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December 17, 2021 - Minister of the Interior Davor Božinović attended a ceremony in Zadar on Friday marking the completion of mine clearance activities in Zadar County. Thirty-five people were killed in the Zadar County by mines left over from the 1991-95 war. Zadar County head Božidar Longin was presented on that occasion with a certificate showing that the county is no longer among areas suspected of being infested with mines while Civil Protection Directorate head Damir Trut held a presentation on the mine removal project in Zadar County, reports Antena Zadar. Thirty-five people were killed in Zadar County by mines left…

December 17, 2021 - A Zagreb Jolly Wrap Up indeed, as the Croatian capital's successful digital nomad story is rounded off in style.  Advent in Zagreb 2021 is a little different to previous years, but I am beginning to like it. While we all want to get back to the frivolity of 2019, the pandemic has different ideas. I can't imagine what it must be like organising huge events at the moment, wondering if another wave will kill all the plans. And while this year's Advent is much less ostentatious than the glory years of 2016-2019, walking around the city…

ZAGREB, 17 Dec 2021 - Most Croatians plan to spend up to HRK 500 on Christmas presents, a survey carried out by Ja Trgovac magazine and the Hendal market research agency shows. The survey, conducted in November on a representative sample of people aged above 16, revealed that 31.6 per cent of respondents would spend up to HRK 500 (€67) on Christmas gifts and 24 per cent up to HRK 200 (€27). Nearly 21 per cent of those interviewed said they were not planning to buy any Christmas gifts this year, similar to last year when 22 per cent said…

December the 17th, 2021 - The second largest city in Croatia, Split, has been placed on the La Dolce Vita Orient Express route, which will be excellent further exposure for the Dalmatian port city and the home of Hajduk. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the La Dolce Vita Orient Express train, which is a luxury vehicle, launched 150 years ago by Georges Nagelmackers, will soon return to function in tourism, and Croatia will be on one of the future routes from Italy through as many as eight countries. It is a luxury railway tourism project that is being realised in…

December the 17th, 2021 - A group of Sisak residents were left disgruntled and likely with weakened immune systems after attempting to do their civic duty and get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus but being told to go home after two hours standing in the cold and rain. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, a rather embarrassing situation occurred regarding vaccines for some Sisak residents recently when coronavirus vaccines ran out at one of the vaccination points on Saturday. This means that a good part of the people who came home for their second dose went home unvaccinated, as was told by…

December the 17th, 2021 - The state has provided the Croatian Jadrolinija ferry company with a very handsome cash injection of 52 million kuna in order to try to get its severely hit liquidity and profitability back up given that the company has also fallen victim to the pandemic. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes, another victim of the global coronavirus pandemic has been the liquidity and stable business of the Croatian Jadrolinija ferry company, which the government saved with a recently made decision. It intervened with approved state aid of a massive 52 million kuna for the maritime company's uncovered…

December the 17th, 2021 - The well known Rijeka JGL pharmaceutical company has been busy developing an innovative cold spray which various substances targetting rhinovirus, the predominant cause of colds in humans, which haven't ever been used before. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the Rijeka JGL pharmaceutical company has teamed up in a partnership with the Centre for Proteomics of the Medical Faculty in Rijeka and with the scientific support of Biosens from Zagreb. This togetherness has resulted in the developing of an innovative ''Rino'' cold spray, with substances that have never been used in nasal sprays previously. The total…

ZAGREB, 16 Dec 2021 - EU leaders on Thursday underlined the importance of vaccination in the fight against COVID-19, including a booster shot given the worrying Omicron variant. The vaccination of all and receiving a booster shot is crucial and urgently necessary, according to European Council conclusions on the pandemic. EU heads of state or government said it is crucial to overcome the suspiciousness about vaccination and to fight vaccine disinformation. As to travel restrictions, the European Council called for coordinated efforts to respond to the situation based on available scientific evidence, and for imposing travel restrictions based on objective criteria, without…

Frane Selak was a music teacher from Croatia whose extraordinary fate gained him the nickname of the 'luckiest unlucky man on Earth'. The story of a man who cheated death seven times   How do you define luck? Surviving an accident, winning the lottery? Some would say it’s being at the right place at the right time, or perhaps, the wrong place at the wrong time and getting out unscathed anyway. There’s a man who’d been through it all - and then some. Frane (Frano) Selak was a music teacher from Croatia whose incredible life story gained him the nickname…

ZAGREB, 16 Dec 2021 - The conclusions by the Council of the European Union concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina contain everything that is important for the Croats in that country, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Brussels on Thursday. "Whenever the Dayton agreement is mentioned, that implies the constituent peoples. Any reference to Constitutional Court judgments implies the judgment in the Ljubić case, which concerns legitimate representation. All that is essential is in there, but one should have background knowledge and be able to decipher the conclusions, what they actually mean," Plenković told reporters in response to criticisms from President Zoran Milanović…