Information Services
- high-quality information from Croatia and around the world
- continuously 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- 250 news articles and 550 photographs per day
- 20 general and specialised services
HINA SERVICES
You too can benefit from the extensive experience and professionalism of journalists, editors, and photojournalists from the Croatian News Agency. Engage your audience with high-quality multimedia content from HINA, rely on a reliable partner whose information services are received 24 hours a day by the editorial teams of Croatian and foreign media outlets, public relations offices of Croatian institutions and organizations, as well as leading companies.
Contact us for customised services or subscribe to one of our most popular services.
General News Desk is the core product of HINA, offering accurate, fast, credible, and unbiased information about current events in Croatia and around the world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It covers news in areas such as politics, economy, culture, social events, science, sports, health, education, and interesting features. General News Desk, publishing about 250 news items daily, represents a crucial source of daily news content in Croatia. With foreign correspondents and collaborations with leading global news agencies, HINA ensures a diverse range of news, enabling attentive monitoring of events worldwide. Thanks to its extensive network of journalists and correspondents, HINA provides the best coverage of all events, from national to local levels.
The service is intended for both domestic and international media, institutions, companies, associations, embassies, and more.
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HINA's Economic/Financial News Desk regularly covers developments in the Croatian and global economy, providing coverage of key macroeconomic and financial indicators, business operations of significant companies and banks, along with daily updates on domestic and major international capital markets, monetary policies, legal regulations in the business world, and statistical data. The service publishes approximately 60 specialised news reports daily, offering the best possible insight into events shaping the domestic, regional, European, and global economies.
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HINA's Photo News Desk offers a wide daily selection of photographs from Croatia and around the world, covering political, economic, cultural, sports, and other social events. HINA's photojournalists and collaboration with the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) enable the daily distribution of more than 600 high-quality photographs. Our service provides a comprehensive view of the world, bringing different perspectives on events both domestically and internationally.
HINA also offers its clients and those interested the option of customized photo shoots, including aerial photography.
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HINA's Video News Desk is part of its multimedia offering, providing short video clips to illustrate daily events in politics, economics, sports, culture, entertainment, and other areas. These videos complement HINA's textual services.
We offer our clients, as well as those interested, the option of customized video recording for various events, press conferences, corporate events, cultural and tourist events, promotions, exhibitions, and more.
Video recording and aerial filming are available to anyone looking to showcase objects, document events, promote products and services, or create marketing materials. We also provide full support in post-production to ensure that your materials look impressive and flawless. Our team will ensure that your materials are both impactful and seamless.
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HINA's Audio News Desk presents a collection of sound recordings as part of its multimedia offering. The service includes audio recordings of daily events in domestic and foreign politics, economics, culture, sports, and other areas. It is tailored to the needs of radio stations and web portals. In addition to audio recordings, the service also provides textual summaries of the news.
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Brief News Service (SKV) is a special service provided by HINA tailored for and aimed at the news programs of radio stations. It offers several times a day a summary of the most important events from Croatia, the world, sports, and interesting topics ("World with Coffee"). This HINA service is unique in the Croatian media market.
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Original Text Service (OTS) by HINA is an ideal platform for distributing press releases, financial reports, and business results. It serves as a crucial source of information for the media and provides a comprehensive channel for clients' promotional multimedia content. HINA OTS ensures the attractiveness of your releases and announcements, maintains high-quality event coverage and corporate public relations communication, featuring top-notch photographs, graphics, video production, and visibility on social media platforms. Additionally, HINA OTS contributes to the attendance of your press conferences, promotions, and other events. With the assistance of our OTS service, your press releases and content will reach all users of HINA's informational services and facilities, including media, institutions, companies, and individuals in Croatia and abroad, in the fastest possible manner. OTS is a particularly useful tool for disseminating your content, regardless of whether you are a political party, institution, company, association, or common citizen.
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+385 1 4808708
News Schedule Service provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of important events in Croatia and abroad, covering politics, economy, culture, and sports. HINA's event announcements are easily searchable and filterable based on content, timing, categories, and location. This service is a valuable tool for editors and journalists, facilitating efficient planning and organization within editorial teams, and serving as an effective platform for public relations professionals. It enables newsrooms to stay ahead of events and developments.
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English News Desk provides a daily overview of the most important events from Croatia and around the world. It consists of news released through the General News Desk translated into English (English Digest). Additionally, the English News Desk broadcasts a special bulletin every day, offering a concise summary of the day's main events (Brief News Bulletin). The EnglishNews Desk is an ideal source of information for embassies, foreign companies, and institutions. Moreover, its content is distributed by numerous leading European and global news agencies with which HINA has collaboration agreements.
