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Monday, 17 May 2021
Brdo-Brijuni Summit on Western Balkans starts
May 17, 2021 - An initiative of the heads of state of Western Balkan countries as part of the Brdo-Brijuni summit started in Brdo Pri Kranju, Slovenia, on Monday morning intending to bring countries in Southeast Europe closer to their integration into the European Union. In addition to the presidents of Croatia and Slovenia, Zoran Milanović and Borut Pahor respectively, Albanian President Ilir Meta, Montenegro's Milo Đukanović, North Macedonia's Stevo Pendarovski, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić, Kosovo's Vjosa Osmani, and the three members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency - Milorad Dodik, Šefik Džaferović, and Željko Komšić - are attending the meeting. The Brdo-Brijuni initiative was launched…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Zlatko Dalic Announces Preliminary EURO 2020 Croatia Player List
May 17, 2021 - Coach Zlatko Dalic has announced the preliminary EURO 2020 Croatia player list. The Croatia national team has entered the last month of preparations for the European Championship, which opens on June 13 at Wembley against England at 3 pm. Coach Zlatko Dalic has known the starting lineup and the list for the Euro for a long time. UEFA's rule change gave him three additional positions and he can now take 26 players to the tournament. Dalic announced their names today at 1 pm, accompanied by the coach of the U21 national team Igor Bišćan, who will…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Varaždin Awarded EU Grant to Build Second Recycling Yard
May 17, 2021 - The northern Croatian city of Varaždin has been awarded an EU grant of HRK 3.4 million (€453,000) to build a second waste recycling yard, which is 60 percent of the cost of the project. The grant agreement was signed by Mayor Ivan Čehok on Monday, the city administration said. Under the law, cities with a population of more than 25,000 are required to have two recycling yards. The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund will provide the rest of the funds for the second yard. Čehok said that the…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Croatia's Coronavirus Update May 17: 116 New Cases, 30 Deaths
May 17, 2021 - Croatia's coronavirus update May 17 has recorded 116 new coronavirus cases and 30 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team said on Monday. The number of active cases currently stands at 5,293. Of them, 1,662 infected people are being treated in hospitals, including 173 placed on ventilators. A total of 19,085 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country, 350,506 people have been registered as infected with the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, of whom 7,738 have died 337,475 have recovered, including 1,025 in the last…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Sanja Vrančić: Mandolin Player in Istria Among Most Respected Mandolinists in Europe
May 17, 2021 - Sanja Vrančić, one of the most respected mandolinists in this part of Europe, stripped naked, metaphorically and literally, for her new music video. Mandolinist Sanja Vrančić recorded the instrumental arrangement of Chris Isaac's Wicked Game. The video brings a strong contrast between the vulnerable intimacy of the musician and the cruel nature of the Istrian Cape Kamenjak. Press Release | Sanja Lydia Kulušić "I fell in love with this song because it sings about passion, it is full of hidden eroticism. Chris Isaac, the author, wrote about a woman he obsessively loved at one stage of his…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Mayors of Four County Capitals Win Another Four-Year Term in First Local Election Round
17 May 2021 - The mayors of four county capitals secured another four-year term already in the first round local elections, while 11 incumbents will try to win another term in office in the 30 May runoff, according to data released by the Electoral Commission. Zoran Gregurović of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will remain the mayor of Krapina after receiving 59.56% of votes. The HDZ's Ivica Kirin will remain in the mayoral seat in Virovitica, capturing 51.53% of votes in the first round. The Social Democratic Party's (SDP) Mišel Jakšić will continue as the mayor of Koprivnica after winning…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Andrej Plenković: HDZ Will Have Most County Prefects, Mayors, Municipal Heads
17 May 2021 - Prime Minister and HDZ president Andrej Plenković said that the party's result in local elections was very good and victorious on Sunday night. In the next four years, the HDZ would have the most county prefects, mayors, and municipal heads. "Our result is very good, victorious. Looking at the overall results, the HDZ will again be the party which will have the most county prefects, mayors, and municipal heads in the next four years," he said in the HDZ's campaign headquarters in Zagreb. He congratulated everyone who took part in the elections and especially citizens who voted for the…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Tomislav Tomašević: We'll Win in Two Weeks With Free Hand to Effect Change
17 May 2021 - Zagreb mayoral candidate Tomislav Tomašević of the We Can! and Zagreb Is Ours! the coalition, which has won 45% of the vote in today's local elections, said on Sunday night they would win with a free hand in the runoff so that they could effect changes. "We'll win in two weeks with heads held high and be able to look everyone in the eye. We'll win in two weeks without having sold our souls and without owing anyone so that we can have a free hand to carry out changes so that this city can be a better place to live…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Six Counties Get Prefects in The First Round, 14 to Have Runoffs
17 May 2021 - Preliminary results released by the State Election Commission (DIP) after Sunday's local elections show that six counties elected their prefects in the first round of voting. Those candidates won more than 50% of the ballot. Of those six prefects, four are Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) representatives: Antonija Jozić of Požega-Slavona, Igor Andrilović of Virovitica-Podravina County, Ivan Anušić of Osijek-Baranja County, and Danijel Marušić of Slavonski-Brod Posavina County. Social Democrat (SDP) official Željko Kolar was reelected prefect of Krapina-Zagorje County, and Matija Posavec, an independent candidate, was re-elected as the head of Međimurje County. In the other 14 counties, the…
Monday, 17 May 2021
Miroslav Škoro: We Have Achieved Our Goals, We'll Stop The Left
17 May 2021 - The Homeland Movement's candidate for Zagreb mayor, Miroslav Škoro, said on Sunday night, the party had achieved its goals and that they would stop and unmask the green-left coalition trying to conquer Zagreb, calling it extremely leftist. That is not the future of our country, of Zagreb and our children, said Škoro, who will be in the mayoral runoff with Tomislav Tomašević of the We Can! platform, who has won 45% of the vote in Sunday's elections. Škoro said he was confident that he would show in the runoff that there was enough sense and intelligence "so that…
Monday, 17 May 2021
HNL Round 35 Recap: Hajduk Tops Sibenik, Rijeka Defeats Varazdin to Stay in 4th
May 17, 2021 - The 35th round of the Croatian First League was held on May 15 and 16, 2021. This round saw Hajduk defeat Sibenik, while Rijeka topped Varazdin to remain in 4th place. Here is our HNL round 35 recap. Istra 1961 v. Slaven Belupo (1:0) Istra and Belupo opened the 35th round on Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Pula. While the first half went without goals, the only goal of the match came at the start of the second half when Vuk scored for 1:0 and the eventual Istra victory. Istra is currently in 9th place…
