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March 27, 2022 - Five magical days which lit up Zagreb in March - a photo and video appreciation of this year's Festival of Lights Zagreb, including the inaugural Glow Run.  One thing I am realising about tourism in Croatia is that Zagreb knows how to grow a concept. The Croatian capital is not blessed with the sun-kissed beaches of the Adriatic or an endless coastline, but it has plenty of other resources in its arsenal to develop its own unique tourism story.  I have watched Croatian tourism very closely over the last decade, and it has been instructive to…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - The Croatian men's shooting team - Petar Gorša, Miran Maričić and Borna Petanjek - have won a bronze medal in the 10m air rifle event at the European Championships in Hamar, Norway. Fighting for the bronze medal, the Croatian team beat the Finnish team 16-4. The gold went to the Czech team which defeated the Austrian team in the finals 16-8. This is the second medal for Croatia at the European Shooting Championships, with Miran Maričić having won a bronze in the 10m air rifle men event earlier this week. To read more about sports in Croatia,…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - More than 275,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been destroyed in Croatia due to expiration or failed donation, and close to two million doses, made by different producers, have been kept in storage, officials of the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ) have said. A total of 275,799 doses have been destroyed, of which 154,644 were produced by AstraZeneca. A total of 5.2 million doses have been administered. Interest in vaccination has been very low in recent weeks, with only about 150 people getting vaccinated with their first dose on a daily basis lately. The new, protein-based…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - This year's Walk for Life will be held in ten cities across Croatia on Sundays in May and June, a news conference heard in Osijek on Sunday. Representatives of the civic group "Walk for Life, Family and Croatia" told reporters that marches would be held in Vinkovci, Varaždin and Slavonski Brod on 7 May, in Zagreb on 14 May, in Split and Imotski on 21 May, in Zadar and Ploče on 28 May, and in Osijek and Sisak on 11 June. Lidija Blagojević of the civic group said that the Walk for Life was a peaceful…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - The president of the association "Social Democrats", MP Davorko Vidović, said on Sunday that the association's mission was to bring together people sharing the values of social democracy, which, he said, were threatened more than one believed could be possible in the 21st century. Presenting the association in Osijek, Vidović said that social democracy and its values of freedom, solidarity, equality and social equity were nowadays possibly more threatened than they had been 150 years ago. "Not as brutally and as openly as before but they are threatened in a new, specific way, which is one…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - Dario Hrebak, leader of the HSLS, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, said after intraparty consultations on Sunday that the HSLS proposed a government reshuffle so that the government could focus on key problems to secure economic and overall stability as well as euro and Schengen area entry. "With regards to the current political situation, the HSLS believes that at the moment Croatia needs stability in light of the global trends, lack of security, war, pandemic, refugee crisis and the related consequences such as inflation pressures, problems in supply chains and changes in energy policies and relations,"…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - Three years ago, shoppers at the fish market at Zagreb's Dolac open-air farmers market noticed a baby Angelshark, which made conservations both excited and worried. The Angelshark is one of the calmest and most endangered shark species, considered to be nearly extinct in the Adriatic. The juvenile Angelshark at Zagreb's Dolac market "indicated that there exists a breeding population", however, it was worrying that "an endangered and strictly protected species was offered for sale," said Pero Ugarković, an associate on a research project on Angelsharks in the Adriatic. After that discovery, a research was launched to establish how…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - A national study on non-financial reporting for 2019 and 2020, which covered nearly 100 companies, has revealed the progress of companies in including sustainable development goals in their goals. According to the study, 46% of companies said their business was connected with sustainable development goals, compared to 18% with similar claims in 2017 and 2018. It also showed that the number of companies required to submit non-financial reports had increased from 67 in 2017, to 76 in 2020, with the number of voluntarily published non-financial reports increasing by 23%. In 2019/2020, there was also a considerable…

March 27, 2022 - Looking to travel around Croatia quickly, at an affordable price, and with spectacular views? Meet the Croatian internal flights they don't tell you about.  The Croatian motorways are excellent. Expensive, but excellent.  And with so many projects on the TCN plate at the moment, from Dubrovnik to Osijek, travelling between destinations can be not only expensive, but time-consuming.  Earlier this month, I had a long trip starting in Zagreb, which took in Split, Dubrovnik, Tivat, Tirana, Dubrovnik, Osijek, and back to Zagreb. As my car was in the garage, and with fuel prices rising due to…

ZAGREB, 27 March 2022 - Croatia has registered 961 new coronavirus cases and 11 related fatalities in the past 24 hours , the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Sunday. There are currently 10,205 active cases, including 645 hospitalised patients, 40 of whom are on ventilators. There are also 7,145 people who are self-isolating. Croatia has registered a total of 1,094,059 cases of COVID-19 since the first registered case on 25 February 2020, and 15,520 people have died as a consequence. A total of 1,068,334 people have recovered, including 1,753 in the last 24 hours. To date, 2,237,570 people have been fully vaccinated, corresponding to 65.69% of the adult population.…