Varaždin Mayor attends the presentation ceremony.

ZAGREB, July 3, 2018 - Croatian towns are very different in terms of quality of the business and regulatory environment and of the five towns analysed, it is easiest to do business in Varaždin, according to the World Bank's study "Doing Business in the EU in 2018: Croatia, Czech Republic, Portugal and Slovakia," presented on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, June 9, 2018 - The Constituency Group of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, comprising central bank governors and finance ministers of 15 countries, met near Split on Saturday and mostly discussed financial technology.

ZAGREB, May 31, 2018 - A delegation of the World Bank, led by Fadia Saadah, Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, held talks with the director of the Croatian Emergency Medicine Institute Maja Grba Bujević in Karlovac on Thursday about the effects of the World Bank loan and the future support to the development of the emergency medicine service.

ZAGREB, May 11, 2018 - The Regional Development and EU Funds Ministry and the World Bank's Croatian office on Friday signed a 4.34 million euro agreement on consulting services for the establishment of a strategic planning system and the preparation of a national development strategy until 2030.

ZAGREB, April 19, 2018 - A Croatian delegation, consisting of representatives of the Finance Ministry and the Croatian National Bank, will attend the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington from 19 to 22 April, the Finance Ministry announced in a press release on Thursday.

Some good news for the Croatian economy?

For the second year in a row, Croatia’s ranking declines.

The towns in question are Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Varaždin and Zagreb.

Analysts warn that the budget deficit will rise this year.