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ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - Zagreb Deputy Mayor Luka Korlaet said on Tuesday that by 2025 the city will build 14 new schools, relocate one and reconstruct 14 existing schools, which will cost a total of HRK 1.6 billion. We have HRK 2.7 billion worth of projects prepared until the end of our term for the reconstruction and construction of new kindergartens and elementary and secondary schools, and we plan to apply for EU funds, said Korlaet. He also spoke about the EU "Owl" project, worth HRK 25 million, involving five city kindergartens that will provide extended working hours for a period of 20 months. Zagreb Mayor Tomislav…

January 11, 2022 - Krk Outdoor - a rebranding of the island launched this year to cater to active tourism.  With the joint funds of all local governments and Krk Island tourist boards, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and coordinated tourist board funds, a new "Krk Island outdoor brand and communication strategy" was created, reports Novi List. Director of the Krk Tourist Board, Majda Šale, said that this is a new step forward in promoting the trump card of the island's tourist offer. The strategy was created in cooperation with the Studio Conex agency from…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has conducted 18,404 cooronavirus tests, and 43% of them, that is 7,956, have returned positive, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Tuesday. There have been 38 more COVID-related deaths, raising the COVID death toll to 12,956. Currently, Croatia has 46,828 active cases, and of them, 1,824 are hospitalised COVID patients, including 233 placed on ventilators. Since the first registered case of the infection with coronavirus in Croatia on 25 February 2020, 775,139 people have contracted the virus, and of them 715,355 have recovered, including 2,703 recoveries in…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - The average take-home pay earned in October in the City of Zagreb amounted to HRK 8,267 (€1,102), and was by 1,127 kuna (€150) higher than the average salary for the whole of Croatia, which totalled HRK 7,140 ((€952) for October. The average net wage for October in the Croatian capital city increased 6.5% on the year, the city's strategic planning department has reported The gross average salary for October in Zagreb was HRK 11,452, rising 4.6% on the year. The average net wage earned in Croatia in October amounted to HRK 7,140 (€952), which is…

January 11, 2022 - Split-Dalmatia County, with partners the Sunce Association and the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR), joined the Sushi Drop project to preserve the Adriatic and develop non-invasive methods of marine monitoring. The Adriatic Sea boasts one of the highest productivity and biodiversity, but it is also significantly influenced by human activities such as fishing, aquaculture, and tourism. Scientific research and monitoring of fish communities have been conducted for decades. Still, the depth of fauna has been poorly researched, and fishing regulation measures apply to the shallower areas of the Adriatic, where fishing mostly takes place, reports…

January 11, 2022 - Last year's most successful Croatian boxer, Luka Plantić, returns to the professional boxing ring this year!  The Croatian boxer advanced to the round of 16 of the light heavyweight category at the Tokyo Olympic Games and the World Championships in Belgrade last year and was the junior champion of Europe and the junior vice-champion of the world in 2014. He also won the bronze medal at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China. Three years ago, he fought in the professional ring and recorded three wins in three appearances in Germany. He has booked a professional match…

January 11, 2022 - The latest flight news as 16 Norwegian flights to Croatia will run this summer to four Croatian airports.  Well-known Scandinavian low-cost airline Norwegian has announced 16 international scheduled flights from Scandinavia to four Croatian airports. This is a significant announcement, especially considering Norwegian's flight schedule to Croatia in the summer of 2021 and 2020, reports Croatian Aviation. Namely, there are significantly more scheduled flights to Croatia than in the last two years. Before the pandemic, Norwegian had considerably more traffic to Croatian airports. Still, the flight schedule, apart from the pandemic and the sharp drop in…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - Defence Minister Mario Banožić said on Monday that the decision on the procurement of fighting vehicles would be made by the end on January and that Croatia was in talks with the United States, which was offering Bradley fighting vehicles. The minister also confirmed that the first two of four Black Hawk helicopters would arrive in Croatia in the first quarter of this year. "We are in intensive talks with our ally, the US, which is our most important ally and has strongly supported the Croatian Armed Forces all these years, and I'm sure it…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković is to hold a working meeting in Dubrovnik on Monday evening with Bakir Izetbegović, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Party of Democratic Action, about the situation in BiH and its election reform. Plenković told the press in Dubrovnik the meeting was "a continuation of the dialogue." The two officials last met in Sarajevo last month, when Plenković was on an official visit to BiH. He said tonight's meeting would address BiH, "the agreements between the political parties, first and foremost the institutions, the key actors, on electoral legislation reform, preparations for…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday that about HRK 6 billion (€800million) had been contracted from EU funds for projects in Dubrovnik-Neretva County since 2016, while the government had invested HRK 700 million (€93 million) in private sector wages in the coronavirus crisis. That way, he added, it helped 5,000 local employers and preserved more than 22,500 jobs. Plenković, Dubrovnik-Neretva County officials discuss preparations for tourist season After a working meeting with Dubrovnik-Neretva County Prefect Nikola Dobroslavić and Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Franković, Plenković said that he was satisfied that the issue of interest-free loans for…