Chinese-Croatian relations grow ever closer as the Chinese expand their business empire in Dalmatia, not merely stopping at Pelješac bridge. The Chinese are now setting their sights on a vehicle factory in southern Croatia.

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 7th of April, 2019, an army of unemployed people, almost three thousand of them in total who are registered at the employment centres in Metković and Ploče in the Neretva region, received the news with understandably huge enthusiasm.

The Chinese will re-launch the Neretva valley, Slobodna Dalmacija writes, breathing life back into a part of Dalmatia that really needs it. Apart from the fact that they are already working on the aforementioned construction of the much anticipated Pelješac Bridge, the Chinese will soon embark on yet another major project in Croatia - a factory for electric cars and scooters in the Nova sela business district, which has so far been being developed in the Neretva valley's Kula Norinska area, but at a very slow pace.

This slow page is set to change a lot when the Green Tech Group, registered as a company in Zadar by Karl Soong along with Croatian entrepreneurs Mladen and Anthony Ninčević, starts with the construction of electric vehicles intended for the markets of Central and Eastern Europe down in Nova sela.

There are many unemployed people living in and around the Neretva valley, which is close enough yet just a bit too far away from potential employment in tourist areas like Dubrovnik. This news naturally brought a smile to the faces of many seeking steady work as in Kula Norinska, work began on the infrastructure in the future business zone in Nova sela, thus making this potentially enormous capital project start right there on ground in Dalmatia.

Twenty people would be employed to start things up at Dalmatia's brand new factory. However, when investment in the production of electric scooters, automobiles and batteries begins to add up and things gain some motion, up to 500 workers will be able to gain employment in various positions in the electric vehicle production facilities.

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As part of the “Zagreb to Neretva, Neretva to Zagreb” event, residents of Zagreb will be able to buy tangerines from the Neretva valley from 3 to 18 November at nine locations and 25 stalls, announced Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić and Dubrovnik-Neretva County Prefect Nikola Dobroslavić, reports Agrobiz.hr on November 2, 2018.

“The Dubrovnik-Neretva County has been recognized as a first-rate tourist destination, but we must not forget that we are an agricultural region as well, that we have excellent wines and seafood, and particularly well-developed production of fruit and vegetables in the Neretva valley. This year, we have produced 50,000 tons of fruit,” said Prefect Dobroslavić, adding that the tangerines were extraordinary fruit and that the producers have launched the process of being certified in order to obtain the EU’s protected designation of origin.

He thanked the mayor of Zagreb for recognizing the needs of Neretva growers of tangerines and for allowing them to sell their products at the most frequented locations in Zagreb. He said that Neretva tangerines were also being sold in other Croatian towns and municipalities, but Zagreb is the most important and the producers are therefore grateful for the help.

Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić said that “in this way, we can demonstrate that we are all together, southern Croatia and northern Croatia.” He urged fellow citizens to buy tangerines from the Neretva valley. He recommended – if they want to be healthy – they should eat two tangerines in the morning and two after lunch, and two clementines in the evening. He said that his recommendation should be the slogan of the “Zagreb to Neretva, Neretva to Zagreb” project.

The head of the City Office for Agriculture and Forestry Emil Tuk said that Dubrovnik-Neretva County had asked the City of Zagreb for help in the placement of its tangerines and that the city authorities decided to help by installing 25 stalls at nine locations. He announced that the tangerines would be sold in Zagreb from 3 to 18 November.

The Neretva river valley is renowned for its fruit and vegetables. Read more about it here.

There is a growing consumer interest in the direct delivery of fruit, which, besides its producers, is also being bought and sold through the Finoteka portal.

ZAGREB, August 12, 2018 - The winner of the 21st edition of the 22.5-kilometre-long Boat Marathon, which was held on the Neretva river on Saturday, was the 10-member team from Stablina in the environs of the town of Ploče.

Green Tech Group has signed a 16 million kuna contract with the municipality for the sale of 53 hectares of land as e-vehicle production turns its sights towards the Neretva valley.

The river Neretva has been hiding some precious objects for two millennia 

This year's edition of Escale à Sète will feature several Croatian traditional boats

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Good news for the Slivno Municipality!

Croatian waters are experiencing worrying changes to their ecosystems