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February 22, 2022 - Covid measures at Croatian sporting events could be mitigated from next week, says the director of the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ), Krunoslav Capak. The Croatian Football League has not seen a season so intense for a long time. However, while Dinamo, Osijek, Hajduk, and Rijeka are leading a relentless race for first place in the standings, the stadium capacity has been reduced due to epidemiological measures. Namely, 40 percent of the seats in the stands can be filled, but that could change soon, reports Index.hr.  Namely, the figures show that the coronavirus pandemic is entering…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Tuesday, after a meeting on base pay with the unions of government and public service employees, that a new meeting had been arranged for next week, but would not speculate if a final agreement would be reached then. Two meetings were held at the Labour Ministry today between negotiating teams of the government and the unions on the signing of a basic collective agreement for public service employees and a collective agreement for government employees. Asked by the press about the possibility of progress in the negotiations, Marić said the government…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices fell sharply on Tuesday, by more than one percent, amid increased turnover, following the trends on European stock markets, which were deep in the red most of the day due to growing tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine. The Crobex dropped by 1.23% to 2,099 points, and the Crobex10 sank by 1.37% to 1,275 points. All sectoral indices fell, with the industry index decreasing the most, by 3.65%. Regular turnover amounted to HRK 9.5 million, about HRK 4.2 million more than on Monday. Another HRK 9.3…

February 22, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as new Transavia Split flights have been announced to France for the 2022 summer season.  Well-known low-cost airline Transavia has released tickets for two new routes to Croatia, reports Croatian Aviation.  Namely, the KLM - Air France member is introducing two new routes from Split Airport to Montpellier and Nantes. As expected, these are seasonal lines that will start operating in early July this year. The Montpellier - Split - Montpellier line will operate from July 9, once a week, every Saturday, in the late evening. The line between Nantes…

February 22, 2022 - For Split winter tourism to succeed, it needs quality content. The 2nd Split Winter Tourism Roundtable will present precisely that.  Developing winter tourism in Split will not happen overnight, but progress is being made. After the success of the first Split Winter Tourism Roundtable a few weeks ago (you can read all about it, as well as the minutes of the meeting in Reflections on the First TCN Split Winter Tourism Roundtable), the second roundtable will take place on March 1, with Mayor Ivica Puljak once again confirming his attendance - we are very grateful for his…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - Margareta Mađerić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, on Tuesday presented 20 agreements, worth HRK 3 million, to associations providing counselling services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. The agreements signed today are the continuation of good practice that began in 2019. In the preceding two years, 15 projects and 20 associations were financed with HRK 6 million, Mađerić said. Today's agreements will enable counselling centres to continue their activities, which include psychosocial and legal assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence, which is one of the…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - HRK 5.5 billion is expected to be invested in the development of a competitive and energy efficient transport system in Croatia by 2027, and 40 per cent of it will go towards railways modernisation, a panel said on Tuesday. An additional HRK 900 million has been secured for investment in broadband internet coverage for all sectors that are key for recovery and resilience, Dario Soldo, director of the Construction and Transport Division at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK), said at the panel on the use of funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and the…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - President Zoran Milanović on Tuesday spoke with the new leadership of the Croatian Generals Corps (HGZ), an association of retired Croatian Army generals and brigadiers from the Homeland War, with the association's president announcing the establishment of the Council for Strategic Affairs. Present at the meeting were Marinko Krešić, who was elected as the association's president on 22 January 2022, vice presidents Ljubo Ćesić, Mladen Kruljac and Frane Tomičić, the president's office said in a press release. The new leadership of the association presented President Milanović with its work plan and activities, including the opening of a war museum…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - A conference was held in Zagreb on Tuesday to discuss the use of contemporary technology to improve road safety, including the intelligent vehicle speed control system. Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković said that traffic safety is a key imperative in project planning, particularly in road traffic, where there are still too many casualties. Electronic road tolls, safety at black spots "Through activities of the ministry we have put emphasis on the safety aspects of all our projects," Butković said at the conference. Through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan the government has secured…

ZAGREB, 22 Feb 2022 - Croatian businesses will have a wide range of opportunities in the new financing period, Minister for Regional Development and EU Funds Nataša Tramišak said on Tuesday while presenting the new Multiannual Financial Framework under which Croatia will have access to €14.4 billion. Tramišak attended a business breakfast hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia, which focused on the opportunities of the business community to use funds from the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027. She said that of the €14.4 billion made available to Croatia under the MFF, about €9 billion concerns cohesion policy which…