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October the 31st, 2021 - Croatian medical records are set to hold information on all those who have refused to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, a letter from the Ministry of Health arrived at the addresses of Croatian general practitioners the other day, in which they are determined to organise and schedule work on the vaccination of patients against COVID-19 as the epidemiological picture worsens yet again. With this decision, healthcare professionals are obliged to invite all their patients over the age of 65 who haven't yet been vaccinated to report to their office…

October the 31st, 2021 - I live on the 18th floor of one of Zagreb's tallest buildings, and the fog yesterday morning made it seem as if I had woken up in the sky. You couldn't see anything and there's otherwise a pretty spectacular view over the city. Even the main road below was invisible, as were the cars even with their headlights shining bright. Zagreb air is, for those of us who live here, far from the best, and the Croatian capital keeps turning up on unenviable lists because of it. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, on the 29th of…

October 31, 2021 - Continuing the excellent Croatian tennis news, Osijek's Donna Vekić has advanced to the Courmayeur Ladies Open final! After a season full of problems, primarily due to right knee surgery in February, which saw her off the court for more than three months, Donna Vekić reached the ninth WTA Tour final of her career in her fairytale tennis season (only Iva Majoli played more than this Croatian tennis player - 17). In the Courmayeur semifinal, the Osijek native beat Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini (WTA 56) 6:2, 6:0 in 64 minutes and thus retaliated for losing (6:7, 2:6)…

October the 31st, 2021 - The well known Adris Group is set to invest a large sum into the renovation of several Zagreb hotels, as well as into the famous Hotel Marjan down in the City of Split. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Blaskovic writes, the Adris Group's net profit reached a massive 605 million kuna in the first nine months of this year, compared to a considerably lower figure of 141 million kuna last year, and total revenues rose to 4.51 billion kuna (marking a significant increase of 23 percent), they announced from Adris. At the same time, the income from…

October the 31st, 2021 - The much loved Croatian company Podravka has been recording some excellent sales growth across important markets, and despite the negative economic circumstances the coronavirus pandemic has dragged the entire world into, things are looking up for this enterprise. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, revenues from the Croatian company Podravka's sales for the first nine months of this year amounted to a very impressive 1,651.4 million kuna, which is 3.9 percent more than what was recorded back during the same period last year. Since last year, due to the poor epidemiological situation, there was an increase in…

October 30, 2021 - Marin Čilić is on fire, advancing to his second final in one week - this time the St. Petersburg Open final!  Croatian tennis player Marin Čilić reached an ATP Tour final for the second week in a row, reports HRT. After playing in the final of the Moscow tournament a week ago, this week, he reached the final in St. Petersburg, defeating Dutchman Botica van de Zandschulp in the semifinal in just one hour and nine minutes of play (6:3, 6:3). Čilić completely dominated against the 26-year-old Dutchman, who played in his first semifinal on the…

ZAGREB, 30 Oct, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has registered 4,547 new coronavirus cases and 30 patients have died, the national coronavirus crisis management team said on Saturday. There are currently 25,153 active cases, including 1,330 hospitalised patients, of whom 175 are on ventilators. Currently 34,838 people are self-isolating. Since the first registered case of the infection on 25 February 2020, a total of 467,029 people have become infected and of them, 9,198 have died. A total of 432,678 people have recovered, including 3,115 in the last 24 hours. So far a total of 3,098,082 people have been tested, including 12,203 in the last 24 hours. A total…

ZAGREB, 30 Oct, 2021 - The European Commission has decided to award €319 million in grants to Croatia to help it repair damage caused by the 29 December 2020 earthquake in the central region of Banovina. The EC said on Friday that it had adopted a decision to award Croatia grants from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) based on the country's application for the compensation of funds used to repair damage caused by the 29 December earthquake, the Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The EC decision is a draft that will be…

ZAGREB, 30 Oct, 2021 - Former Social Democrat minister of the interior Ranko Ostojić was to have been appointed Ambassador to Qatar, Social Democrat Mihael Zmajlović was to have been appointed Ambassador to Montenegro and university professor and former ambassador to France Ivo Goldstein Ambassador to Greece. Those were nominations that came from the office of President Zoran Milanović, who co-creates foreign policy with the government, but they were flatly rejected by the government, the Večernji List daily of Saturday says. The Foreign Ministry said it considered the nominations to be partisan and an attempt to secure meal tickets for former party…

October 30, 2021 - The Hajduk strategy until 2027 was presented to fans. President Lukša Jakobušić and Management Board member Ivan Matana spoke at the ceremony, and the strategy developed by Matana was presented by Gordan Kožulj, who today works for Deloitte, which also participated in the strategy development. Index.hr reports that in the beginning, Kožulj stated Hajduk's clear goals until 2027. In that period, Hajduk wants to win the championship twice, be second in other seasons and win at least one Cup. In addition, they intend to play the Champions League and Europa League qualifiers twice, the Champions League group once,…