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April the 22nd, 2023 - The award-winning American-Croatian director, producer and screenwriter Nikola Knez has presented his new documentary film called 'Election Legitimacy - Republic of Croatia', co-produced by Damir Rados. The script was written by Dr. Natalija Kanacki and Dr. Dorothy McClellan. He has received more than 40 awards for directing since 2005, when his American filmmaking career began. His work varies from history, human rights, science, social life, technology, medicine, and sci-fi as well.  Nikola Knez's film examines whether the Croatian electoral process was successful or failed in guaranteeing citizens' democratic rights in a free, prosperous, transparent and…

April 21, 2023 - The Hajduk Juniors side made Croatian football history tonight, beating AC Milan 3-1 in the UEFA Youth League semi-final! The young Hajduk side will play in the final on Monday against AZ Alkmaar.  Hajduk was the first Croatian club to reach the semi-finals of the Youth Champions League and the first Croatian club to reach the semi-finals of any UEFA competition since Hajduk's seniors played in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1983/1984 season. Tonight, they continued to write history.  On their way to the UEFA Youth League finals, Hajduk knocked out football giants including…

April the 21st, 2023 - This week in Croatian politics, we've seen HDZ still being chosen as the favourite on the political scene, Croatia's WWII past has been revisited once again, and two big names from the OECD and the EU have paid visits to Zagreb. A new survey has revealed that HDZ is still the favourite among voters, for some reason As Index reports, just how much the constant turbulence within the weird world of Croatian politics really affects the popularity of the main actors on the ''stage'' was checked in HRT's recently carried out HRating. This monthly survey…

April 21, 2023 - Whisper it quietly, but more and more people are relocating to Croatia from the diaspora. In a new TCN series, we meet them to find out how they are faring and what advice they have for others thinking of making the switch. Next up is Danijela Andric Casson, who moved from Dubai to Istria.  1. You made the switch to Croatia. Tell us a little about the decision process and how long it took for you to get on the plane? To be honest, there was no plan behind it, it just happened... My Cavalier King Charles…

April 21, 2023 - A new shopping centre, "Galerija Bakar", was opened on Wednesday in the Bakar Industrial Zone on Kukuljanovo, on an area of more than 30,000 square meters, in which about 35 million euros were invested, and 350 employees will find work there. As stated in the announcement of Galerija Bakar, the new shopping centre is designed as a 'retail park', i.e. a series of shopping units located in the same complex, each with a separate external entrance, writes Poslovni. The retail area of the centre exceeds 30,000 square meters, making it the largest shopping centre in Bakar…

April 21, 2023 - There are currently around 20,000 Ukrainian refugees in Croatia, half of whom are children. Among the adult population, there are about five to six thousand who can be employed, which is good for Croatia, as it needs workers, both in sectors with low professional qualifications and in those with high ones. This was presented yesterday at the conference on the project "Private Sector Initiative for the Integration of Refugees from Ukraine", writes Index. It is a project initiated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in cooperation with the Solidarna Foundation and the Svoja…

April 21, 2023 - Minister of Agriculture Marija Vuckovic said on Thursday that the results of meat control on the Croatian market have been quite good. In 2021 only 1.5 percent of samples of Croatian meat were recorded as not having met the criteria. "The findings of all these years are quite good as far as I've followed it. According to the results for the year 2021, the number of non-compliant samples was only three out of 202 that were taken. As for the level of nitrites, we had two non-compliant samples out of 140", said the Minister of Agriculture…

April 20, 2023 - The Hajduk Juniors will play in the semi-finals of the UEFA Youth League final tournament on Friday, April 21, against the young AC Milan side.  All matches are played at Servette FC stadium in Geneva. Sporting and AZ Alkmaar will play in the first semi-final match, while Hajduk will meet Milan in the second on Friday at 6 pm.  The Hajduk U19s qualified for the 'Youth Champions League' semi-finals after defeating Borussia Dortmund on penalties at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. Milan advanced to the semis with a 2-0 victory against Atletico Madrid. The young Hajduk side…

April the 20th, 2023 - An interesting Neretva Valley archaeological discovery has seen the pause button pressed on a long awaited project worth half a billion kuna. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Brnic writes, for almost a decade in the very south of Dalmatia, more precisely in the Neretva Valley, residents been waiting for a systematic and long-term solution to the problem of salty sea water that penetrates upstream and slowly kills agricultural production, the main (and extremely important) economic activity of that region of the country. A glimmer of hope appeared with the National Project of Irrigation and Agricultural Land Management, within…

April the 20th, 2023 - Eight Chinese companies have their eyes peeled on the lookout for Croatian business opportunities as the country's economic recovery proves more rapid than anticipated. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Brnic writes, China is on the rise once again and is, as stated above, recovering more rapidly than expected, and at the same time it is again in a proactive campaign to break into all kinds of foreign markets. As such, a new delegation will arrive in the Republic of Croatia for the Chinese Business Forum next week. New B2B talks between Chinese and Croatian businessmen will be…