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ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - In the last 24 hours, 424 coronavirus cases, out of 2,454 tests, and three related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Wednesday. There are 1,882 active cases, including 168 hospitalised patients, of whom five are on ventilators, while 869 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 1,138,702 coronavirus cases, the death toll stands at 16,007, and 68.75% of the adult population has completed vaccination.

ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - As of Wednesday, Eurosuper 95 is sold at most petrol stations in Croatia at a price of HRK 13.50 per litre, which is HRK 0.36 fewer than on Tuesday, and the price of Eurodizel has gone down by HRK 0.06 to HRK 13.08, following the government's decision to additionally reduce excise taxes on oil products. On Monday, the Andrej Plenković cabinet decided to additionally reduce excise taxes on oil products - by an additional HRK 0.40 per litre for petrol, which amounts to a total excise cut of HRK 0.80, and by an additional HRK 0.20 for diesel, which…

ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - Croatia may not be rich in resources, but it has an extremely rich heritage that needs to be restored and put to use according to New European Bauhaus (NEB) criteria, Culture and Media Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek said on Wednesday, opening of the NEB National Platform Council. At the meeting, which brought together representatives of numerous ministries, institutions, organisations and associations, the minister said that Croatia faces a demanding transformation of the entire legislative and physical planning and management system, which is something the NEB initiative is one of the most competent to discuss. "We are faced with…

ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - Disgruntled judicial staff, mostly civil servants and clerks who are dissatisfied with their status and entitlements, continued their protest on Wednesday outside court buildings and state attorney's offices across Croatia. The union of state and local government employees, which launched the protest on Tuesday, said today that they expected Justice and Public Administration Minister Ivan Malenica to receive its delegation for talks after he stated on Tuesday that he planned a meeting with the unionists. Malenica also said that he empathized with judicial staff who protested across Croatia over low salaries and announced the adoption…

ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - A few Opposition parliamentary clubs on Wednesday demanded that the draft bill on road traffic safety should be withdrawn from procedure due to the provision envisaging that family doctors should have a decisive say in whether a driver is able to drive or not. The proposal that it should be general practitioners with an insight into the health state of their patients and the drugs they take, who should inform the police of those data which should be used for a decision to revoke somebody's driving licence, has been met with criticism from both doctors' and patients'…

ZAGREB, 8 June 2022 - The decision making by a qualified majority vote, instead of the unanimous endorsement, should be introduced in some segments of the European Union's foreign affairs, a majority of European Parliament members agreed on Tuesday when they also called for more invesments in Ukraine's defence. A majority of MEPs expressed support to the plans to introduce qualified majority voting for certain foreign policy areas, as already provided for in the Treaties in order to increase the effectiveness of EU foreign policy. The rule of unanimous consent should be abandoned. This is what citizens who participated in the Conference on…

PR TEXT - June 8, 2022 - The International Meeting of Travel Influencers, organized by the Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board and editor of Croatian Hotspots magazine Maja Zlokić, entered its third and fourth day. After Split and Makarska, the content team moved to the islands of Brač and Hvar. The visit to Brač began with the emblematic Bol and Zlatni Rat beach, whose views under the slogan 'Symbol of the Adriatic' have long represented domestic tourism in the world. Elevated to the next level with a magnificent bird's eye view, the influencers formed a heart with their bodies to be photographed…

June 8, 2022 - New York is the destination for two Croatian Unicorns and many other rising stars from Croatia for the 6th ACAP (Association of Croatian American Professionals) conference. Looking to see the very best Croatian talent on display? New York is the place to be next week for the 6th ACAP conference, which kicks off on June 16, with a star-studded cast.  How nice it is to open with the sentence - Two Croatian Unicorns will be among the keynote speakers at the event in New York.  Both Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac Bugatti, and Silvio Kutic, CEO…

June the 8th, 2022 - Vir tourism records are being broken left right and centre with some outstanding results so far this year. The island is more than likely to surpass its figures from the record, pre-pandemic year of 2019 and we aren't even at the very height of the season yet. As Kazimir Skrbic/Morski writes, excellenty arrival and overnight stay numbers during the first five months of 2022 have been a real boost for Vir. Overnight stays are 26.3 percent better, and arrivals are 21.7 percent better when compared to the record set three years ago. If this extremely…

June the 8th, 2022 - New Croatian bird flu cases have unfortunately been recorded in Osijek-Baranja County, which is causing concern among domestic producers in an already difficult economic situation. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in the continental Croatian town of Beli Manastir, bird flu of the H5N1 subtype was confirmed in one yard which was home to twenty chickens. Due to the death of seventeen chickens, the suspicion of bird flu being the culprit was initially reported, and then later confirmed. The veterinary inspection carried out by the State Inspectorate placed the chicken farm suffering from the Croatian bird flu…