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August 3, 2022 - A man got stuck in a deep mud area in the Kopački rit nature park. The Croatian Mountain Rescue Service (HGSS) was called to his rescue.  A mountain rescue service, obviously, does most of their work in the mountains, but if you find yourself in a situation where you're waist-deep in mud in one of the flattest regions in Croatia, you can also count on them to help you! This is what happened today when around 12:25 pm the staff of the Kopački rit Nature Park informed the HGSS Station Osijek about the above situation. He…

August 3, 2022 - The wine bottles by the renowned Croatian wine-makers that have spent the last year on the sea floor will be lifted this weekend in Ika. Ika is a small coastal town, almost a suburb of Opatija, where a unique event and tradition take place. A group of enthusiasts from the Ikarski barkajoli association, organize a unique event during which the wines of renowned Croatian winemakers are brought out into the light of day. They have spent a year in the depths of the Ika bay, where they have matured in ideal conditions at the springs existing…

August 3, 2022 -  A 12-day streak of local stand-up comedy shows in the English language will launch this month in downtown Zagreb Zagreb has got a new summer attraction! For the first time ever, it will offer Croatian stand-up comedy shows, but - in English! These events will take place in the heart of the city (Confusion Bar, IvanaTkalčića 15) every evening from 20.00h, starting August 3. Their air-conditioned underground room will have limited seating of 40, so a timely booking is highly recommended. - For years now we shave seen international tourists enjoying traditional Zagreb attractions. Nevertheless, one…

August 3, 2022 - Bikademy – an academy where a good, strong connection is mandatory. The only other requirement is a bicycle. This innovative app explores cyclo tourism and places Croatia on the map of big European cyclo tourist destinations. Bikademy is a unique Croatian product intended for all those who like cycling to explore new destinations and their cultural and natural heritage. It promotes cities and regions as desirable cyclo tourism destination, rewarding cyclists for their efforts. A bicycle is an ideal means of exploration, being slow enough to take in your surroundings, and fast enough to cover longer…

ZAGREB, August 3, 2022 - After a commemoration for the WWII Romani victims of genocide in Uštica, near Jasenovac, on Tuesday, Roma MP Veljko Kajtazi said that this was the first time Roma were starting to speak publicly about the suffering of the Roma people. He noted that today's commemoration was attended by many young Roma people, and that the most senior state officials now attended the commemorative event as well. Asked if he expected an apology from President Zoran Milanović for his latest statements about Roma, Kajtazi would not give a straightforward answer. "I stand by what I have already said…

ZAGREB, 3 August, 2022 - The County Attorney's Office in Osijek has indicted a 61-year-old Croatian citizen for a war crime committed in March 1992 in the village of Vardarac in Baranja against a civilian who was aged 47 at the time. The prosecutor's office reported that the 61-year-old man is charged with having acted contrary to international humanitarian law. The 61-year-old is charged with attacking the 47-year-old along with two other suspects, who hit the victim in the head and chest and threatened to kill him. One of the three suspects, who is no longer alive, stabbed the 47-year-old several times in the…

ZAGREB, August 3, 2022 - The Croatian Journalists Association has welcomed the fact that persons involved in an attack on Maja Sever, a reporter for the HRT public broadcaster and president of the European Federation of Journalists, have been taken in for questioning, demanding a strong response by state institutions. The incident happened on Monday on the island of Tijat, where, according to the media, Sever was attacked while photographing the usurpation of the shore and public property. "We should note that police on Monday said that (the incident) did not involve elements requiring police action, but they have evidently changed their mind…

ZAGREB, 3 August, 2022 - Firefighters have contained several fires that broke out in Šibenik-Knin County around noon on Tuesday. Late on Tuesday, firefighting vehicles left the fire sites, while firefighters remained on the ground in case further intervention was needed, the Croatian Firefighters Association said. The area affected by the wildfires is rather large, around 400 hectares of land, which is why caution is needed, firefighting commander Darko Dukić told Croatian Radio. A large part of the area cannot be accessed by fire trucks because forest tracks are too narrow, Dukić said, noting that the wind frequently changed direction on…

August the 3rd, 2022 - The City of Zagreb is the fifth worst in Europe in terms of the amount of available electric vehicle charging stations according to Uswitch. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Mladen Miletic writes, the constant rise in fuel prices led 70 percent of Europeans to choose an electric vehicle as their first choice when buying their next new vehicle, according to research by Uswitch, a platform for comparing energy prices. Additional research also determined the top list of European metropolises that invest the most in the network of charging stations for electric vehicles they have available to road users, and…

August the 3rd, 2022 - Are Croatian exchange offices doomed to failure as Croatian Eurozone accession rapidly approaches, and with the sending of the kuna to the history books set to take place on the 1st of January, 2023? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, six hundred kuna for one hundred euros has become a common amount that is obtained when exchanging these currencies during the height of the summer tourist season when you have to convert money at local Croatian exchange offices. That is all due to alter with the arrival of the euro as the country's official currency, and the need…