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ZAGREB, 27 July 2022 - President Zoran Milanović said on Wednesday that Pelješac Bridge was a project whereby China entered European space but he noted that that space would remained closed to China for some time again considering the current geopolitical relations.  "This is not their project, this is European, our money. A Chinese company won the job in a transparent tender but I'm afraid this is the last time they have won a project considering the situation in global relations and geopolitics," Milanović said. Pelješac Bridge was built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) which competed for the…

July 27, 2022 - The current best chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, won a tournament in Zagreb and gave an interview to Večernji list after that. Večernji list spoke to Carlsen after the organizers of the tournament presented each of the players with a large Bajadera, a Croata brand tie and a brochure on the history of the tie in the player's native language. While a very thoughtful gift, the tournament victory that he secured two rounds before the end of the tournament will also be remembered. – I played very well only on the third and fourth…

July 27, 2022 - A meeting was held at the firefighter centre in Divulje, where this year's wildfire situation in Croatia was discussed. HRT reports that Croatia has 74 percent more fires this year than in the same period last year. The main topic of discussion was reducing the risk of fire on forest and agricultural lands. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Davor Božinović, said that Croatia is lucky to have a firefighting community that has continuously protected us for 150 years, and added that during that time, firefighters have been organised to manage the system,…

ZAGREB, 27 July 2022 - In the last 24 hours, 1,899 coronavirus cases, out of 4,862 tests, and 16 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Wednesday. There are 10,325 active cases, including 647 hospitalised patients, of whom 20 on ventilators, while 4,934 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,180,857 coronavirus cases to date, the death toll is 16,265, and 70.84% of adults have been vaccinated, including 68.81% fully. For everything you need to know about coronavirus specific to Croatia, bookmark our dedicated section and select your preferred language if it isn't English.

ZAGREB, 27 July 2022 - According to information from the HC road operator, 2,700 cars used Pelješac Bridge in the first ten hours since its inauguration, while the local border police in Metković reported that since the opening of the bridge, traffic across the Klek border crossing has dwindled. Slaviša Babić of the HC company told Hina on Wednesday that 8,000-12,000 vehicles are likely to cross the bridge in the first 24 hours since its inauguration. The HC expects a rush in traffic over the bridge in the coming summer weeks. The bridge is open to personal cars and cargo…

ZAGREB, 27 July 2022 - The Hrvatski Duhani company specialised in tobacco wholesale trade, which operates within British American Tobacco (BAT), has opened a regional logistics and distribution centre in Pitomača, northeastern Croatia, BAT said in a press release on Wednesday. The 4,000-square-large facility will store tobacco supplies from 26 countries and will be the central point for the provision of tobacco supplies to BAT's factories in Augustow, Poland, Bayreuth, Germany and Pecs, Hungary. The capacity of the Pitomača-based logistics and distribution centre is 18,500 standard boxes of tobacco. This investment in the centre ensued after BAT recently invested HRK 400 million in new…

ZAGREB, 27 July 2022 - In May 2022, industrial turnover was 24.3% higher on the year and 10% on the month, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) said on Tuesday. Year on year, industrial turnover went up by 28.2% on the domestic and by 19.4% on the foreign market. In May, the highest year-on-year increase was recorded in the sale of energy, +58.6%. It was followed by durable consumer goods (+33.2%) Industrial turnover of intermediate products grew 24.6%, of non-durable consumer goods (+19..4%), and capital goods by 18.3%. Year on year, industrial turnover has been increasing since early 2021, except in February that year,…

July 27, 2022 - Hrvatske Ceste has sent a warning to drivers and pedestrians taking Pelješac Bridge photos from the shoulder lane. The Pelješac Bridge is open to traffic in both directions, reports Index.hr and N1. In an interview with N1, Slaviša Babić, head of the Hrvatske Ceste (HC) Traffic Department, says that around 1,500 vehicles had already crossed the bridge, and 500 in one hour before 9 am. According to Babić, some passengers are likely just curious and want to see the bridge. It's not too much traffic, explaining that over 15,000 vehicles drive towards Neum on the D8 state road…

July 27, 2022 - The Pelješac Bridge is open, but what about the Ston bypass and other access roads? A famous proverb says, "Donkeys will not cross the bridge," but Joško Antunović's donkeys from Kuna Pelješka will cross the Pelješac Bridge. They will go to competitions and exhibitions throughout Croatia after many years since driving cattle through the Neum corridor was forbidden. Thus, donkey trips became less frequent and were made exclusively by the Ploče-Trpanj ferry.  "We can hardly wait for this bridge; they will certainly cross it," Antunović told Jutarnji List and added: "This is the last round of hay…

July 27, 2022 - There is a rising star in the world of copywriting and content creation on LinkedIn. Meet a young lady whose free advice is helping many as she continues to grow - Dina Calakovic, based in Madeira, Croatia and Scarborough in the UK. Two months ago, I had never heard of Dina Calakovic, but today I eagerly await her next post on LinkedIn when I log on each morning. We have never met, indeed only exhanged a couple of LinkedIn requests and some emails for this interview, but in the few weeks since I came across her…