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ZAGREB, 6 March 2022 - Croatia has received more than 2,000 Ukrainian refugees and does not plan to stop offering assistance, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Sunday. The whole system which the government has established to receive Ukrainian refugees is "ready", he said in Dubai, where he attended the marking of Croatian National Day at Expo 2020 and visited the Ukrainian Pavilion. "It's time we show big solidarity and we are indeed doing it," Plenković added. Commenting on the Kremlin's claims that President Vladimir Putin has requested a list of the states which have imposed sanctions on Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine,…

ZAGREB 6 March 2022 - Breast cancer mortality has been falling in Croatia for the fifth consecutive year, the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ) said earlier this week ahead of Daffodil Day, noting that the disease was no longer the leading cause of mortality in women. Breast cancer is now the third leading type of cancer causing death in the female population, after lung and colon cancer. In terms of breast cancer mortality, Croatia ranks 15th in the EU, which is better than average. Daffodil Day will be observed this year for the 26th time, on the first Saturday in spring, to…

March 6, 2022 - In the Dolac market in Zagreb, spring is already starting to be felt in the dozens of its stands, and also in the good spirits of its vendors and consumers. A Dolac seller shared with a Croatian outlet not only a delicious and healthy soup recipe but also explained why Dalmatian olive oil is better than Istrian. Spring has arrived at the Dolac market. The sellers' stands are green with early spring crops and nothing is missing. Asparagus, bear onion, watercress, young spinach have arrived ... Sardines have also returned to the fish market but at…

March 6th, 2022 - The comedian will perform at the Vatroslav Lisinski Hall in Zagreb The ‘terribly funny’ stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr is returning to Croatia after five years. Carr will perform at the Vatroslav Lisinski Hall in Zagreb on November 15 this year. Since he last sold out the Lisinski Hall in 2016, Carr has only solidified his worldwide fame with three Netflix specials. Carr was the first British comedian to get a contract with the streaming giant owing to his unique brand of humour and a reputation built on many other projects and public appearances: he’s a regular…

ZAGREB, 6 March 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Sunday attended the marking of Croatian National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai, saying Croatia is a "country of investors" and that it has centuries-long ties with the Arab world. Croatia is attending Expo for the first time since 2010 in China. Today the Croatian Pavilion at Expo 2020 was visited by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, a member of the United Arab Emirates government and commissioner of the exhibition. "UAE-Croatia relations have been growing considerably in the last decade and we wish to expand the cooperation in the commercial, political and cultural…

ZAGREB, 6 March 2022 - In the last 24 hours 875 coronavirus cases, out of 3,866 tests, and 20 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Sunday. There are currently 9,572 active cases, including 966 hospitalised patients, of whom 74 on ventilators, while 7,034 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,063,828 coronavirus cases to date, while the death toll stands at 15,214. For more news about Croatia, click here.

March 6, 2022 - Dean Računica would be the fourth name on the Šibenik bench in the spring part of the 2021/2022 Croatian First League season.  Hajduk legend Dean Računica should take over the Šibenik bench until the end of this season, according to unofficial but verified information this weekend, Gol.hr and Sportske Novosti. The management of the Šibenik first league team has announced a press conference for Monday, at which the new coach should be presented. They announced a press release today in which they will explain why they fired Marko Kartelo the night before playing Dinamo but also suspended…

March the 6th, 2022 - With the Russian invasion of Ukraine sending shockwaves throughout the rest of Europe and indeed the world, buying trends are altering. What exactly are Croats purchasing as Putin's forces continue their disgraceful attack on neighbouring Ukraine and the threat of nuclear war looms? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, a well known Croatian portal for comparative shopping, Jeftinije.hr/Cheaper.hr has quickly noticed the demand for certain products over more recent weeks, which was significantly marked by the aforementioned Russian invasion of Ukraine, and with it the threats of nuclear war, has shot up. Comparing the demand of online…

March the 6th, 2022 - STEM Academy has gained wild popularity since its introduction in the country, and now the Croatian STEM Festival is, as the logical next step, set to follow. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, applied computing, robotics, multimedia computing and geological engineering are some of the areas from which workshops were held last week in the City of Zagreb for 80 high school students from all over the Republic of Croatia as part of the well known STEM Academy. The workshops, which were free for students and included paid travel and accommodation costs, aroused a lot of interest…

March the 6th, 2022 - All Croatian property owned by entities close to the Russian Federation's regime have been frozen in response to the recent Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. As Morski/Stipe Majic writes, at a working lunch held with the ambassadors of the European Union (EU), Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic clearly condemned the continued Russian aggression against Ukraine, and announced the sanctioning of all persons and real entities related to the Russian regime who own Croatian property, as reported by the Anadolu Agency (AA). In Zagreb, Plenkovic participated in a working lunch with the Ambassadors of the European…