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ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Justice Minister Ivan Malenica on Wednesday called out the MOST party for "exerting unnecessary pressure" and said the only question was whether it had collected enough signatures for a referendum. Speaking to the press, he said a number of constitutional law experts had said a number of times that the referendum petition with a constitutional and a legislative part was pointless and that "it certainly won't be conducive to improving the situation." The opposition MOST objects to the national COVID-19 crisis management team and wants citizens to answer two questions - if the constitution should establish…

December 22, 2021 - Today, the Tourist Board of the Split-Dalmatia County (TZSD) presented 52 thematic hiking trails of the Split-Dalmatia County in the length of 327 kilometers on the coast, islands, and Zagora. The 52 thematic hiking trails, which are a new tourist product, represent a step towards active tourism and new tourist content in the wake of the world's search for tourists for a longer stay in the open air with a thoughtful story and original offer, reports HrTurizam.hr. In order for guests to see exactly before they arrive in Central Dalmatia how they can actively relax and walk through attractive…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Croatia has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner none of the seventeen recommendations contained in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which is the Council of Europe anti-corruption body, stated on Wednesday. According to GRECO's latest statement concerning Croatia, of those 17 recommendations, eight recommendations have been partly implemented and nine have not been implemented. Those recommendations were outlined in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report, adopted on December 2019 and made public in March 2020. The Fifth Round Evaluation Report focused on top executive authorities and law enforcement agencies. GRECO urges Croatia to…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - In the past 24 hours Croatia has registered 4,226 new coronavirus cases and another 36 infected people died as a consequence of this infectious disease, the national COVID response team reported on Wednesday. There are currently 21,740 active cases in Croatia including 2,066 hospitalised COVID patients, with 266 of them placed on ventilators. Since 25 February 2020 when the first case of the infection with the novel virus was registered in Croatia, there have been 682,759 cases of the contagion registered and 12,126 infected people have died while a total of 648,893 have recovered including 1,927 in the…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman will pay a visit to Russia in mid-January, the Večernji List (VL) daily reported on Wednesday. Grlić Radman's host, Minister Sergey Lavrov, visited Zagreb a year ago, and this was the first visit by a Russian foreign minister to Croatia in the past 16 years, the daily newspaper recalls. In addition to political topics on the agenda of the Lavrov-Grlić Radman talks in Moscow, economic matters will also be discussed with Croatian company executives doing business in the Russian Federation. Grlić Radman's visit is taking place against a…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Croatian ex-pats who return and start their own business in Croatia can count on a grant of HRK 50,000 (€6,700) for the return plus HRK 150,000 (€20,000) as self-employment subsidy, the Jutarnji List daily wrote on Wednesday. Owners who relocate their business to less-developed areas will be entitled to HRK 25,000 (€3,400). €133m scheme for expats' return and redistribution of businesses across Croatia This is an entirely new scheme dubbed "I choose Croatia" that the government is introducing as part of its active employment measures and the scheme will be outlined at the cabinet meeting on Thursday, and…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Tuesday that it was important to determine the exact number of signatures collected by MOST for its petition for a referendum against COVID certificates so as to avoid polemics, suspicions and accusations. Croatia now needs peace and not conflicts, Jandroković said during the commercial NOVA TV broadcaster's prime time news programme on Tuesday evening. "It is of extreme importance to make sure that the counting of the signatures be transparent," said the Sabor Speaker. He is also for authorising an autonomous body or agency to monitor the counting of the signatures.…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Thirty-one years ago the Republic of Croatia got its first Constitution, which was adopted on 21 December and was officially promulgated on the day after that, that is on  22 January 1990, and became known as the Christmas Constitution since its promulgation happened a few days before Christmas. The decision to promulgate the Constitution was passed at a plenary session of the first Croatian parliament (Hrvatski Sabor) on 22 December 1990. At the time the legislature consisted of the three chambers: a social and political council, the council of associated labour, and the council of municipalities. That was…

ZAGREB, 22 December, 2021 - Addressing a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the National Community of Montenegrins in Croatia in Zagreb on Tuesday, President Zoran Milanović said that Montenegro deserved to be part of the European Union. During the ceremony, held under the auspices of President Milanović and Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović who also attended the event in Zagreb, the Croatian head of state highlighted the European identity and values characteristic of the Montenegrins. Milanović praised them for being distinguished by that "unique and ineradicable" identity. Croatia strongly supports Montenegro on its journey to the membership of the European Union and would like that the…

December 22, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as Croatia Airlines Barcelona-Zagreb flights return next summer, and Pristina-Zagreb flights are reduced in January and February.  The Croatian national airline, Croatia Airlines, will reintroduce a scheduled flight between Zagreb and Barcelona in the 2022 summer flight schedule, reports Croatian Aviation. The flight between the two cities was introduced for the first time in the summer of 1999, and then again in the summer of 2009. The line operated regularly until the summer season of 2020 when it has not been in operation due to the pandemic. The Croatian national…