politics

Croatian Teachers Strike: Absurd Situation Continues, Unions Unsatisfied

Lauren Simmonds

Croatian teachers are still continuing to strike for their rights as the unions give the Croatian Government’s recent offer the ...

Finance Minister Zdravko Maric Discusses Wage Increase Possibilities

Lauren Simmonds

“If we’ve waited for years, we can carry on waiting for another few months,” Finance Minister Zdravko Maric said as ...

Croatia is More Competitive, But There’s Still No Reason to Celebrate

Lauren Simmonds

In the past year, Croatia has made the biggest leap in strengthening the competitiveness of its economy among the new, ...

No Chance of Croatian Schengen Entry for at Least Two More Years

Lauren Simmonds

Croatia is gradually being woken from its Schengen dreams bit by bit, and it isn’t only Slovenia’s border complaint standing ...

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Spends 30 Million Kuna Less Than Ivo Josipović

Lauren Simmonds

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Jadranka Dozan writes on the 22nd of August, 2019, in her four and a half years in office ...

Elizabeta Madjarevic Suspended and Pulled from Croatian Embassy

Lauren Simmonds

As Index writes on the 19th of August, 2019, Croatian diplomat Elizabeta Madjarevic, whose xenophobic, racist and homophobic texts on ...

Miroslav Škoro Takes Aim at Croatia’s Politicians and Relics of Socialism

Lauren Simmonds

In Croatia, one forgotten parasitic socialist relic has remained, and that is politicians holidaying in state residences, at least according ...

Tax Reforms Presented, VAT in Hospitality Sector Slashed

Lauren Simmonds

As Index writes on the 26th of July, 2019, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Finance Minister Zdravko Marić presented the ...

Croatian Government Reshuffle Brings No Changes to Economic Situation

Lauren Simmonds

As Marija Brnic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 20th of July, 2019, after Croatian Parliament ratifies the Croatian Government’s cabinet reshuffle, ...

Zdravko Marić Reveals When Euro Will Become Croatia’s Currency

Lauren Simmonds

The introduction of the euro as Croatia’s official currency, thus replacing the Croatian kuna, has been the subject of much ...