New World Record Set at 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb!
September 15, 2021 - One world and four rally records marked the 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial - Continental Tour Gold Athletic Rally, which was held at the Mladost Stadium along the Sava. For the first time in the history of the Zagreb "Hanžek" meeting, a world record was set. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the 2,000m with a time of 5:43.43!
The stadium along the Sava hosted great world stars, as many as 11 Olympic winners, seven world champions, and 16 medal winners from the Tokyo Olympics, and the biggest result of this "Hanžek" edition is the world record of Burundi's Francine Niyonsabe, who improved the world record by two seconds in the women's 2000m race. In addition, four rally records were set, and Sandra Perkovic was second in the discus throw, which Olympic champion Valerie Allman celebrated.
The 2 km race is not an Olympic discipline, nor is it run at world championships. Still, throughout history, this discipline has been run by some of the world's greatest middle-distance runners - Sonia OSullivan, Maricica Puica, Tatjana Kazankina, and Zola Budd.
Niyonsaba is a former world and Olympic runner-up in the 800 meters who is now great in long distances. The previous record was held by Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba, who ran 5:23.75 in 2017 in Sabadell, Spain.
Croatian athlete Maja Pačarić also gave her all in setting the record.
"I am overjoyed; this season was great for me. This is my first time in Zagreb, and I will always remember this race," said 28-year-old Niyonsaba.
The rally records were set in the 400 m and pole vault for athletes and in the 200 m and triple jump for women.
In the 200-meter race, two athletes competed, winning three medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Christine Mboma was second in the 200 meters breaking the world junior record, while Shericka Jackson won bronze in the 100 meters and gold in the 4 × 100 meters. Jackson would probably have won a medal in the 200 meters as well if she hadn't casually slowed down in front of the finish line in qualifying.
In Zagreb, Mboma celebrated with the result of 22.04, breaking the previous record of the rally of 22.35, which Allyson Felix has held since 2012. Jackson was second with 22.30, which was also faster than the previous record, while Bahamian Anthonique Strachan was third with 23.05.
Jamaican Shanieka Ricketts, in the triple jump, recorded a distance of 14.77 m, which is 19 centimeters better than the 12-year-old Zagreb rally record, which Cuban Mabel Gay owned.
In second was Slovenian Neja Filipić with 14.37, while third was Finn Senni Salminen with a jump of 14.24.
The rally record was also set by the American KC Lightfoot, who won the pole vault with a result of 5.87 meters. The previous record was held by the Russian Timur Morgunov, who jumped 5.76 meters in 2018. In second was the American Sam Kendricks with 5.82, as was the third-placed Australian Kurtis Marschall.
In the 400 m, Grenadian athlete Kirani James won with 44.46, which is a new rally record. James ran faster than the previous American record holder Gil Roberts, who ran 44.94 in 2017.
In second was Isaac Makwala from Botswana with a score of 45.15, and third was Italian Edoardo Scotti (45.30). Mateo Ruzic was seventh with a score of 47.53.
"This is my first time here, and I am happy to win. The race was good, the season is over, and I can be satisfied with the result and the rally record. It feels good to investigate the rally record, especially since the old record was held by Roberts against whom I ran at university," James said.
On Monday, the new rally record was set by the Olympic winner and world record holder in the shot put, American Ryan Crouser, who won the 7th edition of the Ivan Ivančić Memorial with a result of 22.84, which is the best on the European continent since 1988.
Last year, Crouser threw 22.74 in Zagreb, which was the best shot on European soil in the last 30 years. In the meantime, that record went to Lausanne (22.81), but it is in Zagreb again. Crouser set a new world record of 23.37 in June this year in Eugene, Oregon.
American Devon Allen won the Boris Hanžeković Memorial 110-meter hurdles race, which is being held as part of the Zagreb athletics rally.
Allen won with a score of 12.99, which is the second result this season in the world and his personal record. Faster than him this year was only American Grant Holloway, who ran 12.81 in June.
In second was the bronze medalist from Tokyo, Jamaican Ronald Levy, with 13.11, while the Olympic winner from Tokyo, Jamaican Hansle Parchment, was third with 13.12. Allen was fourth at the Tokyo Olympics.
