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January 10, 2022 - HNS joins the technological revolution in international football. In cooperation with two Croatian companies - AMPnet and Biznisport - the Croatian Football Federation introduces the loyalty Vatreni crypto token and mobile application. HNS will thus give millions of loyal Croatia fans more opportunities to interact with players, participate in HNS decisions, and other opportunities that will be exclusively available only to owners of the Vatreni crypto token, writes the Croatian Football Federation.  "By stepping into the crypto market, we are following global trends, and we want to connect even better with our fans and provide them with…

January 10, 2022 - Jadranka Relota, a Croatian-Argentine artist, presented an exhibition of paintings - miniatures on glass "Christmas for Croats - nativity scenes and folk customs" from the 2021 holiday season until Sunday, January 9, 2022, in the Capitular Hall of the Monastery and Church of St. Francis in Pula. The exhibition was organized by the Croatian Heritage Foundation - Pula Branch.  The exhibition presented a kind of hommage and a suggestive presentation of Advent and Christmas customs, which include all parts of Croatia through a visible wealth of traditions, folklore, and ways of living in various geographical areas of Lijepa…

January 10, 2022 - Croatians in Switzerland have been free to work since January 1, and many workers are making the movie for well-paid winter jobs.  Switzerland opened its job market for Croatian workers on January 1, 2022, making them equal to other citizens of EU member states. According to the latest official data, slightly less than 30,000 Croats already work in Switzerland, reports Index.hr. Index has learned from Nataša Kačar, the owner of the Jobs in Tourism portal and employment agency, that the first workers from the hospitality sector have come for the winter season. The need for workers…

January 10, 2022 - A look at the January COVID-19 measures in Croatia in force from today.  Given the large number of newly infected patients in Croatia, new epidemiological measures come into force on Monday, which will further restrict gatherings and ensure more intensive control of catering facilities. According to a new decision by the National Civil Protection Headquarters, public gatherings and outdoor events for more than 50 people (so far 100) are prohibited, and those with Covid certificates and with the consent of local headquarters are limited to 200 people. Indoor gatherings of more than 25 people (50 so…

January 9th, 2022 - How did people go about predicting the weather back in the day, before the invention of measuring instruments? Looking into a traditional method preserved in Lokve, a town in Gorski kotar where folk meteorologists predict the weather for the year ahead based on a short period in December We’re a bit spoiled these days with detailed weather forecasts awaiting only a few clicks away. Have you ever wondered how people used to go about this before weather apps and modern meteorology? With no measuring instruments yet invented, they had only their environment and the skies above…

ZAGREB, 9 January, 2022 - The Papuk Nature Park was visited by 64,290 people in 2021, which was an increase of 40% compared to 2020 and of 18% compared to the record 2019, the park's management said earlier this week. "The year globally marked by the pandemic will be remembered as the most successful," said the director of the nature park, Alen Jurenac. He said the Papuk Nature Park had gone from having tourism potential to becoming an unmissable continental destination, adding that another successful result was the opening of the Geo Info Centre in Voćin, which marked the end of…

ZAGREB, 9 January, 2022 - Croatian nationals in Kazakhstan, where anti-government protests have turned into violence and conflict, are safe, the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs said on Sunday. "The Croatian Embassy in Nur-Sultan are in constant contact with Croatian nationals. None of the Croatian nationals is in danger and all are safe," the Ministry said in a statement. The Embassy is monitoring the situation and is at the service of Croatian nationals for consular and other assistance, it added. Kazakhstan authorities said on Sunday they had stabilised the situation across the country after the deadliest outbreak of violence in…

ZAGREB, 9 Jan (Hina) - The Croatian History Museum is organising an exhibition on the 1971 Croatian Spring, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this political and cultural movement, and the exhibition will open in the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery in Zagreb on 11 January. The exhibition consists of six units, and the authors are  Mislav Barić, Petra Braun, Ana Filep and Andreja Smetko. The exhibition on this broad reformist movement, launched by Croatian intellectuals and politicians while the country was part of the Yugoslav federation, will run through 13 March. Read more in Croatian Spring 50th Anniversary Marked by Croatia in 2021.

ZAGREB, 9 January, 2022 - Bosnia and Herzegovina will stay buried in the past as long as populist and nationalist politicians, such as the Mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, who has unveiled a memorial plaque in tribute to Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) Major Milan Tepić, live on myths, the Mayor of Bjelovar, Dario Hrebak, said on Sunday. Major Tepić blew up himself and the JNA barracks outside Bjelovar in 1991, and the town was not razed to the ground only thanks to the Croatian defenders, Hrebak recalled. "As long as populist and nationalist politicians, in particular those as young…

ZAGREB, 9 January, 2022 - The head of Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Marko Marušić, has condemned the unveiling of a memorial plaque in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) Major Milan Tepić, who blew up an ammunition depot in Bjelovar in 1991 to prevent Croatian forces from seizing the weapons. Marušić said in a statement on Sunday that the monument honouring Major Tepić was "a slap in the face and salt on the wound" to all victims of the Serbian military aggression on Croatia, especially those in Bjelovar (about 80 km east of Zagreb).  Major Tepić will be…