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April the 5th, 2022 - Just how much gas might Croatia actually be able to obtain from the Omisalj LNG terminal? With tensions with Russia over the gas supply increasing ever since that country's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, tough questions need to be asked. As Marinko Glavan/Morski writes, after Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic stated at a recently held EU summit that Croatia had almost completely eliminated its dependence on Russian gas by building a floating LNG terminal on Krk, and that an analysis was being drawn up in order to to increase the capacities of the existing terminal, Novi list…

April the 5th, 2022 - Preparations for the popular humanitarian Rovinj Popolana race 2022 are now underway with the sporting event set to take place at the end of this month. As Morski writes, at the end of this month, the much loved Istrian city of Rovinj will become a meeting place for many fans of running and other types of outdoor sporting activities. With the support of the City of Rovinj and the local Tourist Board, the Sports Association is organising the traditional Rovinj Popolana race 2022, which will be held on Sunday, April the 24th, 2022, under the…

4 April 2022 - Croatia's ministry of tourism and sport will earmark HRK 1.5 million to co-fund the hiring of additional medical teams in tourist destinations in the seven Adriatic counties to raise the level of healthcare services during the summer season. Tourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac was quoted as saying in a press release that the ministry co-finances medial teams, as well as the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service and the Red Cross, and also cooperates with the interior ministry in the "Safe Tourist Destination" project. The project of making financial contributions to the hiring of additional medical teams was launched in 2008 and since then HRK 23.4…

April 4, 2022 - This weekend, on April 9 and 10, organized by the Entrepreneurship Center Split and the Student Entrepreneurship Incubator of the Faculty of Economics, a social hackathon Hack4Split will be held: a two-day competition aimed at solving social problems and designing social innovations This weekend, on April 9 and 10, the social hackathon Hack4Split will be held in the SPINIT incubator, reports Tportal.hr. It is a two-day competition aimed at solving social problems and designing social innovations. It brings together individuals with specific knowledge, regardless of education and occupation, who find solutions to problems in their local community, in line with the…

April the 4th, 2022 - There is a plague of birds that is biblical in a way taking place over the rich Slavonian fields, with farmers and others in the agriculture sector scratching their heads as to what to do. All common means of deterring the birds are failing, and some are ready to start killing them. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Slavonian farmer Darko Grivicic painfully stated that he feels as if he's walking around in a desert, and not in the usually rich and fertile Slavonian fields. He sowed an ecological feast last autumn, and now his fields look…

April 4, 2022 - TCN met Dina Bušić, the city of Zadar's head of culture. She explained the new project Two Palaces in Zadar, which will host the best exhibitions of Croatian Modern Art from July. The City of Zadar has finally found a solution for the future of the Two Palaces: starting from July this year, the artworks from the National Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb will move into the premises of the Proveditor and Rector's Palaces. With this Agreement of Cooperation signed by the City of Zadar, the Ministry of Culture and Media, and the National Museum of…

April the 4th, 2022 - Croatian fuel prices should be finally set to drop tomorrow after last week's hike which came as a very unwelcome surprise to drivers. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, following on from last week's significant and entirely unwelcome increase in Croatian fuel prices, there's finally a little bit of good news for the nation's drivers. From tomorrow on, Croatian fuel prices will be lower, but they will still not be able to compensate for the increase from last week. As such, the prices of regulated Eurodiesel in Croatia should be about 80 cents lower, while Eurosuper 95 petrol…

April 4, 2022 - The St Barbara Mine is one of the oldest European copper and iron mines and also the first in Croatia to open to visitors as a museum. The people of Samobor are very proud of this locality and tourist attraction, which is located only five kilometers from the city, i.e., in Rude. It is visited by more than 3,500 tourists a year, and the locals were especially pleased that it reopened to visitors until December 4, the feast of St. Barbara, reports Lokalni.Vecernji.hr. "It is located in a village whose history is directly related to the history of…

ZAGREB, 3 April 2022 - Several thousand young people are expected to gather in Bjelovar, 80 kilometres northeast of Zagreb, on 17 September for the Croatian Catholic Youth Meeting, to be held under the motto "Hearts are burning". Participants will gather in the seat of the Bjelovar-Križevci County Diocese. The programme of the meeting is being prepared by its Youth Pastoral. Croatian Catholic Youth Meetings have been held since 1996, the first one being held in Split. Every meeting draws thousands of young people from every Croatian archdiocese and diocese as well as Catholic missions. The meetings have also been hosted by Rijeka, Osijek,…

ZAGREB, 3 April 2022 - About 150 people in Croatia are annually diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and the survival rate is about 5% below the EU average, a round table on the treatment and quality of life of AML patients heard earlier this week. "In Croatia, every week three persons are told they have AML, which is 156 annually, according to data from the Cancer Register for 2019. The five-year survival rate is 12.6%, compared to the EU average of 17.2%, which shows that there is considerable room for improving treatment", the participating doctors and patients said at the round…