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Croatia’s Car Market Grows 7.6% in First Nine Months of 2025 – Škoda Leads Sales
Croatia’s new car market continues to grow. In the first nine months of 2025, a total of 55,738 new passenger vehicles were sold, representing a 7.6% increase compared to the same period last year. According to data from Promocija Plus, September...

Croatia’s prices rising twice as fast as EU average
by croatiaweek October 4, 2025 in News Consumer prices in Croatia rose by 4.2% in September compared to the same month last year, pushing inflation back up and leaving Croatia among the European Union’s inflation leaders. By contrast, inflation...

Autopsy results of Croatia car tragedy victims expected on Monday
Autopsy results of the two couples who died when their rental car plunged into the sea while on holiday in Croatia will be published on Monday. Croatian sources told Times of Malta the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Rijeka, which is carrying...

Northside football shows how 'bad' it is in win at Croatan
BROAD CREEK – Northside is a “bad” football team. Junior offensive lineman Sergio Ivery put great emphasis on that word in particular when it came to his Monarchs following Friday’s 30-28 win at Croatan. “Everyone talks about how bad we are and...

Four Maltese holidaymakers who died in Croatia car tragedy named
The four Maltese citizens who lost their lives when their car plunged into the sea while on holiday in Croatia have been identified. Jeremy Gambin, 68, and his wife Lorraine (Cynthia), 67, (photo, from Facebook) both residents of Swieqi, died...

PHOTOS: Northside holds off Croatan in football
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Croatia opens tender for fruit and vegetable projects
Croatia's agriculture ministry has launched a €30 million (US$30.8 million) tender for projects aimed at strengthening the domestic food industry and supporting rural areas. According to the ministry, the funds have been allocated to projects for...

Croatian team uncovers Roman shipwreck with fruit cargo
The International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar has completed research on a Roman-era shipwreck in Barbir Bay near Sukošan, Croatia. Over four years, the 12.5-meter vessel was uncovered and documented through daily photography, later...

Shorter travel between Budapest and Croatia: Final section of motorway is finally opening!
After a long wait, the last section of Hungary’s M6 motorway, near the border with Croatia, will officially open on 6 October, creating a direct link between Hungary’s M6 and Croatia’s A5 motorway. The ceremonial inauguration will take place on...

Croatian digitalization head shares concerns about EUDI Wallet certification
Croatia is steadily advancing toward the rollout of the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet. It is aligning national infrastructure, policy, and services to meet the requirements of the new EU framework. As Igor Ljubi, head of division for the...

Croatia ready to scale up FPV drone production to millions annually, defence minister says
Croatia is prepared to produce several million first-person view (FPV) drones per year to meet rising demand, Defence Minister Ivan Anušić said on October 1, adding that a deal on anti-drone protection for critical infrastructure would soon be...

Two couples who died in horror Croatia car plunge named
The two couples who died when their car plunged into the sea while they were on holiday in Croatia have been named. Jeremy Gambin, 68, and his wife Lorraine, 67, who lived in Swieqi, died alongside Kevin Bonnici, 67, and his wife Alexandra, 66....

Croatian Post digitises sending invoices for all companies in Croatia
by croatiaweek October 3, 2025 in Business Višeslav Majić and Ivan Čulo (Photo: Croatian Post) ZAGREB, 3 October 2025 – Croatian Post (Hrvatska pošta) has unveiled Sveračun, a new digital service for sending and archiving invoices, at its...

Banana prices rise in Poland and Croatia while Slovakia drops
EU Banana Statistics - Week 39 In week 39 of 2025, wholesale prices for bananas from Latin America and the Caribbean showed mixed movements across several European countries compared to the previous week. Prices are expressed in €/100kg. In...

Veteran Croatian diver calls Maltese car crash 'most difficult' rescue
A Croatian diver with over 30 years of experience has described Thursday’s fatal car accident that killed four Maltese tourists as the most difficult intervention of his career. Renato Huba was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the...

Very worried about other activists - released MP Croatti
5-Star Movement (M5S) Senator Marco Croatti said he was worried about the Global Sumud Flotilla activists still being held by Israel after he returned to Italy on Friday following his release along with three other Italian lawmakers. "We are...

Military service reform goes to Parliament: what it means for young Croatians
by croatiaweek October 3, 2025 in News (Photo: MORH/ T. Brandt) Seventeen years after compulsory military service was abolished, Croatia is preparing to reintroduce a form of basic military training. At its 118th session on 3 October 2025, the...

VIDEO: UEFA films feature on Zlatko Dalić ahead of his 100th match with Croatia
by croatiaweek October 3, 2025 in Sport Zlatko Dalić UEFA has filmed a special feature on Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić ahead of his 100th match in charge of the national team. Dalić will reach the milestone when Croatia face the Czech Republic in...

Two Maltese couples die in Croatia after vehicle falls off highway into the sea
Four Maltese people died after a vehicle they were in fell into the sea in Croatia. Croatian news outlets said that the vehicle was driving from Rijeka towards Senj when the driver lost control of the vehicle at a turn. The vehicle then crashed...