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ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - Croatia has advised its citizens staying in east Ukrine to leave that area, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said in Munich on Sunday. The recommendation has been adopted during an intensive communication session with Croatia's Ambassador in Kyev and following the experience of other countries, said the minister. A week ago, Grlić Radman said that there were 25 Croatians in the east of that country. Most of them are believed to have departed from the area in the meantime. The Croatian minister said in Munich today that the situation in Ukrine was…

ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - A few whistleblowers have established a new association called Pomak ("Headway" in an unofficial translation), on Sunday they presented their association and said that the aim of the NGO would be to strengthen the status of whistleblowers and protect public property. The Pomak association will provide legal and psychological support to those who can face job loss and persecution after they decide to expose wrongdoings, it was said at the news conference in Zagreb. The association's leader, Adrijana Cvrtila, thanked media and journalists for the support. She recalled obstacles she had been faced with after she exposed…

ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - There were 307,413 business entities registered in Croatia at the end of December 2021, and 54.7% of them, or 168,242, were active, according to data from the national statistical office (DZS). The majority of the registered entities were trade companies (230,741), of which 133,928 of 58% were active. There were 73,113 institutions, bodies and organisations, of which 34,844 were active, while the number of cooperatives stood at 3,539, including 800 active ones. At the end of December 2021, there were also 88,205 crafts and freelancers in Croatia. Broken down by activity, the majority of business…

ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - A total of 43 contracts, worth 1.98 billion kuna, have been signed so far for the post-quake reconstruction of health institutions in Zagreb and its surroundings, since the 22 March 2020 devastating earthquake, according to the data provided by the Health Ministry. Since the advertisement of a tender inviting healthcare institutions to apply for EU grants, there have been 60 applications, most of which are from university clinical centres, general hospitals and local health centres. Croatia will be able to use money from the European Solidarity Fund (ESF) for earthquake relief until June 2023, one year…

February 20, 2022 - The old summer house called Villa Katino, a monument of historical and cultural significance on the island of Šipan, has been restored to its original appearance, while three new, modern five-star villas have been built on the surrounding land intended for guests of high spending power. Villa Katino, which was built back in 1908 on a large estate on the island of Šipan, and which was completely neglected, dilapidated, and overgrown with vegetation and olives until ten years ago, is today a residential building of the highest category in this area. Namely, the hundred-year-old estate has developed…

ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - Political analyst Žarko Puhovski said on Saturday that Minister Darko Horvat's arrest will not undermine the government if the matter remains within the limits of that minister, and Davor Gjenero believes that speculations of snap elections are dangerous amid unpredictable global developments. Construction and State Assets Minister Darko Horvat was arrested on Saturday on the abuse of power charges, and upon his apprehension the minister dismissed the charges. The Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK) on Saturday evening stated that based on a police report, it launched an investigation of two persons on suspicion of…

ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - In the last 24 hours, there have been 2,055 new cases of those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Croatia, and another 42 COVID patients have died, the country's COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Sunday. Croatia currently has 24,954 active cases of the infection, and of them 1,720 are receiving hospital treatment, including 125 placed on ventilators. Roughly 4.47 million tests for coronavirus have been conducted in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic, detecting 1,041,212 cases of the infection. So far, 1,001,443 patients have recovered, including 4,491 recoveries in the last 24 hours. To date,…

ZAGREB, 20 Feb 2022 - Some of the political parties representing Bosniaks, and those describing themselves as civic political parties on Saturday, criticised the conclusions adopted by Bosnia and Herzegovina's Croat umbrella association (HNS BiH), while Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik welcomed the document. During the extraordinary convention in Mostar, it was said that the Croats will launch the issue of restructuring BiH if them being outvoted at elections isn't brought to an end. HNS BiH concluded that there are currently no legal or constitutional conditions to call an election. Should the election be called in any case based on an unconstitutional…

February 20th, 2022 - The new hotel should have 150 rooms and suites, as well as a residential part with 115 apartments that will make up a 'mini city' complete with restaurants, bars and shops It’s been a long time coming, but it seems that construction works are finally about to begin on the old Maraska building in Zadar. The former factory is to be transformed into a high-category Hotel Hyatt with an addition of a residential area, owned by the Turkish Dogus Group. As reported by Slobodna Dalmacija, a source from the Dogus Group said that cleanup works are underway…

February 20, 2022 - Founded by the Ancient Greeks more than 2,400 years ago, Hvar's oldest town continues to reveal secrets of the past, this time from the Roman Era. Text from the Stari Grad Museum Facebook page.  Archaeological excavations are currently underway in Stari Grad on the island of Hvar, because of the construction works on the town's water supply and sewage network. Part of the excavation was carried in the Middle Street (about 20m in length) where, in addition to the previously known mosaic (discovered in 1923), we found the remains of several other rooms with the remains…