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ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - Social Democratic Party leader Peđa Grbin on Tuesday presented a proposal designed to help alleviate the impact of growing inflation on pensioners in the form of a pension allowance bonus for allowances amounting to less than HRK 4,000, proposing also adjustment of pensions to wage and inflation growth. "Croatian pensions are low and at a time of growing inflation they become even lower, which requires action. The government is late with responding, it first capped fuel prices for two months, which was insufficient, and now it has to cap them again at a higher amount," the SDP…

ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - The secondary school of electrical engineering in Varaždin and the secondary school in Maruševec are two schools in Varaždin County, among 12 in Croatia, which have been awarded Erasmus accreditation for vocational education and training by the Agency for Mobility and EU programmes. Miroslav Huđek, the head of the Varaždin County Department for Education, told a press conference on Tuesday that 26 vocational schools from throughout Croatia have applied and 12 have been granted accreditation. Huđek said that the two accredited schools means that 40 per cent of vocational schools in Varaždin County have a stable…

February 8, 2022 - Croatia's best football player Luka Modrić has invested in Sportening, a Croatian startup that has attracted a total of 6.4 million EUR investment. With its recently opened office in San Francisco, Sportening wants to position itself alongside the world's leading social networks. The application has been downloaded by 350,000 users, of which 250,000 were registered, writes Netokracija. Apart from Luka Modrić, Silicon Valley veterans such as Ralph Ho, the 11th employee of X.com (later PayPal), has invested in Sportening. Support was also expressed by Sean Ellis, author of the book Hacking Growth and responsible for the rapid…

ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - Periodic cancellation of non-emergency and non-essential medical procedures and the exclusive admission of emergency and cancer patients during the coronavirus crisis have become a common hospital practice in Croatia, but in spite of that, waiting lists for specialist examinations have never been shorter. According to the Jutarnji List daily issue of Tuesday, those waiting lists still exist but the wait period for a specialist examination in a hospital has become shorter. In the pre-pandemic year 2019, a patient had to wait for an ergometric test in Zagreb's Sisters of Charity Hospital for 260 days, while the…

February 8, 2022 – Studenac d.o.o. agreed to buy 100% of Pemo d.o.o., the most respected retail brand in the Dubrovnik region, becoming the largest Croatian retail chain by number of stores and solidifying its position as a leader in the Adriatic region. The acquisition, whose value was not disclosed, will add nearly 40 stores to Studenac’s network, bringing the total to almost 750. Pemo’s 300 employees in Dubrovnik-Neretva County will join more than 3,700 already working at Omiš-based Studenac. The deal has already received all necessary regulatory approvals. The takeover builds on Studenac’s successful history of acquisitions of competitors,…

February 8, 2022 - Croatia's Ivan Erslan (11-1) and Filip 'Nitro' Pejić (15-6-2) will be back in action at KSW 67 in Warsaw on February 26. Erslan will take on the undefeated Hasan Mezhiev (12-0) of Latvia in what is a very important fight in the KSW light heavyweight division. The 30-year-old challenged for the title at KSW 56 but lost to then-champion Tomasz Narkun. He has since bounced back with two stoppage wins in a row and could be back in the title picture with a win at KSW 67. Mezhiev will be making his promotional debut and arrives as one of the top light heavyweights…

February 8, 2022 - So, how does Croatian bureaucracy for non-EU nationals look? Lyn Church shares her first-hand experience.  Croatian bureaucracy is notorious for being a frustrating, anxiety-riddled process, where your confidence from reading countless “how-to” guides evaporates the moment you come face-to-face with any government official. I'm sharing 5 pieces of advice that I wish someone had shared with me when we embarked on this journey. Rather than a definitive “guide-to-something”, I hope it helps you better understand what you can come to expect as a 3rd country national when you undertake a bureaucratic process in Croatia. 1. Bureaucracy…

February 8, 2022 - Croatian boxer Filip Hrgović finally has an opponent in the IBF Final Eliminator as Chinese boxer Zhang Zhilei has accepted his offer  Index.hr reports that Zhang Zhilei has accepted to fight Filip Hrgović. Zhilei, the 12th boxer according to the IBF, has agreed to enter the ring with the undefeated Croat. The best 11 fighters according to the IBF rankings refused to fight Hrgović before him. The offer finally reached the 38-year-old Chinese boxer. The winner of the fight becomes the IBF heavyweight mandatory challenger.  Zhang recorded his 23rd victory in his 24th professional career fight in November.…

February 8, 2022 - The Zagreb and Zagreb County Gault & Millau guide has been released for the first time at the initiative of the Zagreb Tourist Board and in cooperation with the Zagreb County Tourist Board. At the initiative of the Zagreb Tourist Board (TZGZ) and in cooperation with the Zagreb County Tourist Board (TZZŽ), Zagreb and its surroundings received their own edition of one of the most relevant gastronomic guides in the world - Gault & Millau (GM). Thus, for the first time in history, a bilingual (Croatian / English) edition of the guide was published, containing reviews…

February 8, 2022 - The 22nd Split Marathon is around the corner, with the famous race returning to its standard term at the end of February  This is the largest multidisciplinary event in Split, on which the organization works 365 days a year. Therefore, everything is ready to begin, and only the final permits remain, issued according to the procedure 14 days before the event. It is worth emphasizing that the marathon is in line with the standards of major international races, which involve strict Covid protocol. This magnificent and essential event for the city of Split will take place on…