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December 21, 2021 - Animal Friends Croatia, a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 2001 to promote animal protection and animal rights as well as veganism and an ethical, ecological and healthy lifestyle, has celebrated 20 years.  A word from the Zagreb-based association on their big anniversary.  "Well, we certainly hope you are, because in front of you is a film that celebrates no more and no less than TWO FULL DECADES of our struggle for animal rights in Croatia! The film is accompanied by an infographic, i.e. a timeline showing the greatest achievements we are proud of, together with all of you!When we…

December 21, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as Ryanair operates between Naples and Zagreb, and Turkish Airlines Zagreb-Istanbul flights are boosted in January!  Ryanair has been operating regularly between Naples and Zagreb since Friday, December 17, reports Croatian Aviation. As part of the latest expansion at the new Zagreb base, Ryanair made its first flight on the new line between Zagreb and Naples on Friday, December 17. Recall, Ryanair has announced 10 new lines from the Zagreb base - nine of them were introduced in the first days of December, and as of last Friday, the line…

December 21, 2021 - Marko Livaja is officially the best footballer in the Croatian First League (HNL)!   In a selection chosen by the Croatian Frist League captains, the Hajduk striker received 20 more points than Josip Drmić from Rijeka. 1. Marko Livaja - 76 points2. Josip Drmić - 56 points3. Bruno Petković - 50 points4. Arijan Ademi - 30 points5. Petar Bočkaj, Luka Ivanušec, Ivica Ivušić, Marin Jakoliš, Ramon Mierez - all 10 points each "This is also one big motive for me. I want to thank the captains who voted for me, my teammates because without them, this award would…

January 06, 2022 - Imagine this: The air is sharp and crisp. The sun is bright and brilliant. Looking out over the Adriatic Sea, it feels like you have the entire place to yourself. When the breeze whips up, it is exhilarating learning to harness the power of the wind to get the boat really moving. You can feel it on your face, and the adrenaline pumps through you as the yacht cuts through the waves.  Way before we came to Croatia, we began sailing just north of Wellington, New Zealand, in a place called Mana. The main sailing that…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The Croatian Fire Service marked the 145th anniversary of its existence on Monday, with senior state officials stressing the importance of its new organization. President Zoran Milanović praised the integration of the Fire Service into the state administration through the establishment of the State Firefighting Office, saying that there were about 1,800 voluntary firefighter associations in the country. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković thanked all firefighters for their commitment to this humane, responsible, and important job. "Firefighting is an important and noble activity which is socially beneficial and which brings people together," he said. Plenković said…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Monday commented on claims about stolen referendums, saying that it is not good to create an atmosphere in which someone is accused of theft in advance. "I wouldn't like the creation of an atmosphere in an attempt to impose the picture that someone has stolen signatures," he said on Croatian Radio. "The organizers should show how many signatures they collected. It's important that this time the public is included in the process as well as possible in order to eliminate any doubts as to whether there are enough signatures or not," he said…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - Defence Minister Mario Banožić on Monday congratulated the Dr. Franjo Tuđman Croatian Military Academy on its 30th anniversary, underscoring that it was a place of excellence in knowledge, where Croatian non-commissioned officers and officers were trained, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release. "Generations after the Homeland War, experience and knowledge have been passed on in order to raise ambitious goals to a higher level. You are a place of excellence where even today, just like during the crucial years of creating and strengthening the Croatian Armed Forces, our non-commissioned officers and officers…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices slid on Monday, the Crobex by 0.28% to 2029.41 points and the Crobex10 by 0.37% to 1,242.99 points. Regular turnover was HRK 6.4 million, about one million less than on Friday. The highest turnover, of HRK 1.35 million, was generated by the stock of the HT telecommunications company. Its price went up by 0.54% to HRK 184.50 per share. No other stock passed the turnover mark of one million kuna. A total of 40 stocks were traded today, with 13 of them registering price increases, 15 recording price…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The President of the Republic and Armed Forces Commander in Chief, Zoran Milanović, said on Monday that the Dr. Franjo Tuđman Croatian Military Academy was created amid the war and nation-building, underscoring that the Croatian Armed Forces served to defend the country and were respected and loved by the people. "I've arrived from an institution that has marked its 30th anniversary this morning -- the Croatian National Bank (HNB). That 30th anniversary isn't actually real because that institution had existed before. This one, yours and ours, hadn't existed, it was created amid the war and…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The Croatian National Bank (HNB) is the central monetary institution that had a crucial stabilizing role in the past and now has an important role on Croatia's path to the euro area, a ceremony marking 30 years of the HNB was told on Monday. On 25 June 1991, parliament adopted a constitutional decision on Croatia's sovereignty and independence and the following 8 October, a decision severing all ties with the former Yugoslavia. That day, the government adopted a decree on the HNB which went into force on 23 December. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said the HNB…