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Wednesday, 4 August 2021
President Zoran Milanović Visits Wildfire Sites at Seget Gornji
ZAGREB, 4 Aug, 2021 - President Zoran Milanović, accompanied by Chief Firefighting Commander Slavko Tucaković, visited on Wednesday by helicopter locations devastated by wildfires at Seget Gornji, inland from the southern coastal town of Trogir, the President's Office said in a press release. Before visiting the fire sites, Milanović discussed the situation at wildfire locations at Seget Gornji and in Mirlović in Šibenik-Knin County with local firefighting officials. Firefighting representatives briefed the president about the efforts firefighters had made so far, and the assistance provided by the Croatian Army. The president thanked the firemen and all those who helped put out the wildfires. For…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
48 Hours in Šibenik: Fortress, Museum, Krka National Park with Šibenik Card
August 4, 2021 – Allowing free entrance to the city's best sights, plus discounts on everything from restaurants, activities, accommodation and a National Park, you can unlock the UNESCO city for less with Šibenik Card. No fewer than 200 of Croatia's islands lie off the coast of Šibenik city and the wider Šibenik-Knin County. These are some of the very best waters for sailing in Croatia. Also, less than half an hour away, one of the most famous music festival sites in Europe (not to mention one of the best open-air nightclubs in the world). Thousands of visitors pass within…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Ugly Scenes in Capital: 200 Bad Blue Boys and Legia Warsaw Fans Clash in Dubrava
August 4, 2021 - Ugly scenes broke out in Zagreb last night as Dinamo fan group Bad Blue Boys and Legia Warsaw fans clashed in the capital ahead of the Champions League qualifier tonight at Maksimir. A fight broke out in Zagreb's Dubrava area late Tuesday night. About 200 football fans clashed, and according to the first information, they beat each other with batons, threw stones, and lit flares, reports Index.hr. A fight broke out on Dankovečka Street at around 9:30 pm, in which about 200 fans took part. Police officers were present from the beginning and prevented a possible…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Hungary Wins Olympic Quarterfinal, No Medal for Croatia Water Polo in Tokyo
August 4, 2021 - A shock in Tokyo as Hungary defeated Croatia in the final quarterfinal match in Tokyo on Wednesday. Croatia water polo is thus out of the Olympic medal fight. The Croatia water polo team met Hungary on Wednesday for a spot in the semifinals of the Olympic Games. The winner will play against Greece, who easily defeated Montenegro in the earlier semifinal match. Croatia achieved three victories in Group B (Kazakhstan, Serbia, Montenegro) and two defeats (Australia, Spain), taking second place behind Spain. 1st Quarter Croatia won the first sprint of the match for the Croatia attack,…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
No Olympic Bronze Medal for Croatian Wrestler Ivan Huklek
August 4, 2021 - Croatian wrestler Ivan Huklek fought in the Olympic bronze medal match in the 87 kg category in Tokyo on Wednesday. Ivan Huklek, 24, failed to win the bronze medal at the Games in Tokyo in the 87kg category, where he was defeated 6-1 by naturalized Serbian Zurab Datunashvili. The three-time and current European champion, who started wrestling under the Serbian flag in 2019, gained a 6-0 advantage in a minute and a half in the first round. Datunashvili brought Huklek to the ground from the counterattack and made three consecutive throws for two points. In the second…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Zagreb County Employment Rate Rises by 3.3 Percent
August the 4th, 2021 - The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has threatened jobs like never before, with countries which rely very heavily on tourism suffering unimaginable uncertainty. Croatia is one of them. Things are slowly recovering however, and the Zagreb County employment rate has risen. Economic issues in Croatia weren't ''born'' when the pandemic struck the globe, but they were certainly made exponentially worse with intermittent lockdowns and issues with transport, travel and tourism. While the Zagreb County employment rate perhaps isn't the one you'd expect to see much growth in comparison to the coast, things are looking up. As Poslovni…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
20% More Polish Tourists in Croatia in Summer 2021 Than Summer 2019
August the 4th, 2021 - When it comes to Polish tourists in Croatia, it's almost as if the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic doesn't exist, with the number of Polish tourists in Croatia as surprising and encouraging as it was even last year. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the growth of the Polish emitting market when it comes to tourism, which has been recorded in Croatia for several years now, hasn't been halted by the ongoing pandemic. In July this year alone there were as many as 20 percent more Polish tourists in Croatia than there were recorded back during the…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
New Osijek Public Transport System Worth 58 Million Kuna on Horizon
August the 4th, 2021 - Osijek and most of Eastern Croatia is continuously (and wrongly) overlooked, but despite that, it seems that a brand new Osijek public transport system worth a massive 58 million kuna is on the cards. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, the City of Osijek could soon get one of the most modern public transport systems in all of the Republic of Croatia, which would be based on the modernisation and expansion of the tram network. Namely, Osijek's City Passenger Transport signed a contract on Friday for the carrying out of various electrical and construction works with…
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Last Minute Croatian Holiday Prices on Adriatic Go Wild as Guests Arrive
August the 4th, 2021 - Last minute Croatian holiday prices on the Adriatic coast are going wild as more and more guests arrive and attempt to seek out accommodation. Nobody could have possibly predicted this scenario at the beginning of the year, but could it be that we're finally closing the door on the global pandemic? As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, many predictions were made about summer 2021 for Croatia, and some were a little less negative about it than others, but the optimists who claimed that this summer would end being just a little worse than the summer of record 2019…
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
AEPO-ARTIS: Croatia Making Position of Performing Artists Difficult
ZAGREB, 3 Aug, 2021 - AEPO-ARTIS, a non-profit organisation that represents over 650 performing artists, has sent a letter to the Croatian culture minister criticising Croatia for being late with the adoption of new copyright legislation and missing a deadline for the implementation of two EU directives, the Croatian Musicians Union said on Tuesday. The organisation said that the implementation of the Copyright Directive and the Directive on online transmissions and retransmissions was being delayed because Croatia was late with the adoption of the new Copyright and Related Rights Act. The letter, signed by AEPO-ARTIS secretary general Ioan Kaes, says that…
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Zagreb Stock Exchange Indices Up Slightly
ZAGREB, 3 Aug, 2021 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) rose on Tuesday for the second consecutive trading day, with the Crobex increasing by 0.21% to 1,953 points and the Crobex10 by 0.38% to 1,205 points. Turnover at the close of the trading session was HRK 4.26 million, roughly half as much as on Monday, and none of the stocks passed the turnover mark of one million kuna. The highest turnover, of HRK 801,000, was generated by the stock of the Valamar Riviera hotel company. It closed at HRK 30 per share, up 1.69% over Monday. A total of…
