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July the 22nd, 2022 - One Sesvete factory near the City of Zagreb is set to produce packaging in the form of glass ampoules for various medicines following an investment from the Japanese company Nipro. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, on Wednesday, the Japanese mega-company Nipro Corporation Japan presented its investment of more than 100 million kuna in a Sesvete factory, where they are building a new ampoule and vial factory for the pharmaceutical industry - Nipro Pharma Packaging Hrvatska. As is already known, last spring, Nipro Corporation Japan bought the former Piramida factory in Sesvete from the Blue Sea Capital…

July the 22nd, 2022 - The Safe Sailing 2022 campaign/action is kicking off today in part of the Croatian Adriatic Sea as the height of the summer tourist season takes a firm hold on the coast. As Morski writes, the Safe Sailing 2022 campaign, which is an action involving the enhanced monitoring of navigation safety across the croatian Adriatic Sea, will be held today, Friday, July the 22nd, starting at 10:00, in the area of ​​all port authorities along the entire Croatian coast. The planned duration of the action is until 18:00 that same day. The Safe Sailing 2022 campaign will…

July the 22nd, 2022 - Fire-stricken Sibenik-Knin County is set to get help set out in special measures introduced and activated by the Croatian Agriculture Ministry to rebuild what was lost to the flames. As Morski writes, the Minister of Agriculture, Marija Vuckovic, visited the fire-stricken areas spanning Sibenik-Knin County this week, where she announced that aid for these areas from the Croatian Agriculture Ministry was set to come. A large number of OPG (family farm) owners in Sibenik-Knin County suffered enormous damage and losses from the recent wildfire that consumed more than three thousand hectares of land in Zaton, Raslina…

July the 22nd, 2022 - Croatian noble pen shells, much like pen shells which were once found in abundance across the Mediterranean, are now a dying breed. To save them from becoming extinct, a fate from which they'd never return, they are strictly protected by law in Croatia, and there are numerous initiatives underway to keep them alive. Seven living Croatian noble pen shells have been found in the Porec waters, which is enough to give researchers, experts and carers a spring in their step. As Lucio Lorencin/Morski writes, on July the 17th, the Porec-based Society for Underwater Activities and…

July 22, 2022 - Osijek and Rijeka played the first leg of the Conference League 2nd qualifying round on Thursday night.  Osijek beat Kazakhstani club Kyzylzhar 2-1 (0-0) away in the first match of the Conference League 2nd qualifying round. Osijek went into the match as favorites, which is confirmed by the fact that they are six times more valuable than Kyzylzhar. In the Kazakhstan championship so far, Kyzylzhar played 15 games with only three wins, six draws, and the same number of losses with a goal difference of 15:20. Osijek thus achieved their first away European victory after five…

ZAGREB, 21 July 2022 - Croatia's Meteorological and Hydrological Service has stated that after a 10-day interlude of not-so-high temperatures, the second heatwave this summer begins in Croatia on Thursday and will run through Sunday. The maximum daily temperatures can reach 40 degrees Celsius in some areas. The DHMZ explains that the ongoing warm front is moving from western Europe to our region and will probably remain along the Adriatic coast next week. Citizens are urged to follow the advice on how to stay safe during extremely hot temperatures. For more, check out our lifestyle section.

ZAGREB, 21 July 2022 - More than one million tourists are currently staying in Croatia, of which about 900,000 are foreigners, and the highest number or 277,000 are staying in Istria County, according to data from the eVisitor system, as carried by the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) on Thursday. HTZ also underscored that the number of one million tourists per day this year was recorded almost a week earlier than last year. In terms of the number of tourists, Istria is followed by Split-Dalmatia County, where about 188,000 tourists are currently staying, followed by the Kvarner area with about 185,000…

ZAGREB, 21 July 2022 - The island of Krapanj will host from 24 July to 6 August the Eco Heritage Task Force, a volunteer-based environmental and reconstruction programme of the Croatian Heritage Foundation (HMZ) bringing together youth of Croatian descent for 30 years now. Participants come from all over the world and most are second or third generation Croatian emigrants, Croatian ethnic minority communities in neighbouring countries and Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina. This year's host is Krapanj in Šibenik-Knin County. Participants will tidy up the island, including access to the beach for persons with disabilities, an old growth forest, and the seaside waters. The volunteer…

ZAGREB, 21 July 2022 - Businesses should adopt the euro changeover code of ethics and in the current circumstances no business should make "profiteering and speculative" moves, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Economy Minister Davor Filipović said on Thursday. Presiding over the 16th session of the national council for adopting the euro as the official currency, Plenković said this was the first session since the final EU decision on Croatia's accession to the euro area on 1 January 2023. In the final stage of introducing the euro, all mechanisms should contribute to creating a secure environment for consumers, which means that businesses…

July 22, 2022 - Twenty years a foreigner in Croatia. Part 12 of 20 Ways Croatia Changed Me in 20 Years - the Croatian language is the most logical I have ever learned, but the dialects will kill you.  I am pretty good at languages, but I gave up in Croatia. But not for the reasons that you might think, for I genuinely think that the Croatian language is easily the most logical that I have ever attempted to learn, with the possible exception of Esperanto.  My Russian was pretty good, and I was comfortable enough to give live television…