Croatia has reached its highest credit rating to date after the agency Standard & Poor’s raised the country’s rating to A with a stable outlook. With this rating, Croatia is now positioned among countries with high‑quality investment credit grades. The A rating represents a historic step forward in the international assessment of the country’s financial reliability. More information is available at the link.
The latest analysis by Fitch reaffirms Croatia’s A‑ credit rating with a stable outlook. Croatia’s economy continues to outperform the eurozone and EU averages, recording 3.2% real GDP growth in 2025, while public debt has been reduced to 56% of GDP — a significant improvement compared to previous years and now broadly in line with other A‑rated countries. More information is available at the link.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia (AmCham) has published its annual Survey offering insights into business performance, challenges, and expectations of their members in Croatia. The key findings of the Survey, conducted among 180 executives from domestic and international companies operating in Croatia, indicate positive momentum and business confidence despite ongoing challenges. In 2025, 58% of respondents reported better business performance than in 2024. Moreover, 38% of companies hired […]
The Ministry of Economy has carried out a comprehensive digitalisation of the process for granting and monitoring state aid through the eInvestments platform, which constitutes a single information system integrating procedures from three key laws: the Investment Promotion Act the Strategic Investment Projects of the Republic of Croatia Act the State Aid for Research and Development Projects Act This is a system that, at the national level, covers the entire […]
According to the latest Business Ready (B-READY) 2025 report by the World Bank, Croatia ranked among the top 10 countries (among 101 economies observed) in terms of regulatory framework and public services. More info.
The Ministry of Economy, on its website, published an info about the call for „INTEGRATOR” project proposals. The purpose of this call is encouraging cooperation among small and medium enterprises and supporting the inclusion of innovative small and medium enterprises consortia in global value chains in selected strategic segments of thematic priority area of S3. Total amount available for allocation withing this call amounts to 13,868,360.00 EUR. More information.
On Wednesday, 15th of October 2025, the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO) is opening two new loan programmes: National loans for investments and National loans for working capital. Allocation for those two programmes totals 100 million euro. Highest loan amount for investments is 150 thousand euro, while highest loan amount for working capital is 50 thousand euro. National loans in question are intended for micro, small and […]
On June the 17th, 2025, the Ministry of Economy announced the call for delivery of project proposals “IRI S3 – increasing the development of new products and services which arise from research and development activities” (code of the call: PK.1.1.12) within the Competitiveness and Cohesion programme 2021-2027. Total amount of available for allocation grants in this Call is 191,170,820.00 EUR. The objective of this call is to strengthen capacities of […]
On the official web page of the project DIGIT, the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth has published a call for proposals under the Challenge program. More information about this Call can be found on this link.
Today, on the 12th of June 2025, EIC pre-accelerator-Widening (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-02) from programme Horizon Europe has been opened. More information about this call please find on the European Commission website.
