We are ending the year with the 900th double issue, here is what you can read

For the holidays, we have prepared a large double issue with a wide range of topics. From a review of the year to predictions for the next one. The large double issue will certainly be excellent reading and preparation for the upcoming business year. Here is what awaits you, among other things….

Last week, a delegation from the European Commission (EC) visited Croatia, and one of the hosts was the Minister of Spatial Planning, Construction and State Property Ivan Paladina. This was, by the way, the fifth high-level meeting dedicated to the implementation and realization of projects co-financed and funded by the Solidarity Fund. The minister, whom we managed to catch for an hour at the end, tells us that the meeting was held in a positive and optimistic atmosphere. Despite everything, there are no shortage of problems; the reconstruction after the earthquake reminds us of this daily, so it was an opportunity to discuss this with the minister, as well as some important legislative initiatives his ministry is working on. The minister was interviewed by Edis Felić.

The situation is so uncertain, and forecasts have been changed so many times that even economists no longer trust their own estimates of economic trends for the next year, and they are immediately counting on a significant revision. Even those awarded precisely for good forecasting, like Hrvoje Stojić, give their expectations a forty percent chance of being realized. Experts predict that the economy will grow slowly at best, while inflation will rise quickly. Manuela Tašler writes about the predictions for the economy in the coming year.

Every year, some new words are added to the world’s prestigious dictionaries that describe new trends, and there has been no shortage of them in the last two years. Some have long been in use, while others are completely new and unknown to many people. What they all have in common, of course, is that they will all more or less mark the next year, likely many after it as well. It is an eclectic mix of trends, technical terms, novelties, and clever descriptions of specific situations, the knowledge of which will sometimes serve well in casual conversation and sometimes define the behavior and thinking of individuals and companies. Željka Laslavić writes about the terms that must be in your vocabulary next year in the topic of the week.

The Baby Beef Cooperative is a logical continuation of the collaboration among members of the Association for the Fattening and Breeding of Cattle Baby Beef. We would even say that it took a long time for the people connected in the Association founded in 2000 to organize into the Cooperative established in 2019. And not all of them. Namely, the Association gathers 330 family farms and companies, and only 21 have decided to join the Cooperative. The good thing is that the Cooperative has received the status of a producer organization. Edis Felić found out what has been happening recently in the Baby Beef Cooperative.

A comparative overview of investments in the hotel sector until 2026 in Croatia and the region, prepared by the consulting firm Horwath HTL and presented at the recently held Congress of Hoteliers in Zagreb, warns of a worrying state in the pace of new investments. Croatia, with 414 million euros, accounts for only 7.3 percent of the total 5.7 billion euros planned for investments in the next three years. Ahead of it are, among others, Albania and Bulgaria, while Greece and Turkey plan to inject more than a billion euros into tourism in the next three years. During this period, more than 35 thousand hotel rooms are planned to be built in the region, and Croatia, with 1,743 of them, accounts for 4.9 percent, and this is exclusively in facilities with four and five stars. Željka Laslavić writes about investing in tourism.
Microdosing psychedelics, they say, improves concentration, boosts willpower, and makes a person a little better in every way. To achieve this, one needs to consume a small amount of magic mushrooms. Such stories seemed incredible, so it was necessary to undergo a course on psychedelics and verify firsthand the manufacturers’ claims that productivity increases as a result. So that you don’t have to, Jozo Knez ate mushrooms for a month and brings a firsthand story.

In addition to all of the above, there is also a big story about arbitrations, supply chains, and ethics in politics. Also, in this last double issue of the year, read about retrospectives of the world and Croatia, find out what domestic managers have been reading, and what the role of recruits is.