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December 12, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as American Airlines Philadelphia-Dubrovnik flights will not resume next summer.  Ex Yu Aviation reports that American Airlines will not resume its Philadelphia-Dubrovnik flights for the 2022 summer season. While the airline successfully maintained the route in the 2019 summer, it did not return the following year with additional flights and capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  But Dubrovnik isn't the only victim of American Airlines. Ex Yu Aviation adds that the airline won't resume seasonal flights to Prague and has discontinued operations to Edinburgh, Shannon and Hong Kong. The airline…

ZAGREB, 11 Dec, 2021 - Croatia has registered 3,860 new coronavirus cases and 58 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national coronavirus response team reported on Saturday. The number of active cases stands at 26,483 and among them 2,290 infected persons are receiving hospital treatment, including 323 who are on ventilators. A total of 23,895 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in Croatia, 651,863 people have been registered as having contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus, of whom 11,574 have died. A total of 613,806 people have recovered, including 4,143 in the last 24 hours. To date, 3,570,483 people have tested for the new virus,…

ZAGREB, 11 December, 2021 - Croatia's USKOK anti-corruption office and the EU's anti-fraud office OLAF are investigating four contracts signed by the Regional Development and EU Funds Ministry with the Omega Software company, with one having been signed by Tomislav Tolušić during his term as minister, says Jutarnji List daily. The contracts with the company are being probed because the value of the deal with Omega Software, regarding the making and maintenance of the eFondovi system, grew from the initial HRK 4.6 million to close to HRK 32 million. USKOK spokesman Sergej Abramov has confirmed that a preliminary investigation is under way but…

December 11, 2021 – This week Zagreb theatre audiences enjoyed the premier of Edward II, a play as timeless as the themes it deals with. Edward II, a late 16th century theatre play by Christopher Marlowe, is seeing its most recent re-imagining under the confident directing of Senka Bulic and her Kazaliste Hotel Bulic production house. December 8th was the date of the premier performance at the Travno Cultural Centre in Zagreb. The first open public performance was on December 9th. Historical Text The play followed the first Croatian translation of the piece by Mate Maras and was adapted by…

December 11, 2021 - It seems that I am not the only person who believes in the potential of eastern Croatia, as Beyondi Business Beyond Development announces the creation of an IT village in Baranja and a Cryptoberfest festival - from Munich to Karanac.  In October 2019, I visited one of the most progressive - and most remote - primary schools in the country. With one of THE most inspiring and progressive teachers. Goran Padunovic from Popovac Primary School close to the Hungarian border has been an occasional (and outstanding) TCN contributor for TCN over the years, and on a…

ZAGREB, 11 December, 2021 - A search is still ongoing for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared in the swollen Dragonja river on Thursday night as a group of migrants attempted to illegally cross the Croatian-Slovenian border, Istria County police said on Friday. The police said that a Turkish woman, the mother of the missing girl, had been rescued from the river. They added that a document found indicated that the child was disabled. About 40 Croatian police officers and divers have been joined by Slovenian divers in the search for the missing girl, Istria County police spokeswoman Suzana Sokač said…

December the 11th, 2021 - The Republic of Croatia finally meets all of the many requirements for Schengen entry, and European Union member states agreed this on Thursday, paving the way for a final decision on the matter. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the 27 EU member states agreed that Croatia meets all the conditions for implementing the Schengen acquis, paving the way for a final decision on Schengen entry which is without any control when crossing the European Union's internal borders. The agreed text of the conclusions was formally adopted by EU member states' interior ministers on Thursday without further…

December the 11th, 2021 - Seventeen Croatian enterprises have found themselves ranked among the best of the best when it comes to successful IT companies, which is no surprise when one looks at the blossoming Croatian IT sector, which excelled even during the pandemic in 2020. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, the world's leading ranking platform, Clutch, has published a list of the 1000 best companies in the global B2B market, which includes seventeen Croatian enterprises - in the very impressive seventh place, and also the best ranked Croatian company, is Infinum. Among the top 100 are Q Agency and…

December the 11th, 2021 - Croatia Airlines' main man Jasmin Bajic has stated that the national carrier is more than ready for Croatian economic recovery as hopes to finally put the horrendous coronavirus pandemic behind us grow. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Jasmin Bajic writes, the global health crisis is having an extremely devastating effect on the world's air transport industry, which is among the most affected economic activities, and the coronavirus pandemic will continue to be the biggest immediate threat to the airline and travel business next year. Forecasts of the most relevant international aviation associations and organisations say that this is the…

ZAGREB, 11 December, 2021 - Croatia has not only met all the criteria for accession to the Schengen passport-free travel area but is also very active in its reform, Interior Minister Davor Božinović told a press conference on Friday. All EU member states unanimously confirmed on Thursday that Croatia had fulfilled its obligations under the Schengen acquis, which paves the way for the adoption of decisions on abolishing border controls with Schengen countries. Croatia's readiness to take control of the EU's longest land border is not questionable, Božinović said. No other Schengen member has been evaluated so rigorously as Croatia…