Country code: 385. Telephone booths are operated by phonecards available at post offices, news stands and in some tourist shops.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is good.

Internet cafes can be found in Zagreb and other main towns.

Stamps are available in post offices and from news stands.

Post offices hours: Mon-Fri 0700-1900 and Sat 0700-1300. Some may be open until 2200 in larger cities.

Croatia's media operate in a climate of relative freedom following the restrictions of President Tudjman's era. The constitution bans censorship and guarantees press freedom. Croatian Radio-Television, HRT, is a national state-owned public broadcaster and is financed by a mixture of advertising and licence-fee revenues. The frequencies of HRT's third national TV network were allocated to a private bidder in 2003. Public TV is the main source of news and information. National commercial networks and dozens of private local TV stations compete for viewers.

• The main daily local newspapers are Novi List (Rijeka), Slobodna Dalmacija (Split) and Vecernji List (Zagreb).
• The weekly press includes Globus and Nacional.
• There are no English-language newspapers at present.

• Croatian TV is public and operates national networks.
• RTL Televizije and Nova TV are national, private channels.

• Croatian Radio is public and operates three national networks.
• Radio 101, Otvoreni Radio and Narodni Radio are commercial stations.