"I ran under the magical 13.00; I am happy and overjoyed. I ran great in the last races. But, unfortunately, the season is coming to an end," said Allen. Mark Crear's rally record (12.98) from 1999 was better by a hundredth.
The 110-meter hurdles race, just like the entire Zagreb rally, is named after Boris Hanžeković, the best pre-war Croatian athlete, who died in 1945 while trying to escape from the Jasenovac camp.
Boris Hanžeković reached his athletic peak at the Balkan Games in Belgrade in 1938. He was less than 22 years old at the time and managed to defeat the Greek Christos Manticas, a finalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and then the best athlete in the Balkans, in a direct duel in the 110-meter hurdles.
The 110-meter hurdles race has been named after Hanžeković since 1952 and the second edition of the club duel between Mladost and Dinamo, which in 1957 grew into a national, and in 1962 into an international athletics meeting. The first winner of the 110-meter hurdles was Dinamo's Petar Grgin, after which Mladost athlete Ervin Srp won twice.
The organizers have always paid special attention to the 110-meter hurdles, and so far in the Boris Hanžeković Memorial Race, Olympic winners have won seven times and world champions nine times.
In one of the rally hits, the Olympic winner in the discus throw, the American Valerie Allman, won by breaking the series of seven consecutive victories of Sandra Perković at Mladost Stadium.
Allman won by throwing 69.63, which is the third-best result this season. The American won in Zagreb with a better result than her "golden" shot at the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo, where she won with 68.98.
The nine-time winner of the Zagreb rally, Sandra Perković, was second with 66.48, while Jamaican Shadae Lawrence threw 60.80. Croatia's second representative Marija Tolj took sixth place with a score of 57.66.
Close to the rally record was Ethiopian Getnet Wale, who won the 3,000-meter hurdles with a time of 8:12.06, which was close, but still 26 hundredths of a second slower than the 2012 rally record still held by Kenyan Jairus Kipchoge Birech.
In the discus throw, the Olympic winner, Swede Daniel Stahl, celebrated with 67.79 meters. In second was the Austrian Lucas Weisshaidinger with 66.21, while third was the Slovenian Christian Cech (65.17). Croatia's Martin Markovic was seventh with a score of 62.36.
Rio de Janeiro Olympic winner Sara Kolak continued a series of poor results at the Zagreb meeting. Kolak threw the javelin 57.72 meters, winning fifth place. Veronika Šakota was one step lower with a result of 54.22. Latvian Madara Palameika won with a result of 63.25 m.
In the long jump, Marko Čeko won with 7.70 m ahead of Filip Pravda, who jumped two centimeters less, while in third was Slovenian Dino Subašić with 7.55 m.
In the pole vault, the Slovenian Lia Apostolovski won with a jump of 1.81 m. Sara Aščić finished second with 1.78, and in third was Slovenian Monika Podlogar, also with 1.78.
Source: HRT
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Vili Beros: Validity of Croatian Covid Certificates to be Extended
September the 15th, 2021 - After it was confirmed that from the beginning of October, all employees in the healthcare system can only come to work if they have Croatian covid certificates, and soon the same could happen in the social services system, the question arose what to do with those whose certificates are expiring.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, at this moment in time, Croatian covid certificates are valid for nine months from the holder receiving their second dose of the vaccine. For those who were vaccinated early and received their second dose in January, their deadline expires in mid-October. This primarily applies to healthcare and social workers, as they were a priority group and were among the first to be vaccinated.
"Doctors, nurses and non-medical staff who trusted science at the end of last year and the beginning of this year and were vaccinated and thus preserved their own and other people's health, will not be left without their Croatian covid certificates,'' confirmed the Minister of Health, Vili Beros.
At this point, Croatian covid certificates are valid if no more than 270 days have passed since the holder received their second dose, a period which, for the first among the population to be vaccinated, including healthcare workers, nursing home staff and residents, will begin to expire soon.
