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ZAGREB, 5 Sept, 2021 - Up to 100,000 quail are killed annually with the help of electronic bird calls even though their use is forbidden under the Hunting Act, the Biom association has said ahead of the start of the quail hunting season in Croatia. "Between 40,000 and 100,000 quail are killed annually in illegal hunting with the help of electronic calls," the association said, noting that it had been receiving frequent reports from the ground on the use of such devices. In order to raise awareness of the harmfulness of such hunting practices, which can cause significant losses in certain animal populations, Biom has…

ZAGREB, 5 Sept, 2021 - A traditional annual pilgrimage organised under the auspice of the Croatian parliament to the Catholic shrine in the town of Ludbreg was held on Sunday, with the Bishop of Zrenjanin, Laszlo Nemet, leading the service that was attended by a few thousand believers. During the sermon, the bishop said in his message to parliamentary deputies who attended the mass and this votive pilgrimage, that both the present and the future of the country was their responsibility. In reference to 1739 when plague had spread in the region, which prompted the then Croatian parliament to keep its vow to protect…

ZAGREB, 5 Sept, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has conducted 9,174 coronavirus tests, and 5.8%, or 539 of them, have turned out to be positive, and eight COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the COVID-related death toll to 8,370, the national coronavirus crisis management team said on Sunday. Currently, there are 4,431 active cases of the infection in the country, and 485 of them are receiving hospital treatment, including 52 patients who are on ventilators. Since 25 February 2020, when Croatia reported its first registered COVID-19 case, more than 2.59 million tests have been conducted, showing that 377,838 people have caught the…

September 5, 2021 - The 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial will be held at Zagreb's Mladost Stadium on September 13 and 14! The 71st Boris Hanžeković Memorial - Continental Tour Gold Athletic Rally was recently presented at a press conference in Zagreb. The director of the rally, Robert Šola, pointed out that 11 Olympic champions, 7 world champions, and 16 medal winners from the Tokyo Olympics have already confirmed their participation. "I can say that we will watch the rally even better than those we have enjoyed all these years. This year, for the first time, we will sell tickets for the…

September the 5th, 2021 - The popular Croatian Kudelic butchers have recalled ten tonnes of sausage, while the Ministry of Agriculture did provide a reason as to why, it is yet to actually be clarified at all. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, back in mid-August, the Ministry of Agriculture reported that the Croatian Kudelic butchers from Bedenica must withdraw dozens of its products from sale "due to the determined pesticide ethylene oxide in the additive used in the production of the spices used in the production of the meat products", but in reality, the circumstances surrounding the recall and withdrawal of…

ZAGREB, 5 Sept, 2021 - The 25th International Lace Festival will take place in the northern Croatian town of Lepoglava from 10 to 12 September, showing lace works from Croatia and 11 other countries. "This year's festival will be a sort of retrospective of the past 25 festival years at which we will show visitors some of the finest examples of lace that have been displayed at our festival," Mayor Marijan Škvarić told a press conference earlier this week while announcing the event. The festival will take place at the Pauline Monastery and on show will be examples of lace made…

ZAGREB, 5 Sept, 2021 - Zagreb's public transport company ZET on Sunday marked its 130th anniversary in memory of 5 September 1891 when the first horse-driven tram carriage service started in the city. Therefore the Zagreb Municipal Transit System or ZET (standing for the Zagrebacki Elektricni Tramvaj company) observes 5 September as the anniversary day of the beginning of the organised city transport system. The first electric tramcar was put in service in the streets of Zagreb on 18 August 1910. In one year's time, the network of electric street cars replaced horse-driven trams. In 1931, ZET included buses for the first time as…

September 5, 2021 – In a series of spectacular new photos, we see this vast, beautiful park and learn of Zagreb County Tourist Board's efforts to balance preserving nature, improving the park's visitor offer and implementing development necessary for the quality of life of the local population, via sustainable tourism and the EU-sponsored Pronacul project. © J. Škof For residents of Zagreb County, City of Zagreb and their visitors, the most convenient thing about Žumberak Samobor Mountains Nature Park is that it's right on your doorstep. Less than 90 minutes drive to the west of the Croatian capital, it's an…

September 5, 2021 - The completed lineup for Solardo’s HIGHER Dubrovnik event is here!  From September 23rd - 25th, party-goers will enjoy the sun-soaked town of Dubrovnik besides the breathtaking views of the Adriatic Sea, all the while partying throughout the day and night to an assortment of some of the UK’s (and worlds’) much-loved DJs. Solardo's unique day and night terrace party Higher is now only a few weeks away, and the lineup just got even bigger with the addition of Andrew Meller, Ben Hemsley, Hannah Laing, James Burton, Lost On Mars, Mandalo, Saffron Stone, Versus, and more. These new names come on top of…

September 5, 2021 - The "Land of Wine" project connects Baranja and Erdut with the Hungarian town of Villány through wine and tourism. It is part of an EU project, "Wine tourism without borders - a unique wine tourism destination," carried out by the Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food (HAPIH). The partners are the Osijek-Baranja County Tourist Board and the non-profit winery company from Villány, Hungary, “Tenkes Nonprofit Kft.” The project focuses on developing wine and gastronomic tourism in part of the Croatian Danube region and part of Hungarian Baranja and positioning the destination on the wine and tourist market,…