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ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - This year's Walk for Life will be held in ten cities across Croatia on Sundays in May and June, a news conference heard in Osijek on Sunday. Representatives of the civic group "Walk for Life, Family and Croatia" told reporters that marches would be held in Vinkovci, Varaždin and Slavonski Brod on 7 May, in Zagreb on 14 May, in Split and Imotski on 21 May, in Zadar and Ploče on 28 May, and in Osijek and Sisak on 11 June. Lidija Blagojević of the civic group said that the Walk for Life was a peaceful…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - Three years ago, shoppers at the fish market at Zagreb's Dolac open-air farmers market noticed a baby Angelshark, which made conservations both excited and worried. The Angelshark is one of the calmest and most endangered shark species, considered to be nearly extinct in the Adriatic. The juvenile Angelshark at Zagreb's Dolac market "indicated that there exists a breeding population", however, it was worrying that "an endangered and strictly protected species was offered for sale," said Pero Ugarković, an associate on a research project on Angelsharks in the Adriatic. After that discovery, a research was launched to establish how…

March the 27th, 2022 - The well known Zagreb Rebro hospital is finally set to ''go under the knife'' itself in the form of a 70 million euro renovation which will see the addition of a brand new multifunctional building. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, at the tail end of last week, the (newly crowned) Minister of Physical Planning, Construction and State Property, Ivan Paladina, and the director of the Zagreb Clinical Hospital (Rebro) Ante Corusic signed an agreement on a project for the renovation and reconstruction of the Zagreb Rebro hospital called "Phase III", which is worth the aforementioned figure…

March the 27th, 2022 - The price of the most basic white Croatian bread could soar to never before seen prices if inflation and the price of energy continues to go on as it has been. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, if the energy market fails to stabilise soon, which is why we're recording higher wheat prices these days, basic white Croatian bread could reach an unprecedented price of as much as 15 kuna per piece, as was confirmed by the director of Zitozajednica, Nada Barisic, to Jutarnji list. Predictions are currently within the price of 15 kuna, according to Jutarnji list.…

March 26, 2022 - The Ministry of Education has released the calendar of the new school year for public discussion among Croatian schools. According to it, the next school year would start on September 5 and end on June 21. The exception, as before, is the students of the final grades of high schools whose classes end on May 26, reports Jutarnji List. And this time the holidays are many: the autumn break begins on October 31 and classes are already on November 2; the winter holidays are in two parts - the first from 27 December to 5 January (with classes starting on…

March the 26th, 2022 - Ridiculous Croatian red tape, for which this country has become infamous, is continuing to be a thorn in the side of would-be employers seeking to hire foreign workers to fill in the gaps in the labour market. With the situation in Ukraine causing many Ukrainians to flock to Croatia, the situation has become even more pressing. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Jadranka Dozan writes, out of about three and a half million Ukrainians who fled to the EU due to the war in their country, more than 8,600 have arrived in Croatia so far. That number will certainly…

March 25, 2022 - Does it look like your summer will involve staying in Zagreb, whether it’s due to work or a tight budget? Well, we've got you covered with our Zagreb summer guide covering a range of fun yet affordable activities, including a number of free festivals in the town.  An option that is both cheap and relaxing is to visit one of the town’s major parks such as Jarun or Bundek. Both have spacious grassy areas in both sun and shade, perfect for outdoor picnics, in addition to long tracks for running, rollerblading, or biking, as well as…

March 25, 2022 - The new Split International School campus will open between Klis and Dugopolje, fully equipped with a playground, exercise facilities, a community garden, picnic area, and outdoor discussion-style educational spaces set in a natural pine forest. Split’s first international school opened its doors last September and welcomed over 50 students, representing more than 14 different nationalities and native languages. Digital nomads, expats, local Croats, and returnees from the Croatian diaspora have flocked to the Split International School (www.splitinternational.org) for its welcoming and culturally diverse community, as well as its globally recognized educational programs. Spurred by this exciting growth,…

March 25, 2022 - View Hotel will soon open in Postira on the island of Brač, with a capacity of 460 beds in 230 rooms located on a total of 11 thousand square meters. The construction of a concrete building worth almost 30 million euros, on the first row to the sea, whose dimensions permanently change the look of the small Dalmatian town, has already caused controversy and the resentment of owners of houses, apartments, and neighborhoods who lost, among other things, precisely what the hotel boasts in its name - the view, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. However, it is now officially known…

March the 25th, 2022 - The Ukrainian hryvnia is becoming an extremely tricky currency to deal with in any which way given the current dire events taking place in that country following last month's unjustified Russian invasion. With thousands of Ukrainian refugees now in Croatia, banks and exchange offices have been left scratching their heads. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Blaskovic writes, around 9,000 Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Croatia and took some cash with them in a panicked flight before the war have nowhere to officially change it. In Croatia, the Ukrainian hryvnia isn't being exchanged by banks or by exchange…