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July 1, 2022 - Spain beat Croatia 10:5 in the FINA World Championships semifinal match on Friday. Croatia and Greece will play in the match for 3rd place.  Croatia met Spain in the FINA World Championship semifinals in Hungary on Friday night. Italy beat Greece in the first semifinal match 11-10 and thus booked their spot in the final for the second time in a row.  Croatia had the chance to book their fourth World Championship final. After the great victory against Serbia, Croatia faced Spain, which boasts the former best water polo player in the world, Felipe Perrone. Good support…

ZAGREB, 1 July 2022 - President Zoran Milanović said on Friday he was sorry he did not meet Prime Minister Andrej Plenković at today's conference on the occasion of Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts Day, saying Plenković decided against attending when he found out that Milanović would. Milanović said he was not competing with Plenković. "For me personally, he is zero, but he is the president of the HDZ (party), the prime minister, he won the election, he is responsible for the rampant corruption, deserving for less political radicalism in life, which he succeeded in suppressing in the HDZ because he is…

ZAGREB, 1 July 2022 - Because of its speedy recovery from the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, Croatia will receive less funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), based on an updated key for the award of grants to EU member states which the European Commission published on Thursday. The Commission published a table according to which Croatia would be granted slightly over €5.5 billion from the RRF, less than the previously forecast €6.3 billion. The key for the award of 70 percent of the national allocation was based on the population size, GDP per capita compared to the…

ZAGREB, 1 July 2022 - At the beginning of July, the Croatian Independent Cinemas Network and Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) will start screening Ukrainian films in independent cinemas throughout Croatia, where visitors will have the opportunity to see three Ukrainian classics and three contemporary productions. The program will be held until September in more than 20 cinemas. The screenings have been organised in cooperation with the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre. The three Ukrainian classics that will be shown to the Croatian audience are: "Man with a Movie Camera" from 1929, "Operation Dowry" from 1961 and "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" from 1965. HAVC noted…

ZAGREB, 1 July 2022 - Wood veneer manufacturer Deospan Mato Furnir is the recipient of the Financial Agency's (Fina) Golden Balance Award as the most successful Croatian company overall based on financial ratings for 2021. At a ceremony on Thursday evening, Fina presented 19 awards in total: 11 Golden Balance awards to the best companies in individual sectors, two honours for excellence in business continuity and six Golden Balance awards in special categories. Fina analyzed 144,259 businesses and selected 3,978 of them for the award competition. The Golden Balance Award is awarded based on rankings calculated from 11 financial indicators in five…

ZAGREB, 1 July 2022 - In the last 24 hours 1,047 coronavirus cases, out of 3,030 tests, and five related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Friday. There are 5,473 active cases, including 269 hospitalized patients, seven of whom are on ventilators, while 3,019 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 1,149,575 coronavirus cases, the death toll is 16,070, and 70.82% of the adult population has been vaccinated. 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.

July 1, 2022 - The latest Croatian football transfer news for Dinamo, Hajduk, and Rijeka ahead of the new HNL season.  Dinamo The talented midfielder Marko Brkljača, one of the greatest young talents in the world, is a new Dinamo player.  Marko was born in 2004 in Zadar and started his career as a child at club NK Velebit Benkovac. After that, he joined the ranks of Hajduk, where, in addition to his football development, he played in the Youth Champions League last season as a junior team member. Brkljača is continuously a member of the younger age groups of…

July 1, 2022 - “A sublime state in which a human aspires for nothing” may seem like a luxury afforded by the privileged, but Croatians in Dalmatia wholeheartedly conclude that the pleasure derived from il dolce far niente – famously known from the ‘Eat Pray Love’ book-to-film adaptation – can be found everywhere from remote farms and vineyards to crowded touristic sites! A look at 'fjaka' in Croatia.    Photo: Romulic & Stojcic   Fjaka is known to be embraced by many during the appearance of the great summer heat, as the mind, soul, and body slow down exceptionally during the…

July 1, 2022 - On June 19, Croatian Catholics celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Most Precious Blood Parish - “The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Precious Blood of Christ” followed by a wonderful procession in the streets of Astoria. Most Rev. Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn presided, Music Coordinator Fr. Saša Ilijić, PhD, composed a wonderful new song “Alleluia”, especially for this anniversary, which was performed by klapa Astoria.      Most Precious Blood Church is a Roman Catholic Parish in the center of Astoria, NY, and home to a multicultural community made up of parishioners from diverse backgrounds united in their common walk of…

July 1, 2022 - Global travel site Big Travel 7 has released its annual list of 'The 50 Best Beaches In The World', and Croatian Golden Horn Beach (Zlatni rat) has come in the 12th position. The list is now in its 4th year and ranks the world’s best beaches using aggregated scores from previous media results, official Blue Flag locations, social media popularity, and contributions from the Big 7 Travel editorial team. Golden Horn Beach (Zlatni rat) in Brac, Croatia was named one of the Best Beaches in the World, coming in at 12th position on the list. "The Golden…