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October 13, 2021 - Preparations are underway for the 2022 summer in Croatia after the 2021 season exceeded all expectations.  After the main tourist season and post-season results exceeded expectations, the Croatian Tourism Association (HUT) expects an even more successful tourist season next year, and preparations have already begun. The main goal is to provide enough workforce reports HRTurizam. Namely, 4.1 million tourists visited Croatia in August, realizing 26.2 million overnight stays, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced after all the received data were collected and processed. Arrivals represent a growth of 65 percent compared to 2020, while according to…

October 13, 2021 - On an island with a long tennis tradition, the Lošinj Open tennis tournament in the ATP Challenger 80 category is on the calendar this autumn, from October 18 to 24, which is another step forward in confirming Lošinj as a recognizable tennis destination. As part of the Ljubičić Tennis Academy, which gathers professional tennis players and young competitors on Lošinj this year, all tennis enthusiasts will be able to enjoy this sports spectacle, as well as the natural beauties of the island of Lošinj, announced HRTurizam. Along with Ivan Ljubičić, one of the best Croatian athletes who…

October 13, 2021 - As we get closer to the holiday season we get a better idea of what to expect in the 2021 Split Advent program as offers for holiday houses roll in around the city. To experience the real Advent experience, Split residents will not have to travel to Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Makarska, but also other cities outside Croatia this year. This year's Split Advent peak will be on the Riva, at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer Park (Đardin), on the Cornaro ramparts, and in Mertojak, reports Dalmacija Danas. The first round of the public invitation to exhibit, present and…

October 13, 2021 - Solar energy in Croatian cities will be promoted thanks to the Good Energy tour, held for the second time in October and November this year.  The Green Energy Cooperative (ZEZ) announces that, in cooperation with the European initiative Covenant of Mayors, the Association of Cities, and the Island Movement, it will conduct a Good Energy tour for the second time in October and November to promote solar energy in Croatian cities, reports Jutarnji List. The first edition of the tour was held in autumn 2020 when the cooperative visited 11 Croatian cities in continental Croatia and…

ZAGREB, 13 October, 2921 - MP Miro Bulj (Bridge) on Wednesday called on the Croatian government to adopt measures that would offset the rise in energy prices and proposed that the the state-run power company HEP be instructed not to turn off electricity to poor citizens during the winter. The measures must be prompt, said Bulj, who warned that a litre of oil was "a hundred percent more expensive" than last year and that its price was closer to HRK 20 than 15. The MP noted that Croatian citizens paid the highest prices in Europe for a litre of petrol..…

ZAGREB, 13 October, 2021 - The parliament's Committee on Information, Computerisation and Media on Wednesday held a session at which it again nominated by majority vote Robert Šveb for the director of the HRT public broadcaster. The committee again supported Šveb's candidacy after on Tuesday its members from the Opposition walked out of the session, citing a breach of the Standing Orders. HDZ MP Mario Kapulica said his party proposed Šveb for the post because he had 20 years' experience in the media sector, that he knew how a multimedia organisation operated and what was necessary to provide a quality public service. He recalled…

ZAGREB, 13 Oct (Hina) - Croatian Radio's documentary drama "The Day I Shall Not Forget for the Rest of My Life" by Đino Đivanović has won its second award, a silver radio microphone trophy at the New York Festivals Radio Awards, which is considered one of the most important events of its kind in the world. "The Day I Shall Not Forget for the Rest of My Life" is a story about the Carpathia, a ship best known for its involvement in rescuing survivors from the Titanic. Among the ten finalists competing for the Best Radio Award in the history category,…

ZAGREB, 13 October, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia conducted 10,218 coronavirus tests, and of them 2,022, or 19.8%, have turned out to be positive, the country's COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Wednesday. The new cases numbers thus exceeded the mark of 2,000 daily cases for the first time in the last five months. In the last 24 hours, the COVID-related death toll has increased by 27 to 8,829. There are currently 9,092 active cases, and of them 855 are hospitalised patients, including 128 infected patients placed on ventilators. As many as 17,305 people are self-isolating. Since…

ZAGREB, 13 October, 2021 - Economy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said on Tuesday the government was aware of the energy price crunch's negative impact on living standards and that, if necessary, it would act on excise tax or VAT. Asked by the press when the state would intervene in fuel prices by cutting the excise tax, Ćorić said, "Soon". "We are aware of the consequences which the increase in fuel prices is having on the widest circle of consumers in Croatia, all drivers and their families. That's why we'll estimate the fiscal effects and act on either the excise tax or VAT," he…

ZAGREB, 13 October, 2021 - The Croatian Ministry of the Interior Civil Protection Directorate on Wednesday issued a statement marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 13 October.  This year's observance focuses on international cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and losses so they could draw closer to the goals of the Sendai Framework for measuring progress on reducing disaster risk and losses. During the UN's third world conference on disaster risk reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, in 2015, it was stressed that disasters have the gravest consequences at local level, causing significant losses and damage,…