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ZAGREB, 3 November, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has conducted 13,031 coronavirus tests, and 35% of them, that is 4,573 have returned positive, while the COVID-related death toll has risen by 41 to 9,332, the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Wednesday. Currently, there are 22,700 active cases, and of them 1,634 are hospitalised patients including 198 COVID patients placed on ventilators. As many as 23,416 people are self-isolating. Since the first registered case of the infection with the novel virus on 25 February 2020, Croatia has conducted 3,126,230 tests, and of them, 476,832 have turned…

ZAGREB, 3 November, 2021 - Croatia and Dubrovnik are among the ten most desirable destinations on the British travel market, as voted by readers of Wanderlust travel magazine, which has awarded them in the category of the most desirable closer countries and cities to visit, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Wednesday. The awards were presented as part of the World Travel Market (WTM) show in London, and the awards for Croatia were accepted by the head of the HTZ London Office, Darija Reić. Croatia ranked sixth among the top ten desirable closer countries and Dubrovnik placed fifth among the most desirable…

ZAGREB, 3 November, 2021 - Vice-president of the Zagreb branch of former mayor Milan Bandić's BM 365 - Labour and Solidarity Party, Slavko Kojić, on Wednesday described Mayor Tomislav Tomašević's claim that the amount of the city's debt was equal to its revenue, far above the 20% limit permitted by law, was scandalous. "The city cannot owe more than 20% of its revenue, that is a gross lie the mayor said in the City Assembly," Kojić, a former long-lasting head of the city's finance department during Bandić's term, claimed at a news conference. He went on to say that the city could…

ZAGREB, 3 November, 2021 - Finance Minister Zdravko Marić told the parliament on Wednesday that the total cost of combatting the COVID pandemic has exceeded HRK 40 billion (€5.3 billion) from the state budget alone in just under two years, however, the effect of COVID is a one-off event, regardless of how strong it may be. The majority of costs relate to job-keeping measures, directly or indirectly, then taxes, contributions, everything the state took upon itself, said Marić presenting this year's budget revision. The revision envisages an increase in budget revenue of HRK 3.3 billion to HRK 153.6 billion and expenditure by…

ZAGREB, 3 Novmber, 2021 - Croatian athletes won 15 medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer, and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports has paid them a total of HRK 6.650 million (€886,666) for their achievements. Croatia won eight medals at the Olympic Games - three golds, three silvers and two bronzes, for which a total of HRK 4.25 million has been disbursed (HRK 390,000 each for the silver medals in gymnastics and sailing, HRK 900,000 for the gold and bronze in taekwondo, HRK 1.202 million for the gold and bronze in rowing, and HRK 1.370 million for the…

ZAGREB, 3 Novmber, 2021 - Unlike many critics of columnist Boris Dežulović, MP Bojan Glavašević of the Green-Left Coalition sided with him on Wednesday, saying he too has been warning for years that Vukovar has been sacralised instead of being a town for the living because some politicians parasitise on it. "The thesis that Vukovar has been turned into a memorial ossuary and not a town for the living is clear from the very column when one goes further than the headline, and it seems that most of his loud critics haven't gone further than the headline. It's interesting that those whom…

ZAGREB, 3 November, 2021 - MP Veljko Kajtazi, who represents the ethnic Roma minority, said in Parliament on Wednesday that the World Day of Romani Language was being marked in Croatia this week for 13 years in a row. 5 November was proclaimed by UNESCO as the World Day of Romani Language in 2015 to promote the preservation of Romani language and culture, improve the well-being of Romani people, and recognise the importance of all languages, whose diversity is a source of strength for all societies to share. The initiative for this day was launched by the Croatian parliament in 2012. The World…

October 29, 2021 - The 30th Team, All-Around, and Individual Croatian Gymnastics Championships, with almost 500 athletes from all over Croatia were held on Sunday, beginning with the women's absolute program at the Osijek City Garden Hall. Double Croatian Olympian Ana Đerek (GK Marjan) became a two-time Croatian champion by winning gold on the beams (13,050) and floor (13,350). Slobodan Kadic “I finished the last competition this year which was full of competitions and I think they were all done successfully. When I look back, I wouldn't change anything. I have very few stumbles this year. Now again after a break…

November 3, 2021 - The Imotski Tourist Board will be awarded the national Simply the Best award in the category New Project in Tourism. The award was given to the Camino Imota project by the Imotski Tourist Board, in cooperation with the Brotherhood of St. Jakov and the Croatian National Tourist Board, realized during 2021. Let us remind you that after Krk, which joined the Camino family in 2019, Imotska Krajina received a section of this most famous network of pilgrimage routes. Camino Imota is a section on the general route Medjugorje - Sinj, within the Croatian road network Sv. Jacob. This section is also conceived as…

November 3, 2021 - The Croatian delegation continues with activities to promote the country at the World Travel Market in London. In addition to strategic alliances with airlines and other international tourism boards, the CNTB arranges cooperation with well-known travel portals such as Lonely Island and Discovery. Yesterday, during the second day of the World Travel Market (WTM), the Croatian delegation led by the director of the Croatian Tourist Board Kristjan Staničić and the director of the CNTB office in London Darija Reić met with representatives of ABTA, the leading British association of travel agencies and tour operators, reports HrTurizam.hr. In order for…