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ZAGREB, 18 July 2022 - The first group of 42 students from Petrinja Secondary School and the Sisak School of Economics, and three travelling companions left on Monday for a summer camp in Hungary. The secondary school students will spend eight days on their summer holiday in Hungary. This is a result of good cooperation between Sisak-Moslavina County and the Hungarian government, which made it possible for about a hundred secondary school students to attend a summer camp in two groups, on 18-25 July and on 25-31 July. The students will be accommodated in a hotel with a swimming pool, near Lake…

ZAGREB, 18 July 2022 - The wildfire that broke out in the Zaton and Raslinje areas of Šibenik-Knin County last Wednesday, was declared extinguished on Monday morning, the county 112 emergency call center said. The fire spread over an estimated 3,300 hectares of land, consuming grass, underbrush, woods, and agricultural crops. Commenting on the fire at a press conference in Šibenik, Interior Minister Davor Božinović said that 30 houses, several cars and boats, and three agricultural machines had burnt down in the conflagration. "The damage is being assessed. We need to be aware that the climate in Europe and the world…

July 21, 2022 - Twenty years a foreigner in Croatia. Part 11 of 20 Ways Croatia Changed Me in 20 Years - Croatia's most undiscovered destination with the very warmest welcome. Slavonia. "Excellent service, thank you. Where are you from in Croatia?" "Slavonia, Sir, a beautiful region in the east, far from the sea." My first introduction to the region of Slavonia, once the breadbasket of south-east Europe, was through one of its finest exports - its reliable and hard-working workforce. Over the years in my time in Dalmatia and the rest of the coast and islands, I encountered a…

July 18, 2022 - Brac island already has a solid reputation and may not need more advertising, but for those curious who want to see the island beyond Zlatni rat (Golden horn), here are some must-see destinations. Brac island is the highest and third largest among the more than 1,000 Croatian islands, and it is thanks to this vast territory that it has numerous and varied destinations to visit. While it is true that Brac island has become popular in recent years thanks to the highly recognizable Zlatni Rat in Bol, it would be unfair to reduce such an island to…

ZAGREB, 18 July 2022 - Economy Minister Davor Filipović said on Monday that for the next fortnight the price of petrol would be HRK 13.02 per litre, down from HRK 13.50, while the price of diesel would go up from HRK 13.08 to HRK 13.43. Also, fuel prices on motorways and elsewhere will be equated and the government will extend the price cap on blue-dyed diesel to HRK 9.45 per litre for another two weeks, he told the press after a government conference call. The retail margin stays HRK 0.65 per litre of petrol and diesel, as do excises of…

ZAGREB, 18 July 2022 - A humanitarian campaign for Ukraine by the Croatian Association of Fine Artists' (HDLU) Vinkovci branch wrapped up in the eastern town of Vinkovci on Sunday with an exhibition and the handover of 62 works by 57 artists to the Ukrainian Embassy. "We are giving these works of art to the Ukrainian people with the wish that they ennoble the walls of two to three schools and one institution in Ukraine, to be selected by the Ukrainians," said HDLU Vinkovci vice president Marko Lončar. He said the exhibition was called Culture to Culture "because we Croats are giving part of…

ZAGREB, 18 July 2022 - In the past 24 hours, 80 coronavirus cases, out of 628 tests, and two related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Monday. There are 8,477 active cases, including 514 hospitalized patients, 18 of whom are on ventilators, while 4,127 are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 1,167,191 coronavirus cases, the death toll is 16,158, and 70.83% of adults have been vaccinated, including 68.80% who are fully vaccinated. For everything you need to know about coronavirus specific to Croatia, bookmark our dedicated section and select your preferred language if…

July 18, 2022 - Hajduk, Osijek, and Rijeka learn their possible opponents in the Conference League 3rd round qualifiers beginning early next month.  In the Conference League 3rd round qualifiers, Hajduk Split will play against the winner of the match between Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães and Hungarian club Puskas Akademia. Hajduk enters the hunt for its first European autumn after more than a decade and will have a difficult task ahead. Vitória de Guimarães finished sixth in the championship, and the team is full of young internationals - their average age is 23.6. According to Transfermarkt, the value of the…

July the 18th, 2022 - The devastating Sibenik fires which have burned down houses recently have worked to remind us of the dangers of the dry Dalmatian landscape and the extremely harsh rays of the summer sun at this time of year.  While wildfires break out in Croatia, particularly in Dalmatia, at this time of year almost like clockwork, the human cost is always staggering and unfathomable. To lose your house in a blaze and be able to do absolutely nothing about it is incomprehensible to most people, but a rapid response to this has seen families who have lost…

July the 18th, 2022 - The Split waters are richer for around 100,000 octopuses in their early phases of development after they were released there as part of a wider project involving them. As Morski writes, the Split Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, in cooperation with the Croatian Association for Sport Fishing at Sea, has begun research into the possibility of raising octopuses in their early developmental stages for the purpose of their repopulation. As part of the research, hundreds of thousands of individual octopus larvae were released into the sea, more precisely into the Split waters. Over the next year, the…