Reports EMEA - CROATIA
Essential information and facts about Croatia:
Country Croatia Capital
Zagreb
Total Area Population Median age Male
Female
56,594
sq.km 4,464,844 42.6 years 40.5 years 44.1 years
Ethnic groups Croat (90.4%), Serb (4.4%), other (4.4%)
Religions Roman Catholic (86.5%), Orthodox (4.4%), Muslim (1.5%), other (1.5%)
Languages Croatian official (95.6%), Serbian (1.2%), other (3%)
Currency Kuna
Government type Parliamentary democracy Chief of State President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (since February 2015)
Head of Government Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic (since January 2016)
Cabinet Council of Ministers named by the Prime Minister and approved by the assembly
Elections President elected by majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a five year term. Last election held in December 2014. Leader of majority party or majority coalition appointed by Prime Minister and approved by assembly.
Gate at Giardini. Te casino is decorated in Art Nouveau style in a former cinema area and over two floors has slots and live gaming. Wettpunkt Casino is a 500 sq.m casino
offering 45 slots, two electronic roulette and table games. Te group also operates two slot halls in Zagreb and Split. Casino International is located in Zagreb and
is operated by the Hrvatska Lutrija. It offers casino bingo, European roulette, Blackjack, Texas Hold ‘em, Caribbean Poker plus 73 electronic roulette, lottery, sports betting and café Casino Mulino is in Buje on the border of
Slovenia and Italy the casino is located in the Hotel Mulino which has 67 rooms. Te casino has 20 gaming tables and 260 slots in a luxury design. Casino Platinum in Split is located in the
centre of town outside the Hotel Atrium and has 1,000sq.m of gaming with over 100 slots and poker room. Casino Cezar in Zagreb is part of the Cezar
group with a second casino in Porec. Tis casino is located in the Westin Hotel offering a casino
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and poker room. Cezar also operates eight slot halls in Croatia
In 2013 the casino sector saw a loss of
HRK47m. All 18 casinos open at the time earned around HRK2m between them mainly down to Casino Cezar in Porec which saw a profit alone of HRK1.8m. Te biggest loses were three casinos - Casino
Kristal (operated by HIT) in Umag which closed down last year whilst Casino Miro, Casino Hisria, Casino Adriatic and Casino Rosalia have also closed. Grand Casino Lav has also closed its door in
the Le Meridien Lav resort in Podstrana but is due to move to a new location shortly. Casino Kristal Umag in Croatia operated until
February 2014 when it went bankrupt. It is majority owned by HIT and Croatian businessman Zarko Ratkovic who is also the owner of Punta International.
CHANGES AHEAD In 2013 Croatia became the 28th member of the
European Union and with its Mediterranean
climate, long Adriatic coastline, islands, mountains and nature parks, it is a popular tourist destination. Many also come for the culture and the gambling including bars, nightclubs and casinos. Tourism attributes to around 20 percent of
total GDP and is one of the major drives of the Croatian economy and foreign trade. Tere are 602 islands and islets and some
1,880km of coastline. Tere are 910,000 beds available and some 13.1 million tourists visited Croatia in total in 2014. German visitors make up the highest number with around 20 percent of the overall tourism figures. Meanwhile Croatia’s economy is growing and
its GDP grew at its fastest pace since Q2 2008 in the third quarter of 2015. Te country has struggled to surface after six years of recession whilst the country has also been in political limbo since November’s general elections resulted in a hung parliament. After six weeks of negotiations on January 22
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic appointed the non party corporate executive Tihomir Oreskovic as new Prime Minister to form a
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