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ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - Croatia has registered 4,139 new coronavirus cases and 50 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team reported on Tuesday. The number of active cases in the country currently stands at 18,341. Among them are 1,851 infected persons receiving hospital treatment, including 238 who are on ventilators, and 14,332 persons are self-isolating. A total of 3,715,396 people have been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to date, including 11,475 in the last 24 hours. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country, 697,952 people have been registered as having contracted the new virus, of…

December 28, 2021 - Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador for December Anna Maria Kochanska on life in the Croatian capital in its most festive month.  Six months, six different monthly ambassadors (as well as Special Guest Ambassador Steve Tsentserensky), and a very active ambassador to finish the very successful Zagreb Digital Nomad Week & Ambassador program, which runs from June 21 to December.  After ambassadors and partners from USA, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Israel and Singapore, Anna Maria Kochanska from Poland arrived to take up ambassadorial duties for the month of December.  And she has been everywhere, enjoying Advent in Zagreb to…

December 28, 2021 - Croatia has won the prestigious 2021 Stars Awards in the category of the most attractive destination, awarded by the specialized Chinese travel and lifestyle magazine Traveling Scope. As reported by Turističke Priče, Croatia has been recognized by the Traveling Scope magazine as the most attractive destination in China, raising its status in that market and promoting the arrival of Chinese tourists in the coming seasons. The award was presented by Sunny Zhang, general manager of the magazine, and Lily Liang, producer and deputy editor-in-chief of this popular magazine, which is published in a monthly circulation of 700,000 copies. Franka…

December 28, 2021 - Zagreb Digital Nomad Special Guest Ambassador Steve Tsentserensky reflects on life in the Croatian capital in December. If there is a bigger fan of Zagreb, I have yet to meet that person.  Of all the digital nomads who have spent time in the Croatian capital this year (and there have been many), few have been as visible as Steve Tsentserensky from Cleveland, Ohio. One of the first recipients of the Croatian digital nomad permit back in March, Steve has been very active travelling around the country, but all roads ultimately lead back to his true Croatian…

December 29, 2021 - Croatian sport 2021: a look at some of the top sporting moments from Croatian athletes following the 2020 pandemic year.  2020 was a write-off in sports, with some of the biggest competitions canceled as the Covid pandemic plagued the world. It was the year that postponed the Tokyo Olympics and EURO 2020, with no sporting event left unscathed by the threat of COVID-19.  The desperate wait for the vaccine ended at the start of 2021, allowing a slow normalization of the life we were used to, but not without rigorous measures in place to ensure we never…

December 28, 2021 - The largest panoramic wheel of Southeast Europe, Sky View, was set up as part of the Advent at the popular Osijek Školjka in the Slavonian metropolis. It is as high as 35 meters and weighs an incredible 90 tons. Sky View has 24 closed cabins that can seat 6 people and has a total capacity of 144 people. The largest panoramic wheel in Osijek and Croatia arrived from Turkey as a great attraction of Advent in Osijek, reports HrTurizam. Sky View was produced in Turkey, from where it was delivered to Osijek and had its premiere in the Slavonian metropolis. It attracted a large number…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - The retail prices of food and beverages in Croatia are close to average EU prices, with trade margins often exceeding those in western retail chains, and the situation is similar with telecommunications services, says the Večernji List daily issue of Tuesday. The poorer the country, the more its citizens spend on their basic needs. According to the EU's statistical office Eurostat, food expenses in the poorest EU member Romania account for 15% of the country's GDP, and right after Romania comes Croatia with a share of 14%, which is twice the EU average. In 2020…

ZAGREB, 28, 2021 - The first incubator for creative women's entrepreneurship in Croatia was opened this week to help creative women start their own small business. The Oaza (Oasis) incubator will provide mentorship, workshops, lectures and contacts with potential investors and buyers as well as a complete insight into the first year of running a business. Membership is free, and all women with creative hobbies or ideas which they have been meaning for years to turn into a business, as well as those who have only started their small business, are welcome to join. "In our everyday life, we are…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday he would be satisfied with the work of the security services only after he got a broader picture of the shooting incident that had occurred outside the government headquarters in Zagreb last year. "I, as the prime minister, want to know where the gun came from, I don't know that, who taught the gunman to shoot and why. When I hear the answers to these questions or get a broader picture of how all that happened, I will be satisfied. As long as I don't know that, I will not…

ZAGREB, 28 December, 2021 - A HRK 15.2 billion development agreement for the north of Croatia was signed in Varaždin on Monday, with speakers at the event saying that support to investments in the country's north was unprecedented, underlining its regional and national development dimension in the next decade. The agreement was signed at the proposal of Varaždin, Međimurje, Krapina-Zagorje, Bjelovar-Bilogora and Koprivnica-Križevci counties. Of the HRK 15.2 billion, to be used for the implementation of 38 projects in the five counties, common infrastructure projects amount to HRK 9.2 billion, while the total value of county projects, including back-up projects,…