and earn much better salary. despite the arrivals from asia, businesses of all kinds are still chronically short staffed. croatia s unemployment rate is currently lower than it s ever been and employment agencies want the authorities to make it easier to import workers. they re understaffed, so everything is about two months until we get the working licence. when the working licence is finished, then we send it to the embassy. the embassy, maybe one month, maybe three months. it all depends about periods in the year, you know? and if the croatian coast continues to pull in the punters like this, they need all the workers they can get. guy delaunay, bbc news, rijeka. in other news. the german firm siemens energy says it expects to lose nearly $5bn this year, because of problems at its wind turbine division. that s despite what the company said