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August the 17th, 2021 - As many as 500 small Croatian hotels with forward-thinking owners are being hampered by Croatia's draconian, outdated rules and regulations. The pressing matter is set to be discussed soon. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the topic of the non-competitive match between small family hotels and private accommodation will be on the table in a few days at a meeting with the Minister of Tourism Nikolina Brnjac, this time at the initiative of the group of small luxury hotels - Stories. The topic was already opened at last week's meeting of the sector with Prime Minister…

ZAGREB, 16 Aug 2021 - In the past 24 hours, 46 coronavirus cases, out of 3,124 tests, and two deaths have been confirmed in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Monday. A total of 212 patients are hospitalized, including 24 on ventilators. The death toll now stands at 8,285. There are 1,718 active cases and 5,682 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has so far tested 2,408,828 people and infection has been confirmed in 376,068. Of that number, 357,065 people have recovered, including 229 in the last 24 hours. To date, Croatia has vaccinated 49.7% of the adult population and 45.96% of adults have been fully vaccinated. For all…

August 16, 2021 - Finding himself in a luxury destination with a not so luxurious budget, TCN reporter Ivor Kruljac avoided starvation by locating Hvar Town budget restaurants. Here are his suggestions.  The words ''cheap price'' are very relative. It's much easier to determine a high price but what qualifies as actually cheap is a much tougher question. In that spirit, Hvar Town, known as one of the more popular and therefore more expensive destinations, lives up to its reputation. Last week, the Croatian media landscape was stunned by the bill issued at one of Hvar's elite clubs. The undoubtebly…

August the 16th, 2021 - Irish Ambassador Ruaidhri Mark Dowling has discussed how Croatia and Ireland might learn from one another, and how economic cooperation between the two countries could be further developed. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Irish Ambassador Ruaidhri Mark Dowling also discussed the possibilities of improving economic cooperation between the two EU member states and why Croats often choose Ireland as the country of their dreams. Is it easy to find a job in Ireland? People tend to find work in the tourism and IT sector and these seem to be the main sectors in which they currently…

August 16, 2021 - Air transport expert Tonči Peović discusses the Ryanair Zagreb base, the fate of Croatia Airlines, and when Croatian airports will see pre-pandemic figures again.  While the number of tourists arriving by road in Croatia in recent weeks is the same as in the record 2019, aircraft and passengers at Croatian airports are still significantly less than pre-epidemic times. Tonči Peović, director of Brač Airport and the Air Transport Association president, which brings together all Croatian airports and airlines, talks about the challenges facing civil aviation with Jutarnji List. What is the traffic like at Croatian airports?…

August 16, 2021 - There are some surprises in Zlatko Dalić's Croatia player list for the September 2022 World Cup qualifiers, as Ante Rebić, Šime Vrsaljko, Bruno Petković, and Josip Brekalo were left off the list this time around.  The Croatia national team's first gathering after Euro 2020 is scheduled for Monday, August 30, after which the 2018 World Cup finalists will again have a busy schedule with three games in a week in September. Croatia will play against Russia in Moscow on September 1. Three days later, they will compete against Slovakia in Bratislava. Finally, the September campaign will…

August 16, 2021 - The 5th round of the Croatian First League was held from August 13 to 15, 2021. This round saw Osijek win the derby against Rijeka, while Hajduk continued their at-home winning streak. There were even blowout wins for both Šibenik and Lokomotiva! Here's our HNL round 5 recap.  Dinamo v. Gorica (1:0) Dinamo and Gorica opened the 5th round at Maksimir Stadium on Friday, August 13, 2021.  The match's only goal was an own goal by Gorica's Doka, which put Dinamo up at 1:0 in the 36th minute. Gorica was unable to equalize.    Dinamo is…

August the 16th, 2021 - The tourist season is going more than excellently, with numbers reaching far beyond what the majority could have ever expected. The vaccination rollout is also continuing, but with infection rates climbing, could Croatian epidemiological measures end up being tightened up once again? Hopefully not. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the much talked about Delta variant of the coronavirus is currently the dominant strain, not only across Europe as a whole, with the United Kingdom continuing to be heavily affected despite them now being ''free''. Here in the Republic of Croatia, the Delta variant is gaining traction, it…

August the 16th, 2021 - We've been hearing some horror stories of apartment owners deciding to cancel previously booked reservations, often those made by Croatian tourists, to instead go for last minute foreign tourists willing to pay far higher prices. Now one Croatian hostel in Zadar has decided to take advantage of the unexpectedly good tourist season with such shameful and unethical practices, too. The Croatian tourist season has been remarkably good, with some specific indicators being even better than the pre-pandemic, record year of 2019. Sadly, with this unexpected turn of events, greed has come out to play after…

August the 16th, 2021 - Finance Minister Zdravko Maric has referred to the current quite remarkable numbers we're seeing coming from the Croatian tourism sector as strong. Few expected a summer season as successful as this one so far. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Maric stated that the first twelve days of August, Croatia has recorded 10 billion kuna worth of fiscalised receipts/bills, which is 12.5 percent more than in the same period in pre-pandemic, record 2019. ''Since the beginning of the year, we're 1.3 percent better than we were even back in 2019. Let's carry on and do everything we can…