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APN received 2,533 subsidy requests for young people purchasing or constructing first residential real estateBy October 31, 2025, the Agency for Transactions and Mediation in Immovable Properties (APN) received a total of 2,533 tax refund requests for purchasing or constructing first residential real estate, after opening the application process on June 5, 2025, when the Ordinance on subsidies for the acquisition of first residential real estate entered into force. This is a permanent measure intended for young citizens and young families aimed at helping them solve their housing situation. 31.10.2025. | News

Government adopts reform legislative package on physical planning, construction and energy efficiency in building constructionOn Thursday’s session, the Government referred a set of three acts – on physical planning, construction and energy efficiency – to the Parliament for consideration. The aim of the acts, according to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, is to stop space devastation and suppress illegal construction. 30.10.2025. | News | Information

Minister Bačić tours construction site of future HNS camp in Velika GoricaThe future camp of the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) in Velika Gorica develops at full speed. The construction of the third floor of the administrative building is currently underway, the stands are being installed in the stadium, and the assembly of the steel canopy construction will soon begin. On the western side of the complex, curbstones are being installed and roads formed, fencing is being put up around the field, while the drainage system around the future pitches is nearing completion. 30.10.2025. | News | Information

Eighth Central Conference on Sustainable Construction held in ZagrebThe 8th Central Conference on Sustainable Construction was held in Zagreb in the Sheraton hotel, organised by the Green Building Council (GBC) Croatia. The conference was attended by Director Irena Križ Šelendić. 30.10.2025. | News | Information

Winners of 2025 NEB prizes and NEB boosts for small cities and municipalities announcedDuring the second edition of the event called New European Bauhaus in Regions and Cities in Brussels, 22 winners of 2025 NEB prizes and 20 recipients of 2025 NEB boosts for small cities and municipalities were announced. 29.10.2025. | News | Information

Contract on construction of new Student Dormitory Petrinja worth 5.75 million euro signedIn the Council Chamber of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Petrinja, Minister Bačić ceremonially signed the contract on the construction of a new student dormitory with representatives of Tehnika d.d. The project is worth 5.75 million euro and it envisages the construction of a dormitory encompassing 66 beds, which will not only provide accommodation to young students, but it will also be an important step forward for demographic revitalisation of the area and for improving the standard of student living in Petrinja and Sisak-Moslavina County. 28.10.2025. | News | Information

Large turnout at the first educational workshop for the Call “Development of Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas”On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, the first of three educational workshops for the Call “Development of Green Infrastructure in Urban Areas” took place via online platform Microsoft Teams, and it gathered around 70 participants. 28.10.2025. | News | Information

POS building in Trogir comprising 35 apartments and worth 5.5 million euro now under constructionOn Monday, along the Plano Road in Trogir, the foundation stone was laid for the construction of a new multiapartment building under the Programme of State-subsidised Housing Construction (POS) worth 5.5 million euro and comprising 35 apartments and a business space, whose construction should be finished in 15 months. 27.10.2025. | News | Information

Ninth tender for leasing 25 state-owned business premises in nine cities now openDržavne nekretnine have published the ninth tender for a ten-year lease of state-owned business premises in nine cities – offers can be submitted by November 21, 2025, at 12 a.m. 27.10.2025. | News | Information

18th symposium of authorised geodetic engineers held in Bol on BračA traditional gathering of authorised geodetic engineers in Croatia, in its 18th edition, was held in Bol on Brač at the Elaphusa hotel. This year’s symposium on “Geodesy – a regulated profession” served as a platform for exchanging knowledge, experience and innovation among professionals, but also for discussing current topics and challenges the profession faces. The event is organised by the Croatian Chamber of Chartered Geodetic Engineers, and one of the sponsors is the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets. 27.10.2025. | News | Information