunik Air Base. He reiterated that the…

ZAGREB, 15 March 2022 - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday the indications available so far were that a drone which crashed in Zagreb last Thursday was unarmed and that it was not an armed attack. Asked about the incident, Stoltenberg said at a press conference that the preliminary information available so far indicated it was not an intentional attack, but that such cases were also dangerous, so NATO increased surveillance. A Soviet-made unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in a residential area in Zagreb shortly after 11 pm last Thursday, having entered Croatia's airspace from Hungary and Hungary's from Romania. Stoltenberg recalled that…