{ "country": "Croatia", "code": "HR", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13", "source": "https://happychef.cloud/en/press-contacts/hr.html", "national": { "description": "Croatia's national press centres on a small number of Zagreb-based dailies (Jutarnji list, Večernji list, 24sata) alongside regional titles with national reach, such as Novi list and Slobodna Dalmacija, all of which run lifestyle and dining coverage. Two major online portals, tportal.hr and Index.hr, maintain dedicated lifestyle and food desks that are especially receptive to restaurant pitches, while glossy weeklies Gloria and Story cover openings and chef profiles. The hospitality trade is served by Hotelijer.hr, and Gastronaut.hr is the leading consumer restaurant-database and ranking platform; public broadcaster HRT and national wire agency Hina round out the media landscape.", "tip": "Pitch Index.hr's dedicated Food desk and tportal.hr's Lifestyle desk first, since both publish restaurant and dining content frequently and have named contact addresses; Gastronaut.hr is a strong next step for restaurant owners seeking inclusion in its restaurant database or annual rankings.", "sources": [ { "name": "Jutarnji list", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.jutarnji.hr", "notes": "One of Croatia's two leading national dailies, based in Zagreb." }, { "name": "Večernji list", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.vecernji.hr", "notes": "Croatia's highest-circulation quality daily, with a dedicated lifestyle desk." }, { "name": "24sata", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.24sata.hr", "notes": "Highest-circulation tabloid daily with strong lifestyle and food coverage." }, { "name": "Novi list", "type": "newspaper", "email": "redakcija@novilist.hr", "website": "https://www.novilist.hr", "notes": "Long-running quality daily based in Rijeka, read nationally." }, { "name": "Slobodna Dalmacija", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr", "notes": "Leading daily for southern Croatia/Dalmatia, also read nationally." }, { "name": "tportal.hr", "type": "blog", "email": "lifestyle@tportal.hr", "website": "https://www.tportal.hr", "notes": "Major online news portal; Lifestyle/Showtime desk covers restaurants and food trends." }, { "name": "Index.hr", "type": "blog", "email": "food@index.hr", "website": "https://www.index.hr", "notes": "Major online news portal with a dedicated Food desk." }, { "name": "Gloria", "type": "magazine", "email": null, "website": "https://www.gloria.hr", "notes": "Leading national lifestyle/celebrity weekly, covers dining and openings." }, { "name": "Story", "type": "magazine", "email": null, "website": "https://www.story.hr", "notes": "National lifestyle weekly (published by Presshaus), covers restaurant and chef features." }, { "name": "Hotelijer.hr", "type": "trade", "email": "info@hotelijer.hr", "website": "https://hotelijer.hr", "notes": "Croatian hotel and hospitality industry trade magazine/portal." }, { "name": "Gastronaut.hr", "type": "blog", "email": "gastronaut@gastronaut.hr", "website": "https://www.gastronaut.hr", "notes": "Croatia's largest restaurant and recipe database; runs the '100 Leading Croatian Restaurants' ranking." }, { "name": "HRT (Hrvatska radiotelevizija)", "type": "tv", "email": "komunikacije@hrt.hr", "website": "https://www.hrt.hr", "notes": "Public broadcaster; communications desk handles media inquiries, including food and lifestyle programming." }, { "name": "Hina", "type": "wire", "email": null, "website": "https://www.hina.hr", "notes": "Croatian national news agency; pitch its lifestyle/consumer desk." } ] }, "regions": [ { "id": "zagreb", "name": "Zagreb", "nativeName": "Zagreb", "description": "As Croatia's capital, Zagreb concentrates most of the country's national press, but its dining scene is specifically covered by the lifestyle desks of major portals and magazines headquartered in the city.", "tip": "Index.hr's Food desk and tportal.hr's Lifestyle desk are the fastest routes to covering a Zagreb opening or event.", "sources": [ { "name": "Index.hr", "type": "blog", "email": "food@index.hr", "website": "https://www.index.hr", "notes": "Zagreb-based portal with a dedicated Food desk." }, { "name": "tportal.hr", "type": "blog", "email": "lifestyle@tportal.hr", "website": "https://www.tportal.hr", "notes": "Zagreb-based portal; Lifestyle/Showtime desk." }, { "name": "Večernji list", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.vecernji.hr", "notes": "Zagreb-headquartered national daily with strong local coverage." }, { "name": "Gloria", "type": "magazine", "email": null, "website": "https://www.gloria.hr", "notes": "Zagreb-based national lifestyle weekly." } ] }, { "id": "istria", "name": "Istria", "nativeName": "Istra", "description": "Istria's food and wine reputation makes it one of Croatia's most PR-active regions, though its dedicated press consists mainly of one long-established regional daily and an independent local news portal.", "tip": "Glas Istre is the region's paper of record for restaurant news; iPress is a useful independent portal for faster local coverage.", "sources": [ { "name": "Glas Istre", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.glasistre.hr", "notes": "Leading regional daily for Istria, based in Pula." }, { "name": "iPress", "type": "blog", "email": null, "website": "https://www.ipress.hr", "notes": "Independent Istrian news portal." } ] }, { "id": "dalmatia-split", "name": "Dalmatia (Split)", "nativeName": "Dalmacija", "description": "Croatia's most tourism-dependent coastal region is served by one of the country's largest regional dailies plus several dedicated Split/Dalmatia news portals, all of which regularly cover restaurants given the area's importance to Croatian tourism.", "tip": "Slobodna Dalmacija is the dominant regional daily; Dalmacija Danas has a named editor-in-chief contact and is a strong choice for a direct pitch.", "sources": [ { "name": "Slobodna Dalmacija", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr", "notes": "Leading daily for Split and Dalmatia." }, { "name": "Dalmacija Danas", "type": "blog", "email": "urednik@dalmacijadanas.hr", "website": "https://www.dalmacijadanas.hr", "notes": "Regional news portal for Split, the coast and islands; editor-in-chief contact." }, { "name": "Dalmatinski portal", "type": "blog", "email": null, "website": "https://www.dalmatinskiportal.hr", "notes": "Regional news site covering Split and Dalmatia." } ] }, { "id": "kvarner-rijeka", "name": "Kvarner (Rijeka)", "nativeName": "Kvarner", "description": "The Kvarner Gulf region around Rijeka and Opatija is anchored by Novi list, one of Croatia's most respected regional dailies, alongside a smaller civic-run local news portal.", "tip": "Novi list's newsroom is the primary contact for restaurant and hospitality news in the Kvarner region.", "sources": [ { "name": "Novi list", "type": "newspaper", "email": "redakcija@novilist.hr", "website": "https://www.novilist.hr", "notes": "Leading regional daily for Kvarner, based in Rijeka." }, { "name": "Rijeka Danas", "type": "blog", "email": null, "website": "https://rijekadanas.hr", "notes": "Civic-run regional news portal for Rijeka and Kvarner." } ] }, { "id": "slavonia", "name": "Slavonia", "nativeName": "Slavonija", "description": "Croatia's eastern Slavonia region, known for its distinct culinary traditions, is covered by a long-established regional daily based in Osijek and an active local news portal.", "tip": "Glas Slavonije is the region's dominant newspaper; Osijek031 is a good secondary contact for online-first coverage.", "sources": [ { "name": "Glas Slavonije", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.glas-slavonije.hr", "notes": "Leading regional daily for Slavonia, based in Osijek." }, { "name": "Osijek031", "type": "blog", "email": null, "website": "https://www.osijek031.com", "notes": "Leading local news website for Osijek and Slavonia." } ] } ] }