ZAGREB, February 5,2018 - In January 2018, 3,706 new passenger cars were sold in Croatia, up 30.8% on the year, and the increase is attributed to excise and VAT changes for companies, whose full impact is expected in the months ahead, the Promocija Plus market research agency said on Monday.

ZAGREB, February 5, 2018 - The total assets of compulsory pension insurance funds at the end of 2017 amounted to 91.9 billion kuna, which is 9.5% or around 7.7 billion kuna more than at the end of 2016, it was said at a news conference held in Zagreb on Monday by the Association of Companies Managing Pension Funds and Pension Insurance Companies (UMFO).

ZAGREB, February 5, 2018 - Croatia's public debt at the end of October 2017 amounted to 290.9 billion kuna, 680 million less than in the previous month but 3.5 billion kuna or 1.2% more than in October 2016, an analysis by Raiffeisenbank Austria (RBA) shows.

ZAGREB, February 1, 2018 - The European Union's and the euro-area's unemployment rates in December remained unchanged compared to the month before, while Croatia is pointed out as one of the countries with a pronounced decline in jobless rate year-on-year, according to a report provided by the EU's statistical office Eurostat.

ZAGREB, January 31, 2018 - Croatia, with per capita wealth of 147,545 dollars, ranks 28th in Europe and Central Asia, shows the World Bank report "The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018".

ZAGREB, January 30, 2018 - Economic Sentiment improved significantly in Croatia in January on the wings of optimism in the manufacturing sector, a report released by the European Commission on Monday notes.

ZAGREB, January 30, 2018 - Retail sales in Croatia in December 2017 grew 1.4% on the year, and December was the 40th consecutive month to see consumption grow, albeit at a slower rate than in the previous month and than expected.

ZAGREB, January 29, 2018 - Industrial production in Croatia in December 2017 dropped by 2.5% on the year for the second consecutive month and the decline was greater than in November, according to figures provided by the national statistical office (DZS).

ZAGREB, January 28, 2018 - Betting and gambling business in Croatia earned 2.7 billion kuna in revenues in 2016, which was a record high in the last 16 years, and the Croatian lottery Hrvatska Lutrija was the top performer with 500 million kuna in revenues in 2016, according to figures released rather belatedly by the Financial Agency (FINA).

ZAGREB, January 24, 2018 - At the end of the third quarter of 2017, Croatia's government debt totaled 291.6 billion kuna, 4.2 billion more than in Q2, as a result of which the government debt to GDP ratio increased from 80.9 to 81%, according to Eurostat data released on Wednesday.