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Hotel Globo Split

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Hotel Globo is a city and business Hotel in Split Croatia. This newly renovated Hotel is and excellent base for a relaxing holiday in Croatia’s second largest town. From the Hotel there is an easy …

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Brijuni Islands up for Sale?

October 5, 2009 – 9:45 am | No Comment
Brijuni Islands up for Sale?

According to an Article in the Trieste newspaper “Il Piccolo” and a later articled in “The Independent” the Croatia Island group Brijuni, situated west of the Istrian peninsula, is for sale, the price for all …

Expat Insight, Croatian consumers are conservative

October 4, 2009 – 12:11 pm | No Comment
Expat Insight, Croatian consumers are conservative

Expat Insight:  Once you have being living in Croatia for a while, you of course stumble on some funny issues, which show how the mentality can be different from country to country. One think which …

Croatia, Doing Business Survey

October 2, 2009 – 3:59 pm | No Comment
Croatia, Doing Business Survey

Doing in business in Croatia, is still a challenge, as there is a number of obstacles to overcome.
According to doingbusiness.org, Croatia rank number 103 (out of 183 countries) in the world in the 2010 edition, …

High number of Craftsmen close in Split

September 30, 2009 – 2:25 pm | No Comment
High number of Craftsmen close in Split

The President of the Chamber of Craftsmen in Split, today informed that almost 800 small companies closed in 2008, in the first half of 2009, more then 200 small business closed, and till the end …

Croatian property auction flops!

September 29, 2009 – 2:47 pm | One Comment
Croatian property auction flops!

The global economical crisis has also affected the property market in Croatian, as a resulted of the low number of trades, a real estate agency started a new project, where they tried to sell real …

Croatia, 4.8% decrease in number of Tourist arrivals

September 28, 2009 – 2:49 pm | No Comment
Croatia, 4.8% decrease in number of Tourist arrivals

The Croatian central bureau of statistic report a 4.8% decrease in number of tourist arrivals in the period from January till July 2009. The Foreign tourist arrivals decrease with 3.4% and domestic arrivals decrease by …

Croatian employment market July 2009

September 26, 2009 – 11:22 am | No Comment
Croatian employment market July 2009

According to the Croatian central bureau of Statistics the gross earning for July 2009 amounted to 7.718 Kuna and the net earning to 5.308 Kuna.
According to these figures the average net earning, is 89% higher …

Vignette Austria, higher prices in 2010

September 25, 2009 – 11:21 pm | No Comment
Vignette Austria, higher prices in 2010

Unfortunately the price for passing Austria, on the way to southern destinations like Croatia, will get more expensive in 2010. 
Austria plans a slight price increase of the Motorway Vignette. 
Motorbikes: the price for the yearly vignette will …

Split, Simple Minds Concert

September 24, 2009 – 3:43 pm | 2 Comments
Split, Simple Minds Concert

On the 13th of November, Split will be the third Croatian town to host the Scottish new wave rock band Simple Minds. The Scottish rockers have been playing together for more then 30 years!
The concert …

Shipbuilding industry in Croatia

September 24, 2009 – 8:36 am | No Comment
Shipbuilding industry in Croatia

The current support to the shipyards is a huge burden on the backs of the Croatian taxpayers, according to Ivica Mudrinic a representative of the Croatian Association of Employers, Croatian taxpayers, in the Period from …

Zagreb, goverment replaces board of Directors at HEP

September 23, 2009 – 8:34 pm | No Comment
Zagreb, goverment replaces board of Directors at HEP

After numerous scandals that have appeared in the public the recent months, the Croatian government has decided to dismiss HEP CEO Ivan Mravak and all other members of the directors board. 
The government has proposed that …

Zagreb, Eros Ramazzotti concert

September 23, 2009 – 1:26 pm | No Comment
Zagreb, Eros Ramazzotti concert

The Eros Ramazzotti concert in the Zagreb Arena, scheduled for the 24th of October, has been rescheduled to the 7th of November. 
The concert is a part of a promotion tour for his new album Ali …