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Friday, 3 September 2021
Agreements on Croatian Open Science Cloud Initiative Awarded to Institutions
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - Agreements on the initiative for the Croatian Open Science Cloud (HR - OOZ) were awarded to a score of research institutions, universities and faculties at a ceremony held in the Science and Education Ministry on Friday The agreements regulate resources and services necessary for the collection, processing, storage, dissemination and availability of research data. This initiative is the result of years-long joint efforts of many stakeholders from the science and tertiary education in the open science movement, and the initiative was launched with the support of the Ministry of Science and the Croatian Science Foundation. It creates preconditions for developing…
Friday, 3 September 2021
193 Traffic Fatalities in Croatia in First Eight Months of 2021
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - Croatia's road death toll rose by 19 or 10.9% to 193 fatalities in the first eight months of 2021 in comparison to the corresponding period of 2020, the interior ministry stated on Friday. The ministry presented these data in a press release in which it called for additional caution in traffic during the new school year that starts on Monday. One in four fatalities riders or passengers on mopeds and motorcycles The ministry said that in the first eight months, 52 riders or passengers on mopeds and motorcycles lost their lives in road crashes, which means that they accounted…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Everything Ready for Start of New School Year
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - Science and Education Minister Radovan Fuchs said on Friday that everything was ready for the beginning of the new school year, that all children would be attending face-to-face classes and that clear epidemiological rules for schools had been made known. Students who test positive for the virus will have to stay at home until they recover, while others will go to school normally, keeping a physical distance from each other and not having to wear face masks, the minister said ahead of the start of the new school year on 6 September. As for school halls,…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Capak: Number of Infectsions Increasing, Third Vaccine Dose Matter of Time
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - The director of the Croatian Institute for Public Health, Krunoslav Capak, warned on Friday that the number of new coronavirus cases in Croatia is increasing and their share in those tested is 8.4%, so it is only a matter of time when a third dose of a vaccination will begin. "We don't know the precise date, however we will start with a third dose of a vaccine soon. People who are threatened the most will be the first to receive the third dose, Capak told a press conference. Immunity increases markedly after the third dose…
Friday, 3 September 2021
KUF Festival 2021: Circus Takes to Zagreb Streets
September 3, 2021 - The KUF Festival 2021 is the third edition of a Cultural Street Festival that brings the circus to the streets of Zagreb. Organised by the Cirkorama collective, you can enjoy the crazy acrobatics, hilarious performances, and more in the following September weekends. The Cirkorama collective has been known in Croatia for years for promoting the art of circus through various types of education, shows, street performances, and projects. There will certainly be a lot to do while juggling all the events in Zagreb over the September weekends to come. These events will all be part of the KUF-Cultural…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Mikela Ristoski Wins Long Jump Bronze at Tokyo Paralympics!
September 3, 2021 - Croatia has won its 5th medal at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, this time thanks to Mikela Ristoski, who won the bronze medal in the long jump! Croatian Paralympian Mikela Ristoski won the bronze medal at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, taking third place in the long jump in the T20 category. The Croatian flag bearer at this year's opening ceremony and the defending champion from Rio 2016 jumped 5.46 meters for the bronze medal. The gold medal was won by Poland's Karolina Kucharczyk with a personal record of 6.03 meters. The silver medal went to…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Vinkovci Autumns Presents Program For Its 56th Edition, Begins in One Week!
September 3, 2021 - There is only one week left until the beginning of the 56th Vinkovci Autumns, which will shine with their old splendor this year. Once again, for ten days, the Vinkovci Autumn will bring a handful of events and show why it is the biggest manifestation of traditional culture in this part of Europe. Yesterday, the Organizing Committee of Vinkovci Autumns officially presented the program of this year's event, reports HrTurizam. Unlike last year’s which were organized for the first time in special circumstances, the 56th edition takes on a look that everyone is already used to.…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Association Says 566 Suicides Committed in Croatia in 2020
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - The Životna linija (Lifeline) association said on Thursday that on World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September, it would light 566 candles in downtown Zagreb for as many persons who committed suicide in 2020. World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on 10 September to raise awareness of the growing problem of suicide, Lifeline president Tin Pongrac said, noting that annually, close to one million people commit suicide globally. In 2020, 566 persons committed suicide in Croatia, and of them 117 were women while 449 were men. In the age group 15-25, there were 44 suicides, which…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Construction of Family Houses in Earthquake-Hit Areas to Start on 1 November
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - The Central State Office for Reconstruction and Housing will on Friday publish a tender for the construction of family houses, which is the first step in the structural reconstruction of houses in Sisak-Moslavina County, hit by a strong earthquake on 29 December 2020, Večernji List daily said on Friday. Interested contractors will be able to apply over the next 30 days, with bids that fit one of the two envisaged models of construction - prefabricated or classically built houses, and the contracting procedure and construction work is expected to start on 1 November, Gordan Hanžek,…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Attorney Says Banks Will Not Cancel Tacit Overdraft
ZAGREB, 2 Sept 2021 - Attorney Nicole Kwiatkowski, who represented holders of loans previously pegged to the Swiss franc who won a class action against banks, said on Thursday that banks would not cancel tacit overdrafts abruptly. "That is not something banks could afford because... this case indicates very non-transparent behaviour by the banks with regard to tacit overdrafts, and I think (cancelling tacit overdrafts) would be too big a reputation risk," Kwiatkowski said in a comment on the Croatian National Bank's initiative to change regulations on overdraft to cap the interest rate on tacit overdrafts. Bank clients in Croatia who use…
Friday, 3 September 2021
Croatia's Coronavirus Update: 816 New Cases, 6 Deaths
ZAGREB, 3 Sept 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has conducted 9,658 coronavirus tests, and 8.5%, or 816 of them, have turned out to be positive, and six COVID-19 patients have died, bringing the COVID-related death toll to 8,355, the national coronavirus crisis management team said on Friday. Currently, there are 4,156 active cases of the infection in the country, and of them, 457 are receiving hospital treatment, including 57 patients on ventilators. Since 25 February 2020, when Croatia reported its first registered COVID-19 case, more than 2.57 million tests have been conducted, showing that 376,417 people have caught the virus. Of them, 363,906 have…
