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ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - Croatian President Zoran Milanović said on Monday, a day after canceling a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina due to security risks, that he would come again. Milanović yesterday canceled a visit to Travnik and Nova Bila and today would not elaborate on the security risks. He said he would come to BiH again and that "no morality rabble-rousers will stop me." "They can get lost", he added. "I can't be friends with everybody. If one should be in a conflict with someone, and that's the unitarist clique in Sarajevo who say they are patriots, I will be…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - Croatia's Constitutional Court will on Tuesday consider the constitutionality of the digital COVID passes for access to hospitals and the mandatory vaccination against coronavirus in healthcare and social welfare institutions. The topic of COVID certificates in the whole public sector will not be on the agenda, as the government has not yet notified the Court about its position on the matter, the Constitutional Court said on Monday, adding that it had sent a reminder to the government concerning that topic. For more on politics, follow TCN's dedicated page.

ZAGREB, 20 Dec  2021 - The average rental rate of arable land in Croatia in 2020 amounted to HRK 793 (€106) per hectare, which is HRK 26 (€3.5) more than in 2019, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) reported on Monday. The statistics indicate that in 2020 the average grassland rent was HRK 525 per hectare or HRK 13 more year-on-year whereas pastures increased by HRK 12 to HRK 343 per hectare. In Pannonian Croatia, the average rent of arable land in 2020 was HRK 811 per hectare, of meadows HRK 487 per hectare, and of pastures HRK 307 per hectare. The average rent of arable…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The Croatian ministry of the interior has commissioned an earthquake simulator that can simulate the ground motion of earthquakes up to intensity 9 on the Mercalli scale, the Večernji List daily reported on Monday. The purpose of that container, worth HRK 3.3 million (€440,000) without Value Added Tax, is to enable participants in exercises that take place in such containers to experience various sorts of tremors. The interior of the container is furnished with movable objects which can be found in an ordinary living room, and sound effects typical for earthquakes will also be simulated during exercises. The…

In the age of mass-production and overconsumption, artisanal crafts seem to be making a comeback as more and more people crave authenticity over standardised manufacturing. We’re starting a new series to highlight the talented Croatian artisans creating extraordinary things, looking to learn more about their crafts. First up in Meet the Makers, an interview with the woman who’s turning discarded sheep fleece into stunning, eco-friendly wool rugs   Scrolling through my news feed one day, an image caught my eye. A star-shaped white rug, covered in streaks of bright pink and orange, that looked incredibly soft and entirely unique. That’s…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The Croatian Cyclists' Union on Monday launched a campaign promoting the use of bicycles for transport in Zagreb during the Advent and Christmas holidays. The purpose of the campaign called "Dva Kotača od Zaraze Jača ("Bikes Offer Better Protection against Infection" in an unofficial translation) is to encourage more and more residents to ride a bike instead of using cars when commuting to work or visiting Advent events in Zagreb. The union said today that the campaign would be conducted until 7 January. Representatives of the cyclists' union cited multiple benefits of using bicycles such as keeping…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - The Vinkovci Josip Runjanin Music School on Sunday held its traditional Christmas Carols concert with about 150 current and former students and teachers of the school participating in the event. The concert with singers standing by the school windows is traditionally organized on the fourth Advent Sunday, and only last year the COVID-19 pandemic prevent the organization of the concert This year's traditional Christmas carols concert also paid tribute to the composer of the Croatian anthem, Josip Runjanin, in memory of the  200th anniversary of his birth in this eastern Croatian city. The music school in Vinkovci is also named after…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - In the last 24 hours, of 2,208 tests conducted for coronavirus in Croatia, 16.7% (367) have returned positive, and another 62 COVID patients have died, raising the COVID-related death toll to 12,043, Croatia's COVID crisis management team reported on Monday. There are currently 19,570 active cases of infection in the country, and of them, 2,178 are hospitalized patients, including 268 placed on ventilators. Since the first registered case of infection with the novel virus in Croatia on 25 February 2020, 675,730 people have been diagnosed with this infectious disease, and of them, 644,117 have recovered to date, including 3,341…

ZAGREB, 20 Dec 2021 - Nikola Grmoja of the Bridge party said on Sunday they had collected a sufficient number of signatures for their referendum petitions for the transfer of the powers of the national COVID-19 crisis management team to the parliament and the abolishment of COVID certificates. This opposition party started collecting signatures on 4  December at over 1,200 venues across Croatia, and the two-week deadline for the initiative expired at midnight on 18 December. For a referendum campaign to be successful, its organizers must collect the signatures of 10% of the electorate or 368,446 signatures. Grmoja, however, stopped short of specifying the number of…

December 20, 2021 - In the 30th season, and for the first time, the Jadran Split men's team took home the Croatian Water Polo Cup! Jadran has won three European trophies (twice European champion, 1992 and 1993, and the Comen Cup), but nothing in domestic competitions, that is, until December 19, 2021, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. In 2021, in the third Croatian Cup final and the third against Jug, the Jadran men's team finally tasted victory. While Jug was after their 17th cup and 66th trophy, in their 101st year, Jadran reached its 15th trophy in history, and the first cup,…