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ZAGREB, 16 December, 2021 - A contract was signed on Wednesday between the Vukovar Port Authority and the IGH Institute for making project documentation for a vertical waterfront at the Vukovar Port worth €1.67 million. The project is being co-financed with EU grants, which account for 85% of the funding, while the remainder will come from the state budget. The project should be completed by 31 March 2024. "When the project is completed, we will have 300 metres of a new vertical waterfront at the Vukovar port. To date, we have signed a contract for project management and today we have signed…

ZAGREB, 16 December, 2021 - MOST MPs on Wednesday denied having planned to enter into a physical conflict with SDP MPs, noting that accusations that they are murderers and that they exploit death were uncivilised, adding that they had collected around 300,000 signatures for a referendum against COVID certificates. MP Marija Selak Raspudić said that the Act on the Protection of the Population from Infectious Diseases, passed by the parliament today, legalised unlawful duress as the previously adopted decision on COVID-19 certificates did not have any legal grounds. Accusations against MOST uncivilised Commenting on some opposition lawmakers accusing Bridge of being responsible for the current…

ZAGREB, 16 December, 2021 - SDP leader Peđa Grbin said on Wednesday that the government could and should have managed the coronavirus pandemic better, and that by refusing to have related decisions adopted by a two-thirds majority in parliament, it had taken over responsibility for the further increase in COVID-19 deaths. "The government has not been dealing well with the disease either economy-wise or health-wise. Croatia's vaccination rate is among the lowest in Europe and the consequence of that is the spreading of the disease and new fatalities," Grbin said. Rational decisions are still possible "We are telling the government again that it…

ZAGREB, 16 December, 2021 - The Contagious Diseases Act was amended on Wednesday, with 77 MPs voting in favour and 27 against, while the members of the MOST party walked out of the Parliament chamber. The amended law provides for fines of up to HRK 50,000 for responsible persons not complying with the COVID-19 certificate mandate in public institutions. During the vote, the majority turned down a conclusion proposed by the opposition that any laws and decisions restricting human rights and freedoms should be adopted by a two-thirds vote in the Sabor. The centre-left opposition parties said they would ask the Constitutional Court to…

December 15, 2021 - KSW65 will be held this weekend, featuring one of the biggest fights in Europe to date, as Roberto Soldic and Mamed Khalidov meet in the Gliwice, Poland ring.  This Saturday, December 18, live from Gliwice, Poland, one of the biggest fights ever in Europe takes place in the main event of KSW 65 as welterweight champion Roberto Soldic (19-3) challenges Mamed Khalidov (35-5-2) for the middleweight title in a Champ vs. Champ Superfight. Hailing from Croatia, Soldic has long established himself as one of the best welterweights on the planet and one of the most feared fighters in…

ZAGREB, 15 Dec 2021 - So far, eight cases of the infection with the omicron variant of coronavirus have been confirmed in Croatia, and four have been in Zagreb and another four in Split, Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Wednesday. Roughly 200 samples have been sent to the  European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) for sequencing, and we will soon get information whether there are more and more cases of the infection with the latest variant of the virus, Beroš said. He said that since 16 November, when the COVID certificate mandate was introduced in the public…

ZAGREB, 15 Dec 2021 - The mayor of the City of Kutina, 70 kilometers southeast of Zagreb, Zlatko Babić, and three more suspects in the case believed to be connected with the alleged white-collar crimes, were arrested by the police on Wednesday. The Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK) and the police did not reveal the identities of the arrested persons. Media outlets speculate that apart from Babić, also Davor Kljakić, who was until recently the chairman of the city council, an independent councilor Dražen Kinderman, and Darko Kolsek were arrested. The arrests are believed to be…

ZAGREB, 15 Dec 2021 - The decline in the coronavirus numbers in Croatia has been at a slower pace this week, and the country's COVID-19 crisis management team on Wednesday decided to extend the existing anti-epidemic rules until 31 December. Health Minister Vili Beroš informed the government today that in the last 24 hours there had been 4,671 new cases of the infection with coronavirus, only 80 cases fewer than a week ago, and that hospitals continued to run at full capacity. In the last 24 hours, the share of positive tests has reached 38.86%, or 1.7 percentage points less than a…

ZAGREB, 15 Dec 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms attacks and the invective against healthcare workers, underscoring that COVID certificates were not anything special or any kind of restriction, but a tool used across Europe. "Insulting healthcare workers is inappropriate and unacceptable... instead of expressing gratitude to them for their commitment, we can see insults that deserve to be strongly condemned." On Tuesday evening, Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković also deplored the aggressive behavior of some demonstrators at rallies against COVID certificates and vaccines. Commenting on the latest COVID numbers in Croatia, PM Plenković said…

ZAGREB, 15 Dec 2021 - Several dozens gathered in St. Mark's Square in Zagreb on Wednesday morning to rally against COVID vaccines and the draft amendments of the Contagious Diseases Act, which the Croatian parliament is supposed to adopt later in the day. The protesters rallied outside the government and the parliament to express their opposition against the vaccines against coronavirus. One of the protesters shouted that she had not got vaccinated against that COVID disease and that she would not allow the immunization of her child with that experimental vaccine. She also told media outlets and reporters not to label them…