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August the 3rd, 2022 - The Croatian accommodation and hospitality segments of the overall tourism sector are enjoying more traffic than they did last year when concerns about coronavirus restrictions and lockdown worries continued to prevail. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Jadranka Dozan writes, as usual, the fastest barometer of consumption trends is the Tax Administration's data on the fiscalisation of issued receipts and bills/invoices, and during the height of the summer months, the figures related to the tourist season are always firmly in the foreground. They, on the other hand, say that tax payers from the tourism and catering/hospitality sector issued bills…

August 2, 2022 - Dinamo beats Ludogorets 2:1 in the first leg of the Champions League 3rd round qualifiers played in Razgrad on Tuesday night.  Dinamo visited Ludogorets in Razgrad for the first match of the Champions League 3rd qualifying round. Ludogorets has been the champion of Bulgaria for the last 11 seasons. Recall, Dinamo advanced to the 3rd qualifying round after beating Shkupi on a 3-2 aggregate last week. After 2-2 in Zagreb, Dinamo won in Skopje with a minimal 1-0 to move forward.  If Dinamo advances past the Bulgarian champion after two matches, the Zagreb club will face…

August 2, 2022 – Maybe you have never heard of Mohovo, and maybe you know that they keep finding mammoth teeth there... There is really no in-between. A new, fourth mammoth tooth was found on Saturday, 30th July.  As SiB reports, ten years after he found the first mammoth tooth in his village, Goran Popović from Mohovo found another, fourth, mammoth tooth on Saturday. He informed his friends and the public about the phenomenal discovery by posting on Facebook, stating that he was filled with happiness, emotions, and optimism. "I had that instinct again, walked through our beautiful village, and…

ZAGREB, 2 August, 2022 - The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Patriarch Porfirije, on Tuesday consecrated in Smiljan, near Gospić, the church where scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla was christened. Milutin Tesla, Nikola Tesla's father, served in the church where Nikola Tesla was christened in 1856. The patriarch said that the church consecrated today was built when the Serbs came to the Lika region in the 1600s as "a place of prayer, peace, love and gathering, meeting with God and each other, a place of finding peace in Christ, peace within oneself and between one another." Pofirije said that "the Ustasha wanted…

ZAGREB, 2 August, 2022 - Šibenik-Knin County police have brought in two people for questioning in connection with an incident on the island of Tijat, where, according to the media, HRT reporter Maja Sever was attacked on Monday while photographing the usurpation of the shore and the public property. The police said a criminal investigation is underway, and two people have been brought in to establish the circumstances, after which the public will be informed accordingly. On Monday, a reporter for the national HRT broadcaster, Maja Sever, accompanied by Judge Sandra Artuković, went to see if the Spirito restaurant on the…

August 2, 2022 - More fires near Sibenik, with roads closes and 3 Canadairs providing aerial firefighting support. As reported by Index.hr, with live updates: More fires near Šibenik, closed guide ring road, 3 canards arrived A LITTLE before noon, several fires broke out in the wider Šibenik area. It is burning on the highway at the turn for Jadrija (there are two fires there) and in Dubrava in the direction of the Podi industrial zone. Canadians arrived to help. 2 minutes ago Police: Journalists are asked not to try to pass the roadblocks"Three fires are currently active in the…

ZAGREB, 2 August, 2022 - Croatia has registered 1038 new COVID cases and 10 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the national COVID response team reported on Tuesday. Currently, there are 8,309 active cases in the country, including 673hospitalised patients, 26 of whom are on ventilators, while 4,580 people are self-isolating.  Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 1,187,825 COVID cases have been recorded in Croatia; 16,336 patients have died as a consequence and 1,163,180 have recovered.  To date, 59.57% of the total population, or 70.85% of adults, have been vaccinated.

August 2, 2022 – Don’t fancy the crowds of Split or Dubrovnik? Finding accommodation on the islands has become a bit complicated? Don’t worry, we’ll sort you out with an underdog, Biograd na Moru. The national media are beaming with pride reporting record overnight stays, music festivals are back in full force, and the motorways are finally paying off again. Croatian tourism is where we all hoped it would be. In fact, we’re running out of space with the most popular destinations including the famous cities, Istrian villages, and the islands of Dalmatia. It’s time to start looking for alternatives.…

ZAGREB, August 2, 2022 - The head of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic at the KBC Osijek hospital was dismissed after a Health Ministry inspection had found irregularities in the case of an unsuccessful termination of pregnancy in March this year, the hospital's directorate confirmed to Hina on Monday. The inspection was conducted on the initiative of Health Minister Vili Beroš after a patient had told the media that the Gynaecology Clinic had failed to terminate her pregnancy. Due to the irregularities observed in the work of the clinic, KBC Osijek director had decided to dismiss the head of the…

ZAGREB, August 2, 2022 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković expressed hope on Monday that the international community's High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Christian Schmidt, will take steps to ensure at least minimal equality for Croats after the elections in that country on 2 October. "We hope that the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, will take steps that will ensure at least minimal equality for Croats after the elections on 2 October," Plenković said during a visit to the southern town of Imotski. He said that the Croatian government stands "firmly with Croats in Bosnia…