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May 29, 2022 - While it may sound silly not to take advantage of the summer to enjoy the Adriatic Sea to the fullest, this time of year is ideal for visiting other destinations beyond the coast. In case you are far from the sea and need to take a dip, here are some freshwater destinations in Croatia to cool off! Summer in Croatia is synonymous with turquoise waters, paradise islands, and sailboats. For many, if your vacation does not include any of these, then you are not enjoying the country as you should. I do not agree. Although visiting…

ZAGREB, 29 May 2022 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Sunday congratulated citizens on Statehood Day, saying that 30 May 1990 was deep in the memory of Croatian people as it was had been one of the key steps in the realisation of the independent, free and democratic Croatian state. On that day, the first democratically elected Croatian parliament was inaugurated. Jandroković recalled what the first president, Franjo Tuđman, said on that occasion, that for centuries the Sabor had been the guardian of the Croatian people's sovereignty and bearer of the legal order and general civilisational progress. By marking that day,…

ZAGREB, 29 May 2022 - The international community had the wrong approach in the 1990s because it was focused on maintaining Yugoslavia instead of preventing the war, former US ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith said on Sunday. Thirty years ago, the break-up of the state simply wasn't accepted, so when Croatia and Slovenia declared independence, there was a lot of opposition, but it weakened with the break-up of the Soviet Union, he told the press ahead of a conference on 30 years since the international recognition of Croatia. The international community, including the United States, had the wrong approach then because the…

ZAGREB, 29 May 2022 - Kosovo wishes to join the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), a forum in which ten countries cooperate in transport, tourism, and environmental protection projects, and hopes Croatia, which over the presidency next year, will support it. The ten countries - Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, and San Marino - met in Tirana on 16-18 May, where they adopted a joint declaration calling for EU enlargement to the Western Balkans. A Kosovo delegation led by Local Government Minister Elbert Krasniqi was in Tirana at the time and did not attend…

ZAGREB, 29 May 2022 - Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević has given an interview for Hina on the occasion of his one year in office, talking about what has been done and future projects. Asked about his biggest success, he mentioned the new model of running the city in every aspect, from public procurement to hiring in dozens of city companies and over 300 institutions, saying that people are no longer appointed based on party affiliation but their qualifications. Another success is the financial stabilisation of the city, Tomašević said, adding that the budget deficit is the lowest in the last five years at HRK…

ZAGREB, 29 May 2022 - In the last 24 hours, 188 coronavirus cases, out of 1,743 tests, and 4 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Sunday. There are 2,421 active cases, including 224 hospitalised patients, five of whom are on ventilators, while 1,139 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 1,136,417 coronavirus cases, 15,983 related deaths, and 70.79% of the adult population has been vaccinated, including 68.74% fully.

May 29, 2022 - The Sinković brothers have won the World Cup rowing gold medal in Belgrade! Martin and Valent change disciplines, lakes, and competitions, but not their winning spirit. With a time of 6:09.26, they won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 1st World Cup rowing competition in Belgrade! With a great finish in the final 250 meters, they defeated the leading Poles and entered the finish line with just over a one-second advantage. Third place went to the Spaniards who were 3 seconds and 26 hundredths of a second behind. "This was an interesting final…

May 29, 2022 - One of Croatia's coolest tourism stories lies in one of its truly undiscovered gems - meet Eko-Ethno Strug in Lonjsko Polje, which owes its existence to the desire to buy a parking spot for fishing.   Why do many of Croatia's best tourism stories remain largely untold? One of the things I have appreciated over the years in Croatia is just how many amazing stories there are out there of private individuals who are putting their own stamp on tourism in this country,  many of them without much publicity. This is especially true in continental Croatia, which…

May 29, 2022 - Mateo Žugec, a 20-year-old gymnast from Varaždin's GK Vindija, stepped on the podium in his first World Cup final! He won silver on the pommel horse in Varna with a score of 13,850 in the final, in which Croatia had two finalists. Liam Rabić (ZTD Hrvatski Sokol) was also a debutant in the finals and finished 7th (13,300). This is only the second senior season for Mateo, the student of coach Emil Šanjek, but he has already shown he can hang with the big boys. In his only second appearance at the World Cup, after the…

May 29, 2022 - Among the growing number of foreigners relocating to Croatia, international students are increasingly visible. So who are these foreign students choosing Croatia, and why? In the fifth of a new series, we get the perspectives of life and study in Croatia through the eyes of its foreign students, continuing with Nirupam Kumar Mundra from India.  Among the many foreign tongues heard around the Croatian capital these days is the growing number of students choosing to do their graduate programmes in Croatia. A safe, affordable EU country, with a rapidly expanding programme of high-quality graduate courses in…