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October 20, 2021 - With the tourist season behind us, the Split East Coast reconstruction is currently in full swing. By the end of the year, the ferry port area should boast a completely new look. "The works are progressing well. The first part of the coast is in the phase of laying stones, the second part of concreting is underway, installations are being carried out, followed by communal equipment. We hope that, if there are no major weather conditions, the works will be completed by the end of the year," said the director of the Port Authority, Vice Mihanović…

October 20, 2021 - Mali Lošinj, Rab, Zadar, Šibenik, Supetar, and Dubrovnik will receive modern high-speed medical boats in the next two years, finally establishing an emergency maritime medical service in these areas. This long-awaited project worth almost HRK 77 million is co-financed by EU Funds and will significantly increase the level of health and safety of people in the coastal area, while with all the necessary equipment in outpatient clinics at initial destinations will be performed to determine the need for emergency intervention and transportation to the nearest hospital on land, reports HRTurizam.  The procurement of 6 fast boats…

ZAGREB, 20 October, 2021 - Croatian Public Health Institute deputy head Ivana Pavić Šimetin said on Wednesday that the latest surge in new COVID-19 infections called for a return to the basic epidemiological rules, noting that a fourth wave of the epidemic would depend on the rate of vaccination against coronavirus. There have been 3,162 new coronavirus infections in the country in the past 24 hours, and Pavić Šimetin said that such a situation had not been recorded for a long time. "After we had three stable weeks, with a mild increase in the number of infections, for the past three…

October the 21st, 2021 - Prosecco Days 2021 - a coming together of Italian wine producers and other lovers of bubbles, was held on October the 14th and 15th at the well known Hotel Dubrovnik in Zagreb. Twenty Italian producers of Prosecco DOC presented 60 of their wine labels, including a large number of Prosecco DOC Rosé - a pink sparkling wine that is a novelty even on the Italian market, launched only in 2020. The list of exhibitors included some big and famous names, such as Villa Sandi, Bottega and Astoria. However, most of the exhibitors were presenting their sparkling…

ZAGREB, 20 October, 2021 - At the end of September 2021, there were 242,113 citizens whose bank accounts had been frozen for owing HRK 18.2 billion in principal as well as 14,750 enterprises which owed HRK 4.3 billion in principal, according to Financial Agency data. The number of citizens with frozen accounts was up by 0.35% on the month and by 4.5% from December 2020. Their total principal debt was 0.6% higher than in August 2021 and 7% higher than in December 2020. When the interest owed is added, which amounts to HRK 6.8 billion, the total debt of citizens with frozen accounts rises to HRK 25 billion. Of…

October 20, 2021 - In April this year, 10 digital nomads from all over the world came together for the inaugural Dubrovnik Digital Nomads-in-Residence (DNIR) program. As part of European Freelancer Week 2021, TCN catches up with some of them 6 months on, starting with Marlee McCormick from Texas.  A year ago, the city of Dubrovnik held the first-ever digital nomad conference in Croatia - Dubrovnik for Digital Nomads - as part of European Freelancer Week. The city has made great strides advancing its DN credentials and strategy, thanks in part to the award-winning Dubrovnik Digital Nomads-in-Residence program, which ran…

October 20, 2021 - In April this year, 10 digital nomads from all over the world came together for the inaugural Dubrovnik Digital Nomads-in-Residence (DNIR) program. As part of European Freelancer Week 2021, TCN catches up with some of them 6 months on, starting with Rob Schubert from the Netherlands.  A year ago, the city of Dubrovnik held the first-ever digital nomad conference in Croatia - Dubrovnik for Digital Nomads - as part of European Freelancer Week. The city has made great strides advancing its DN credentials and strategy, thanks in part to the award-winning Dubrovnik Digital Nomads-in-Residence program, which…

ZAGREB, 20 October, 2021 - Croatia and Azerbaijan have good economic cooperation, they cooperate excellently in international formats and there is great potential for closer cooperation in many areas of mutual interest, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said during an official visit to Azerbaijan on Wednesday. Grlić Radman, who is accompanied on his visit by a large delegation of Croatian business people, met today with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov. "Croatia and Azerbaijan have been strategic partners since 2013, and in 2019 Croatia decided to open its embassy in Baku, considering the significant potential for economic cooperation... I believe that this visit will boost our…

ZAGREB, 20 October, 2021 - Influenza has not disappeared because of COVID-19, so it is important to get vaccinated also against the flu which, like COVID, can become a serious illness, it was said on Wednesday at the launch of a public health project highlighting the importance of education about flu vaccination. The project is called "This season health is in". Flu vaccination begins in November every year and 650,000 doses have been ordered for this season. The first 260,000 have arrived and are being distributed. People can get a shot at their family doctor's as well as in pharmacies, which have ordered…

ZAGREB, 20 October, 2021 - When Croatia joins the euro area, its citizens can expect a drop in interest rates on new loans and on loans with variable interest, owing to lower risks, primarily lower exchange rate risks, while holders of fixed interest loans will be able to refinance them if new terms and conditions are more favourable to them. The issue of interest rates on household loans in the coming period has come to the front burner, alongside expectations of the start of the normalisation of the European Central Bank's monetary policy amidst the rise in inflation. Holders of loans with…