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ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - The Crobex index of the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) on Tuesday increased by 0.13% to 2,068 points, continuing its rise for the eighth consecutive day, while the Crobex10 fell by 0.14% to 1,241 points, ending its nine-day winning streak. Regular turnover amounted to HRK 7.7 million, or about half a million kuna less than on Monday. The most traded stock was HT telecom, turning over HRK 2.78 million. It ended the day at HRK 189.5 per share, down 0.26%. The Zagrebačka Banka stock generated a turnover of HRK 1.14 million, closing at HRK 71 per…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Minister Ivan Paladina said on Tuesday that an integral plan for reconstruction after the March 2020 earthquake in Zagreb and ways to step it up would be presented in mid-April. "The plan will include concrete steps, a clear dynamic of the reconstruction process over the next 12 months and in the period after that. I believe that by stepping up current processes we will manage to open several hundred construction sites by the end of the summer," the minister said. As for Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević's statement that there…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Tuesday, the second anniversary since a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Zagreb and the surrounding area, that reconstruction was a priority and needed to be accelerated, adding that there were great expectations from the new Construction Minister Ivan Paladina.   "The new minister has the task to speed up reconstruction, use all available funds from the Solidarity Fund and move the people who are now living in containers to their homes as soon as possible. That's a priority," Jandroković told a press conference after a meeting of the Parliament Presidency. "Reconstruction is very…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević said on Tuesday, on the second anniversary of the 2020 earthquake, that the city administration was very unhappy with the reconstruction of private buildings, of which the state was in charge, calling on the state to say what more the city can do to help it in the process. "It is a duty for the city to help in the process but we must also say that our patience, as well as the patience of Zagreb residents, is wearing thin. Let them say what else we can do to help, and we…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - Primary school pupils in the northern Adriatic town of Opatija marked World Water Day on Tuesday by throwing 13,800 biodegradable balls with effective microorganisms into the sea, thus also marking 138 years of the existence of the regional water supply and drainage system. Effective microorganisms consist of a mixture of about 80 different microbial groups, mainly photosynthetic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria and other naturally occurring microorganisms that help maintain the natural balance in a habitat. The campaign was organised by the municipal water management company Liburnijske Vode, while the material for the balls was provided…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - President Zoran Milanović said on Tuesday that the weakest and poorest are paying the price of the war in Ukraine while at the same he recalled that there was no support from the world when Croatia experienced its "Calvary." The president and supreme commander of the armed forces participated in a ceremony in the eastern town of Vinkovci marking the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Croatian Army Guards Armoured Mechanised Brigade. Addressing the troops, President Milanović spoke about the war in Ukraine and then recalled the 1991-1995 Homeland War. "The war is raging in Ukraine. One…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - The Croatian Chamber of Architects on Tuesday called for a transparent and implementable reconstruction programme to organise reconstruction according to spatial units and coordinate non-structural reconstruction and seismic retrofitting as well as the construction of new buildings. The reconstruction of buildings should be a result of plans for the urban renovation of neighbourhoods, which would contribute to the betterment of society and space as a whole, the association, which goes by the acronym HKA, said in a statement on the occasion of the second anniversary of the March 2020 5.5-strong earthquake in Zagreb. Architects believe that new buildings…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - Croatia has recorded 1,254 new coronavirus cases and 12 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team reported on Tuesday. The number of active cases currently stands at 9,492. Among them are 654 infected people who have been hospitalised and 42 of them of them are on ventilators, while 6,792 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 1,085,558 people have been registered as having been infected with the novel virus, of whom 15,463 have died. A total of 1,060,603 have recovered, including 1,238 in the last 24 hours. 65.66 per cent of adults…

ZAGREB, 22 March 2022 - An information centre for Ukrainian refugees who have fled from the Russian invasion of their country was opened in Osijek in the main square and it will provide information regarding accommodation in Osijek-Baranja County which is currently caring for about 350 refugees. After Osijek Mayor Ivan Radić and County Prefect Ivan Anušić visited the centre on Tuesday, Anušić said that the integration of Ukrainian refugees in communities in Osijek-Baranja County was going well. "Refugees can contact this Info Centre to solve their issues and needs, from obtaining documents to communicating with possible employers," Aničić explained.…

March 22, 2022 - The City Administration of Petrinja has decided to close the container settlement in Češko selo after many of its residents have returned to their rebuilt houses after the earthquake, while others have been relocated to other container settlements. On December 29, 2020, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit central Croatia, with an epicenter located roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) west-southwest of Petrinja. Serious damage was recorded in the city of Petrinja, as well as in the county of Sisak-Moslavina, and was even strongly felt in Zagreb, which had just suffered an earthquake in March of the same year.…