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February the 7th, 2022 - The Croatian King ICT company's system will protect no less than NATO from the ever-present threat of cyber attacks. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, although the Croatian defense industry has a relatively modest range of deliveries to its clients within NATO, the IT sector has been strongly involved in a number of projects and tenders of the North Atlantic Alliance for many years now, the most recent example being the Croatian King ICT company's contract. This Zagreb-based company delivered and implemented to NATO's Communications and Information Agency (NCI) an advanced solution in the field of…

ZAGREB, 6 Feb 2022 - 20 years since its introduction, project Free Electronic Books had more than 4 million users at the end of 2021 and nearly 300 titles, of which more than 250 are written by contemporary Croatian authors. In 2021, a record 31 titles were published as part of the project. Of the 298 titles published to date, 264 are currently available on the project website. Last year's titles were published with the financial support of the City of Zagreb, the City of Rijeka and the Ministry of Culture and Media. According to data provided by the Google…

ZAGREB, 6 Feb 2022 - Croatian providers of health tourism services have presented their services at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai and agreed cooperation with nearly 50 clients from the Middle East, Russia and India, the Croatian Tourism Board (HTZ) said earlier this week. The HTZ, in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Sport and with the support of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, organised a presentation in the Croatian Pavilion as part of the business workshop "Full of Well-being", at this week's theme of the Expo "Health and Wellness". "Health tourism is a product that has a strong…

ZAGREB, 6 Feb 2022 - The Island Movement NGO has called on the residents of Croatian Adriatic islands to dispose of and sort their waste properly so it can be transported to the mainland for recycling, while local and state authorities have been urged to create infrastructure to promote a circular economy. "Waste disposal is a major challenge for the islands, especially during the tourist season," warned Paula Bolfan, the movement's coordinator who organised the first in a series of "island dialogues" last week. Speaking in an online discussion on the circular economy on the islands, Bolfan cited the example of…

February 6th, 2022 - The Klovićevi Dvori Gallery announced the second exhibition in the series dedicated to Croatian artist Vlaho Bukovac. It covers the period after Bukovac returned to Zagreb, where he created some of his best known masterpieces and influenced a whole new generation of artists There are some artists whose work you’ll go and fawn over no matter how many times you’ve seen it in the past. One such artist is Vlaho Bukovac, a superb Croatian painter who created his best work at the turn of the 20th century. In 2018, the Klovićevi Dvori gallery in Zagreb launched…

February 6, 2022 - The beloved sporting event on Pašman island is back after a two years’ wait One of the most popular races on the Adriatic will take place next month for the first time since 2020. Škraping, named after 'škrapa' which refers to a rock or a cliff by the sea, is a unique trekking race that involves a lot of cliff-hopping as the runners make their way over the island's rugged terrain.  The beloved sporting event was last scheduled for March 2020, when it got cancelled last-minute to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The skraping race…

February 6, 2022 - The Croatian National Bank is consulting with legal experts about the potentially stolen Croatian euro coin kuna design by Stjepan Pranjković, which is oddly similar to a photograph of a kuna animal found on the Internet by British photographer Iain H Leach. The CNB will publish its comment on Monday, writes Večernji List. The author of the photograph, Iain H. Leach, was not asked for permission to use his photograph. "Yes, it looks like someone took my photo without my permission and used it to design a new Croatian coin. They told me it was a competition and that…

ZAGREB, 6 Feb 2022 - Croatia has recorded 6,001 new coronavirus cases and 59 deaths in the last 24 hours. The national coronavirus response team said on Sunday that 4,780 new infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus had been detected by PCR tests, while media reported that another 1,221 had been identified by rapid antigen tests. Currently, 2,140 COVID patients are being treated in hospitals, 178 are on ventilators, while 25,006 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 983,780 people have been registered as having been infected with the novel coronavirus. Of this…

ZAGREB, 6 Feb 2022 - With 73 deaths per million people, Croatia topped the EU list of COVID deaths in the past week, Jutarnji List newspaper wrote on Sunday. It noted that the figure confirms misconceptions about a lower risk of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. "Omicron is a milder variant of the coronavirus and its consequences will not be as disastrous as those of Delta. We could ease the restrictions because hospitals are not being filled with too many patients, there is a mild decrease in infections or their number is stagnating. All these are self-delusions and…

February 6, 2022 - Is the kuna image on the new Croatian euro coin design stolen from a British photographer? A closer look.  Earlier this week, the Croatian Government presented the winning designs for the new Croatian euro coins. Various motifs were chosen - the coat of arms (šahovnica), a map of Croatia, a kuna (marten), Nikola Tesla, and the Glagolitic alphabet. The kuna design, however, has caused a bit of controversy. Namely, the kuna on the euro coin looks oddly familiar to a photograph of a kuna published on the Internet. It didn't take long to cause a social media…