The extension of the validity of Croatian covid certificates will certainly be related to receiving the third dose, and Beros notes that at this moment all eyes are on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which should decide on the third ''booster'' dose of Pfizer in ten days at the latest. "I believe that the opinion of the EMA will be positive. The Croatian Institute of Public Health is preparing instructions so that we can say that we're ready,'' explained Beros, reports Jutarnji list.
But regardless of the EMA and the decision on the third dose, an extension of the duration of Croatian covid certificates is also being considered in the context of vaccination. For now, only Pfizer has asked the EMA for approval for the third dose, so the question remains what to do with those who have been vaccinated with Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
"As always, we're closely monitoring the situation and adjusting things as needed. Other companies will certainly ask for approvals for the third dose. We're also waiting for answers as to whether it will be recommended that people who received the vector vaccine, for the third dose, receive the mRNA vaccine and vice versa,'' said Beros.
In addition to the booster dose, it seems that Croatian covid certificates will have their validy periods extended.
"Some countries have already extended the validity of their certificates to 12 months, and it's very likely that we'll go in that direction and extend the certificate for a year in accordance with the results of the latest scientific and professional tests," said Beros.
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Croatian Immunological Institute to Begin Producing Life Saving Antidote
September the 15th, 2021 - The Croatian Immunological Institute, which has been the topic of a lot of conversation for years, is set to resume production of one particular antidote which has saved countless lives over the decades.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, intensive preparations are already underway to resume production of this particular antidote, which has been saving lives across Europe for decades and which has not been allowed to be produced for the past eight years, in the reconstructed part of the existing premises of the Croatian Immunological Institute.
The production of antidote for snake bites will start again next year on the farm of the Immunological Institute in Brezje in Sveta Nedelja near Zagreb, Vecernji list has learned from the Ministry of Health. All rights to produce the antidote were lost back in 2013, which is why it hasn't been being made for such a long time.
The stocks of antidotes that the Republuc of Croatia had for its needs by the end of 2017 were re-valorised, so their shelf life was extended and lasted until the end of last year. At the same time, due to climate change, more potentially dangerous venomous snakes have appeared where they didn't exist before.
In order to prevent anyone from suffering a potentially tragic outcome following a snake bite during the tourist season, this year Croatia procured an antidote from a foreign supplier at an intervention price of 22,000 kuna for one dose. Next year we shouldn't do that because the Brezje farm raises animals and we have experts who know what to do and want to do the job.
"We have six horses, about thirty horned vipers, about a thousand mice, between 60 and 70 guinea pigs and 20 sheep. As for the procedure itself, the antidote can be produced in three weeks, but many steps need to be taken beforehand in order to obtain the proper permits from all institutions, both regulatory agencies and professional bodies and those based on detailed regulations on laboratory animals. We lagged behind in previous years in terms of staff and equipment, but now all mechanisms have been launched, and when the final production starts next year, there'll be no stopping us,'' said Hrvoje Sindler, head of the Department for antiserum production and breeding of experiment animals at the Croatian Immunological Institute.
Health Minister Vili Beros emphasised that the Croatian Immunological Institute is one of the leading strategic interests of the Government of the Republic of Croatia and that, in addition to starting the production of antidotes against venomous snake bites, much more is planned for next year as they'll also be building a brand new factory.
“With the revitalisation of the Croatian Immunological Institute, we'll be able to position ourselves as producers of much-needed vaccines for which there's a need outside the borders of the Republic of Croatia. The plan is to build a new factory on the location of Brezje, on land owned by the Croatian Immunological Institute. The plan is to produce viral vaccines from parent strains owned by Croatia, which are stored within the Institute.
The possibility of producing drugs from human plasma is also being considered. At the same time, the sources of financing are being examined, one of them being EU funds, ie finding a strategic partner for placing these finished products on the global market,'' stated Minister Beros, as reported by Vecernji list.
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100,000+ Croatian Residents Successfully Complete Croatian E-Census
September the 14th, 2021 - The Croatian 2021 census is now officially underway, and for the first time ever, the ability to complete it online via the e-Citizens (e-Gradjani) system has been made available to the population. Over 100,000 Croatian residents have now successfully completed their Croatian e-Census.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the very first phase of the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings, which will last until September the 26th, started yesterday through the E-citizens system. More than 100,000 citizens were successfully registered by 20:00 yesterday, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported.
