INA Group records €182.1m profit in 2024
Split to be 2026 EU ambassador for science
Bridge proposes taxation of banks' windfall profits
News schedule for Friday, 21 February
ZSE: Crobex indices increase for third day
Croatia remains BiH's biggest foreign trade partner
Opposition: Why doesn't economy minister "defend" law on price control
SDSS MP calls for meal provision for secondary school students
Tenth of 12 Rafales arrives in Croatia, last two due by end of April
County Assembly expects INA to remediate pollution from refinery at Urinj
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - The "Hello, Inspector" platform organised a protest outside the Croatian National Bank (HNB) on Thursday, with protesters calling on the HNB to take responsibility for rising prices and for failing to implement measures that, in their view, should have curbed the uncontrolled increase in prices.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - INA Group recorded a profit of €182.1 million in 2024, a 27% decrease compared to the previous year, with net sales revenue amounting to €3.88 billion, or 1% lower than in 2023, according to a financial report published on Thursday.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - The City of Split, together with Kiel in Germany and Brest in France, will hold the title of 2026 EU ambassador for science as part of the Science Comes to Town project, for which €6 million have been secured from EU funds.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - Bridge party MPs said on Thursday that the Croatian National Bank (HNB) pays public money to banks while they are making record profits, arguing that it is time to "tax banks' windfall profits" and use those funds to mitigate inflation in Croatia instead of sending them to foreign shareholders.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - Hina's English News Desk expects to cover the following events scheduled for Friday, 21 February:
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - The Zagreb Stock Exchange indices increased on Thursday for the third consecutive day, the Crobex by 0.1% to 3,465 points and the Crobex10 by 0.16% to 2,193 points.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - Croatia remains Bosnia and Herzegovina's most important foreign trade partner, and data published on Thursday by the BiH Foreign Trade Chamber (VTK) show that the volume of trade with Croatia in 2024 amounted to €4.24 billion.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - The parliamentary opposition on Thursday called out Economy Minister Ante Šušnjar for not coming to parliament to defend the bill on price control measures. The opposition criticises the law itself, saying it is cosmetic, while the ruling HDZ party praises it and highlights its many advantages.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - SDSS MP Dragana Jeckov raised concerns in Parliament on Thursday, World Day of Social Justice, about the "social injustice and systematic neglect" of secondary school students - 150,000 of them - who are the only group within the education system not provided with meals.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - The tenth multi-role combat aircraft Rafale arrived in Croatia on Thursday, Defence Minister Ivan Anušić said on X, while the remaining two out of a total of 12 aircraft contracted with France for over €1 billion are expected to arrive by the end of April.
ZAGREB, 20 Feb (Hina) - The councillors of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Assembly on Thursday unanimously stated that they expect INA to announce a tender for the remediation of pollution near the Rijeka Oil Refinery as soon as possible and to present a clear timeline of activities to prove its commitment to addressing the issue.