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October 28, 2021 - Was the 2021 Dubrovnik season successful? Mayor Mato Franković weighs in on what worked and what needs to happen to maintain tourism in the Adriatic Pearl.  Dubrovnik cannot say that this was a successful season, said Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Franković at a meeting with Dubrovnik-Neretva County hoteliers. The exchange of experiences from the previous season and the best possible preparations for the challenges that the next year and season will bring were the main topics of this meeting, organized by the Croatian Chamber of Commerce - Dubrovnik County Chamber, reports HRTurizam. Mayor Franković called this season…

October 28, 2021 - The Croatian Tourism Days 2021 program kicks off today in Dubrovnik. A look at what to expect this week.  Croatian Tourism Days, a formal meeting of tourism workers and all stakeholders in Croatian tourism, organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, and the Croatian Tourist Board, will be held on October 28 and 29, 2021, at the Sheraton Hotel in Dubrovnik.  The event brings together numerous experts in tourism and many other activities related to tourism, and this year the organizers have prepared several exciting events. "After the excellent results we…

October 28, 2021 - Torcida, the oldest supporters group in Europe, celebrates its 71st birthday today. A look back on the Hajduk fan group history and how it all began. One soul and two bodies, as the quote reads, best depicts how intertwined Torcida and Hajduk are. And today, Hadjuk's beloved fan group celebrates its 71st birthday, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. For decades, October 28, 1950, has become as crucial in the history of Hajduk as the date of its founding on February 13, 1911.    Namely, on October 28, 1950, a group of Hajduk fans organized in Zagreb, with students…

October 28, 2021 - The city of Rijeka will fund free menstrual products for Rijeka schoolgirls from next semester!  Free menstrual products will be available to students in Rijeka elementary schools founded by the City of Rijeka from the next semester, Deputy Mayor Sandra Krpan announced on Wednesday, reports Index.hr. The city administration has earmarked HRK 200,000 from the city budget for this next year. Deputy Mayor Goran Palčevski pointed out that introducing hygiene supplies in schools is a step towards the planned introduction of health education in elementary schools in Rijeka. The project was inspired by the success of…

October the 28th, 2021 - Four Croatian ministries, as well as several employers, are working to popularise the continued development of the 5G network. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Brnic writes, in order to encourage public debate on the activities of development of electronic communication networks and the introduction of fifth generation (5G) networks, the Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) and four Croatian ministries, more precisely the Ministry of Economy, Health, Transport and Infrastructure, and Spatial Planning, Construction and State Property, as well as HAKOM, all signed a Cooperation Agreement on the progress and economic competitiveness of the Republic of Croatia. The aforementioned…

October the 28th, 2021 - The CDC has recommended that people do not travel to Croatia as the country is now considered to be high risk for the contraction of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, level 4 or high-risk countries are those that have had more than 500 cases of COVID-19 reported per 10,000 inhabitants over the last 28 days, according to the CDC. “Avoid travelling to these destinations. If you do have to travel to these destinations, you should be fully vaccinated before travelling,'' advises the CDC, and this message now…

October the 28th, 2021 - Croatian ACI marinas have been extremely popular ever since their arrival in the country, and with the coronavirus pandemic haven shaken the economy, it's more than encouraging to see that they have finally reached their pre-pandemic revenue levels. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, thanks to the accelerated vaccination rollout and the highest standards of protection across all Croatian ACI marinas, as well as mitigation of epidemiological measures and the opening of borders in Croatia to tourists, the operating revenue of this chain of marinas increased by 20.1 million kuna in the third quarter of 2021,…

October the 28th, 2021 - Yet another Peljesac bridge construction site has popped up as the final completion of this massive strategic project draws ever closer and the final touches are dealt with. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, after what seems like an eternity of talking and then constructing, the works on Peljesac bridge have entered their final phase. Another very important Peljesac bridge construction site has now popped up and been opened next to the bridge itself - the sewage system from Komarna to Duboka. ''We've done 350 metres of the canal and now we're waiting for the entrance to the…

October 28, 2021 - Outgoing Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador Andrae Smith invites you to share your scariest and funniest travel story at her final event at Canopy by Hilton on Saturday. Have you ever woken up in a Belgian hospital with no idea how you got there, unable to move your legs? Been arrested wearing just a (very short) bathrobe by St Petersburg main train station? Been chased by 7 armed Rwandese soldiers after you inadvertently destroyed their military road block? Or ripped the duvet off a sleeping naked guest by mistake while working as a male chambermaid who had…

ZAGREB, 27 Oct 2021 - President Zoran Milanović said on Wednesday that Croatia's problem is that it is on the "external border of the Schengen Area, yet it isn't Schengen," he said, criticizing the EU for procrastination in allowing Croatia to join this passport-free area. That is being prolonged yet Croatia is expected to act as if it is playing in the first four Series A or premiership league teams, Milanović said after meeting with his Maltese counterpart George Vella. Apart from strengthening cooperation, the presidents discussed foreign policy topics including migration which has once again come to the fore…