New National Reform Program 2018
In its regular Thursday session, the Government adopted the new National Program of Reforms for 2018, and a Convergence Plan for the next three years. The plan stresses three key areas: strengthening competitiveness, linking education and the labor market, and sustainability of public finances. The Program and the Plan need to be sent to the European Commission by the end of April. […]
27.04.2018 Read More
Croatia Expects More Tourists This Easter
Although the Easter holidays this year come two weeks early compared to last year, Croatian Minister of Tourism expects more or less the same number of tourists. This means that Mr Capelli expects some 122,000 tourists to stay for a total of around 408,000 nights over the coming long weekend. […]
26.03.2018 Read More
Kn 300 Million Government Grants for Kindergartens
Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy presented a project on “improvement of services to children in early and pre-school care and education”. The project is aimed at supporting combination of family and working life by enhancing services provided by kindergartens and extending their working hours, hiring new and training existing staff, and developing new programs. […]
09.03.2018 Read More
Land Registry Unable to Cope in 2017
The Annual Report of the Ministry of Justice shows that the number of outstanding land registry cases in 22 municipal courts in Croatia rose by 6% compared to 2016, or by an astounding 37.4% compared to 2015. […]
01.03.2018 Read More
Government Appoints New Agrokor Administrator
The Government decided to propose a new Agrokor administrator to the court. This time, the administrator would have a deputy. Both Mr Fabris Peruško, the new administrator, and Ms Irena Weber, his proposed deputy, already work in Agrokor, in its Tisak division. […]
28.02.2018 Read More
SDP Five Points on Agrokor Administration
SDP President Davor Bernardić, adding his five cents, presented today the SDP’s five points to save Agrokor. According to Bernardić, the administration drained millions from Agrokor, and the government pretended to have no idea. “Of course they knew”, said Bernardić. […]
27.02.2018 Read More
Pula Plans a New €100+ Million Project
The City of Pula seems to be edging closer to a new cruiser terminal in the Port of Pula, expected to cost more than €100 million, which would enable the port to receive up to two hundred cruisers and half a million passengers more per year. […]
13.02.2018 Read More
Cities Get €303 Million from EU
Seven Croatian cities signed an agreement with the Ministry for Regional Development and EU Funds to get EU funds worth a total of EUR 303.4 million. More than one third of the money will go to Zagreb, which will get EUR 114.9 million. […]
08.02.2018 Read More
Counties Want the Government To Guarantee Their EU Projects
County Prefects and the President of the Association of Croatian Cities, Mr Željko Turk, meeting in Zagreb, supported a proposal by Radimir Čačić to establish a state indemnity fund that would cover eventual fines imposed by the EU with regards to its large agglomeration projects. They are asking for the proposal to be discussed by Crroatian Water Company (“Hrvatske Vode”) board as soon as possible. […]
07.02.2018 Read More
World Bank Warns Croatia Should Continue Reforms
The World Bank County Manager for Croatia, Elisabetta Capannelli, warned Croatia that it should continue to reform in order to adjust the structure of its economy and avoid risks of low growth and lagging behind other new EU member states. […]
12.12.2017 Read More