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ZAGREB, 25 July 2022 -  As many as 4,988 more children were enrolled in pre-school education institutions in Croatia at the start of the school year 2021/2022 than in the previous school year, which is the highest increase in the last five years, the national statistical office said on Monday. This school year the total number of children included in preschool education programmes reached 142,440, of whom 68,933 were girls (48.4%). The largest number of children enrolled in preschool education programmes was in the City of Zagreb (37,620), followed by Split-Dalmatia County (15,699) and Zagreb County (11,508). Most children (81.2%)…

ZAGREB, 25 July 2022 - Croatia has so far registered ten cases of monkeypox, all the patients are men aged between 30 and 50, and in two cases it was established that they contracted the disease abroad, epidemiologist Goranka Petrović said on Sunday. Croatia expects the first batches of vaccines against this rare infectious disease in the coming weeks. Doctor Petrović said that each member-state of the European Union would prepare its plan for containing this disease. The European Commission has organised joint public procurement of the vaccines. The distributed amount of doses will be in proportion with the number of citizens in each member-state,…

June 25th, 2022 - Today, the Rokotok project reported that their final miles of swimming have been completed! Remaining one of the most inspiring stories in Croatia, Domagoj Jakopović Ribafish has completed his goal of connecting all of the 50 Croatian inhabited islands by swimming. Dedicated to the memory of his late son, Rok, it took one year longer than expected, due to the epidemic, but today Ribafish shared on his Facebook page that the swim is completed. The final, 50th Croatian inhabited island (if you're starting from the southern tip of Croatia, which is how Domagoj did it) was…

ZAGREB, 25 July 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković arrived in Mostar on Monday morning and at the beginning of his visit he was received by Mostar Bishop Petar Palić and local Catholic dignitaries for the talks. During his day-long visit, the Croatian premier, accompanied by several cabinet ministers, is expected to hold talks with the Bosnia and Herzegovina Croat leader Dragan Čović, and also tour the southern towns of Čitluk, Čapljina, Stolac and Ravno. The visit of the Croatian PM is taking place against a backdrop of rising tensions over reports that the international community's High Representative Christian Schmidt is going to…

ZAGREB, 25 July 2022 - Croatia has confirmed 97 new coronavirus cases and 18 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team reported on Monday. The number of active cases in the country stands at 8,833, including 636 patients who are being treated in hospital, of whom 16 are placed on ventilators, while 4,433 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was reported in Croatia, 1,177,692 people have been registered as having contracted the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, of whom 16,235 have died and 1,152,624 have recovered, including 1,548 in the last 24…

July 25, 2022 - Wimbledon Juniors winner, 18-year-old Mili Poljičak from Split, will play his first match on the ATP Tour on Monday evening at the Goran Ivanišević Stadium as part of the Croatia Open Umag.  Poljičak will face former Umag winner and 2018 Roland Garros semifinalist Marco Cecchinato (ATP - 147), reports HRT. The 29-year-old Italian had the best season of his career four years ago, when he won his premier title in Budapest as a qualifier, reached the Roland Garros semifinals by defeating Novak Djokovic, and celebrated at the Croatia Open by defeating Argentinian Guido Pella in the final. This…

July 25, 2022 - We could not have asked for better news to arrive in the peak season as Eurostat reveals Croatian bathing water quality is the best in Europe based on EEA data from 2021! Eurostat (European Statistical Office), the Directorate-General of the European Commission, released data on July 4, 2022, revealing the bathing sites with excellent water quality by locality in the European Union. The data was taken from the European Environment Agency (EEA). "The indicator measures the number and proportion of coastal and inland bathing sites with excellent water quality. The indicator assessment is based on microbiological parameters…

July the 25th - Speaking Dalmatian isn't the same as speaking Croatian. For some people, ''speaking Dalmatian'' begins and ends with using the Split dialect, saying ''a e'' when in agreement with something, swapping the letter ''m'' for ''n'', dropping a ''j'' here and there and throwing in ''i''. I am goes from ''Ja sam'' to ''Ja san'', summer goes from ''ljeto'' to ''lito'', and a man saying I was goes from ''Ja sam bio'' to ''Ja san bija''. Speaking in a vague Split way is far from speaking Dalmatian, so let's look a little bit at just how varied…

July 25, 2022 - SuperSport HNL round 2 was held from July 22 to 24, 2022. The 2nd round only included four games as Rijeka asked to postpone the Adriatic Derby against Hajduk due to Conference League obligations. Here's our SuperSport HNL round two recap.  Istra 1961 v. Varazdin (1:2) Istra and Varazdin opened the 2nd round in Pula on Friday, July 22, 2022.  While the first half went without goals, Marin put Istra ahead in the 70th minute for 1:0. Brodic equalized 7 minutes later for 1:1, before Postonjski gave Varazdin the lead and ultimate win in the 83rd…

July the 25th, 2022 - Free Croatian holidays are very much in the realm of possibility, and people attempt them (sometimes even successfully!) all the time, but if an inspector catches you, be prepared to pay out more than you likely bargained for. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian Adriatic Sea is full of tourists during the scorching and sometimes even oppressive summer months. There are those who like to jump in and cool off in the sea, then head to the place you're staying refreshed - completely free of charge. All this is possible here in Croatia if you're an…