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ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - The green transition must be just and Croatia's biggest challenges are transport and the energy renovation of buildings, heard a panel on the challenges and opportunities provided by the European Green Deal, held in Fažana on Saturday. "There is no green transition without a just social transition," said Lidija Pavić-Rogošić, a member of the European Economic and Social Committee. The Commission has proposed the establishment of a new social climate fund to help citizens invest in energy efficiency, new heating and cooling systems, and cleaner mobility. The Commission is proposing up to €1.4 billion for Croatia for…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - The head of Barban Municipality, Dalibor Paus, is the new president of the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS), it was decided at the parliamentary party's 34th election assembly in Poreč on Saturday. Paus said the "IDS is entering a new development phase today" during which it would undergo restructuring and introduce a new management model based on transparency and excellence, with the goal to make Istria County even stronger and more developed. For more on politics, follow TCN's dedicated page. For more about Croatia, CLICK HERE.

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Social Democratic Party president Peđa Grbin said on Saturday he felt stupid because of SDP member Stjepan Kovač, who made up threats over which Grbin comforted him, but would not talk about his future in the party until he talked to him. Grbin was responding to reporters who asked if Kovač would be punished by the party or even ousted after being arrested yesterday on suspicion of having staged death threats. Grbin said he expected to have an answer in five to six days, adding that anyone who committed a crime must be held to account, regardless of which party…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - The Preporod union of school employees on Saturday condemned the anti-maskers who invaded the elementary school in Krapinske Toplice yesterday, saying it was not a protest but a threat to the safety and mental health of those who were present, which should be condemned and punished. "The public condemnation of this violent incident should be prompt and total," the union said in a press release. It added that the invasion of the 30 anti-maskers was also an organised disturbance of the peace, and that they and the organiser should be promptly and severely punished. As for reports…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović on Saturday criticised statements by some Opposition MPs following arrests in two corruption cases in Međimurje County.  "I am certain that already the present and the future will prove their cheap political statements wrong. They seem not to want such cases to be prosecuted," Božinović said in an interview with Croatian Radio. Speaking after the arrests of Međimurje County head Matija Posavec and Social Democrat (SDP) MP Stjepan Kovač, MP Nikola Grmoja of the Bridge party said on Friday that the arrests were politically motivated to "divert attention from the scandal in…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Croatia remembers the victims of the 9/11 attacks, extending its condolences to the families and expressing solidarity with the United States and the American people, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković wrote on Twitter on Saturday.  "The evil of terrorism is a global threat that we can eradicate through joint action and cooperation," Plenković said on the 20th anniversary of the attacks. Three thousand people were killed in attacks by the Al-Qaeda terrorist group on 11 September 2001 after terrorists hijacked three aircraft and deliberately crashed them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Međimurje County head Matija Posavec and the chairman of the management board of the County Road Directorate, Josip Kobal, have been granted a pre-trial release after being questioned by USKOK corruption investigators. USKOK has said it has opened an investigation into six suspects in two separate cases, requesting investigative custody for only two suspects. Lawyer Davorin Zalatarek confirmed to Hina on Saturday morning that his client Posavec had been released last night and that another suspect, SDP MP and former Čakovec Mayor Stjepan Kovač, was expected to be released soon. He said he could not…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Croatian immunologist Bojan Polić of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka has been elected President-elect of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) for 2022-2024, Večernji List newspaper said on Saturday. Polić was elected at a recent EFIS  general assembly on behalf of the Croatian Immunological Society. He received 38 votes, while his rival candidate gained 10 votes. Over the next three years, Professor Polić will serve as the right-hand man to President Frederica Sallusto, after which he will become President of this organisation that brings together 35 immunological societies representing 14,000 researchers. For…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - Croatia has registered 1,162 new coronavirus cases and 14 COVID-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the national COVID-19 response team said on Saturday. A total of 559 infected persons are receiving hospital treatment and 55 of them are on ventilators. Currently there are 6,143 active cases in the country, and 12,937 people are self-isolating. Since 25 February 2020, when the first case was recorded in Croatia, 383,108 people have been registered as having contracted the novel virus, of whom 8,427 have died and 368,538 have recovered, including 696 in the last 24 hours. A total…

ZAGREB, 11 Sept, 2021 - International associations of music publishers and independent publishing companies have called on members of the Croatian Parliament not to adopt the Copyright and Related Rights Bill because it will destroy the Croatian music industry. They sent a letter to MPs saying that the adoption of the final bill, which is soon to receive its second reading in Parliament, would seriously harm the development of the Croatian music market as well as Croatian and European music performers, the Croatian Phonographic Association and the Association for the Protection, Collection and Distribution of Phonogram Producers' Rights said in…