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November 20, 2021 - The Croatia Davis Cup team will be without Borna Ćorić this year. The competition begins in Turin on November 25 against Australia.   The end of the tennis season is reserved for the Davis Cup final, and the final tournament takes place from November 25 to December 5 this year. Croatia will play its first match in Turin on Thursday, November 25, against Australia, reports T.portal.  Marin Čilić, Nino Serdarušić, Borna Gojo, Nikola Mektić, and Mate Pavić are the forces that will represent Croatia in Turin. Croatia is in Group D with Hungary and Australia. If they…

ZAGREB, 20 Nov, 2021 - An Algerian, who was caught trying to illegally cross from Bosnia and Herzegovina into Croatia on Friday evening, kicked a policeman and fled the scene, but he was arrested soon after his escape, the Croatian law enforcement authorities reported on late Friday evening. The Sisak-Moslavina County police department reported that the incident had occurred near the town of Topusko, and the 26-year-old Algerian undocumented migrant was placed into custody upon his arrest. The criminal charges will be pressed against the Algerian who hit the policeman in the head. The police officer was examined in the Sisak…

November the 20th, 2021 - The agricultural technology Crop company published an ad on LinkedIn recently which they stated that they were on the hunt for land for the construction of the first high-tech greenhouse into which they plan to invest a massive 18 million euros, with the help of their Dutch partners, Dutch Greenhouses. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the Crop company was founded last year by entrepreneurs from the digital business and public relations, Jan de Jong and Jerko Trogrlic, known to the public for the project of promoting digital nomads and the digital nomad permit (often wrongly…

November the 20th, 2021 - The Pula administration is seeking the opinions of local residents on the management of this Istrian city's various beaches, with clear criteria and all information being made readily available to public set as the aim. As Morski writes, a public consultation on the management of maritime assets for the year 2022 is underway in Pula, headed by the Pula administration. They explained from this Istrian city that before making decisions on the possible mere implementation of concessions in exchange for concession approvals, a detailed analysis of economic profitability and environmental impact will be performed. A very…

November the 20th, 2021 - The former HSM Informatika has recently been present on the regional market under the name HSM following the transformation of its visual identity and business strategy. The Croatian informatics company HSM has also seen shifts in its market presence following these changes. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Lucija Spiljak writes, the Croatian informatics company HSM is 100 percent domestically owned and has been present on the market for more than 30 years now. The company states that the Management Board decided to take this step after the company's management changed. Namely, HSM is a family company that is…

November the 20th, 2021 - Young Croat Filip Koprcina runs a startup which has the primary aim of lessening the dire consequences of climate change, which is as much of a threat now as ever. As Lucija Spiljak/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Filip Koprcina has always been interested in renewable energy sources and environmental protection, and he decided to act strongly on this issue. This 25-year-old Croat runs a successful startup called Energy Shift, a platform that allows people to invest and co-own solar power plants. contribute to the environment and generate revenue. He wanted, as he says, to make a change here…

November 19, 2021 - Good news today as Croatia has moved up 3 spots in the latest FIFA ranking, and the Vatreni is now the 15th national team in the world.  The Croatia national football team has advanced by three spots in the updated International Football Association (FIFA) ranking for November and is now the 15th national team in the world! In the last qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Croatia beat Malta (7:1) and Russia (1:0) and earned enough points to overtake Colombia, Uruguay, and Sweden in the ranking.  Belgium, Brazil, and France remain at the…

November 19, 2021 - The Meeting G2 business conference will be held for the 7th year in a row! This time, entitled MG2.7 - Time Lapse.  The Association for Connecting Business in the Homeland and Diaspora - Meeting G2 - will be held for the seventh time.  The Meeting G2 conference aims to network business people of Croatian origin from around the world, which is also an ongoing mission of the Association. They do not deviate this year, although still under challenging circumstances. This year's conference will present to the Croatian diaspora from all over the world what has been…

ZAGREB, 19 Nov 2021 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Friday he would not resign over a European Court of Human Rights ruling in the death of six-year-old migrant Madine Hosseini, calling her death a tragedy. Speaking to the press, he said "there are other legal remedies" and that "what and if something will be done" would be decided by Croatia's representative before the ECHR. Asked which stand Croatia would take if the ruling became final, Božinović said it was a question for the future. Stressing that every loss of life was tragic, especially a child's, he said Croatia…

ZAGREB, 19 Nov 2021 - MEP Karlo Ressler (HDZ, EPP) on Friday told a press conference in Zagreb that Croatia will have a lot of benefit from the 2022 European budget, which was agreed by the European Commission and European Parliament on Monday. The budget is the source of financing for all EU programmes in all member states and all European institutions and agencies. "Croatia will benefit from practically all programmes," said Ressler, a member of the inner budget negotiating team for the 2022 budget With regard to the commission's proposal in July, the budget has been increased by €480 million. "In…