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September 3, 2021 - Yet another medal for the Croatia team at the Tokyo Paralympics arrived today, thanks to Paralympic swimmer Dino Sinovčić! Croatia's best paralympic swimmer Dino Sinovčić (29) won the bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke in the S6 category at the Paralympic Games. This is the first swimming medal for Croatia at these Paralympic Games. Sinovčić convincingly won in his qualifying group with a result of 1:16.74, and later in the final, he achieved a time of 1:15.74, which was enough for the bronze medal.  A new world record and the gold medal was won by China's Hongguang…

September 3, 2021 - The Croatian capital welcomes back Dean Kuchel from Digital Nomad World as its third Zagreb Digital Nomad Ambassador. He decided to come to Croatia spontaneously in June when he was invited to speak at the inaugural Zagreb Digital Nomad Week conference.  Israeli Dean Kuchel was undoubtedly one of the stars of the week, and his highly entertaining presentation on building community was certainly one of the highlights.  A serial traveller to more than 100 countries in just 7 years (including travel-restricted 2020), there are few better examples of someone embracing the freedom of the digital nomad…

September 3, 2021 - After announcing 9 new Ryanair destinations from Zagreb earlier this week, a second aircraft of the low-cost carrier has been stationed at the capital city airport. Better yet, a third aircraft should be based at Zagreb Airport from December 1! Ryanair has based its second aircraft at Zagreb Airport, following the opening of its base in July. The deployment of a third aircraft is planned for December. As travel recovers and approaches pre-pandemic coronavirus levels, Ryanair’s expansion encourages traffic and tourism recovery across Europe, reports Avio Radar. Ryanair's total investment for Zagreb is $300 million, and…

September 3, 2021 - Infinity Luxury smart showers have made their way to the United States, with the first shipment to Boston! Infinity Luxury is a Croatian company that produces designer outdoor showers of stone, ceramics, and HPL. In parallel, they develop their own brand of high-tech products. They currently also offer a solar shower with solar power and water activation on motion sensors, reports HRTurizam. Infinity Luxury has become a Croatian export product and in the past year has opened the markets of Australia and New Zealand, and France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark. Interestingly, the opening of new…

September the 3rd, 2021 - The Croatian census is due to be carried out in two weeks, and every single resident of Croatia needs to partake. If you refuse to do so, a fine of between 2,000 and 5,000 kuna could be issued to you. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, every inhabitant single legal resident of the Republic of Croatia is subject to the Croatian Census Act, according to which every person who refuses to be enumerated faces a fine of two to five thousand kuna. Lidija Brkovic, the director of the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), spoke for local portal…

September the 3rd, 2021 - Croatian Amazon offices are being opened and employment is promised to those with experience in the field as the company expands its cloud services in Croatia. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, although this company is best known in Croatia as an Internet retailer, and the largest in the world, in the IT industry it is much better known for its cloud services. More or less all digital services today, from Netflix, Spotify, Gmail and Outlook to the e-Citizens (e-Gradjani) platform, are located in the cloud, ie on particularly strong computers, so-called servers, located in special buildings…

September the 3rd, 2021 - Yesterday, the Connecting Europe Express train, a special train marking the European Railway Year of 2021, departed from the station in Lisbon, and on its way to Paris, where it will arrive on October the 7th, it will stop in more than 100 places and cities. As Novac/Ljubica Vuko writes, on this five-week journey from Lisbon to Paris, the Connecting Europe Express train will also stop in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. As such, as reported by the European Commission, they will connect the Portuguese, Slovenian and French presidencies of the Council of the EU.…

September the 3rd, 2021 - PM Andrej Plenkovic hasn't been shy in expressing his feelings of pride towards what has so far been an excellent tourist season. The predictions back at the beginning of the year as the vaccine rollout was plagued with issues and lockdowns were still ''in fashion'' weren't good at all, and in light of that, the height of the Croatian tourist season of 2021 has been rather remarkable. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic took to Twitter to comment on the new ECDC corona map, according to which the Croatian coast has remained orange,…

ZAGREB, 2 Sept 2021 - Croatian Defence Minister Mario Banožić on Thursday took part in an informal meeting of EU defence ministers in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, which focused on the situation in Afghanistan, the Croatian ministry said. Banožić said at the meeting that lessons learned in Afghanistan should be applied in the common security and defence policy so as not to repeat the same mistakes. "In cooperation with our partners, we must focus on the prevention of a humanitarian disaster in the form of uncontrolled migrations and make sure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorist organizations," he said. As for…

ZAGREB, 2 Sept 2021 - Industrial producer prices in Europe increased in July at the highest rate since statistics have been kept by Eurostat, reflecting the recovery of demand as COVID-19 restrictions were eased, the EU's statistical office reported on Thursday. In July 2021, industrial producer prices rose by 2.3% in the euro area and by 2.2% in the EU, compared with June 2021, the strongest increase in the past twenty years. In June prices increased by 1.5% in the EU and by 1.4% in the euro area. The accelerated increase in industrial producer prices reflects strong demand and frequent problems…