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January 5, 2022 - Captain Duvnjak and Cindrić tested positive nine days before Croatia begins their European Handball Championship campaign.  The Croatian Handball Federation released a statement that revealed that Domagoj Duvnjak and Luka Cindrić had tested positive for coronavirus nine days before the European Handball Championship, reports Gol.hr. Duvnjak only joined the national team on January 1 due to his obligations in Kiel, while Cindrić has been preparing with Croatia for longer. It is not known where they became infected. Duvnjak complained of back problems from day one and missed training. "Although the preparations of the Croatian men's senior…

January 5, 2022 - Key ingredients of the Mediterranean diet are becoming the most recognizable Croatian products in the world. The pandemic and stagnation in the world market have further emphasized the need for Croatia to focus on its food production. This is especially true for meat and meat products. Nevertheless, the potential certainly exists because according to the calculation of the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, in 2018, the self-sufficiency of the Republic of Croatia in meat production amounted to 70.64%, reports T.portal.  Croatian Member of the European Parliament and negotiator of the EPP Group for the Committee Opinion…

January 5, 2022 - Hajduk and Ajax will open their spring season preparations in Portugal with a friendly match at Estádio Algarve in Faro. Hajduk will open their spring season preparations in Portugal with a friendly match against Ajax, which will take place at Estádio Algarve in Faro, reports the Split club. Hajduk arrives in Portugal for the main preparations on January 8, and one day later (January 9), coach Valdas Dambrauskas will lead the team to their first exam against the most trophy-winning Dutch club, which currently occupies second place in the Dutch championship and will play in the Champions League round of…

January the 5th, 2022 - Ina Rodin had two mandates within the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ), and she's now returned back to the private sector, having kicked things off with the launch of IR Global Consultants, with which she aims to bring a touch of luxury to Croatia. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, after two terms and seven years holding the position of director of the Croatian National Tourist Board across the pond in the United States, Ina Rodin has taken to entrepreneurship. Over recent days in New York, she founded a company called IR Global Consultants and a…

January the 5th, 2022 - The Austrian Die Presse newspaper has praised Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac's strong will and determination, referring to him as a total outsider to the automotive world until recently. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Austrian Die Presse newspaper recently published an article entitled Croatian wunderkind must explain some things in which it writes about the "pioneer of electric motors Mata Rimac", who has ''amazed the professional world, as well as his compatriots." The Austrian Die Presse publication writes that Rimac was initially a total outsider in the automotive industry. “University professors told me ten years ago that it's…

January the 5th, 2022 - The Croatian meat processing company Buretic bregi is no stranger to a medal or three, and this location on the very edge of the gorgeous Ucka Nature Park is set to open a tasting room for visitors. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, Buretic bregi, from Bregi on the edge of the Ucka Nature Park, took home three gold medals for its sausages with olives, truffles and rosemary at the first Days of Croatian Sausages and Salamis, recently held in Sveti Petar u Sumi. The foundations of this company, which has been operating for twenty years now,…

January the 5th, 2022 - As of today, the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute (HZMO) will have a new tool at its disposal for employers, the brand new electronic e-Control (e-Kontrola) system. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, through this new service, employers, whether legal or natural persons, will be able to electronically submit the documentation required for the control procedure of the data on which the exercise of pension insurance rights in Croatia depends, and also download the control report in electronic form. The Croatian Pension Insurance Institute explained that their brand new e-Control system is otherwise an upgrade of the electronic business…

ZAGREB, 4 Jan 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices increased again on Tuesday, the Crobex for the ninth and the Crobex10 for the sixth consecutive trading day, and regular turnover was modest with only one stock crossing the million kuna mark. On Tuesday, the Crobex went up by 0.14% to 2,131 points, while the Crobex10 inched up by 0.03% to 1,292 points, with both indices hitting new high records since March 2017 after gaining 19.6% and 16% respectively in 2021 and jumping by more than 2% on the first trading day of 2022. Regular turnover was a mere HRK 5.78 million,…

ZAGREB, 4 Jan 2022 - The homeless will be able to get tested for coronavirus for free in Zagreb as of 5 January, which will enable them to get a COVID certificate and thus access social and healthcare services, the city department for social welfare, health, and persons with disabilities said on Tuesday. "The goal is to provide the homeless with access to social and healthcare services, as well as to services of other institutions in which they can exercise their rights. As of 5 January, testing will take place every Wednesday from 12 to 3 p.m. at 64-66 Heinzelova Street,"…

ZAGREB, 4 Jan 2022 - The dm retailer, which offers cosmetics, healthcare items, household products, and health food, has donated 10,000 liters of the Aresept disinfectant worth HRK 594,000 to the KBC Zagreb hospital to help reduce the exposure of medical workers and patients to hospital infections and viruses. Hospital director Ante Ćorušić said the use of disinfectants in institutions like the KBC Zagreb, which has more than 6,000 employees and where annually more than 1.5 million procedures are provided, has been intensified to reduce as much as possible the risk of infection, notably in the current coronavirus pandemic. The KBC Zagreb consists…