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March the 5th, 2022 - With the war raging in Ukraine and companies no longer flying over Ukrainian or Russian airspace, things for the aviation industry are needing to be reworked once again following a terrible time with the coronavirus pandemic. Ryanair, which is currently on the hunt for Zagreb stewardesses however, isn't too worried. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, the global coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions it brought are slowly easing up, and the Russian-Ukrainian war should not significantly complicate air traffic in Europe, including for Croatia, Ryanair said. They added that plans to base three of their aircraft…

March the 5th, 2022 - Who exactly is Anica Djamic, the Croatian Ambassador to Ukraine who refused to leave the besieged capital of Kiev during the first week of the Russian invasion? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Anica Djamic is one of the few Western diplomats who chose to remain in the Ukrainian capital for such a long time following the Russian attack and regularly reported on the tragic unfolding situation in the country, despite the fact that Kiev was under the constant threat of Russian rocket attacks. Fifteen days ago, before the direct Russian invasion of Ukraine, there were about…

March 4th, 2022 - For centuries, the steep slopes of Bakar bay have been covered in terraced vineyards built in dry stone. A look into the iconic sparkling wine Bakarska Vodica and the passionate local community that rekindled the tradition and saved the brand from oblivion There’s a small town in the Northern Adriatic that once used to be three times as big as the capital. In terms of population, that is: at the turn of the 19th century, Bakar was the most populated town in Croatia. A lot has changed since then, including the landscape of the once idyllic…

ZAGREB, 4 March (2022) - Croatian President Zoran Milanović on Friday spoke on the phone with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric on the centuries-old ties between the two countries and accepted Boric's invitation for a visit, Milanović's office said in a press release. Milanović once again congratulated Boric on the election victory and regretted that he will not be able to attend the March 11 inauguration. The two said the Croatian community plays an important role in the social and the political life of Chile. Thanks to that community, Croatia and Chile have had centuries-old close ties, they added. Milanović and Boric exchanged views on the…

ZAGREB, 4 March (2022) - In the last 24 hours 1,351 coronavirus cases, out of 5,124 tests, and 27 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Friday. There are 10,879 active cases, including 1,053 hospitalised patients, of whom 14 on ventilators, while 7,459 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,061,429 coronavirus cases to date and the death toll stands at 15,172. To date, 56.86% of the total population or 67.63% of adults have been vaccinated, including 65.54% of adults fully. For more news about Croatia, click here.

ZAGREB, 4 March (2022) - Vukovar City authorities are doing all they can to help the endangered people of Ukraine who are trying to save their lives from the dangers of war, the Vukovar mayor's office said on Friday. A statement to the press after Mayor Ivan Penava met with the representative of the Ukrainian ethnic minority in Vukovar-Srijem County, Tetyana Kochnyeva, recalls that the city sent an initiative to the government and Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets regarding the possible accommodation of Ukrainian refugees at the Zagreb Hostel in the suburb of Borovo Naselje in Vukovar. This week, Mayor Penava met with…

ZAGREB, 4 Mar (2022) - Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Friday that sufficient quantities of iodine tablets were being procured but that they would only be distributed in case of need, and he again called on citizens not to take them on their own initiative in fear of radiation because they have dangerous side effects. "They are high doses of iodine which have a number of dangerous side effects - ranging from allergic rashes, gastrointestinal disorders, salivary gland infections, to thyroid failure," Beroš warned in a statement to the press, commenting on the increased interest in iodine tablets following the…

ZAGREB, 4 March (2022) - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices slumped again on Friday, after yesterday's brief recovery, thus increasing the loss on the week to about 4.5%, which is a consequence of the pressure of the Ukrainian crisis on the world stock market, as well as the domestic one. The Crobex fell by 1.94% on Friday, to 1,946 points, its lowest level since August 2021. At the same time, the Crobex10 dropped by 1.86% to 1,176 points, its lowest level since April 2021. All sector indices went down, and the construction index saw the biggest decline, of…

ZAGREB, 4 March (2022) - The leader of the Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Bakir Izetbegović, said on Thursday that the agreement on changes to Bosnia and Herzegovina's election law would be reached when the Croat side was ready. The neighbouring country is set to hold elections in autumn, and there is still no agreement on the new election law and limited constitutional changes. Speaking in an interview with Croatia's Nova TV, Izetbegović said that Bosniaks were ready for agreement. "(The agreement will be possible) when the Croat side is ready. We are... I supported the current negotiating model (with…

ZAGREB, 4 March (2022) - The GONG nongovernmental organisation on Friday opened a three-day online conference "Open data against infodemic" on the occasion of the 9th Open Data Day, to promote the importance of publicly available, open data which the NGO describes as a valuable social resource. GONG executive director Oriana Ivković Novokmet said the conference would include three panel discussions, one of which would focus on the coronavirus infection and disinformation during the pandemic. Experts from the universities of Rijeka, Osijek and Dubrovnik will be discussing how false coronavirus information is spread and who the most influential disinformers are. The second panel, entitled…