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October 9, 2021 - The traditional Zagreb marathon is being held, so tram traffic in Zagreb will be suspended for most of the city center. The last tram will pass through the central city square at around 7.45 am.  According to Poslovni Dnevnik, the celebration of the marathon in Zagreb will cause changes in the usual circulation of the electric tram system in the capital, specifically in the city center. Tram traffic in Zagreb will see various routes suspended throughout the day, and therefore citizens should be aware. The City informed exactly which streets: Today, from 8.30 to 12.30: Trg bana…

ZAGREB, 9 October - Interior Minister Davor Božinović confirmed in Luxembourg on Friday that Croatian police officers had taken part in the violence against migrants on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, but that that wouldn't affect Croatia's aspirations to join the Schengen Area. Several European media outlets released on Wednesday evening disturbing video recordings showing masked men wearing clothes similar to Croatian police uniforms pushing migrants back to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Masked men were pushing back migrants from Croatia across a backwater of the Korana river, hitting them with batons such as those used by riot police. Some of the men also wore…

ZAGREB, 9 October (Hina) - Croatia is opposed to a proposal by 12 member states that European Union funds be used to finance the construction of border walls and wire fences on the EU's external border, Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Friday. Lithuania proposed the initiative that has been supported by 12 member states in a letter calling for the use of European funds for the construction of fences and other barriers on the EU external border to facilitate the fight against illegal migration. In a letter dated 7 October (Thursday), the ministers asked the European Commission to tweak external border-entry rules…

ZAGREB, 9 October, 2021 - Croatian Police Director Nikola Milina said on Friday that three police officers, who were recognised as some of the persons in video recordings showing violent pushbacks against illegal migrants, were suspended, and further disciplinary steps would be taken. A task force, set up to deal with the allegations about the violence against migrants along the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, established that the three riot police officers could be seen in the video recordings released earlier this week. The behaviour of the suspended police officers has amounted to the violation of their duties, which undermines the…

ZAGREB, 8 October, 2021 - A panel discussion, held on Friday on the topic of challenges and education prospects in Vukovar, presented the findings of a survey conducted between 2015 and 2020 which indicate that contacts between Serb and Croatian children are fewer and fewer and that they no longer need each other. Today's discussion in that eastern Croatian city was organised by the Vukovar European House and the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Presenting the results of the research on integration processes in mixed ethnic communities, Dinka Čorkalo Biruški from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy said that the Integra Norm survey showed that inter-ethnic attitudes…

October 9, 2021 - They would get the same salary and work the same number of hours, but in four longer working days, with one day a week more for themselves. Already being implemented in some European countries, what would a four-day working week look like in Croatia? Employers and workers' unions comment on this. The sound news that Belgium, due to labor market reforms, could soon switch to a four-day working week is not as revolutionary as it seems at first glance, reports Jutarnji List. According to a proposal that leaked to the public, Belgians would still work the same…

ZAGREB, 9 October, 2021 - Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević on Friday refuted allegations of wrongdoings and conflict of interest in the Zagreb Holding multi-utility company, saying that the dismissed management board members should file a lawsuit if they know there had been illegal actions, because his conscience was clear. "There have been various allegations or accusations that we want to use Zagreb Holding for our own financial benefit. I completely dismiss such accusations and tell everyone to file a lawsuit if we have done anything illegal. We are ready to deal with that," Tomašević told reporters in front of the City…

ZAGREB, 8 Oct 2021 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Friday, Parliament Day and the 30th anniversary of the decision on independence, that the Sabor had fulfilled all its key tasks. Regardless of all the criticism, I believe that in these 30 years the Sabor has fulfilled all its key tasks and that it has adopted all important and big decisions, Jandroković said at a ceremonial session of the parliament in memory of 8 October 1991, when the Sabor adopted the decision to sever all state-legal ties with the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), which meant that Croatia had declared its…

ZAGREB, 8 Oct 2021 - The Labour, Family and Social Policy Ministry's state secretary, Marija Pletikosa, on Friday told a conference on homelessness in Split that Croatia had allocated almost HRK 20 billion in the period from 2021 to 2027 to combat poverty and social exclusion. "The National Plan to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion in Croatia for the period from 2021 to 2027 foresees and allocation of almost HRK 20 billion," Pletikosa said at the 15th national conference on homelessness. According to Pletikosa, that money will be disbursed to implement several measures and services that will be provided for the…

October 8, 2021 - The IKEA Planning Studio has started operating in Split. IKEA Croatia wants to make its solutions and services even more accessible to as many customers in Croatia as possible. IKEA Planning Studio is located in City Center One and is the first such studio in the IKEA Southeast Europe region (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine). On an area of ​​more than 730 m2, IKEA Planning Studio offers customers IKEA experts in planning and organizing space to help them respond as simply, quickly, and easily to the biggest challenges in decorating any home - a practical kitchen, bathroom,…