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January 7, 2022 - Minister of Science and Education Radovan Fuchs spoke at a press conference and reaffirmed the return to school classes in Croatia from this Monday. He also added that there will be mandatory masks in Croatian schools for those in fifth grade and up, among other considerations. "You can see that, as the Government has insisted that school classes in Croatia be given in person, we have reduced online teaching to a minimum. Despite its necessity, virtual classes have their downsides, even if it was made with the highest standards for which we received a lot of recognition," he said. He added…

ZAGREB, 7 January, 2022 - A ceremony was held in Podrute near the northwestern town of Novi Marof on Friday to commemorate five European Community peace monitors whose unarmed helicopter was shot down by the Yugoslav Air Force 30 years ago. A helicopter carrying EU monitors Colonel Enzo Venturini and Lieutenants Marco Matta, Silvano Natale and Fiorenzo Ramacci of Italy and French Lieutenant Jean Loup Eychenne was shot down above Podrute by a Yugoslav Air Force MiG-21 on 7 January 1992. Everyone on board was killed. In their memory, wreaths were laid by the representative of the President of the Republic, Dragan Lozančić, the representative of the…

ZAGREB, 7 January, 2022 - The possibility of Schengen Area enlargement will be decided by EU heads of state or government, prior to which it is necessary to reach an agreement on external border protection and the registration of all aliens entering the EU, a French government source said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron has spoken in favour of Croatia's Schengen accession and the decision is up to the heads of state or government, the source said when asked if a decision on Croatia's accession could be expected during the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, in the first half of…

ZAGREB, 7 January, 2022 - In the past 24 hours, 3,911 new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in Croatia while 41 people have died as a consequence, the national COVID response team reported on Friday. There are currently 38,666 active cases in the country, including 1,846 hospitalised patients, 245 of whom are on ventilators, while 17,928 persons are self-isolating. To date, a total of 3,841,357 tests have been conducted, including 9,062 taken in the past 24 hours. As of 6 January, a total of 4,793,621 doses of a vaccine have been administered, with 55.83% of the total population having been…

January 7, 2022 - Because COVID-19 plagued the Bosnia and Herzegovina national handball team, Croatia handball met Russia to open the Croatia Cup in Osijek on Friday.  As Russia's appearance at the tournament had been agreed upon earlier, the Croatian Handball Federation reacted quickly and arranged two friendly matches against Russia instead. The first was played on Friday, January 7, and the second to be played on Saturday, January 8, at the same time. Croatia was left without Luka Šebetić due to an injury, while captain Domagoj Duvnjak and Luka Cindrić are in COVID isolation. Marko Mamić was ruled out of…

January 7, 2022 - Under the layers of earth, vegetation, and garbage, well-preserved ancient Salona ramparts have been discovered.  No one has recently passed Porta Caesarea, the eastern and oldest city gate on the way to the amphitheater, without being surprised by the discovered northern ramparts of Salona, the former metropolis of Roman Dalmatia, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. Under the layers of earth, vegetation, and garbage, one of the best-preserved parts of the Salonitan rampart, "70 meters long" and "120 meters" in length, has been revived. This research project began in mid-November last year. It will continue in the next period…

January 7, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as MyWings cancels the newly introduced Zagreb-Pristina line from February 2, 2022.  On December 15, 2021, the Kosovo tour operator MyWings introduced a regular route between Zagreb and Pristina, in cooperation with two Croatian airlines, Trade Air and Croatia Airlines. The line, however, will soon be canceled, reports Croatian Aviation. The regular line between Pristina and Zagreb was introduced on December 15, less than a month ago, and three flights a week were announced. Shortly after the operations were established, flights were canceled on Mondays, and the remaining flights will…

January 7, 2022 - A great start to the year for Marin Čilić who reached the Adelaide International semifinals on Friday! Croatian tennis player Marin Čilić advanced to the semifinals of the ATP tournament in Adelaide after defeating Serbian Laszlo Đere (ATP-52) 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinal match, reports HRT. Čilić had a break advantage in the sixth game of the first set and took a 4-2 lead, and then confirmed the break on his serve. With a 5-2 lead on the opponent's serve, he had three set points, but failed to realize them. He ultimately won the first set on his…

January the 7th, 2022 - The popular Croatian e-Citizens platform (e-Gradjani) has allowed people needing to visit various offices with various pieces of paper in order to get their hands on other pieces of paper to go through the process from home. As of today, 100 different services are available. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian e-Citizens platform is a project of the Croatian Government that provides information and electronic services to both individuals and enterprises in one place and enables much more quick and easy communication with public administration. As such, people and businesses alike can access public electronic…

January the 7th, 2022 - Croatian post (Hrvatska posta) has been in the news on and off for very positive reasons and because of the innovation it has introduced over recent months. This brand new Croatian post service isn't common even in far more developed European countries. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, instead of sending certain types of mail to people's home addresses, senders can now send registered items via digital channels for the first time thanks to yet another brand new and modern Croatian post service. This is the new eDelivery project successfully implemented by Croatian Post, the Ministry…