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Croatian Tourist Season 2025 Likely to Replicate 2024’s

Croatian Tourist Season 2025 Likely to Replicate 2024’s

July the 11th, 2025 – It is expected that the Croatian tourist season for 2025 is likely to replicate that of last year, as numbers of arrivals and overnight stays rise. As Ana Roksandic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the tourism results for the first...

Zagreb Set to Get New 95-Kilometre-Long Bypass

Zagreb Set to Get New 95-Kilometre-Long Bypass

July the 11th, 2025 – Zagreb is set to get a brand new 95-kilometre-long bypass according to a recent announcement from Croatian Motorways (Hrvatske autoceste). As Poslovni Dnevnik/Hana Ivkovic Simicic writes, the future Zagreb 95-kilometre-long...

Croatian Classic Vegeta Beats 5,000 Brands to Spice Up Germany’s Taste Buds

Croatian Classic Vegeta Beats 5,000 Brands to Spice Up Germany’s Taste Buds

It’s official – Germany’s spice lovers have fallen head over heels for a Balkan classic. Croatian kitchen staple Vegeta has just been named Top-Marke 2025, beating out more than 5,000 rival brands in the world’s toughest consumer market. The...

Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development secures EUR 50 million for firms for green investments

Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development secures EUR 50 million for firms for green investments

A new finance contract with the European Investment Bank (EIB) provides EUR 150 million to finance projects of mid-caps, large private companies and public entities in Croatia, the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) said. The...

JA Solar to Supply its DeepBlue 4.0 Pro Modules for 99MW Korlat Solar PV Project in Croatia

JA Solar to Supply its DeepBlue 4.0 Pro Modules for 99MW Korlat Solar PV Project in Croatia

JA Solar will supply its high-performance DeepBlue 4.0 Pro modules for the 99MW Korlat Solar PV Project, now under construction in Croatia. Once completed, it will be the country’s largest solar power plant, marking a major step forward in...

Croatian cricketer Zach Vukusic joins sister Erin at Somerset

Croatian cricketer Zach Vukusic joins sister Erin at Somerset

The 17 year old who is a pupil at King’s College in Taunton said: “It’s definitely a privilege for me to join the Academy and it’s something that I have been working towards for a long time, in fact it’s been the main focus of everything that I...

Entrepreneurs Turn to Harsh AI ‘Red Teamers’ to Stress‑Test Ideas

Entrepreneurs Turn to Harsh AI ‘Red Teamers’ to Stress‑Test Ideas

A growing number of startup founders are using AI-driven red‑teaming methods to rigorously probe their business concepts, exposing weak spots before costly launches. This combative approach adapts cybersecurity tactics for entrepreneurial due...

JA Solar to supply modules to Croatia’s largest solar project

JA Solar to supply modules to Croatia’s largest solar project

JA Solar is to supply its high-performance DeepBlue 4.0 Pro modules for the 99MW Korlat solar PV project, now under construction in Croatia. Once completed, it will be the country’s largest solar power plant, marking a major step forward in its...

"Strasbourg Calling" MEP Gordan Bosanac: Croatia is one of the countries with the highest inflation

"Strasbourg Calling" MEP Gordan Bosanac: Croatia is one of the countries with the highest inflation

What is Croatia's experience from the Eurozone accession, what have been the main challenges the country face in the process? The role of the euro was not such a crucial game changer, the more important was the moment when Croatia entered the...

Carlsen fights off Gukesh in Zagreb as ChessFest returns to Trafalgar Square

Carlsen fights off Gukesh in Zagreb as ChessFest returns to Trafalgar Square

It looked as if the Carlsen era might finally be over. The Norwegian, 35, had just lost his second game in a row to India’s world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, 19, who was on a streak of five successive wins and leading the Zagreb event three points...

From historic cities to turquoise rimmed beaches, these are the best places to visit in Croatia

From historic cities to turquoise rimmed beaches, these are the best places to visit in Croatia

Forget France, Spain and Italy, all the Euro hotspots you need to visit this summer are towards the east of the continent. The nation of Croatia sits on the Adriatic sea to the west of Italy. It's known for its ancient history, rugged islands,...

Croatia’s Tourism Boom Continues: Household Stays Overtake Hotels in June Surge

Croatia’s Tourism Boom Continues: Household Stays Overtake Hotels in June Surge

According to data from the Croatian National Tourist Board (CNTB), all categories of commercial accommodation recorded growth in overnight stays in the first half of 2025. Hotels accounted for the largest share—9.5 million overnight stays or 32.4%...

Two-Week Break, €1,330 Budget: Most Croatians Staying Local for Summer Holidays

Two-Week Break, €1,330 Budget: Most Croatians Staying Local for Summer Holidays

Croatians on average have 25 days of annual leave, and every third person will spend two to three weeks on summer vacation, mostly in Croatian destinations, spending an average of €1,330, according to a survey by the MojPosao portal. The most...

INA, E.ON sign power purchase agreement in Croatia

INA, E.ON sign power purchase agreement in Croatia

The power purchase agreement (PPA) will enable INA, majority-owned by Hungarian MOL, to use energy from its own power plants, even from remote locations where the produced electricity or surplus is fed into the grid, the companies said. The...

Lars Wagner to become Airbus chief of commercial aircraft unit from January 2026

Lars Wagner to become Airbus chief of commercial aircraft unit from January 2026

Airbus said Lars Wagner will become the chief of its commercial aircraft business starting from January 1, 2026, at a time when the company is focused on resolving supply-chain bottlenecks and increasing production. The chief executive of engine...

Iraqi unfazed by U.S. tariffs, but sees opportunity to reform trade

Iraqi unfazed by U.S. tariffs, but sees opportunity to reform trade

On Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump issued a new round of tariff letters to several countries, including Iraq. The letter sent to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani said a tariff rate of 30 per cent would be imposed on Iraqi...

BALKAN BLOG: Can Croatia become a European energy and transport hub?

BALKAN BLOG: Can Croatia become a European energy and transport hub?

Croatia has ambitions to become a gateway for energy and trade in Europe, using its position on the Adriatic to link global markets with Central Europe. But as the small country ramps up investments in new gas pipelines, and the modernisation of...

Bosqar takes majority stake in Croatian bakery business Mlinar

Bosqar takes majority stake in Croatian bakery business Mlinar

Croatian investment company Bosqar Invest has completed the acquisition of a majority share in local bakery business Mlinar for around €100m ($117.3m). The deal saw Bosqar, in partnership with existing shareholders of Panvita Group and Mlinar’s...

Over 70% of Croatians to spend summer holidays in Croatia, spending over €1,300

Over 70% of Croatians to spend summer holidays in Croatia, spending over €1,300

by croatiaweek July 10, 2025 in News Majority of Croatians staying local for summer holidays ZAGREB, 10 July 2025 (Hina) – More than 70 percent of Croatians plan to spend their summer holidays within Croatia this year, with average planned...

Global lenders line up to finance North Macedonia’s €1.9bn high-speed rail project

Global lenders line up to finance North Macedonia’s €1.9bn high-speed rail project

North Macedonia’s Ministry of Finance announced on July 9 that it received expressions of interest from 16 international financial institutions and commercial banks for financing the ambitious Corridor X high-speed rail project, estimated at...

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