Croatia's economic sentiment improves markedly
The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) increased in Croatia considerably in October on the back of optimism in the services sector, while the ESI remained broadly unchanged in both the euro area (+0.3 points to 105.9) and the EU (-0.1 points to 107.5), according to the latest findings of a regular survey conducted by the European Commission.
- 29.10.2015.
Gov't accepts bid for Kupari tourism project
Croatia's government on Thursday accepted a bid from the Vienna-based Avenue Group for the implementation of the 100-million euro Kupari development project, which envisages the construction of four- and five-star hotels with up to 800 beds in that southern coastal resort where currently there are a few dilapidated hotels.
- 29.10.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic says Croatia good for business and sensitive towards those less fortunate
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday that the latest World Bank report called "Doing Business 2016" showed that Croatia was a good place for doing business and that it also remained a welfare state.
- 28.10.2015.
Deputy Prime Minister Grcic: Progress made in Doing Business ranking impressive
Deputy Prime Minister Branko Grcic said that the results of the World Bank's Doing Business 2016 report showed that Croatia had made huge progress in competitiveness, especially in the last two years, adding that the country's advancement from 89th to 40th place in two years was impressive.
- 28.10.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic: I have come to hold talks and not to adopt joint conclusions that have no point
Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Sunday afternoon ahead of a summit meeting of central and eastern European countries and EU officials on the migrant crisis that he expected of the meeting to see constructive talks rather than adopting unimplementable conclusions.
- 25.10.2015.
Prime Minister Milanovic says will not take on new obligations for Croatia in Brussels Sunday
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Saturday that the draft document prepared for the EU summit on the migrant crisis, to be held in Brussels on Sunday, was flippant and entirely unrealistic, adding that he would not be assuming any obligations for Croatia on Sunday.
- 24.10.2015.
Croatia's public debt down q-o-q for first time since 2012
Croatia's public debt at the end of the second quarter of 2015 reached HRK 283.5 billion or 85.7 percent of GDP, down 2 percentage points from the previous quarter, the European Union statistical office Eurostat said in a report on Friday.
- 23.10.2015.
Unemployment rate in September at 16.2 pct
The registered unemployment rate in Croatia was at 16.2% in September, up 0.3 percentage points from August, the national statistical office said Friday.
- 23.10.2015.
Milanovic says he and Cerar spoke 50 times in past 8 weeks
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic commented on Friday on Slovenian PM Miro Cerar's accusation that Croatia was behaving in a non-European fashion in the migrant crisis and that there was no communication about the migrants between the two countries, saying they spoke 50 times over the past eight weeks, "always with this situation before our eyes and the possibility of something like this happening."
- 23.10.2015.
Croatian and Serbian ministers agree mechanism for solving migrant crisis at border
The Croatian and Serbian Ministers of the Interior, Ranko Ostojic and Nebojsa Stefanovic respectively, who met at the Bajakovo border crossing on Friday, agreed short- and long-term mechanism for solving the refugee crisis at the border
- 23.10.2015.
Croatian FM, diplomats visit future refugee camp in Slavonski Brod
Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic and representatives of 35 diplomatic offices in Croatia on Wednesday visited a temporary transit refugee camp being built in Slavonski Brod in eastern Croatia.
- 23.10.2015.
Govt. to request intl. assistance in organising reception of migrants
The Croatian government adopted a decision on Thursday on requesting international assistance in organising the reception of migrants, 217,538 of whom entered Croatia since September 16.
- 23.10.2015.