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December 21, 2021 - As part of this year's International Award for Sustainable Tourism (Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards), the project Camino Krk was awarded the International Prize for Sustainable Tourism. The Camino Krk project, in competition with ten other initiatives from different parts of the world, in the category of Rural / Rural Areas and Biodiversity (Countryside and Biodiversity), as one of the nine set categories, is positioned in third place, reports HrTurizam.hr. This year, the evaluation of projects received in the public call was conducted by three independent judges, giving them grades that are then added up, so the initiative with the…

December 21, 2021 - The Ministry of Agriculture reported on Tuesday that the Lika škripavac has become the 32nd Croatian product with a protected name in the European Union (EU), which guarantees consumers the purchase of an authentic product. Turističke Priče reports that the Lika škripavac has been awarded the European protected geographical indication, which the European Commission has published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Thus, Lički škripavac is entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications and protected throughout the European Union. The EU trademark, like the geographical indication on the packaging, guarantees consumers…

December 21, 2021 - As a solidarity effort towards the town that was hit hard by an earthquake almost a year ago, Telemach donates 100,000 kuna to a Petrinja kindergarten. The donation will be aimed at equipping the expanded accommodation capacities within its extended part and creating conditions for quality educational work. In anticipation of the holidays, Telemach continues to help earthquake-stricken Petrinja with the intention of contributing to creating conditions for its youngest residents, reports Net.hr. Although the Petrinjčica Kindergarten suffered significant damage in the earthquake, it was successfully repaired with the help of donors by the beginning of the current pedagogical…

December 21, 2021 - Mayor Tomislav Tomašević and his associates opened a separate post-COVID polyclinic of the Special Hospital for Lung Diseases in front of the Health Center Zagreb - East. He also referred to the new cable car and epidemiological measures for the New Year celebrations in a subsequent press conference. Announced a few months ago and finally opened today by Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević, the new polyclinic will focus on providing treatment to patients who have recovered from COVID and have physiological sequelae from contracting the virus, Večernji List reports. ''As more than a few hundred thousand people in…

ZAGREB, 21, December, 2021 - Croatia's biggest challenge in implementing an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 will be to increase the energy efficiency of buildings, Croatian Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Tomislav Ćorić said in Brussels on Monday. Given our GDP per capita, our biggest challenge will be to increase the energy efficiency of buildings, said Ćorić, who attended a meeting of EU environmental ministers in Brussels. The main topic of the meeting was a discussion on the progress made in the agreements on the Fit for 55 climate package, which includes a set…

ZAGREB, 21 December, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday that he wanted signatures for a referendum on COVID passes to be checked transparently. Plenković said this in response to the statement by President Zoran Milanović that the government would most likely try to declare some of the signatures invalid and thus rob the MOST party, which initiated signature collection. Commenting on Milanović's statement after a ceremony marking the 145th anniversary of the existence of the Croatian Fire Service, Plenković wondered how Milanović knew whether MOST had collected enough signatures for a referendum, ironically adding that the President must…

ZAGREB, 20 December, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković hinted on Monday that there had been no serious security threats that would have justified President Zoran Milanović's decision to cancel his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milanović on Sunday cancelled his visit to Travnik and Nova Bila for unspecified security reasons. His decision was preceded by severe criticisms from Bosniak politicians over his statement concerning the qualification of the 1995 massacre of Bosniaks at Srebrenica as an act of genocide. "I don't know why he did not go to Nova Bila. If there had been anything of relevance to security, anything…

ZAGREB, 21 December, 2021 - The head of Zagreb's "Dr Fran Mihaljević" hospital for infectious diseases, Alemka Markotić, said on Monday that the first SARS-CoV-2 Omicron virus had been isolated in Croatia, which would enable new neutralisation tests and was important for international cooperation. "Dr Željka Mačak Šafranko has isolated the first Omicron virus in Croatia. That will enable new neutralisation tests and is exceptionally important for us and for international cooperation," Markotić said in an interview with the HRT public broadcaster. She reported that the hospital was full of COVID patients and that the pressure on intensive care units was…

December 21, 2021 - The Rijeka Civic Museum has sent a public invitation to its citizens, but also to Italian, German, Austrian, British, and other citizens to join the last phase of preparation of the museum display dedicated to the legendary Galeb ship, which in other countries is also known under other names. The Invitation has been published on the website of the Rijeka Civic Museum, on the website of the City of Rijeka, and on the website of the Tourist Board of the City of Rijeka and concerns all those who own and wish to share items, photos, videos or…

December 21, 2021 - To strengthen international cooperation and innovation, India and Croatia have launched the India-Croatia Startup Bridge, an initiative that enables startups, investors, incubators, corporations, and entrepreneurs from both countries to connect more strongly, expand business and position themselves in the global market. This digital platform forms a bridge between entrepreneurs with the technological infrastructure to run joint projects. It is the basis for all future bilateral programs to improve the startup ecosystem between India and Croatia. On this occasion, the Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovation and Investment (HAMAG-BICRO) and Startup India presented the India-Croatia Startup Bridge to…