The first phase is followed by the second phase of the census from September the 27th to October the 17th, when almost 8,000 enumerators are set to go out into the field to enumerate those who didn't enumerate themselves online, and to control and correct mistakes made by citizens' self-enumeration. But just how will the accuracy of the data that people provide by filling in the Croatian e-Census or during the field phase of the 2021 census be controlled?
The reference point of the census is the 31st of August 2021, and according to the concept of people's usual place of residence, the census will include all citizens who lived in their place of residence for a year or came to live in a place of residence with the intention of staying for at least one year.
The census questionnaire consists of three parts - persons, households and dwellings - and contains 38 questions. One household member can list all members of their household through the e-Citizens system as part of the Croatian e-Census.
There's a penalty for inaccurate and incomplete results...
After completing the self-enumeration, people will receive a control code which they will then photograph or print out and give to the enumerator when he knocks on their doors. They don't have to admit the enumerator into their homes after filling in the Croatian e-Census, it is enough to give them the aforementioned control code.
A fine of 2,000 to 5,000 kuna will be imposed on people who refuse to provide data during the Croatian 2021 census, either via the Croatian e-Census or in person, as well as to those who provided inaccurate and/or incomplete data during the carrying out of the census.
It's very easy to sit and talk about fines, but just how will the CBS control whether people have provided accurate and complete data, given that the census is based on statements and that the enumerator has absolutely no right to request any personal documents or doubt the accuracy of the data?
Although more than 1000 controllers monitor the work of the field enumerators, they control the accuracy and coverage of the collected data, how they will control the accuracy of all data during the data processing procedure? On top that, what will happen to the list of empty apartments, houses and cottages and are they even entered into the records?
"The State Bureau has repeatedly stated that the data provided by persons should be complete and accurate. Enumerators will familiarise household members with this. The enumerator can't check the accuracy of the data during the enumeration process because the census is based on a statement. However, during data processing, the Office will pair data with data from administrative databases and control the accuracy and reliability of the data. People living outside Croatia aren't listed. Persons who have a household in Croatia can enumerate members of their household in Croatia independently via e-Citizens or during the second phase of enumeration by giving that data to the enumerator. Housing units that are empty will be listed as empty apartments,'' the CBS told Vecernji list.
Croatian demographer Marin Strmota says that this census will not be comparable to any taken in the past in any case.
"I don't know what the mechanisms will be for checking the accuracy of the data collected by the census and with which databases in the Central Bureau of Statistics are networked. It's also unclear how it will be controlled when it comes to the listing of fictitious residents, for example, are the IP addresses from which citizens filled in the census questionnaire visible? If the control mechanisms aren't good, manipulations are possible,'' stated Strmota.
After the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings, we'll finally be able find out if Croatia has less than four million inhabitants. The first results of the census will be published sixty days after the end of the census carried out in the field, writes Vecernji list.
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Croatian Staff.hr Worker Booking Platform Created by Footballers
September the 15th, 2021 - The new Croatian Staff.hr ''worker booking'' platform has been created by footballers, and it's the first such booking site to exist in Croatia.
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, meet the brand new Croatian Staff.hr service for workers and employers launched at the beginning of the summer by a pair of amateur football players, economist Toni Adzic and psychologist Ivan Abramovic.
Their goal is to speed up and simplify the processes on the labour market as much as possible, and Adzic got the idea in London, where he lived before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
“It was there where I came across this system of ''booking'' workers through a platform on which labour is hired across various industries as needed, and it works very simply and quickly. As we also have a serious problem of finding labour in Croatia, and so far there's been no such service, we decided to develop our own platform. We started working at the time of the pandemic and it was challenging, but we managed to get the Croatian staff.hr platform up and running this June,'' Toni Adzic explained.
