VIDEO: Croatia to get another new modern stadium meeting standards for European matches

by croatiaweek October 1, 2025 in Sport Arena Bjelovar (Photo: Dario Hrebak/Facebook) The central Croatan city of Bjelovar is set to welcome a brand-new, modern sports arena which will meet the requirements for both domestic and European...

Hungarian MOL-Croatian INA war: MOL CEO Hernádi bribed Croatian PM with €10M?

It was a mistake to sell shares of INA, Croatia’s oil company, especially in light of the energy crisis, declared Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday in Zagreb, emphasising that his position on this matter has been clear for a long...

The Croatian school keeping stonemasonry alive and winning global awards

by croatiaweek October 1, 2025 in News (Photo: Klesarska škola, Pučišća/Facebook) ZAGREB, 1 Oct (Hina) – Students from the Pučišća Stonemasonry School on the island of Brač attracted attention with traditional tools at the recent Marmomac fair in...

Plant tour: FACC AG, Jakovlje, Croatia

FACC AG Plant 6 is located 30 kilometers from Croatia’s capital, Zagreb. Source (All Images) | FACC AG FACC AG (Ried im Innkreis, Austria) is a global Tier 1 supplier specializing in composites and lightweight structures across multiple divisions...

Cycling Korčula: A Two-Wheeled Adventure Through Croatia’s Coastal Charm

View at old city of Korčula and fortress in Croatia. Photo by Hilthart Pedersen, Unsplash Korčula (pronounced Kor-chu-la), Croatia’s sixth-largest island, stretches 47 kilometers along the sparkling Adriatic and is a mosaic of cypress forests,...

67th MedCruise General Assembly Opens in Sibenik, Croatia

The 67th MedCruise General Assembly officially opened today in the city of Šibenik, Croatia, according to a press release. Hosted and co-organized by the Šibenik Port Authority, the Assembly runs from Sep. 30 to Oct. 3, 2025, and is said to offer...

Best Active Travel: Why You Should Choose A Luxury Cycling Trip In Croatia

The walled Old Town of Dubrovnik is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and ultra-popular place to visit on Croatia's Dalmatian Coast getty Active travel (cycling, hiking, paddling, etc.) has been a red hot growth sector of the travel industry for the...

Ioan Lloyd targets second in Croatia

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Croatia Launches First Battery-Powered Train, Built by Končar

Croatian Railways has officially introduced its first battery-powered train, manufactured by Končar, marking a major step towards greener and more sustainable public transport. The new train is designed to operate on non-electrified railway lines...

Growing geothermal momentum in focus at the 3rd Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit

Csaba Lantos, Minister of Energy of Hungary, speaking at the 3rd Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit (source: Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit) The 3rd Budapest Geothermal Energy Summit once again gathered participants from 20 countries to discuss...

Zagreb develops electric bus network with state grant

Croatia’s Ministry of Economy and the Fund for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency signed a grant agreement with Zagreb’s public transport company ZET to build 62 double charging stations, thus providing 124 charging points at the...

Croatia Receives Sixth EU Recovery Fund Payment Worth €835.6 Million

The European Commission has paid Croatia the sixth installment under the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, amounting to €835.6 million. “Reforms and investments linked to this payment will drive positive changes for Croatian citizens and...

Croatia to open first virtual production facility in November 2025

The studio will be powered by 400 Ruby 2.6 LED panels from Roe Visual and the Megapixel Helios LED processing platform Croatian production company Antitalent will open the country’s first virtual production facility this year. The studio, based in...

Budapest Geothermal Summit Stresses Role in Energy Transition

“We’ve never seen so much geothermal extraction as today,” said Csaba Lantos, Hungary’s Minister of Energy, in his opening speech, highlighting trends, challenges, and opportunities in geothermal energy development in Hungary. “By 2030, we will...

For the first time in history, the main source of electricity production in the EU is...

It thus surpassed nuclear energy by 21.6 percent, wind energy by 15.8 percent, hydropower by 14.1 percent and natural gas by 13.8 percent, Eurostat announced. In the second quarter of 2025, renewable energy sources accounted for 54 percent of net...

The Montenegro Film Rendezvous places the national film industry front and centre

30/09/2025 - At the second annual event, audiences gained a glimpse of a rising sector, with showcases of projects by Ivan Salatić, Nikola Vukčević, Maja Todorović and more Đorđe Vojvodić and Maja Todorović during their pitch for Dive In At the...

German loyalty to Croatia being tested

Warning signs from Germany Croatia’s 2025 tourism season has once again delivered impressive numbers, with 15.5 million arrivals and over 79 million overnight stays recorded by the end of August – a slight increase on last year. Revenues remain...

After thirty years, Croatia is free of mines

A Civil Protection vehicle near the demining woods near Otočac, Croatia, September 2025 - photo by Silvia Maraone With the final phase, thanks to the European CROSS II project, Croatia will be completely mine-free by the end of the year. We...

Croatian PM angrily rejects Hungarian accusations of war profiteering

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on September 26 sharply dismissed accusations by Hungary’s foreign minister that Zagreb is exploiting the war in Ukraine for profit, insisting Croatia is a reliable neighbour and a key supplier of energy to...

EU funding moves: recovery cash and external energy push

126The European Commission has disbursed €3.07 billion to Austria, Croatia and Belgium under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the central pillar of the EU’s post-pandemic NextGenerationEU programme. In a separate announcement, the...