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April the 21st, 2022 - Ever wished that we lived a century or so ago when repairing things was the norm and we lived in a less ''throw away'' oriented type of society? The Rijeka repair cafe, Riperaj, is breathing some life back into those ideals. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, the Swedish city of Eskilstuna near the City of Stockholm knows how to turn waste back into profit and focus on sustainable consumption and the circular economy, where the second hand shopping centre ReTuna Återbruksgalleria, the world's first centre for recycled and recycled goods, opened back in 2015. The wildly…

April the 21st, 2022 - The post-coronavirus tourism optimists appear to have been correct in their predictions for this year, with Croatian Easter tourism having seen such good numbers that we can hopefully breathe a sigh of relief this summer. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, those who predicted good forecasts for Croatian Easter tourism were right, despite the very uncertain geopolitical circumstances that continue to threaten tourism across Europe owing to the war in Ukraine. According to eVisitor, from Friday, April the 15th, to Monday, there were about 135,000 arrivals and about 493,000 overnight stays realised, of which foreign tourists realised…

April the 21st, 2022 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has drastically slashed Croatian GDP growth expectations, with the ongoing war in Ukraine following Russian invasion cited as a significant issue. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Blaskovic writes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has more than halved its growth forecast for the domestic economy to 2.7 percent this year due to the situation with the war in Ukraine. In its regular autumn forecasts for October, the IMF expected Croatian GDP growth of 5.8 percent. In 2023, growth should accelerate strongly to 4 percent. While Croatian GDP growth will slow down, inflation should…

April 21, 2022 - Đakovo is one of the hosting cities of the Ghetto Games Euroleague, a unique street football tournament. It was established as part of the "Medicines for Europe's Ghettos" initiative, with the main idea being the use of street sports as "medicine" for underdeveloped areas in Eruope. It is supported by the European Union's Erasmus+ program in cooperation with some of the largest street sports organisations in Eruope, including Ghetto Games from Latvia, DGI  from Denmark, Fryshusetfrom Sweden, Malta BMX  from Malta and the Estonian Street Sports Federation.  As Glas Slavonije writes, the Croatian portion of the tournament will take place at Strossmayer Square in…

April 21, 2022 - Osijek is fast developing and is on the road to restoring its glory as the regional centre of eastern Croatia. The city's administration takes pride in the various EU projects which they have been implementing, whether it's infrastructure and development, or education and employment. The latest - free communication skills training in Osijek! SiB.hr writes about one of the more recent programs of the Osijek City Administration in collaboration with the Algebra University College and the EU Centar Association, which is the continuation of the EU project "Green Jobs and Communication for Work - a Guarantee…

April 21, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as more Ryanair Zagreb summer flights have been canceled, this time in June, after the airline already reduced and canceled many flights in May. Just a few days after several Ryanair flights from Zagreb were canceled in May this year, this airline has made additional changes in its flight schedule for this summer season and canceled a number of flights on international routes to and from Zagreb in June, too, reports Croatian Aviation. The Irish low-cost airline has reduced the number of operations for June this year on the following…

ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices rose considerably on Wednesday following positive trends on European stock markets. The Crobex rose by 0.79% to 2,133 points and the Crobex10 by 1.23% to 1,287 points. Turnover at the close of the trading session reached HRK 11.9 million, about 6 million more than on Wednesday. The most traded stock was that of the Valamar Riviera hotel company, turning over HRK 4.8 million. Its price jumped by 6.3% to HRK 35.5 per share, its highest level since February 2020. The only other stock to pass the turnover mark…

ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - It is difficult to change the position of the international community on Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was tailored by the "Sarajevo narrative", especially since the previous (Croatian) governments did not work on that, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in parliament. Presenting a report on the meetings of the European Council to the members of the parliament, Plenković in particular referred to the discussions on Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressing it was a success that a reference on BiH's constituent peoples was included in the Strategic Compass, at Croatia's insistence. "Those in charge of the foreign policy before…

ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - State Secretary at the Finance Ministry Stjepan Čuraj said on Wednesday that citizens didn't have to be afraid of the bill which would enable DORH, customs and tax administrations and the police to have access to a registry that contains records of accounts held by business entities and citizens. "Citizens don't have to be afraid of access to their accounts," Čuraj (HNS) told the press in the parliament, adding that the court decided on that as before. This is, he said, about ensuring the implementation of the European directive, with complete application of personal data protection.…

ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - The Iustitia et Pax (Justice and Peace) Commission of the Croatian Catholic Bishops' Conference on Wednesday condemned the Russian aggression against Ukraine and against European values in general, expressing Christian solidarity with Ukraine. The Russian Federation's all-out attacks against Ukraine amount to the crime of aggression against an independent, sovereign and democratic state, against the fundamental European values and the democratic right of a country to self-determination and against the fundamental Christian values of justice and peace, reads the Commission's statement. Presenting the document, the Commission's secretary Vladimir Dugalić and member Stjepan Baloban said that the brave…