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ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - Croatia has logged 9,894 new COVID cases and 27 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the national COVID-19 response team said on Wednesday. This is the highest number of new infections in a single day, with the previous record having been registered on 6 January, when there were 9,058 new infections. The number of active cases in the country currently stands at 53,051. Among them are 1,822 infected persons receiving hospital treatment, including 220 who are on ventilators, and 22,474 persons are self-isolating. A total of 3,921,868 people have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to date, including…

January 12th, 2022 - Those who have left Croatia but keep using Croatian public healthcare at the expense of the state will soon be removed from the HZZO database As many as 300.000 Croatians could soon have their public health insurance policies cancelled by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO), reports Novi list. Namely, Health Minister Vili Beroš has announced that the HZZO would be cancelling the policies of those insured whose residency or employment status does not grant them the right to free health coverage anymore. Most of that list consists of citizens who emigrated in the last decade…

January 12, 2022 – Celebrated Croatian-American Chef Richard Gruica has a big enthusiasm for local wine and food. This Saturday he'll lead curious gastronauts through a culinary tour of Zagreb County Jastrebarsko on Wine Country Getaway. These days, it's easier than ever to find great local food in Croatia's capital. But, if you're searching for authentic Zagreb dishes, what you'll actually find is a cuisine of shared provenance. For the most part, Zagreb food is actually the traditional menu of Zagreb County and Zagorje. These largely rural areas supply the homes, hotels and restaurants of Zagreb with much of their…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - Međunarodna Zračna Luka Zagreb (MZLZ), the operator of Franjo Tuđman Airport, is hoping for better business trends in 2022 following the increase in turnover last year, but that will depend on the global situation which is still strongly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the company told Hina. Some of the flights scheduled for the second half of January and partly for February have been cancelled, but most of them will be on sale again already in February, the company said in response to Hina's query about business operations and expectations for this year. MZLZ is in…

January 12, 2022 - The official 2021 Croatian tourism figures are surprisingly fruitful, given the pandemic.  Namely, 13.8 million arrivals and 84.1 million overnight stays were realized in Croatia last year, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. Compared to 2020, there are 77 percent more arrivals and 55 percent more overnight stays. At the same time, foreign tourists realized 71.9 million overnight stays and domestic tourists had 12.3 million overnight stays. This is a continuation of the trend from 2020, in which domestic tourists crossed 15 percent of all arrivals for the second year in a row and had 13.3 percent of all overnight…

January 12, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as the Lufthansa Munich-Zagreb line is delayed until the beginning of May.  Star Alliance group member Lufthansa has postponed the start of the Munich-Zagreb line until May this year, reports Croatian Aviation. Although the flights were previously planned from the first day of the summer flight schedule (the beginning of April), Lufthansa has now extended the first flights on this route by a month to the beginning of May. Namely, as of May 2, 2022, the Lufthansa Munich-Zagreb line, on which A319 aircraft has been announced, will depart before noon…

January 12, 2022 - The Euro 2022 Croatia handball player list has been set ahead of Croatia's first match against France on Thursday.  After eleven days of preparations and two Croatia Cup matches against Russia, the Croatia handball team traveled to Hungary for the European Championship, reports HRS. Luka Šebetić's injury, the positive COVID-19 tests for captain Domagoj Duvnjak and Luka Cindrić, and the minor injury of Marko Mamić, largely disrupted preparations in Osijek. As the situation with Duvnjak and Cindrić was quite uncertain, Tin Lučin later joined the national team. The new temporary captain of the national team is…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - The number of illegal entries into the EU in 2021 reached nearly 200,000, which is the highest number since 2017, and the highest increase, of 125% on the year, was recorded on the Western Balkan route, the EU border and coast guard agency Frontex said on Tuesday. Compared to the pre-pandemic 2019, the number rose by 36%, and compared to 2020, by 57%, the agency said. The largest number of illegal border-crossings was registered on the Central Mediterranean route, over 65,000, a jump of 83% compared to 2020. It is followed by the Western Balkan…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - Contracts worth a total of HRK 215 million have been agreed to date for the reconstruction of the earthquake-struck Banovina region, a tender worth HRK 380 million is being prepared and a further HRK 250 million will have been agreed by the end of January, which is HRK 800 million altogether. This data was presented at a regular meeting in Petrinja of the task force dealing with the aftermath of the 2020 earthquakes in the Banovina area. The meeting was informed of the reconstruction process and a public call for the use of €319.2 million from the EU Solidarity…

ZAGREB, 12 January, 2022 - The World Bank on Tuesday slightly revised down growth prospects for the Croatian and global economy in 2022, citing the uncertain environment of continued disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation. The World Bank now projects Croatian growth for 2022 at 5.4%, compared with 6.0% forecast last October. On the other hand, the growth projection for 2021 has been revised upward from 7.6% to 9.4%. The Croatian economy is expected to grow by 4.4% in 2023, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the October forecast. Among countries in the Europe and Central…