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February the 3rd, 2023 - A huge Rijeka waterways project worth as much as 300 million euros is set to begin soon, and the traffic issues it will cause will continue for years before completion. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in the City of Rijeka and its surroundings, works will soon begin as part of the large aforementioned project involving the improvement of water utility infrastructure in the area of the Rijeka agglomeration, worth almost 300 million euros in total. This huge Rijeka waterways project will last (depending on individual sections and areas involved, as well as any issues which may come…

February 2, 2023 - Croatia's young national team will fight to qualify for the 2025 Under-21 EURO in group G against Portugal, Greece, Belarus, the Faroe Islands, and Andorra. Qualifications begin next month for the 2025 Under-21 EURO Championship, which will be held in Slovakia in two years.  In this competition, the age limit is set for players born after January 1, 2002. This rule also applies to the qualifications. Croatia entered the qualifiers from the second pot, making it impossible for them to avoid a much stronger opponent. In this case, it was Portugal.  Croatia will thus play in Group…

February 2, 2023 - Which takes longer in Croatia - to change the registered name for a property in the cadastre, or deliver some lemons from Hvar to Zagreb? Just another random day (or month) in Absurdistan. This a tale with a VERY happy ending, and one which points to huge positive change. Genuinely. It just didn't look that way for 18 days. Our story begins on the morning of Monday, January 9, 2023. A new year, a new start. For some, a new zest for life. What could be better to help with that zest than a shipment of…

February 2, 2023 - A prominent international festival of gastronomy and tourism, the Adriatic Gastro Show, opened on Wednesday, the 1st of February, in the Spaladium arena in Split. All visitors to the festival will have a chance to see the equipment for catering facilities and food preparation in the hospitality and tourism industry for the next four days, writes 24Sata. "About eight hundred exhibitors from thirty-seven countries will be presenting on 12,000 square meters of space. Therefore, the visitors will be able to see all the novelties for equipping hospitality establishments as well as all the novelties related to the…

February 2, 2023 - Croatia has some incredible wines and some of the wine stories are equally incredible. Learn more about the tales of Ilocki Podrumi, in Croatia's easternmost town of Ilok. It is closer to Zagreb than Split, and yet for many, Croatia's easternmost town of Ilok seems to be at the end of the world. Make the journey, however, and you will be rewarded with wines fit for royalty and a wine-making tradition dating back to Roman times. Meet the wine which was served at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and again at the weddings…

February 2, 2023 - The first data on January inflation in Croatia indicate that the introduction of the euro, like in other countries, has not significantly impacted overall inflation, according to the Croatian National Bank (CNB). "Movements in January suggest that the introduction of the euro in Croatia could have had a relatively mild impact on overall inflation, which is in line with the experience of other countries," the CNB's statement says. It is added that, following the experience of other countries, the increase in prices after the introduction of the euro is probably most apparent in the service industry.…

February 2, 2023 - Employers from the hospitality and tourism industry have started looking for employees to support the tourist season and work in Croatia for the summer of 2023. As Poslovni writes, among the employers who represent businesses and are looking for employees are almost all the largest hotel companies, several marinas, agencies, associations, and others. After Osijek and Bjelovar, Days of Work in Tourism began in Zagreb, taking place in the Congress Center at the Zagreb Fairgrounds. Among the employers who represent businesses and are looking for employees are almost all the largest hotel companies, several marinas, agencies,…

February the 2nd, 2023 - The Croatian Highlander brand has done excellently on the demanding American market, with five events this year alone across the pond in the USA. As Ana Blaskovic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, many might have knocked on it, but very few have actually managed to successfully open the door to the challenging and fast-paced American market. That's why the fact that the obstacles in the trek ''across the pond'' are being unstoppably demolished by a group of innovative mountaineers from the Slavonian Plain is so astonishing. With the now very well known Croatian Highlander brand, they have created a…

February the 2nd, 2023 - The Croatian Q agency can rightfully boast of its success, having enjoyed very impressive growth of 840 percent in just five years. Things aren't going to slow down there, however, with further plans in the works. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Josipa Ban writes, the Croatian Q agency, one of the largest domestic digital agencies currently present on the market, achieved some extremely impressive business results last year. Their revenues grew by 44 percent to around 19 million euros (144 million kuna). Such average growth has been achieved by the Zagreb agency for the last five years now,…

February 1, 2023 - Goran Perkovac, the captain of the Croatia national team that won gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, is the new coach of the Croatia men's handball team.  Hrvoje Horvat is no longer the coach of the Croatia men's handball team. Immediately after the World Handball Championship, where Croatia took ninth place in the overall standings, the Croatian Handball Federation assessed that result as a failure, but also prolonged the decision on Horvat's fate until the statement of professional coordinator Lino Červar. The decision has been made, and Horvat has been removed from his position. Goran Perkovac…