Croatia’s real estate market is marked by strong demand amid tight supply. Recent analyses note that high demand, inflation-driven price growth, and limited new construction have resulted in a slowdown of the residential real estate market.

Whether an artificial intelligence model can be trained on media content without infringing copyright is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing questions of the AI-copyright interaction. The recent UK High Court ruling in Getty Images v Stability AI has intensified this debate, drawing global attention to the legal boundaries surrounding the use of copyright-protected media content in the training of generative AI systems. Although the case initially included claims concerning the training and development of Stability AI’s image-generation model, the claimants ultimately abandoned those claims. Thus, despite the ongoing heated debate, the UK High Court did not have the opportunity to address the merits of the AI-copyright interaction issue – whether the collection and internal processing of copyrighted works during training constitute copyright infringement.

As the year is coming to an end and attention naturally shifts to closing the quarter and preparing for the holidays, a sense of uncertainty looms over the announced amendments to the Croatian Employment Act (Amendments). The need for speed is clear – all EU member states, including Croatia, are under an obligation to transpose the Directive 2023/970 (popularly called the “Pay Transparency Directive”) by no later than June 7, 2026. Concerns remain well-founded – at the time of writing, there is still no publicly available information on the workgroup tasked with drafting the Amendments, and given the formal steps ahead, from public consultation to parliamentary adoption, meeting the deadline appears increasingly optimistic.

Ukraine’s new Law on Public Private Partnership, which entered into force on October 31, 2025, arrives at a moment when international investors are watching the country with both interest and caution. As reconstruction needs continue to rise, Ukraine’s ability to attract foreign capital will depend heavily on whether the legal and economic environment feels predictable enough for long-term commitments. The updated PPP framework is designed to send precisely that message: Ukraine intends to create a modern, commercially oriented system capable of supporting complex infrastructure projects and blended financing models.

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