Although they are also registered as a platform for job advertisements, unlike other employment agencies and portals, a database of clients as well as workers who are interested in the job is created, and clients then go there to "hire" them. The system is similar to how delivery services work, except that it is not the products that are delivered but the workforce, and it primarily regards operatives.
"Everyone who wants to work applies to us, passes certain security checks with us, leaves their data on their previous experiences, and stays in our database of workers, then they go off to work wherever they want, depending on the needs of clients. We aren't their employers, they're a partner of the company and the workers can choose for themselves, and we take a certain fixed fee for advertising from the clients and that's how we earn. Everything is very transparent and pre-arranged, so that both employers and workers know what awaits them,'' said Adzic.
He pointed out that it is very important for them as intermediaries on the Croatian Staff.hr team that both clients and workers are satisfied, and that unpleasant experiences can occur on the labour market, so they have introduced a system of reviews, the evaluation of both workers and clients.
Since June, when the Croatian Staff.hr platform started, their base of workers has been constantly increasing. The interest is currently greatest among students, but there are other age groups in a variety of industries, from catering to events, promotion and sales. As the platform was launched only in June, this year there was no opportunity to significantly penetrate the labour market in terms of tourism, which is certainly expected in 2022.
There will certainly be work to be done, as the shortage of workers in tourism will be one of the sector’s biggest challenges for next season. This year, the sector has entered the season with at least 5,000 workers less than needed and ads for maids and waiters are still circulating today.
It is precisely the acceleration and simplification of the employment process not only of foreigners, but also of the domestic workforce that is what the Croatian Tourism Association is most loudly calling for. In addition, in their proposals for measures that will soon be sent to the Government for consideration, HUT is asking for tax relief for the employment of students, a large pool of potential workforce in the summer season, which is currently not well motivated due to tax levies.
That would be a small expense for the state compared to the income that can be generated if that group is motivated to work, they stated from HUT.
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Parliamentary Committee Endorses Bills on Copyright, Electronic Media
ZAGREB, 14 Sept, 2021 - The Croatian Parliament's Information and Media Committee on Tuesday endorsed the Copyright and Related Rights Bill and the Electronic Media Bill after debating copyright protection and user comments.
Culture and Media Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek said the biggest contribution of the Copyright Bill was that it eliminated legal uncertainties concerning exceptions and restrictions.
It ensures a broader approach to protected content as well as equitable compensation for stakeholders in the digital environment.
The bill regulates in more detail the rights of news publishers and defines the copyright generated within the collective protection system.
The bill also regulates content aggregators such as Facebook and Google, proposing that part of the revenue they generate from the content goes to news publishers and journalists.
As for the relationship between phonogram producers and performers, the minister said the proposed solution recognised performers as the weaker party and aimed to improve their position without endangering phonogram producers' business, she added.
Regarding the relationship between news publishers and aggregators which use their content for free, resulting in losses for both publishers and journalists, the bill regulates a collective exercise of their rights to ensure a better position for them.
The minister said the bill defined journalistic work as copyright work for the first time with the aim to strengthen the position of journalists and protect their work. In doing so, she added, one must not mix areas regulated by the media law and those regulated by the copyright law.
The amendments to the Electronic Media Act oblige media to transparently declare their ownership and sources of financing. As for user comments, users will have to register so that they are accountable, instead of publishers, if their comments break the law.
Independent MP Nino Raspudić said the bill stipulated what one was allowed to love and hate and that several articles introduced gender identity.
The minister said he was telling untruths and that Croatia was a democratic state in which no one censored anyone and no one was fined for stating their views.
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Croatian Agriculture Minister, Chinese Ambassador Discuss Pork Exports to China
ZAGREB, 14 Sept, 2021 - Croatian Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković has held an online meeting with Chinese Ambassador Xu Erwen to discuss ways of speeding up the procedure to obtain veterinary certificates and possibilities for pork exports to China, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The agricultural cooperation with China has intensified since 2006, and thanks to the China+17 initiative and the efforts by the Agriculture Ministry, the protocol on veterinary and public health requirements for dairy products intended for export from Croatia to China was signed in 2019, removing the obstacles to the sale of Croatian dairy products on the Chinese market.
