News

January 2, 2025

Amendments to the Act on State Aid for Research and Development Projects

The amendments to the Act on State Aid for Research and Development Projects (OG, 152/24) have come into force. The amendments to the Act on State Aid for Research and Development Projects (OG, 152/24) have come into force. These amendments provide for: – A doubling of the reduction of the tax base (higher amounts of aid) compared to previous provisions: • 400% of eligible costs for basic research (previously 200%) […]

December 24, 2024

Launch of the call for proposals “Innovation of newly created SMEs”

Today, 24 December 2024, the Ministry of economy launched a call for proposals “Innovation of newly created SMEs”. The total grant available under this call is EUR 14,622,642. The objective of the call in question is to encourage: – growth of start-ups developing innovative products within identified thematic priority areas of S3, based on knowledge or high technologies, – the future development and marketing of products and increasing firms’ willingness […]

December 24, 2024

Publication of call for grants “support to companies for product certification and implementation of management systems”

On 23 December 2024, the Ministry of economy published the call for grants “support to enterprises for product certification and implementation of management systems” under the Programme Competitiveness and Cohesion 2021-2027. The total grant available under this call is EUR 20,000,000.00. The aim of the call is to support SMEs in order to increase international competitiveness by assessing compliance and certification of products, services or processes in accordance with the […]

December 6, 2024

Open e-consultations for the call for grants “SME support for internationalisation”

The Ministry of Economy has published a notice on the open e-consultations with the interested public on the instructions for applicants for the call for grants “support to SMEs for internationalisation”, which is financed under the Competitiveness and Cohesion Programme 2021-2027. The consultation is opened from 5th to 22nd of December 2024 and is available at the following link.

November 29, 2024

Amendments to the Investment Promotion Act

On November 28, 2024, amendments to the Investment Promotion Act (OG 136/24) came into effect. The relevant amendments are as follows: In addition to sectors previously excluded from the Act, the tourism sector, accommodation services, and food preparation and serving activities have also been excluded. For non-repayable financial grants for creating new jobs, the thresholds for the registered unemployment rate as a prerequisite for using the grant have been lowered, […]

Croatia Upgraded To 'A-'
November 11, 2024

Moody’s Ratings upgrades Croatia’s ratings to A3

Croatia’s long-term credit score was raised two levels by Moody’s Ratings, which cited prospects for strong economic growth and sustainable fiscal policies. Moody’s moved the sovereign rating to A3 from Baa2, with stable outlook. More

Croatia's credit rating
September 20, 2024

The Fitch Ratings increased Croatia’s credit rating to level A-, with a stable outlook

Today, September 20, 2024, the Fitch Ratings increased Croatia’s credit rating to level A-, with a stable outlook. Fitch expects in 2024-2026 Croatia’s real GDP to average 3.1% compared with their 1.3% forecast for the eurozone and 2.6% for the ‘A’ median. More info

Agencija Fitch povećala je kreditni rejting Hrvatske na razinu A-, uz stabilne izglede
September 13, 2024

Standard & Poor’s agency increased Croatia’s long-term rating to A- with a positive outlook

Today, September 13, 2024, the Standard & Poor’s agency increased Croatia’s long-term rating from BBB+ with a positive outlook to A- with a positive outlook citing, among other reasons, the continued implementation of economic reforms. They also forecast Croatia’s economy will continue to outperform the economies of its European peers over 2024-2027, growing at an annual rate of 3%. More info

August 26, 2024

Aids for investments – energy efficiency and high-efficiency cogeneration

The purpose of this call is to contribute to the achievement of the national climate and energy goals defined by the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan of the Republic of Croatia for the period 2021-2030: a) reduction in the consumption of supplied energy in relation to the reference supplied energy, b) reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the ETS sector and sectors outside the ETS. The subject of the […]

Poticaji za ulaganje
April 8, 2024

Fitch ratings has confirmed Croatia’s credit rating of ‘BBB+’ with a positive outlook

On Friday, April 5, 2024, Fitch Ratings confirmed the positive outlook for a further increase in Croatia’s credit rating, which is at the highest investment level so far. In its report, the Fitch Agency recognized the importance of the membership of the Republic of Croatia in the euro area, as well as the achievements in terms of political, economic and financial stability, the reduction of the share of public debt […]