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June the 4th, 2022 - The German media has claimed Croatian Eurozone accession which will now definitely take place on the 1st of January 2023 is a good thing for tourists and travellers. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the opinion and subsequent decision of the European Commission (EC) that the Republic of Croatia meets all of the conditions for the introduction of the euro is important to the Germans. The tabloid Bild put it on their cover, and many other German media outlets are writing about it. "Good news for everyone travelling to Croatia," wrote Bild, the headline of which emphasised…

June 3, 2022 - The first Cres Fringe Festival had its grand opening on May 30 on Croatia's largest island with a varied and rich cultural and artistic programme. The festival is set to continue until this Sunday, and attendees can still enjoy its diverse content until then. The Cres Fringe Festival is a festival that connects, educates, and supports performers, all kinds of art, music, culture, filmmakers, artists, and locals. But it‘s more than this. There are fringe festivals all over the world, with the first one being the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which started 70 years ago. The Cres Fringe Festival…

ZAGREB, 3 June 2022 - Croatia and the Czech Republic on Friday once again condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and called for more intensive cooperation between the EU and transatlantic partners, especially in energy supplies disrupted by the war which has entered its 100th day. Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman met in Prague with Jan Lipavský, the Czech foreign minister whose country will take over the EU presidency on 1 July. "During the meeting, they talked about the war in Ukraine and the ministers once again condemned the Russian aggression and stressed that it is necessary to continue providing Ukraine…

June 3, 2022 - A troubling display in Osijek tonight as the Croatia Nations League campaign kicks off with a 0:3 defeat to Austria. The Croatia-Austria match was the first in a series of four UEFA Nations League matches the national team will play in 11 days this month.  On paper, Austria was the easiest opponent for Croatia in this year's Nations League edition, which will serve as preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Croatia was after three points at City Garden tonight, as the next three matches will be even tougher to win points.  Tonight's match was…

June 3, 2022 - The Croatia U21s nearly had the Euros spot in their hands, up 2:1 against Norway in the 80th minute. With two goals conceded in stoppage time, Croatia no longer controls their destiny for a spot at the Euros next year.  The U21 Croatia national team played a key European Championship qualifier in Drammen, Norway on Friday. The match started at 6 pm.  A victory against Norway would have ensured Croatia's spot at the Euros with one round to go. Croatia plays their last match of the qualifiers against last-placed Estonia. In the first match between these…

June 3, 2022 - Two weeks before its start, the complete programme was announced and now the tickets for the 15th Mediterranean Film Festival Split are on sale, marking its long-awaited return in the biggest edition of the festival to date, with new programmes and a fourth cinema location. The 15th edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival in Split, which will be opened by the world premiere of the film "Throw yourself on the floor" by director and actress Nina Violić on June 16 at the Bačvice Open Air Cinema, will screen 72 films from 30 countries at the Golden Gate's…

ZAGREB, 3 June 2022 - In the last 24 hours, there have been 405 new cases of the infection with coronavirus in Croatia, and the disease has taken three more lives, the country's national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Friday. There are currently 2,081 active cases of the infection, and of them 190 are hospitalised patients, including five patients placed on ventilators. Since the first registered case of the infection in Croatia on 25 February 2020, more than 1.137 million cases of the infection have been diagnosed. The death toll has reached 15,998. There have been nearly 1.2 million recoveries,…

PR TEXT - June 3, 2022 - The International Meeting of Travel Influencers which started on the first day of June is spreading across social networks and local news portals. After exciting and delicious events that honored attractive cultural heritage and local gastronomy, it was time for a conference and roundtable on the "Impact of travel influencers on the tourism industry".  Thus, the creative ideas and marketing tools of the digital divas and multimedia heroes from all over the world were shared at the Amphora hotel with a lecture by the professor of the Faculty of Political Science Zagreb, Domagoj Bebić.…

ZAGREB, 3 June 2022 - The government on Friday gave its consent to the HEP state power provider to borrow a billion euros to finance the procurement of electricity supplies, coal and heating energy as well as to purchase gas supplies which the company will store in the Okoli underground natural gas storage facility. Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Davor Filipović said today that the consent was motivated by plans to make sure that there would be enough energy supplies for households and the enterprise sector against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. Thus, HEP has been given the green light to borrow…

ZAGREB, 3 June 2022 - Croatia has significant potential to harness wind but it is not using it sufficiently due to phlegmatic bureaucracy, WindEurope association executive director Giles Dickson said in Dubrovnik on Thursday. Dickson was one of the panelists at a two-day conference "Days of Good Wind",  organised in Dubrovnik by the Renewable Energy Sources Croatia (OIEH) association. Dickson said that Croatia was at the bottom of the ladder in the EU in terms of efficiency in issuing permits for wind parks. Under Croatian laws, investors must use the technology stated in the original application for a permit while most…