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March 3rd, 2022 - The documentary performance Bakice (Grannies) is based on testimonies of poor elderly women from Rijeka who survive by collecting discarded plastic bottles Written and performed by Kolektiv Igralke from Rijeka, the documentary performance Bakice (Grannies) has been winning the hearts of audiences all over Croatia ever since it premiered as part of the programme Rijeka 2020 - European Capital of Culture. The play is now beginning to conquer the international theatre scene, reports Novi list. Following the international festival of contemporary performing arts Mladi Levi in Ljubljana, the Zoom Festival in Rijeka and the Ulysses Theatre, the…

March 3rd, 2022 - Sandi Chiavalon, one of Croatia’s leading olive oil producers, was looking to invest around seven million kuna into a new olive grove in Istria. Renowned olive grower Sandi Chiavalon was planning to lease 30 hectares of land in the Vodnjan area, close to another large olive grove owned by Oio Vivo, where he would plant nearly 10,000 olive trees and hire four new workers to manage the operation. As reported by Glas Istre/Bojan Žižović, his plans fell through. In a strange turn of events, the Ministry of Agriculture didn’t approve the decision of the City of Vodnjan…

 ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - The Nikola Tesla Technical Museum will stage an exhibition on 140 years of telephony in Zagreb on Friday to observe the 140th anniversary of the installment of the first phone line in the city of Zagreb. The first telephone appeared in Zagreb in 1881 only five years after the device was patented in the USA. The exhibition is a valuable contribution to the presentation of the history economy-wise and of the history of telecommunications in Croatia, says the Technical Museum, which organizes the show in cooperation with the HT Museum in Zagreb. Most important artifacts…

ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - The government on Thursday sent the parliament a bill on the introduction of the euro as legal tender in Croatia for first reading, and, among other things, the bill concerns the basic principles of euro introduction, possibilities of exchanging kuna for euros and the period of both currencies being in use. Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said the bill defines that, after the Council of the EU decides to introduce the euro and adopts a regulation determining a fixed conversion rate, the government will make a decision announcing the date to introduce the euro, the fixed rate of conversion,…

ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - The head of the Croatian Deposit Insurance Agency (HAOD), Marija Hrebac, said on Thursday that the resolution of Sberbank Croatia had prevented a negative scenario, that the bank had been saved and that it is continuing to operate normally.  Due to a rapid deterioration of liquidity, the European Central Bank announced on Monday that Sberbank Croatia "is failing or likely to fail" and notified the Single Resolution Board (SRB), the central resolution authority within the Banking Union. The SRB adopted a decision on a two-day moratorium on the operations of Sberbank Croatia, which ended at midnight on…

ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - INA, the leading Croatian oil, and gas, has been given "an exploration license for the East Bir El-Nus concession (Block WD-8), located in Egypt’s Western Desert," the leading Croatian oil and gas group stated on Thursday. "This is a follow-up to INA's activities on this key foreign market for the company in terms of oil and gas exploration and production," the press release says. "INA enters the new exploration license as a 50% partner, while the remaining 50% is held by Energean, which will also be the operator. In the coming period, Energean and INA will finalize…

ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - Raiffeisenbank Austria (RBA) on Thursday underscored that the bank is not directly exposed nor is its business directed at the Russian or Ukraine markets, adding that its clients' money and assets in Croatia are safe. Regarding Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) and its exposure to the Russian and Ukraine markets and its connection with the local RBA bank in Croatia, "all RBA bank services, products, all domestic and foreign payments, with the exception of those covered by sanctions, are accessible to clients." RBA Croatia is one of 13 banks within the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank International Group (RBI) operating in central and eastern…

ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman said on Thursday that pressure should be put on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his aides to convince them of the senselessness of the invasion of Ukraine. Speaking in an interview with Media Service, Grlić Radman was asked if fear of a nuclear war was founded, to which he said that "we should act cautiously, but resolutely" towards Russia. "We should use all the instruments of pressure through political diplomacy to convince Putin and his oligarchy, his closest aides of the senselessness of this political adventure,"…

ZAGREB, 3 March 2022 - Croatia's government on Thursday decided to send a convoy with HRK 1.8 million worth of goods and equipment to Moldova after the country took in a considerable number of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Moldova has asked international organizations for help in accommodating the Ukrainian refugees. Earlier in the day, the head of the Civil Protection Directorate, Damir Trut, announced in an interview with Croatian Radio that Croatia would send a humanitarian aid convoy to Moldova to help it cope with the influx of Ukrainian refugees. The aid will include tents, beds, and other items for the…

March 3rd, 2022 - Special attention was paid to the restoration of original decorative elements on the facade After a two-year renovation, the main railway station in Rijeka has been restored to its original splendour. The 19th century edifice had been neglected for ages until it was finally decided to renovate the historical building, starting with a facade restoration. The project is worth HRK 25 million in total, and works should be completed by the summer of 2023, according to RiPortal. Conservators and restorers have been working on the building since March 2020, and are now putting the finishing touches on…