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ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices rose on Thursday, the Crobex by 0.36% to 1,925 points and the Crobex10 by 0.31% to 1,189 points. Turnover at the close of the trading session was HRK 4.8 million, about 1.1 million higher than on Wednesday. The only stock to pass the turnover mark of one million kuna was that of the Podravka food company, turning over HRK 1.43 million. Its price remained stable at HRK 584 per share. A total of 33 stocks were traded today, with 15 of them registering price increases, 8 recording price decreases,…

ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - Economy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said on Thursday that the focus of amendments to the Commerce Act would-be workers and their families, noting that in the present time of growing alienation a common day of rest was needed more than ever. Ćorić was speaking at a round table on non-working Sundays, held at the Croatian Catholic University. Participants agreed that a non-working Sunday was a "civilizational issue" that should be regulated by law, adding that it would not affect retail shops' sales, while some called for a further reduction of the 16 working Sundays annually as…

ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - Istria County prefect Boris Miletić on Thursday welcomed tighter COVID restrictions along the coastline because of the spread of the Delta variant, saying it was in everyone's interest to keep the tourist numbers recorded to date as long as possible. Speaking to the press in Pula, he said arrivals and overnights in the first seven months of this year were at 60% of those in the corresponding period in 2019, a record year for tourism. "2020 can't be a reference point of comparison as it would turn out that we were 200% better. In July alone, in the first 20 days, we…

ZAGREB, 22 July (2021) - Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure Minister Oleg Butković said on Thursday the Pelješac Bridge would be connected with the last steel construction segment next week. "We are connecting the Pelješac Bridge with the last segment of the steel construction. It will be a big event. It will happen on 28 July," he told the press in Omiš. After that, the bridge will be completed with access roads, which should be built by the beginning of next year, Butković said. "All of it will be put into operation early in June next year." He said the bridge and the…

ZAGREB, 22 July  (Hina) - The construction of a town harbor in Omiš, east of Split, will begin in mid-September, and the implementation of this HRK 87 million project will take three and a half years. The document signing ceremony for the launch of the project was held in Omiš on Thursday. In attendance was Sea and Transport Minister Oleg Butković, who said that 85% of the costs of the project would be covered by funds from the European Union. HINA/Mario Strmotić The project includes building a primary breakwater and a new promenade, and a new traffic solution. Currently, about HRK 2 billion is…

ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Thursday published a new map showing the COVID-19 situation in Europe, according to which Croatia's Adriatic region remains orange, while continental Croatia is in the green zone. The ECDC publishes an epidemiological map for Europe every week based on the 14-day incidence rate and the test positivity rate. The new map shows that the whole of Italy is no longer in the green and that three of its regions are in orange. France has mostly turned orange, with only two of its central regions remaining…

ZAGREB, 22 July, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, of 3,929  tests performed for coronavirus, 4.5%, that is 179, have turned out to be positive, Croatia's national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Thursday. Currently, there are 918 active cases, of whom 124 are hospitalised patients, including 14 placed on ventilators. Also, 3,186 people are self-isolating. In the last 24 hours, there has been one more COVID-related death, bringing the death toll to 8,245. Since the first registered case of the infection with this novel virus in Croatia on 25 February 2020, as many as 2.231 million persons have been tested and…

ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday that after a period of decrease and stagnation, the past week saw a marked increase in the number of new cases of the coronavirus infection, and he called for caution, adding that additional restrictions are being introduced in the Adriatic region. The largest number of cases were registered in four Dalmatian counties which are all tourist destinations, so the national COVID-19 crisis management team will introduce additional epidemiological measures in that area to limit the possibility of the infection spreading, to control events with a greater number of…

ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - The government on Thursday decided to set aside an additional 7.6 million kuna for grants to micro and small businesses in Sisak-Moslavina County to help them to cope with the consequences of the 29 December devastating earthquake. Economy Minister Tomislav Ćorić recalled that on 29 January the government had decided to allocate ten million kunas for the support provided to the quake-affected businesses. He said that as many as 872 applications had been sent since then and of them, more than 600 were eligible for funding. The ministry established that the initial amount of the money would not…

ZAGREB, 22 July 2021 - The government on Thursday adopted the draft bill on adult education which will introduce significant changes in the adult education system, especially in terms of harmonizing education programs with the needs of the labor market and the quality of implementation of education programs. Adult education in Croatia should be regulated in accordance with recent strategic documents adopted at the level of the European Union which underscore a significant role of the adult education system in the process of recovery and of the green and digital transition. Key changes introduced by the new law include the recognition…