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September the 5th, 2021 - There's bad promotion and there's bad promotion. Unfortunately, it's difficult for it to get much worse than this for the country's nautical tourism as Croatian officials are secretly filmed by some British tourists asking for the payment of fees which don't even exist. As Morski writes, after the recent scandal from the Slavonski Samac border crossing, where two Croatian customs officers asked for a bribe from a foreign tourist, another scandal related to bribes this time involving other Croatian officials managed to remain outside the Croatian media space - until now that is. The location…

September the 5th, 2021 - Education Minister Radovan Fuchs recently answered the question of whether any students will start the new academic year online or actually at their school desks on Monday, he also touched on the topic of covid certificates for parents attending parents' meetings. As Novi list writes, milder epidemiological measures apply to both schools and preschools, and Minister Radovan Fuchs has announced that he will fight to keep schools open even if the epidemiological situation worsens. The new school year 2021/2022 will begin in Croatia with live classes for about 313,000 primary and 143,200 high school students…

September the 5th, 2021 - Vinkovci isn't a place that most people associate with economics in any way. Located in continental Croatia and further east than the City of Zagreb, many perhaps wrongly lump it in with other wrongly overlooked parts of the country which rarely get a mention in a positive economic light. That said, the Vinkovci employment rate is very encouraging, and entrepreneurs bringing job opportunities have their eye on the town. As Novac writes, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Vinkovci is the only city in all of Eastern Croatia that is among the ten…

ZAGREB, 4 Sept, 2021 - The second edition of the Đakovo Craft Beer Festival kicked off in that eastern Croatian city on Friday evening, with nine Croatian craft breweries participating in this three-day event. Over a score of craft beers, produced in Osijek, Vukovar, Vinkovci, Slavonski Brod, Zabok and were promoted. Also the association of the Dalmatian Brewers' Association presented their craft beers. For more on lifestyle, follow TCN's dedicated page. For more about Croatia, CLICK HERE.

September 4, 2021 - In their second 2022 World Cup qualifier this month, Croatia beats Slovakia 1:0 in Bratislava. After drawing to Russia in Moscow, the Croatia national team met Slovakia in Bratislava as part of the most demanding mini-cycle in these 2022 World Cup qualifications. The starting lineups were released an hour before the match, which saw as many as five changes for Croatia. It was announced that starting goalkeeper Dominik Livaković would not be able to play tonight's match, and is questionable against Slovenia, with Osijek keeper Ivica Ivušić taking his place. Dalić also opted for Ivan Perišić, Andrej…

ZAGREB, 4 Sept, 2021 - The biggest challenges faced by the ethnic Croats in Serbia are exclusion from decision making and the policy of ignoring or denying crimes committed against them in the 1990s, a round table on the Croats in Serbia's Vojvodina province was told in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek on Saturday. The fact that the Croats in Serbia are still excluded from decision-making processes raises a number of concerns because they cannot deal with their problems institutionally, said Tomislav Žigmanov, director of the Culture Institute of Vojvodina Croats. The needs and interests of the Croat community are…

ZAGREB, 4 Sept, 2021 - Agriculture Minister Marija Vučković, who on Saturday visited the 13th edition of the ZeGeVege festival of sustainable living, presented an award to the Vegefino company for the most innovative vegan product: tofu omelette. The director of the company, Tino Pažur, who received the award, said that they had taken over this vegan brand last year. The company plans to expand its business in Croatia as well as to neighbouring countries, he said adding that their products are in rising demand. The minister also conferred awards on the family-run farm "OPG Diana Prpić" and the m-creations company. The two-day…

September 4, 2021 - Deni Černi has secured the shot put bronze medal for Croatia, while Ivan Mikulić will fight for taekwondo gold later today at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo! Three Croatian Paralympians performed at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo today - Zoran Talić in the long jump, Deni Černi in the shot put, and Vladimir Gašpar in the javelin throw. The biggest success was achieved by Černi (28), who won the bronze medal in the F33 category with a result of 11.25! The athletic club OTOS Grubišno Polje member opened the competition with a result of 10.58, then threw 11.01,…

ZAGREB, 4 Sept, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has conducted 10,271coronavirus tests, and 8.5%, or 882 of them, have turned out to be positive, and seven COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the COVID-related death toll to 8,362, the national coronavirus crisis management team said on Saturday. Currently, there are 4,452 active cases of the infection in the country, and of them, 469 are receiving hospital treatment, including 59 patients on ventilators. Since 25 February 2020, when Croatia reported its first registered COVID-19 case, more than 2.58 million tests have been conducted, showing that 377,299 people have caught the virus. Of them, 364,485…

ZAGREB, 4 Sept, 2021 - Cattle farmers lose HRK 4.75  per kilo per head due to the corona crisis, the Zagreb-based Večernji List (VL) reported on Saturday. Findings of a study, conducted by Osijek researchers Krunoslav Zmaić and David Kranjac, show that the corona crisis has caused disruption on the market. Before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, fodder made up about 50% of the material costs in businesses led by cattle farmers. However, cereals and oil crops' price hikes have raised this percentage to 80%. The average price of soybean skyrocketed 50.49% this year in comparison to their five-year average, and…