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ZAGREB, 29 March 2022 - In the last 24 hours, 913 coronavirus cases, out of 5,074 tests, and 14 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Tuesday. There are 8,369 active cases, including 664 hospitalised patients, of whom 35 are on ventilators, while 9,081 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,095,115 coronavirus cases to date and the death toll is 15,548. Also, 56.94% of the total population and 67.72% of adults have been vaccinated, including 65.7% of adults fully.

ZAGREB, 29 March 2022 - The 23rd International Bjelovar Spring Fair will take place on 1-3 April, after a two-year break due to COVID, featuring more than 400 exhibitors from a dozen countries, organisers said on Tuesday. The agriculture, cattle-breeding, and trades and crafts event will take place in Gudovac near Bjelovar, about 80 kilometres northeast of Zagreb, and neither COVID certificates nor testing will be required to enter, the fair's director, Zlatko Salaj, told the press in Bjelovar. Bjelovar-Bilogora County head Marko Marušić said almost 70% of the exhibitors which attended in the record year 2019 would attend this year, adding that "the results…

ZAGREB, 29 March 2022 - The European Union should in particular focus on southeastern Europe and monitor the impact of the Ukraine war on the situation in the region as well as the potential growth of Russian influence, Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Tuesday. "We need to follow the potential effect of a spillover of the Ukraine conflict to neighbouring areas as well as to southeastern Europe," Jandroković said in his address on the second day of the conference of EU parliament speakers in Brdo Pri Kranju, Slovenia. "I emphasise that the European Union should in particular focus…

ZAGREB, 29 March 2022 - The USKOK anti-corruption office has indicted former Čakovec mayor and Member of Parliament Stjepan Kovač (SDP), a Međimurje police officer, Mario Sever, and Damir Ledenčan, whom they allegedly hired to make up threatening messages to Kovač ahead of the last local elections. The three indictees were arrested at the same time as Međimurje County Prefect Matija Posavec, who was suspected of bribe taking and influence peddling. That part of the investigation is still underway. Without noting anyone's identity, USKOK reported on Tuesday that Kovač, Sever and Ledenčan had been indicted before Zagreb County Court for influence peddling,…

ZAGREB, 29 March 2022 - As of 1 April, employed and unemployed persons will be able to apply for education vouchers and the plan is that 4,000 will do so this year and 30,000 by 2026. A voucher will amount to HRK 10,000 on average and will be given only for the acquisition of green and digital skills, Hina learned from the Croatian Employment Service, which is conducting the programme together with the Labour Ministry. The ministry has defined 60 short-supply green and digital skills. The amount of the voucher a person gets will depend on the sector, duration and complexity…

March 29, 2022 - The Croatia handball squad for the upcoming 2023 World Championship qualifiers against Finland has been named. Croatia will play the first match away on April 13 and in Varaždin on April 16.  After the recent national team gathering in March, the Croatia men's senior national team will get together again in April. During the upcoming EHF week from April 11 to 17, 2022, the second round of qualifications for next year's World Championships will be played. Croatia is also participating in the second round of qualifications. Croatia will meet Finland in the 2023 World Championship qualifiers.…

March 29, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as 50,000 seats on the Zagreb-Barcelona route are on sale this summer thanks to Vueling and Croatia Airlines.  Spanish low-cost airline Vueling will introduce a regular seasonal route between Zagreb and Barcelona on April 2, 2022. At the end of April, Croatia Airlines will renew the same line, reports Croatian Aviation.  Namely, as of this Saturday, Vueling is re-introducing its regular seasonal line between Barcelona and Zagreb. The line returns after the winter break, and the last flight Vueling made on this line was on October 16 last year. Vueling…

March the 29th, 2022 - The proposal for a huge project involving the construction of a Split hospital lung disease clinic has been proposed to the HUP (Croatian Employers' Association) Committee as one of social significance. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the HUP Committee for projects of social importance established for the purpose of affirming the cooperation and solidarity of HUP members through the implementation of projects for the common good, and ultimately for a sustainable future, invited HUP branches in Rijeka, Split, Osijek and Varazdin to send their project applications for projects deemed to be of humanitarian importance. The Committee…

March the 29th, 2022 - Croatian covid certificates are going to remain necessary for companies to receive state/government support despite the fact that in most other places across the country and indeed across Europe in which they were once needed, they're being scrapped. As Marina Klepo/Novac/Jutarnji list writes, employers operating within economic activities with reduced activity can continue to count on the government's job preservation aid for the months of March and April in the maximum amount of 4,000 kuna per worker, but they'll need to show they still have valid Croatian covid certificates As reminded in the Ministry of…

March the 29th, 2022 - The French company Groupe Looping (Looping Group) has taken over the largest Croatian water park Istralandia which will see it enter the next tourist season under new ownership. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian water park Istralandia is set to enter this year's summer tourist season with new owners, local portal Glas Istre/The Voice of Istria reports. According to the Lider portal, the takeover of the first and largest water park in all of Croatia and one of the largest in southern Europe was announced by the French Groupe Looping, which has expanded its network…