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February 10, 2022 - For a small country with a sparse population, the residents of Croatia take their recycling seriously, especially when it comes to household waste.  Among the list of countries that recycled the most household waste between 2010-19, ranked by the European Environment Agency (using official data from Eurostat), Croatia ranked 2nd, for a household waste recycling rate that increased by 655% between 2010-19. Its recycling rate in 2019 was 30.2%, compared to only 10% in 2010. And in 2020, Croatia reduced the amount of municipal waste, increasing household waste separation and recycling rates. This worked effectively in…

February 10, 2022 - After World War II, a lot of people migrated from Dalmatia, Herzegovina, and more to Slavonia looking for better lives. They mostly traveled with coal-fired trains that would take a week to get to their destination. However, that was in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 21st century, in 2022, my trip to Zdenci, a village located in the east of Virovitica - Podravina County, took me two days by public transportation - train. A look into the travel connection issues in Slavonia in the 21st century. Railways and trains, as public transportation and a part of…

February 10, 2022 - The Osijek Fortress reconstruction is currently underway and should be completed at the end of 2023. The total value of the project is 130 million kuna. Osijek is currently a large construction site. Cranes and excavators are literally in all parts of the city. Osijek's baroque pearl - the Fortress - is also full of construction workers, reports Lokalni.hr. Reconstruction and extension upgrades include sanitary and precipitation sewerage, distribution telecommunication sewerage and electricity cable sewerage, and reconstructing the streets and pedestrian areas, which will create the conditions necessary to revitalize the Fortress as a business, residential, and…

February 10, 2022 - After more than one year of absence due to the earthquake, a beloved tradition in Zagreb marks its return this Monday as the Grič cannon will be fired again to announce noon in a resounding way. According to tportal.hr, the Zagreb Holding announced today that the Grič cannon, one of the most famous Zagreb sights and important tourist attractions with a tradition of more than 140 years, will be fired again on February 14th, after a long period of silence. The first time the cannon was fired to announce noon in the city of Zagreb was in…

February 9th, 2022 - Two second-hand markets have been announced in Rijeka this month, one doubling as a dance party and the other for a noble cause Fans of second-hand shopping in Rijeka can look forward to two pop-up flea markets in February where clothes and accessories will be sold. First up, Mama’s Closet: a vintage/SH market taking place at The Beertija, a popular bar in the Trsat neighbourhood. (Among other things, they have 250 brews on their beer list - just in case you need a reason other than a love of vintage clothing to make the hike to…

February 9th, 2022 - A ring was found in Brestova ferry port by a diver who's now looking for its owner. The ring is engraved, and the rightful owner will surely know what the inscription says Diving expert and underwater explorer Velimir Vrzic announced on his Facebook page that he found a valuable women’s ring during a recent dive in Brestova ferry port in Istria. Vrzic was on a quest with a very sweet objective: to find another piece of jewellery, a wedding ring lost in Brestova last summer by a woman who reached out to him having seen his…

ZAGREB, 9 February 2022  - The Croatian Chamber of Agriculture (HPK) on Wednesday once again warned that the price of raw milk is untenable, and that its price should head towards HRK 3.5 with VAT because its price is rising much faster in the European Union than in Croatia. HPK participated at a meeting of the CDG Milk (Civil dialogue group on milk) on Tuesday where they discussed the situation and trends surrounding the price of raw milk in the EU, chairman of the Milk Committee at HKP Igor Rešetar said. "We saw that in countries Croatia imports milk from the most, the price…

ZAGREB, 9 Feb 2022 - A tender for design documentation for a future medical research centre in Split was presented in the coastal city on Wednesday. The project to build the centre, which will be located on the premises of the city's Križine Hospital, is worth slightly more than €80 million, including equipment. The cost of design documentation is slightly less than HRK 8 million, with the entire amount provided by the EU. The project partner is the Split Faculty of Medicine. The future 15,500-square-metre Split Medical Research Centre will have eight laboratories - for human genetics, cell and tissue…

ZAGREB, 9 Feb 2022 - Close to 50% of young Croatians occasionally or frequently think about leaving the country, and their stay depends on a number of factors, which is why it is necessary to focus on the value and cultural aspects of the problem, shows a survey on the motivation of young people to emigrate and start a family. "When it comes to the likelihood of emigration, on a scale from 1 to 10, the average response was slightly above 4, which means that young people are divided over whether they want to emigrate, but almost half of them…

February 9th, 2022 - Milan Grozić, an 80 year old man from Istria, donated over 400,000 kuna of his life savings to several health clinics in Croatia Milan Grozić, an economist from Istria who has been retired for 15 years, made several sizable donations to multiple medical facilities, reports Glas Istre/Gordana Čalić Šverko. He first donated 200,000 kuna to Istrian Health Centres. Half of the amount is intended for the purchase of an ultrasound machine for a GP clinic in Lupoglav, and the remaining 100,000 kuna for the Pazin clinic for palliative care and a medical-chemical laboratory. A few days…