Croatia

After arriving unannounced in Kyiv, PM Plenkovic praised the bravery shown by Ukrainians in the resistance to Russian aggression; he reached Ukraine’s capital together with the Moldovan President and the Slovak and Slovenian Prime Ministers

The Rector of the University of Zagreb and the President of the University of Regensburg signed an agreement to establish study centres in the two cities to deepen scientific and academic relations between Croatia and Germany

Croatia ranks 11th in the world in terms of English proficiency among non-native speakers, while Zagreb ranks third in the list of cities, moving up two places in the EF English Proficiency Index from two years ago

Zagreb's local authorities are proposing to rename four streets currently named after high-ranking officials linked to the Nazi Ustasha regime, in another move away from the historical revisionism in vogue in the 1990s

Since the beginning of this year, when Croatia introduced the euro, more counterfeit banknotes have been found in the country than in the whole of last year

The number of migrants entering Croatia illegally has increased since the country joined the Schengen area on 1 January; out of 2.500 in January, 1.400 applied for asylum

The company Zagreb Tehnika plans to contract works worth 55 million euros this year

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, who directed the award-winning Croatian film Murina, has been nominated for the best first-time director award at the Directors Guild Awards 2023

Croatia is ranked 42nd in the Swiss International Institute for Management Development's 2022 World Talent Ranking, up seven places from last year

Because of the way tenders are being conducted for the leasing of state farmland, 150.000 hectares - 15% of the total - could remain uncultivated for one or two years, warns the Chamber of Agriculture

The 54th Golden Spin, a competition of the ISU Challenger Series, closes today in Sisak with the participation of figure skaters from 38 countries