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December the 28th, 2021 - The very popular Lika Skripavac cheese is set to expand not only its offer but also it's sales network following special recognition given to it by the European Union (EU) in the form of a much-sought-after label. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes, the much loved Lika Skripavac cheese has been awarded the European Union's label of protected geographical indication, the European Commission (EC) published in the Official Journal of the European Union on Tuesday. As stated, the method of production of this special Croatian cheese, which became the 32nd Croatian product to boast EU protection,…

Railway connectivity between the capital and the biggest Croatian port has been more than inadequate lately, with no express lines available and a single direct line in operation Rijeka city councillors Ivana Prica and Kristian Čarapić of SDP criticised the poor railway connectivity between Rijeka and Zagreb at a recent press conference, reported Novi list (Marinko Glavan). The councillors demanded that the Croatian Railways (HŽ) reinstate the high-speed train line between Rijeka and Zagreb that was scrapped last year. ‘The last remaining express service operating on the route Rijeka-Zagreb-Osijek was cancelled on December 24th of last year, while the express…

ZAGREB, 23 Dec 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday that coronavirus was spreading somewhat faster in Dalmatia and urged citizens to remain cautious during the festive season in order to prevent the spread of the virus at family gatherings. Broken down by regions we can see that the virus is spreading somewhat faster in Dalmatia. After weeks of registering fewer and fewer new infection numbers, today we have a higher number than last week, said Plenković, opening a cabinet meeting. This Thursday, the COVID-19 crisis management team reported 3,831 new cases in the last 24 hours, as against 3,765…

ZAGREB, 23 Dec 2021 - The president of the Bridge party, Božo Petrov, said on Thursday that the party had collected a sufficient number of signatures for their referendum petition against COVID certificates. When this Opposition party started collecting signatures, the Justice and Public Administration Ministry established that the minimum required number should be 368,446 valid signatures, that is 10% of voters in electoral rolls. Petrov told a news conference that the party would deliver boxes with the signatures to the national parliament on 24 January. We will deliver the valid and authentic signatures on 24 January, said Bridge's MP Marin Miletić. MP…

ZAGREB, 23 Dec 2021 - In the last 24 hours, of 11,232 coronavirus tests conducted in Croatia, 34% (3,831) have turned out to be positive, and another 53 COVID-19 patients have died, raising the COVID-related death toll to 12,179, Croatia's national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Thursday. There are currently 22,461 active cases, including 1,981 hospitalised COVID patients, and of them, 266 are placed on ventilators. Since the first registered case of the infection with the novel virus in Croatia on 25 February 2020, 686,590 people have been diagnosed with this infectious disease, and of them 651,995 have recovered, including…

What happens when a beginner baker attempts to make traditional Christmas cookies? A lighthearted personal blog to document a slightly chaotic evening of holiday baking Christmas snuck up on me this year. It’s the first holiday season in four years that I’m spending with my family, and I couldn’t be more overjoyed - looking forward to our traditional chaos of decorating the tree on Christmas Eve and gobbling up bakalar like there’s no tomorrow. I even managed to buy most presents on time, but there’s one thing I forgot: Christmas cookies! Save for helping my mom with holiday baking while…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - The State Audit Office has published a report on financial operations of political parties and independent representatives in 2020, noting a slew of irregularities in the operations of the Homeland Movement, including the procurement of wine and CDs linked to the party's then-leader Miroslav Škoro. The audit established that the opposition Homeland Movement spent 62.5% of its representation expenses, that is HRK 280,500, to procure Škoro's wine and Christmas CDs, but it is not clear why they were procured. Škoro broke up with the party this past summer. State Audit Office spokeswoman Biserka Čoh Mikulec said on Wednesday there were no…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - The Zagreb County Court on Wednesday sentenced former Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) head Nadan Vidošević to eight years' imprisonment pending appeal for siphoning HRK 35.5 million from the HGK. Vidošević was also found guilty of buying sculptures with HGK money and an excavator with money of the Kraš company. Since he has been sentenced to more than five years, he will immediately go to prison. Vidošević's closest assistant, Zdenka Peternel, was sentenced to two years pending appeal, also for siphoning money from the HGK via fictitious contracts, while former HGK head of accounting Josipa Miladinov…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - The Voice of Entrepreneurs association said on Wednesday the government's "I choose Croatia" scheme was illogical and discriminatory, adding that taxpayers' money will finance those who have not paid a single kuna into the state budget to start a business. The association said that as part of its self-employment scheme, the government plans to give money to returnees from the EU and another HRK 50,000 if they move back to Croatia. The government also aims to give money to those who plan to move their businesses from developed urban areas in Croatia to less urban ones. These people would get…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - President Zoran Milanović said on Wednesday that PM Andrej Plenković's comment on his having cancelled his visit to Nova Bila in Bosnia and Herzegovina for security reasons was "insane", and that Plenković was saying what Sarajevo unitarianists and oppressors of BiH Croats were saying. Milanović was to have travelled to Nova Bila last Sunday, on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of a humanitarian convoy from Croatia to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena, but his visit was cancelled for security reasons. Describing Plenković's comment on the cancellation of his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milanović said it…