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May 18, 2021 - The Rovinj Sea Research Centre turns 130 in 2021. It is the place in Croatia for oceanographic research and all things science related to the preservation of the sea and maritime life. Established back in 1891 as Berlin's Aquarium Zoological Station, the research Institute is known today as the Rovinj Sea Research Centre (CIM), and last week it celebrated 130 years of work. An affiliate of the Ruđer Bošković Science Institute (IRB), that institute recently reported that CIM currently has 54 employees working in four laboratories, and the centre is heavily involved in numerous impressive scientific…

ZAGREB, 18 May (Hina) - In the last 24 hours of 8,004 tests taken for coronavirus in Croatia, six percent, that is 491, have turned out to be positive, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Tuesday. The COVID-related death toll has risen by 27 to 7,765. Currently, there are 4,871 active cases of the infection with this novel virus, and of them 1,566 are hospitalised patients, including 166 placed on ventilators. Since the first registered case of the infection on 25 February 2020 in the country, Croatia has conducted more than 1.93 million tests. As many as 350,997 have been diagnosed with this…

May 18, 2021 - The Terme Sveti Martin private social network is a daily business tool that facilitates day-to-day operations. As hrturizam reports, it is an application of the Croatian company, the Q agency, which has united the entire communication of the company, both private and business, into one application or a closed social network. It places all company communication in one application.  “Late last year, when we got back to work, we looked at how to increase connectivity among people in the firm and keep them informed. There was a lot of daily information, especially related to the situation…

May 18, 2021 - Ivica Olić returns to Croatia as an assistant to coach Zlatko Dalić for EURO 2020!  "Ivica was allowed to join the national team. He wanted it himself, considering that he now has free time. He decided that he did not want to rest," agent Dejan Joksimović told Russian RIA Sport, as reported by Index.hr and 24 Sata. Although Vedran Ćorluka joined the national team as a replacement for Olić, Olić managed to get CSKA to allow him to work with the Croatia national team this summer. Olić took over CSKA in April this year, when he was…

ZAGREB, 18 May, 2021 - Thomas Waitz, a European Green Party co-chair, has said in an interview for Hina that green policies are neither left nor right but rather focused on dealing with the consequences of the human beings' actions on the climate and environment. Waitz, an Austrian member of the European Parliament, visited Croatia in early May at the invitation of the leader of the Croatian OraH party, Zorislav Antun Petrović, to support the Green-Left Coalition's candidates in the campaign in the run-up to the local elections which Croatia held on 16 May. On Monday, this Austrian MEP congratulated…

May 18, 2021 - Osijek II and Rudes met on Sunday, May 16 in Osijek as part of the 32nd round of the 2nd Croatian League.  Osijek II and Rudes played at City Garden Stadium on Sunday, May 16 in the 32nd round of the 2nd Croatian League.  Slobodan Kadic Rudes' Abdurahimi scored the first goal of the match for the 1:0 lead in the 4th minute. Domagoj Babin equalized for Osijek in the 30th for 1:1 at the half.  Slobodan Kadic Abdurahimi put Rudes back in the lead with a goal in the 54th minute, and Mario Jelavic put…

May 18, 2021 - The new Croatia national team assistant coach Vedran Ćorluka was officially presented by coach Zlatko Dalić at a press conference in Zagreb ahead of EURO 2020. Although there was a lot of speculation, Croatian football player Vedran Ćorluka officially announced the end of his playing career and was confirmed as the new Croatia assistant coach on Monday.  "I did not plan it, but the moment has come," said Ćorluka at the press conference at which coach Zlatko Dalić presented the list of players for the upcoming European Championship. Dalić introduced Corluka as a new member of the…

May the 18th, 2021 - What will this season look like for the Croatian tourism sector, and what awaits the pandemic-devastated industry when the vaccination rollout finally brings the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to an end? These are just a couple of the many questions hanging over the head of the season, seasons to come and all countries which rely heavily on tourism - including Croatia. As Novac/Barbara Ban writes, a look into just how the Croatian tourism sector will develop after the pandemic ends, what awaits the country this season and the impact of the development of transport infrastructure on tourist…

May the 18th, 2021 - The Croatian company CityGreens Farming has offered an innovative solution to an issue many in the agriculture sector suffer, which is a lack of fertile land. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, although it might sound like a script from science fiction films to most, the technology of growing food indoors without fertile land is already a reality today, and the Croatian company CityGreens Farming from Zagreb is also contributing to its development. The leading people of that aforementioned company, Josip Ceovic and Filip Mijatovic, explained that they have developed an innovative system for aeroponic plant…

May 18, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as flights from Dublin to Croatia return later this month thanks to Croatia Airlines and Ryanair! Croatian Aviation reports that Croatia Airlines will resume traffic on the regular route between Dublin and Zagreb from the end of May. At the beginning of June, Ryanair will reconnect Dublin with Zadar, Split, and Dubrovnik. The Croatian national airline operated for a short time, around the Easter holidays, on a regular route between Dublin and Zagreb Airport, but traffic was soon suspended. The company has decided to operate again on this line from…