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ZAGREB, 23 August, 2022 - The One Sun Connecting North and South project aimed at increasing the production of electricity from solar energy in public sector facilities in Croatia was presented in Koprivnica on Tuesday. The project is estimated at €1 million, of which €853,681 is in grants from the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA) and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The project will result in estimated annual electricity production of 981.87-megawatt hours (MWh) and a reduction in annual CO2 emissions by 155.72 tonnes. The implementation of pilot projects to install integrated solar power plants on 29 public buildings in 16 cities and…

ZAGREB, 23 August, 2022 - The City of Varaždin has decided to withdraw its enforcement order against the Varteks local clothing manufacturer in order for the company's accounts to be unblocked so it can pay its workers their wages, the city authorities reported on Tuesday. On 11 August, the authorities of this northern Croatian city activated a debenture for Varteks's debt of HRK 1.3 million after the management board chairman Tomislav Babić resigned. In the meantime, an inter-party council held a meeting, and following his consultations with the council, Mayor Neven Bosilj (SDP) decided to withdraw the decision for the enforced collection of Varteks's debt.…

ZAGREB, 23 August, 2022 - The Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past NGO called on the government to protect the islands of Goli Otok and Sveti Grgur and presented a virtual guide through the history of prison camps on the occasion of Europe-Wide Day of Remembrance for the Victims of All Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. It is concerning that after the decision on the preventive protection of the island of Goli Otok in 2019, further devastation of the remaining buildings continues. We have again called on the Ministry of Culture and Media to allocate funds for the creation…

ZAGREB, 23 August, 2022 - Labour and Social Policy Minister Marin Piletić said on Tuesday that the government has seen that pensions are not adequate, which will be dealt with through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, and he announced a package of aid measures for the autumn as well as one-off payments to pensioners. Speaking about the impact of inflation on pension allowances, the minister said that they had increased by slightly more than 10% since 2019 due to inflation and with such pension indexation. "Given the rise in prices in the second half of 2022, we expect that…

ZAGREB, 23 August, 2022 - So far, 670 Ukrainians, who fled the war in their country, have found shelter in Lika-Senj County, and 100 of them have already been employed, mainly in the hospitality sector. On Tuesday, a meeting was held between the Ukrainian Embassy, the associations of Ukrainians who are currently staying in the City of Gospić and the local authorities about possibilities for finding employment in this central Croatian region. County Prefect Ernest Petry said that about 100 Ukrainians were already hired by local businesses. Petry said that over 100 school-age Ukrainian children continued their education in local elementary and…

ZAGREB, 24 August, 2022 - Rimac Group Formula Student Alpe Adria 2022, a sports and education event bringing together 50 student teams from Europe, Asia, and Africa, started at the ST Rauš kart circuit in Novi Marof, in the northern Varaždin County, on Tuesday. Students, future engineers from almost all European countries as well as Taiwan, Israel, and Oman, will present the cars they are building at their universities, and the cars will be judged by about a hundred experts from renowned world automobile manufacturing companies and Formula 1. This is the second year Varaždin County and Novi Marof are hosting the…

August 24, 2022 - Nathan arrived in Osijek from Arizona via Colorado and Prague. Not only did he find a job there, but also what he calls the ideal place for family life. The Osijek Software City movement is slowly, but surely coming to life. As RTL writes, Osijek is a city where IT companies produce good software. Where do you acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for that? Where are the educated and motivated workers employed in quality and promising companies? This is how the objectives of the Osijek Software City project were presented, were they achieved? Ten years…

August 23, 2022 - Looking for an example of a Croatian destination with a masterclass in combining heritage and tourism - meet the fortresses of Šibenik.   I often get asked for advice on tourist destinations in Croatia – and that is the easiest one for me to answer, as my top recommendation has not changed in 5 years since my first extensive visit - Šibenik! You can read about my fabulous day in 2017 when the whole family was stunned by the city's magnificence and offer in Croatia's Most Underrated Destination? Stunning Fortress Šibenik Has It All. The Šibenik fortresses were truly an…

August 21, 2022 – In TCN’s new series, Discover the Croatian Danube, we explore the little villages that lie on the banks of this mighty river. We started from the point where the river Drava “surrounds its water and name to the Danube”, in a small fishing village called Aljmaš. If anything, you might know that Aljmaš is a Marian shrine with a big modern church and that it’s somewhere in Slavonia (could be Baranja?). There is a lot more to these few streets that make the village. A very long and rich history in a geographically important and interesting…

ZAGREB, 23 August, 2022 - A Croatian government delegation on Tuesday laid wreaths on the islands of Goli Otok and Sveti Grgur in tribute to people imprisoned there by the Communist regime, on the occasion of the Europe-Wide Day of Remembrance for the Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. Transport Minister Oleg Butković, who headed the government delegation, said that Croatia was honouring all victims of the authoritarian Communist regime, which, he said, had left its mark on Croatia and the Croat people in the 20th century. It is important to promote the culture of remembrance because, without it, there can…