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June the 9th, 2022 - Economy Minister Davor Filipovic was a recent guest on the 'A sada Vlada/and Now for the Government' radio show, where he discussed the situation with ongoing inflation and plans to try to mitigate the pressure on both people and the economy. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, new measures have come into force over the last few days, which should work to further stabilise the spiralling growth of fuel prices. Still, the question arises as to what can be expected in the weeks ahead, which Davor Filipovic touched on: “We can know what will happen in the next…

June the 9th, 2022 - Inflation is continuing to cause issues across the board, and it has emerged that Croatian retail prices are higher than those in neighbouring Hungary and Slovenia. Why? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in one year, a kilogram of wheat has risen in price by 80 percent, a kilogram of corn by 61 percent, flour by 55 percent, oil by 50 percent, milk by 20 percent and beef purchased from butchers by 20 percent, HRT reports. The rise in Croatian retail prices was the recent topic of HTV's Otvoreno/Open show, in which Agriculture Minister Marija Vuckovic announced new…

June the 9th, 2022 - The newly revamped Dubrovnik ACI marina has finally welcomed the first guests following extensive works as part of a massive investment worth 35 million kuna. The Dubrovnik ACI marina, with its new look, will almost certainly act as an additional lure to those with vessels to travel to Croatia's southernmost city and tourist Mecca this summer season. As Morski writes, the new Dubrovnik ACI marina has now opened its proverbial doors for the summer tourist season and welcomed guests in a new, very much modernised and refreshed edition. On the occasion of the opening of…

June 9, 2022 - At the most prestigious wine competition in the world, the Decanter World Wine Awards, wines from Feričanci vineyards won eight awards! Seven wines won bronze, while Miraz Frankovka wine from 2018 was awarded a silver medal!  The Decanter bronze went to Feravina for three red and one white wine, and Enosophia confirmed the quality of its new wines by winning three bronze medals. Among 18,244 rated wines from 54 countries around the world, Miraz Frankovka 2018, a wine produced from the traditional Feričanci wine variety Frankovka, was rated with a high 94 points, which secured a silver…

June 9, 2022 - The first 9 rounds of the 2022/23 Croatian First League season have been announced, as well as that Croatia's most popular football league is returning to HRT after 11 years.  The draw to reveal the matches for the new Croatian First League (HNL) competition season was held at the Croatian Football Federation premises in Zagreb. The draw decided that in the first round, Istra 1961 - Hajduk, Varaždin - Slaven Belupo, Dinamo - Lokomotiva, Osijek - Gorica, and Šibenik - Rijeka will play. The first game of the first round is scheduled for July 16, and the…

June 9, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as more Ryanair Zagreb flight cancellations have been announced in July, totaling to 56 return flights on 15 international routes. Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has canceled several scheduled flights from Zagreb in July, while flights for May and June were canceled earlier, reports Croatian Aviation. Namely, Ryanair has canceled the following flights from its Zagreb base: Brussels Charleroi, 2 times a week (instead of 5) until 18 July, Sofia, all flights are canceled until July 19, Paphos, once a week (instead of 3), until July 18, Dusseldorf Weeze, 2 times…

June 9, 2022 - The Croatia U21s convincingly beat Estonia away on Wednesday, finishing the 2023 Euro qualifications with 22 points. As Norway still has two games left to play, Croatia's fate at next year's Euros is still uncertain.  In the last round of Group A of the European Championship qualifiers, the Croatia U21 national team outclassed Estonia 4-0 away and thus finished the qualifications at 22 points. However, it is still unknown whether Igor Bišćan's team will go directly to the Euros as the winners of the group or will finish in second place and have to go to…

June 8, 2022 - Tourist interest in Pelješac is increasing and the peninsula is already recording good tourist results. The opening of the Pelješac bridge, which will bring Croatia's second-largest peninsula closer to the mainland, will shorten travel time. This will surely mean the arrival of even more guests. Peljesac attracts more and more guests from all over the world, reports HRT News. ''We love Orebić! It is very nice here: the weather was good, the food was delicious, all over Pelješac. We are really enjoying it, and maybe we will be back in September''., says Mihael from Poland. ''We have been coming to Viganj since the…

June 8, 2022 - The City of Zagreb and the Croatian Alzheimer's Association have published a brochure "Expanding Social Services in the Community to Help People with Dementia" to encourage dementia awareness and community services, in which many authors have contributed. The brochure was published within the EU Project "All for Memory (SPAM)" funded by the European Social Fund in the financial period 2014, which seeks to support people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia by providing new social services in Zagreb, by establishing an afternoon residence for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, as well as members…

June 8, 2022 - In the newest TCN series, we take a look at the destinations you can visit by ferry from the main Croatian ports. In this first installment of the Croatia Ferry Guide 2022, where to go from the port of Split? When advertising the Adriatic Sea and the Croatian islands abroad, the experience of being on board a sailboat, yacht or catamaran is usually highlighted. However, there is no destination a Croatian ferry can't reach, and why not mention that it's totally worth saving a good amount of Euros on sailboat rentals and crews? Today we tell…