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ZAGREB, 15 August, 2022 - Croatian long-distance runner Matea Parlov Koštro on Monday won the silver medal in the women's marathon at the 2022 European Championships taking place in Munich. She finished with a time of 2:28.42, six seconds behind winner Aleksandra Lisowska of Poland. Third place was shared by Nienka Brinkman of the Netherlands and Miriam Dattke of Germany (2:28.52). This is Croatia's first marathon medal in a big competition.

ZAGREB, 15 August, 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday the government had not adopted energy crisis measures yet and that it would consider the situation and intervene if needed after its summer break, adding that revenue from fiscalised receipts and the tourist season was cause for optimism. Despite all the circumstances, we have a great tourist season, he told the press in Rijeka after attending the Assumption of Mary mass at the Shrine of Trsat. Revenue is great, as is fiscalisation, which is higher than last year, which is a signal for optimism, GDP growth, and the possibility for the government to act in situations…

ZAGREB, 15 August, 2022 - In the year since the law on civilian Homeland War victims came into force, 1,775 applications have been filed for obtaining the status and entitlements of civilian victims, of which 596 have been processed, Večernji List said on Monday. Civilian victims got a law that treats them more justly after 25 years of fighting for the recognition of their suffering in the 1991-95 Homeland War, the paper said. Until last year, their rights were regulated under a law from 1974 which, despite having been amended 12 times, did not cover all civilian war victims, and the rights were not tailored to Homeland War…

ZAGREB, 15 August, 2022 - In the last 24 hours, 65 coronavirus cases, out of 653 tests, and 12 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Monday. There are 6,793 active cases, including 621 hospitalised patients, 25 of whom are on ventilators, while 3,662 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,200,807 coronavirus cases to date and the death toll has reached 16,508.

ZAGREB, 15 August, 2022 - Two Croatian Air Force MIG-21s, which are part of NATO's integrated air defence system, intercepted in southern Croatia between 11 am and noon on Monday a civilian plane that had entered Croatia's air space, the Defence Ministry said. The passenger plane was a US-registered Beechcraft 35-B33 which took off in Greece to Slovenia, the ministry said, adding that flight control was unable to establish radio contact with it. Following a command from NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre in Torrejon, Spain, the two Croatian MIG-21s took off to intercept and identify the plane. After the Croatian pilots saw that it…

August 15, 2022 - The SuperSport HNL 5th round was held last weekend, bringing some surprising results - especially amongst the traditionally top clubs. And we're not only talking about the Eternal Derby. A look at the SuperSport HNL round 5.  Sibenik v Istra 1961 (0:0) The 5th round opened on Friday, August 12, 2022, at Stadion Šubićevac in front of 1296 fans.  This match wasn't too exciting to watch, as it finished without goals. Sibenik had eight shots compared to Istra's 9, while Sibenik held 44% possession to Istra's 56%. Sibenik committed 17 fouls to Istra's 7.    Sibenik is…

August the 15th, 2022 - Sveti Jeronim is now taking to the sparkling and currently tourist-filled waters of Split-Dalmatia County, and the vessel is part of an enormous 186 million kuna wider project. Each single kuna of that eye-watering figure spent on the new boat is worth it, however, to keep this part of the Central Dalmatian coastline safe and secure. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the leaders of Split-Dalmatia County's local government unit and the More and Karst public institution recently presented a new vessel, Sveti Jeronim, from the wider project of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development entitled…

August the 15th, 2022 - The up and coming FT Park is set to boost the bustling Croatian capital city's shopping centre offer, with ambitious plans to have it completed and see it open its highly anticipated doors to shoppers by the end of next year. If there is one thing that people tend to complain about when it comes to the increasingly popular Croatian capital city, it's the lack of large shopping centres. While the city absolutely has many shops, as well as the likes of Avenue Mall and the Arena Centre, which boast an array of shops, large areas…

August the 5th, 2022 - Tuhi Green PlaNET is set to attract children and families from far and wide to this already extremely popular continental Croatian tourist facility located among the green rolling hills and pleasant atmosphere of Krapina-Zagorje County, not too far from the bustling capital city of Zagreb. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the brand new Tuhi Green PlaNET is an interesting kids zone located within the wider Terme Tuhelj facility worth around 450 thousand euros in total. It is a game room located between the reception and the Lati hotel restaurant, dominated by an interactive Tube art…

August the 15th, 2022 - Dubrovnik and Porec sustainable tourism is resulting in some excellent numbers this summer tourist season, as both cities, but particularly Dubrovnik, desperately needed a more sustainable strategy than the mass tourism they've become (in)famous for. As Morski writes, Dubrovnik's deputy mayor Jelka Tepsic has stated that since the beginning of this year, Croatia's southernmost city is at 80 percent of the overnight stays and 70 percent of the arrivals realised back in the pre-pandemic, record year of 2019. ''Currently, 26,000 guests are staying in the City of Dubrovnik and this is a real indicator of…