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June 10, 2022 - From renowned authors to thrilling narratives and illustrious actors and producers, there are certain masterpieces that reveal something essential about the crescent-shaped country of Europe. Croatia, a country overflowing with culture and a home to many creative souls, has faced richly deserved appreciation from various cultural works. These people and narratives have become integral to the country’s identity, demonstrating the way it is perceived through the eyes of foreigners. A look at the art that defines Croatia.  Croatia has revealed itself to be a nation ‘forged in war’, emerging precisely in 1991 as an independent country.…

June 10, 2022 - The former Hotel Iž, where Luka Modrić and his family were housed during the Homeland War, will open as 'A'mare' hotel next month. Renovations on the former Hotel Iž in Zadar are coming to an end, and in mid-July, it should open its doors as 'A'mare', reports Slobodna Dalmacija.  "Every resident of Zadar and many of their guests have certainly heard of the hotel "Iž". Finally, after years of decay, one of the city’s icons will shine in a whole new light.  To keep the heart of Zadar in the hotel, we came up with the…

June the 10th, 2022 - 50,000 more people have been registered by the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute since last year, as a marked employment increase following the pandemic and as we head towards the summer season bumps numbers up. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Jadranka Dozan writes, under the influence of increased seasonal employment which is very common in this country at this time of year, the total number of insured persons at the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute continued to grow throughout the month of May. According to preliminary data from the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute (HZMO), their number increased by about 23,000…

June 9, 2022 - A concert report on the 'Progledaj Srcem' spiritual concert held at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb last weekend.  Since late 2021, the date for the biggest spiritual-musical spectacle in Croatia and probably this part of Europe had been fixed. After the first concert in 2014 with about 2.000 visitors and up to 18.000 in the Zagreb Arena in 2019, thousands of people waited for June 4, 2022, to finally arrive – about 50.000 worshippers filled the Maksimir Stadium for the 6th 'Progledaj Srcem' (translation: “Look with the Heart”) concert. A concert that isn’t only one of the…

June the 9th, 2022 - Inflation is continuing to cause issues across the board, and it has emerged that Croatian retail prices are higher than those in neighbouring Hungary and Slovenia. Why? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in one year, a kilogram of wheat has risen in price by 80 percent, a kilogram of corn by 61 percent, flour by 55 percent, oil by 50 percent, milk by 20 percent and beef purchased from butchers by 20 percent, HRT reports. The rise in Croatian retail prices was the recent topic of HTV's Otvoreno/Open show, in which Agriculture Minister Marija Vuckovic announced new…

June 9, 2022 - At the most prestigious wine competition in the world, the Decanter World Wine Awards, wines from Feričanci vineyards won eight awards! Seven wines won bronze, while Miraz Frankovka wine from 2018 was awarded a silver medal!  The Decanter bronze went to Feravina for three red and one white wine, and Enosophia confirmed the quality of its new wines by winning three bronze medals. Among 18,244 rated wines from 54 countries around the world, Miraz Frankovka 2018, a wine produced from the traditional Feričanci wine variety Frankovka, was rated with a high 94 points, which secured a silver…

June 8, 2022 - The City of Zagreb and the Croatian Alzheimer's Association have published a brochure "Expanding Social Services in the Community to Help People with Dementia" to encourage dementia awareness and community services, in which many authors have contributed. The brochure was published within the EU Project "All for Memory (SPAM)" funded by the European Social Fund in the financial period 2014, which seeks to support people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia by providing new social services in Zagreb, by establishing an afternoon residence for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, as well as members…

ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - As of Wednesday, Eurosuper 95 is sold at most petrol stations in Croatia at a price of HRK 13.50 per litre, which is HRK 0.36 fewer than on Tuesday, and the price of Eurodizel has gone down by HRK 0.06 to HRK 13.08, following the government's decision to additionally reduce excise taxes on oil products. On Monday, the Andrej Plenković cabinet decided to additionally reduce excise taxes on oil products - by an additional HRK 0.40 per litre for petrol, which amounts to a total excise cut of HRK 0.80, and by an additional HRK 0.20 for diesel, which…

PR TEXT - June 8, 2022 - The International Meeting of Travel Influencers, organized by the Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board and editor of Croatian Hotspots magazine Maja Zlokić, entered its third and fourth day. After Split and Makarska, the content team moved to the islands of Brač and Hvar. The visit to Brač began with the emblematic Bol and Zlatni Rat beach, whose views under the slogan 'Symbol of the Adriatic' have long represented domestic tourism in the world. Elevated to the next level with a magnificent bird's eye view, the influencers formed a heart with their bodies to be photographed…

June the 8th, 2022 - New Croatian bird flu cases have unfortunately been recorded in Osijek-Baranja County, which is causing concern among domestic producers in an already difficult economic situation. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in the continental Croatian town of Beli Manastir, bird flu of the H5N1 subtype was confirmed in one yard which was home to twenty chickens. Due to the death of seventeen chickens, the suspicion of bird flu being the culprit was initially reported, and then later confirmed. The veterinary inspection carried out by the State Inspectorate placed the chicken farm suffering from the Croatian bird flu…