Labour Force Survey: 1.7m Croats employed in Q1
ZAGREB (Hina) – Croatia had an estimated 1,706,000 people in employment in the first quarter of 2026, up 19,000 (1.2%) year-on-year, according to the Labour Force Survey released by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) on Wednesday. The number of unemployed persons…
Life expectancy in Croatia about 2.5 years below OECD average
ZAGREB, 10 June (Hina) – Croatia performs better than the OECD average in public healthcare funding and coverage of health services, but life expectancy remains about two and a half years below the organisation’s average, OECD Health Division head Francesca…
Plenković to young Croats in diaspora: Our numbers are declining, come back home
ZAGREB, 9 June (Hina) – The number of Croats in Croatia is declining every year, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Tuesday at Government House, where he welcomed young members of the Croatian diaspora and encouraged them to return to their homeland…
Croatian businesses post consolidated net profit of €10.3 billion in 2025
ZAGREB, 8 June (Hina) – Croatian businesses recorded a consolidated net profit of €10.3 billion in 2025, up 4.1% from 2024, Fina reported on Monday. Of 166,052 businesses, 112,777 (68%) made a profit totalling €13.6 billion, while 53,275 (32%) reported a loss of…
Scientists deploy 20 seafloor seismographs in South Adriatic Basin
ZAGREB, 5 June (Hina) – An international team of scientists has completed a research cruise during which 20 new seismographs were deployed on the seafloor of the South Adriatic Basin at depths exceeding 1,000 metres, the Faculty of Science in Zagreb (PMF)…
Water Institute introduces satellite monitoring for rivers, lakes and seas
ZAGREB, 3 June (Hina) – The Josip Juraj Strossmayer Water Institute is introducing satellite technology to monitor rivers, lakes and seas, in a move aimed at detecting environmental changes before their effects become visible. In partnership with Croatian technology company SeaCras,…
Croatia Airlines passenger numbers up 20% in January – May period
ZAGREB, 2 June (Hina) – Croatia Airlines transported 775,000 passengers between January and May 2026, up 20% or around 130,000 more passengers compared with the same period of 2025, the national carrier said on Tuesday. The airline described the result…
Inflation in May at 5.2%, preliminary estimate shows
ZAGREB, 2 June (Hina) – Croatia’s inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 5.2% year-on-year in May, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) said on Tuesday, with data indicating a slowdown in overall annual price growth. Eurostat data show…
Half of children in Croatia face punishment at home, UNICEF campaign says
ZAGREB, 1 June (Hina) – UNICEF Croatia launched a campaign in Zagreb on Monday marking Global Day of Parents, warning that every second child in the country experiences physical or psychological punishment at home. Luisa Brumana, head of UNICEF’s office in Croatia,…
Retail sales growth slows in April
ZAGREB, 29 May (Hina) – Retail sales in Croatia rose 2% year-on-year in April, marking the 37th consecutive month of annual growth, but the pace slowed after a 3.3% increase in March, the national statistics office said on Friday. A report on…
1.7 million people employed in Croatia in April
ZAGREB, 28 May (Hina) – In April this year, Croatia had 1.7 million people in employment, which is 0.2% more than in the previous month, while compared with April last year, the number of employed persons fell by 1.9 %,…
Experts warn of rising mental health risks linked to modern crises
ZAGREB, 26 May (Hina) – Climate change, accelerated digitalisation, migration and an ageing workforce are significantly reshaping working conditions and daily life, while increasingly affecting workers’ mental health across almost all sectors, experts warned on Tuesday at a conference on…
