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ZAGREB, 2 March 2022 - In the last 24 hours 2,510 coronavirus cases, out of 7,618 tests, and 21 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Wednesday. There are currently 12,239 active cases, including 1,183 hospitalised patients, of whom 92 on ventilators, while 7,342 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 1,058,453 coronavirus cases to date, and the death toll stands at 15,122. Also, 56.85% of the population has been vaccinated, or 67.72% of adults, of whom 65.51% are fully vaccinated. For all you need to know about coronavirus specific to Croatia, make sure to bookmark…

March 2, 2022 - After a year and a half in Croatia, I have finally found my platform where I can be active and have a social time, while learning the language, culture, and history in a different way than through books. Here is my story and I hope it can be inspiring for others in my situation, who want to integrate but have not yet found their platform. Meet Trešnjevka Hockey Club. My name is Erik and I want to integrate as much as possible in Croatia. I am 34 years old and moved from Norway in November 2020. All…

March 2, 2022 - A group of volunteers from the Association for Ukrainian Culture in Dalmatia - CVIT, with the help of a married couple conformed by a Ukrainian and a Chilean of Croatian descent, have set up a space to collect donations for Ukraine to support the refugees at the border. Here is what they need. Yesterday, the people of Split once again showed their great heart, responding to the action of collecting humanitarian aid for Ukrainians organized by volunteers of the "Association for Ukrainian Culture in Dalmatia - CVIT", reports Slobodna Dalmacija. As we learn from Olga Kysliuk, a Ukrainian…

March 2, 2022 - In the Vrbani district of Zagreb, the office space of Superology, an innovative tech company, has been extraordinary in many ways. One of the key demands of the new office was to intertwine space and culture that promotes openness, transparency, and directness but also provides space for privacy and focused work, leading to creative synergies with the Brigada agency signing the concept and design of the office. Although pandemics, telecommuting, and hybrid work have acted as catalysts for global change in work habits and office organization, the IT industry has known, promoted and lived in such ways…

ZAGREB, 2 March 2022 - Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković and farmers, who held talks on the  stocks of cereals, concluded that there were sufficient amounts of wheat and that there was no need for concern in light of the Ukraine crisis, the ministry said in a press release on Wednesday. Farmers reported that there are sufficient stocks and there is no need to worry about any possible shortage of wheat. Noting that Ukraine is the fifth largest wheat exporter and the biggest exporter of seed oils, participants at the meeting agreed that due to the crisis in Ukraine the sowing season will be particularly…

ZAGREB, 2 March 2022 2022 - The Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU) strongly condemns the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine and supports Ukraine's territorial integrity, the HDLU has said on its website. Expressing its support to the Ukrainian association of artists and cultural workers, HDLU underscored that it will not cooperate with institutions and individuals from the Russian Federation and Belarus until the aggression ends and Russian occupying forces are withdrawn from the entire internationally recognised territory of Ukraine. "HDLU will not issue its members who continue to individually cooperate with institutions and individuals from the Russian Federation and Belarus,…

ZAGREB, 1 March 2022 - The Russian Home association of the Russian national minority in Istria County said on Tuesday it was "against war and any war events." "Our business is the Russian language and nurturing Russian culture among those living outside their homeland," the association said in a press release. It has about 200 members, not just Russians, but also other nationalities from the former Soviet Union, including Ukrainians. "We feel pain because thousands of innocent people are suffering and blood is being spilt. We feel despair because it seems as though this war was started on behalf of all Russians,…

ZAGREB, 2 March 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday that the government would examine in detail the request by the State Attorney's Office that Labour Minister Josip Aladrović be stripped of immunity before making a decision, adding that this is the first such case in the government's history. The government received the request yesterday so that a procedure could be launched for a crime, that if convicted, is punishable with up to five years' imprisonment. Speaking to the press, Plenković dismissed the interpretation that stripping the minister of immunity was a routine move. "There is nothing routine about this."…

March 3, 2022 - Join the Nomadbase Croatia webinar tonight to find out the location of the May 9-15 conference on the Croatian coast. The Croatian digital nomad story is gathering pace, and one of the biggest endorsements so far is the decision of the world's first digital nomad business and travel club to base their next event in Croatia.  After successful events in Cyprus and Mexico, Nomadbase Croatia will be welcoming an expected 500 members of its community to its next conference from May 9-15, 2022.  Founder and owner Johannes Voelkner has just returned from a week on the…

ZAGREB, 2 March 2022 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Wednesday Europe would be faced with a refugee influx unseen since WWII, and that no country could deal with that alone. According to last night's numbers by Frontex, more than 600,000 people from Ukraine have entered the EU, he said on Croatian Radio. The influx is not big yet because the UNHCR and other agencies estimate that five million people could leave Ukraine, Božinović added. This is a humanitarian situation that is becoming dramatic, and can be dealt with only if everyone stands together, he said. Speaking of meetings of EU…