Vučković mentioned Croatian requests towards the Chinese competent authority (GACC) regarding veterinary certificates for pork and pork products, fresh and frozen tuna, honey, beef and poultry, notably the export of tuna, pork and pork products from Croatia to China.
The Croatian ministry is in close communication with the GACC and Croatia is a step closer to getting a positive assessment as a country allowed to export pork and pork products to China, the statement said.
In 2020 the GACC was notified that the World Organisation for Animal Health had recognised Croatia as a country officially free of classic swine fever.
Between 2011 and 2020, with Croatia's entry into the European Union, Croatian agricultural and food exports to China increased ninefold, while at the same time imports from China decreased by more than double. In 2020 alone, the value of agricultural and food exports to China increased by 52% compared with 2019, to nearly €7 million.
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Zagreb Stock Exchange Indices Rise; Focus on Podravka, Adris Shares
ZAGREB, 14 Sept, 2021 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices went up on Tuesday, the Crobex by 0.15% to 1,971 points and the Crobex10 by 0.16% to 1,204 points, with regular turnover reaching HRK 8.6 million.
The most traded stock was the Podravka food company, turning over a little more than HRK 3 million. It closed at HRK 596 per share, down 0.33%.
The ordinary share of the Adris tourism and insurance group turned over HRK 2.7 million, closing at HRK 470 (+2.17%), while its preferred share turned over HRK 1.09 million, closing at HRK 417 (+0.48%).
Thirty-six stocks traded today, with 14 gaining in price, 11 losing, and 11 staying the same.
(€1 = HRK 7.483597)
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European Parliament For Recognising Same-Sex Marriage Across EU
ZAGREB, 14 Sept, 2021 - A majority of members of the European Parliament on Tuesday endorsed a draft resolution seeking the recognition of same-sex marriages and registered partnerships in all member states.
The draft was endorsed by 387 MEPs, 161 voted against and 123 abstained.
The resolution says same-sex spouses and partners should be treated equally as heterosexual ones, and that marriages and partnerships concluded in one EU member state should be recognised in all.
Of the Croatian MEPs, the draft was endorsed by Biljana Borzan, Predrag Matić and Tonino Picula of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Valter Flego of the Istrian Democratic Party.
Independent Mislav Kolakušić and conservative Ladislav Ilčić were against, while Sunčana Glavak, Karlo Ressler, Tomislav Sokol and Željana Zovko of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) abstained.
Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (Human Shield) did not vote as he was in Rome, and Romana Jerković (SDP) could not because of technical difficulties, but her office told Hina that she "supports this resolution."
Speaking to Hina, Matić said the adoption of the resolution was a "civilisational achievement", while Flego said it was unacceptable that LGBTIQ rights were being reduced instead of advanced in many countries, and that it was time to "finally give everyone equal rights."
Ilčić told Hina the resolution "is consciously trying to equate the legal status of same-sex couples in all member states, thus negating the right of the states to independently decide which unions they will recognise and which they won't."
"That would mean that the whole EU must follow the most liberal states to avoid alleged discrimination, which is absurd, contrary to the treaties and the subsidiarity principle," he said, adding that the LGBT lobby was exerting enormous pressure on the European institutions.
The resolution also calls on the European Commission to take action against Romania, Hungary and Poland for violating LGBTIQ rights and fundamental EU values.
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PM Andrej Plenković Calls on Citizens to Register Online For Population Census
ZAGREB, 14 Sept, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday called on all citizens to register online for the population census which began yesterday and will be conducted in two phases.
In the first phase, lasting until 26 September, citizens can take part in the census online, which the prime minister did, registering his family "simply and quickly," he wrote on Twitter.
"Let's use the possibility to register online. Let's do our civic duty and let's all take part in the 2021 Census," he tweeted.
By 3 pm today, over 177,000 citizens have taken part in the census online, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics said, the largest number in the City of Zagreb (58,214) and the lowest in Lika-Senj County (1,118).
The second phase begins on 27 September and lasts until 17 October, when census-takers will be visiting all households that have not registered online.
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