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HINA's information database Eva - in terms of its scope and content - represents a unique collection of news and photographs documenting Croatia's recent history from 1990 to the present day. It contains over 5,000,000 pieces of information and photographs covering all areas of life, encompassing all the information that HINA has broadcasted since August 17, 1990, and photographs from 1998 onwards. Searching the database is possible by keywords, and filtering by content type and time period is also available.
The EVA database is one of the largest information databases in Croatia. It is particularly useful for media editorial teams, scientific institutions, and individuals.
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+385 1 4808702
HINA OTS
As a service for original texts, HINA is a unique platform for distributing press releases in Croatia. Through the OTS service, HINA distributes PR materials (text, images, graphics, audio, video formats) in their original form to media and other recipients in Croatia and abroad, with the sender being responsible for the content. OTS enables fast and direct communication with information multipliers and other recipients. Your press releases, texts, and documents in real-time and in their original form reach all users of HINA's information services - media, institutions, and leading companies.
OTS is free for recipients.
ORDER SERVICE DOWNLOAD OFFERHINA IN NUMBERS
250
News - Reports - Bulletins (daily)
550
Photographs (daily)
260
Regular subscribers
40
Original and PR releases from our clients (daily)
HINA#EU
Hina regularly dedicates a segment of its program to events in the European Union. The correspondent office in Brussels and the editorial team in Croatia ensure comprehensive coverage of EU policies and current affairs. The HINA#EU portal was launched in 2015 in collaboration with the European Parliament and is part of HINA's public service. It is fully accessible to all readers, and its content is free for reproduction in other media outlets, provided that the source is credited.
GREEN CROATIA
The "Green Croatia" portal provides daily updates on environmental protection, ecology, energy, climate, waste management, sustainable development, legislative changes, ecological initiatives, and more. The portal is part of HINA's public service and is fully accessible to all readers. Its content is free for reproduction in other media outlets, provided that the source is credited.
HINA HEALTH
The "HINA Health" portal covers current topics related to healthcare policy, medicine, pharmacy, and the position of patients in Croatia. It publishes articles from various sources, including global news agencies, medical and scientific journals and portals, as well as international health organisations and institutions. The portal is part of HINA's public service and is fully accessible to all readers. Its content is free for reproduction in other media outlets, provided that the source is credited.
HINA MULTIMEDIA
PHOTO
A growing database of photographs, managed by experienced photojournalists and photo editors in Croatia, along with partnerships with photo agencies in Europe and worldwide, enables comprehensive utilization across four main categories: editorial, archival, sports, and creative photography. HINA's photo archive provides access to the collective visual memory of the country, with over 1.7 million digital images and more than 250,000 analog images from Croatia and abroad. The focus is on Croatian themes - captured domestically and internationally, covering current affairs or with historical context.
VIDEO
Exploit the power of moving images: video crews in Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, and Osijek, supported by photojournalists from correspondent offices across Croatia, ensure high-quality and relevant video content. Video production covers various formats, optimised for online and mobile use, featuring national and regional topics from across Croatia. Custom video recording services are available for promotional and commercial purposes, including aerial footage. The video archive is available on the HINA multimedia YouTube channel.
AUDIO
Reporting for news programs on radio stations and web radios. With HINA's audio service, you can combine news from the Brief News Desk with original audio recordings. Every day, we provide around ten audio pieces covering current events. The audio broadcast is part of the HINA Multimedia Desk, which includes audio recordings of the most important daily events in home affairs and foreign politics, economy, culture, sports, and other areas. Tailored to the needs of radio stations and web portals, the service provides textual summaries of news items, updated 12 times within 24 hours.
INFOGRAPHICS
Illustrate complex contexts such as election results, technical processes, historical developments, or data-rich information using infographics. Capture precision and clarity with high-quality graphics, editorially researched and updated. Graphically precise, informative, and clear. Infographics can be created for corporate publications upon request.
HINA
HINA, founded in 1990, emerged as an expression of Croatia's information sovereignty in the struggle for independence. Since its establishment, it has adhered to the principles of independent, impartial, and professional news agency reporting, upon which it has built its current credibility. As the national news agency, HINA is the primary source of daily news content in Croatia, providing comprehensive and reliable 24-hour service of both domestic and international news to the Croatian public. With a rich selection of news, photographs, and multimedia, HINA today has over 250 subscribers, including 83 media outlets, 130 institutions, organisations, and associations, around 30 of the largest Croatian companies and 25 embassies.