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4th of April 2022 - From Saint Patrick's Day, which is on March 17, Slavonians usually start planting crops for various reasons - for personal use, animals, and more. The planting season in Slavonia has thus begun, and we're taking a look at planting traditions in Slavonia. Saint Patrick’s Day doesn’t hold particular importance in Croatia, except for the name day that people with a similar name celebrate. However, in Slavonia, this day marks the start of planting the crops that will be available for harvesting, and furthermore, some of those products will be stored for winter. Crops don’t have to…

ZAGREB, 3 April 2022 - Over 11,000 Ukrainians have found refuge in Croatia after their country was invaded by Russia on 24 February, and a considerable number of them might stay for good, according to estimates by the Ukrainian community in Croatia. According to the United Nations, more than 4 million people have fled Ukraine in the five weeks since the start of the war and about 6.5 million have been internally displaced. That is over 10 million people, or about a quarter of the country's population, which is the most massive migration in modern European history. Viktor Filima, a…

April 3, 2022 - For the next four years, the City of Karlovac will proudly boast the European Energy Award certificate, chosen as the city with the best projects out of six Croatian cities that have received the certificate. This is a European award for projects in the field of energy efficiency, i.e., a quality management and certification program dedicated to sustainable local climate and energy policy, reports Lokalni.Vecernji.hr. "The European Energy Awards campaign has been running for more than ten years. Four years ago, REGEA was the national contact point for Croatia. We evaluated several Croatian cities that had to…

April the 3rd, 2022 - The Rijeka Veterinary Institute is set to present a praiseworthy project which discusses sustainable fish farming in the Adriatic Sea - AdriAquaNet, with various guidelines involved. As Morski writes, on Tuesday, April the 5th, 2022, the Rijeka Veterinary Institute will present its extensive sustainable fish farming project called AdriAquaNet - Strengthening Innovation and Sustainability in Adriatic Aquaculture. The main goal of the project is to strengthen sustainable aquaculture in the Adriatic Sea using advanced knowledge and new technologies. The whole chain is covered - from production in the fish farm itself to the placement of that…

April the 3rd, 2022 - Two retired Ukrainian artists were living their normal lives in the Lviv region of their homeland until the Russian invasion, and in that short period everything changed from them, seeing them relocate from the climes of a grey Ukrainian winter to the mild and sunny Croatian island of Vir. As Morski/Kazimir Skrbic writes, just several days ago, retired Ukrainian artists Lyudmila and Mikhail Rymik were living their normal lives in the familiar ambience of their home in the immediate vicinity of Stryi, a city of about sixty thousand inhabitants located in western Ukraine in the Lviv…

April 2, 2022 - Aquarium Pula, the largest aquarium in Croatia, has just received the Friend of the Sea Sustainability Certificate for its outstanding efforts to preserve the sea. To be a certified Friend of the Sea, aquariums must not only meet strict sustainable policies, waste management, and social responsibility but also commit to displaying comprehensive scientific information related to each species housed, offering annual educational courses for their visitors. The certificate also ensures that aquariums meet the highest animal welfare standards and prevent mammals from being trapped unless notable exceptions are made. Aquarium Pula is located in a 130-year-old…

April 2, 2022 - The web project M.I.S.O.D.I.S. (Multilingual International School of Dalmatia in Split) has taken another important step toward becoming a viable additional education option for internationals living in the Split region. After officially partnering with OŠ Kralja Zvonimira earlier this year, now the Split-based youth organization Jedna Mladost has agreed to support the project aimed at foreigners who want to send their kids to public school in Croatia. Burak Canboy, a former board member at the German School in Shanghai and the driving force behind the web project M.I.S.O.D.I.S., continues his efforts to build an affordable program for…

April the 2nd, 2022 - Croatian retirees, we well as other groups of people legally resident in Croatia, can now request free supplementary health insurance coverage (dopunsko zdravstveno osiguranje) through the Croatian Health Insurance Fund, HZZO. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, HSU (Croatian Party of Pensioners) has called on all Croatian retirees, but also other residents to whom this new and very welcome rule applies, to make sure they take the opportunity to exercise their right to free supplementary health insurance. Many Croatian retirees, as well as other groups of individuals who fall into the category of people to whom this applies,…

April the 2nd, 2022 - The neglected swampy Pula Pragrande area which is right in the very heart of this popular Istrian city will be left abandoned no more. The Pula Pragrande area is set to be transformed into a brand new city park. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the fairly heavily neglected swamp-like area of ​​Pragrande, located near Pula's city centre, now has the opportunity to remain the green heart of Pula, but in a far more useful and sightly way. With the aim of popularising this green oasis, which many Pula residents have actually never set foot in, Pula high…

April 1, 2022 - Hideout festival 2022 celebrates its 10th edition on Pag with boat parties, pool parties, and exclusive headlines hows in 5 open-air venues. Boat parties are always an essential part of the Hideout experience, and this year will be no different, as Hideout reveals the 11 boat parties setting sail across the festival with huge artists at the helm, and tickets went live on the 31st of March at 10 am. Each sun-filled sail will be powered by VOID Acoustics, having announced a new partnership with Hideout that will see the audio giants kitting out each boat with…