ZAGREB, April 27, 2018 - Croatia's industrial turnover in February 2018 dropped by 5.8% from the previous month and increased by 1.7% compared with February 2017, according to figures released by the State Bureau of Statistics (DZS) on Friday.

ZAGREB, April 26, 2018 - Croatia's government on Thursday endorsed a National Reform Programme for 2018, and a three-year convergence plan with three main goals: boosting the competitiveness of the national economy, making the education system congruent with the needs of the labour market, and making public finances sustainable.

ZAGREB, April 25, 2018 - The National Reform Programme for 2018, which the Andrej Plenković cabinet is expected to adopt on Thursday, is designed to ensure growth, employment and better living standards as the government's priorities, according to the document seen by Hina on Wednesday.

ZAGREB, April 23, 2018 - A growing number of Croatians invest in investment funds and the number of investors in 2017 grew by 6% compared to the year before while the funds' assets grew by 6.5%, it was said at a ceremony at which awards were presented to the best open-end investment funds with a public offering and the best investment fund management companies.

ZAGREB, April 16, 2018 - The number of employers who in 2017 did not pay their workers dropped by 19% compared to the year before, while compared to 2014 their number dropped by 73%, the Tax Administration reported on Monday.

ZAGREB, April 11, 2018 - The Croatian National Bank (HNB) Council on Tuesday adopted a monetary policy projection for 2018-21 and considered a report on the banking system in 2017, the central bank said in a press release.

ZAGREB, April 6, 2018 - Retail sales in Croatia in February 2018 increased 1.2% on the year and that is the 42nd consecutive month of growth, albeit at a significantly slower pace than in the previous month.

ZAGREB, March 31, 2018 - Last year, Croatia achieved a surplus in the current account balance of payments of 1.9 billion euros, which is 695 million kuna more than in 2016, and despite a big deficit in foreign trade, the surplus was mostly a result of positive trends in the services account, particularly tourism, which generated a record revenue of 9.5 billion euros, the latest data released by the Croatian National Bank (HNB) indicate.

ZAGREB, March 30, 2018 - Industrial production in Croatia in February 2018 rose 3.3% in comparison to February 2017, thus ending a three-month declining streak.

ZAGREB, March 29, 2018 - The Matica Hrvatskih Sindikata union federation on Thursday commented on the procurement of 12 used Israeli F-16 fighter jets, saying that "with the purchase of questionable aircraft and the augmentation of war veterans' rights, the existing unsustainable social, economic and political depression is just being deepened even more."