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December the 29th, 2021 - Ryanair's arrival at Zagreb Airport was absolutely fantastic for the vast majority of people who had become sick of relying on Croatia Airlines and their notoriously expensive ticket prices for the most basic of economy flights. With the arrival of this much loved Irish low cost airline, cities across Europe have been opened up for very little money for those of us living in the Croatian capital. It wasn't all roses and bells for some, however, and an investigation into whether Ryanair was given a ''privileged position'' at Zagreb Airport was launched. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija…

December the 29th, 2021 - Fuzine property might not be the first on your list when it comes to purchasing real estate or land in Croatia, with the glitz and glam of the Dalmatian coast being most people's first port of call. Could things be altering? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, a mere two kilometres from gorgeous Lake Bajer in Fuzine, four building plots are currently up for sale. The current owner bought them all twenty years ago, each of them covers over a thousand square metres, one just one euro 50 purchased a square metre in this location back then.…

Take a virtual walk around Opatija in its holiday gear, from enchanting parks and iconic hotels to the famous seaside promenade lungomare Although Christmas has passed, cities all over Croatia continue to don their holiday gear for another week or so. While most Advent programmes typically last through the first week of the year, come January 1st, they somehow just don’t feel the same anymore. That being said, the next few days leading up to New Year’s Eve are a perfect opportunity to enjoy the festive atmosphere in town while the lights and decorations are still up.  Don’t fancy mingling with…

December 28, 2021 - The 2021 tourist season is not quite finished in some corners of this beautiful land. As the coast sleeps, HeadOnEast 2021 kicks off tomorrow in Osijek, Full of Life.  Full disclosure - I loved everything about this festival when it burst on the scene in October, 2019.  The name, a superb play on Hedonism and Heading on East to a region that a majority of Croats sadly have little knowledge of. The branding, done by a local Osijek design company. And the event itself.  HeadOnEast 2019 coincided with the first-ever Days of Croatian Self-Congratulation (formerly known…

December 28, 2021 - Zagreb is a 365-day nomad city, as the Croatian capital's favourite Israeli nomad Dean Kuchel found out on his latest building community mission. The thing about digital nomads, I am learning, is that they seem to think the whole world exists on their schedules, and that we can all adapt. "Paul, I am coming back to Zagreb for the third time. I love that city. So let's meet." "Fantastic. It will be great to see you, but I also want to talk to you more about CROMADS and how we get some of your community of…

December 30, 2021 - As Zagreb continues its journey to become a great digital nomad destination, a collection of thoughts from its 7 digital nomad ambassadors. They say that all good things come to an end, but I have a feeling that things are only just beginning as we close the Zagreb Digital Nomad Week & Ambassador program, which has been an unqualified success.  Just a few months ago, Zagreb was not really on the nomad radar at all, but that has changed considerably, with the Croatian capital even making the top 5 most-liked cities in the world in the…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - Construction Minister Darko Horvat and Deputy Prime Minister Boris Milošević were in Petrinja on Tuesday to attend a symposium on the post-earthquake reconstruction of the Banovina region, held as part of Earthquake Engineering Days. Addressing about 100 participants, Horvat stressed the need to prepare quality project documentation and build safe family houses and multi-residential buildings as a safeguard against future earthquakes. "At the time of the earthquakes, we were aware that we are an administratively complicated country. Reconciling the legal framework, creating good rules of conduct and then implement them is a challenging procedure," he…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - A small number of Omicron cases have been confirmed in Croatia, so the existing COVID-19 protocols will remain in force in January, while on 31 December hospitality establishments will be allowed to stay open until 2 am, it was said on Tuesday. Speaking to the press after a meeting of the government's Scientific Council, Croatian Institute of Public Health director Krunoslav Capak said there were eight sequenced Omicron cases in Croatia, eight cases "for which we are 99.9% sure it's Omicron" and "three or four suspect" cases. He said a rise in Omicron cases was expected in…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - An agreement on designing and building a wastewater processing plant worth HRK 522.6 million (€69.68 million) was signed in Rijeka on Tuesday by the local utility company "Vodovod i kanalizacija", as the contracting entity, and a Chinese consortium as the contractor. The Chinese consortium, comprising China Energy Engineering Group Jiangsu Power Design Institute and Sumec Complete Equipment and Engineering, has 1,520 days to complete the project, including the demolition of the existing wastewater treatment plant. The new wastewater processing facility will be located at Delta, close to the existing facility, on the right bank of the…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - The Croatian Red Cross (HCK) recalled on Tuesday that a year ago, after the first of several Sisak-Moslavina County earthquakes, one of the HCK's biggest operations began, involving over 5,000 volunteers and 1,600 staff to help more than 100,000 people. Addressing a press conference called on the anniversary of the first earthquake which rocked the Petrinja area, executive president Robert Markt said the HCK would be on the ground until the last earthquake victim had a firm roof over their head. Over the past year, the HCK has distributed 1,250 tonnes of food to the people affected, more than…