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ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - The Croatian parliament on Friday adopted the Agricultural Strategy 2030, which aims to increase the value of agricultural output from the present HRK 20 billion to 30 billion annually. This target is based on average annual growth of between 4.0% and 4.5%, Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković said during a discussion on this strategic document. The document provides for the strategic transformation of agriculture and rural areas until 2030. It will serve as a basis for the preparation, implementation and monitoring of all further strategic documents and plans for agriculture and rural development after 2020.

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - The Croatian parliament on Friday adopted the Declaration on Ukraine, with 133 votes for and one abstention, which condemns in the strongest terms Russia's unprovoked aggression on Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. The abstaining MP was Katarina Peović of the opposition Workers' Front. The vote was watched from the gallery by Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Kyrylych. MPs applauded the adoption of the Declaration. Before the vote, Speaker Gordan Jandroković reiterated on the behalf of all MPs that Croatia is with the Ukrainian people in these difficult moments. In the Declaration, the Croatian parliament calls on Russia to…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - The Croatian economy increased strongly in Q4 2021, continuing to recover from the COVID crisis for the third quarter in a row, registering a record-high 10.4% increase in 2021. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics today released the first estimate of GDP growth in Q4 2021 at 9.7% on the year. Due to the COVID crisis, GDP fell 8% in 2020. In Q2 2021, GDP saw a record-high growth of 16% and in Q3 it increased 15.8% year on year. The strong Q4 growth was the result of year-on-year growth of all GDP components. Household consumption went up 7.7%. Exports soared…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - In the past 24 hours, 2,030 new coronavirus cases and 26 COVID-related deaths have been recorded in Croatia, the national coronavirus response team reported on Friday. The number of active cases currently stands at 18,240. Among them are 1,445 infected people being treated in hospitals, including 106 who are on ventilators, while 11,390 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 1,051,697 cases of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus have been registered, while 14,990 people have died as a consequence and 1,018,467 have recovered, including 4,342 in the past 24 hours. A total…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - Croatian President Zoran Milanović said on Friday that he supported the sanctions which the EU had decided to impose on Russia over its aggression on Ukraine, explaining that there was no other alternative, however, he does not believe that the sanctions will be efficient. The sanctions are necessary, no other alternative has existed, he told a news conference, and then added that "unfortunately, sanctions do not work" and will not stop the Russian army from continuing to invade Ukraine. After a month ago he stated that the crisis in Ukraine "is happening in the antechamber of…

February 25, 2022 - Croats in London: are you after the familiar delicacies of Croatia, whether it'd be cheese or ajvar? Trying to introduce your friends or acquaintances to the food of your country? Look no further than Taste Croatia, the dedicated stall of Croatian food at drink at London’s Borough Market.   Located in London Bridge (just outside the tube station of the same name), the market has a number of stalls selling different types of British and international food. Among these is Taste Croatia, a family-owned deli company established in 2010 by Ana Maria and Chris Stewart, sourcing quality…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - Russia's brutal aggression against Ukraine represents the violation of all principles of international law and bears a resemblance of the aggression on Croatia in 1991, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Brussels on Friday. "Aggression of this type against Ukraine represents a denial of all values on which the international order is based, and is violation of all the principles of international law," Plenković said.  He described Russia's aggression on Ukraine as brutal. Commenting on the Ukrainian President's appeal, Plenković said that the situation resembled what happened to Croatia in 1991. It is very similar, however, this…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - Croatia's economy grew by 10.4% in 2021, according to first estimates given by the national statistical office (DZS) on Friday. According to the DZS, Croatia's Gross Domestic Product increased 9.7% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to the corresponding period in 2020. In 2020, the corona crisis affected the national economy which contracted about 8% that year, while in 2021 it recovered at a rate of 10.4%. The Croatian economy saw the expansion in the last three quarters in a row. In 2021 Q4, the growth was on the back of the rise in all…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Friday voiced concerns over the latest developments in Ukraine and expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian nation. "We denounce the Russian aggression on Ukraine and we hope that the hostilities will stop and that human lives will be saved," Jandroković said before the parliamentary debate on Croatia's declaration on Ukraine, drawn up by the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs. "All of us are following the developments in Ukraine with disbelief, anxiety and concern," the parliament's chief said. The Russian aggression has violated all the tenets of the international order and law, he added. "We…

ZAGREB, 25 Feb 2022 - On Thursday, when Russia launched a military aggression on Ukraine, 137 Ukrainian soldiers, including 10 officers were killed, reads a press release issued by the Ukrainian embassy in Zagreb on early Friday morning. Furthermore, 316 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded, and the press release reads that the fighting  continued northwards in the areas of Peremoga and Hlukhiv. The embassy says that the defence forces were engaged in fending off attacks in the area of Kherson, and that the Ukrainian forces retook a bridge and defended the left bank of the Dnieper. The report quotes Commander-in-Chief of the…