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July the 17th, 2021 - The Croatian OptimoRoute software is gaining traction and attention, and with it some big ambitions indeed. As Novac writes, the Croatian OptimoRoute software is a piece of route optimisation software already used by several thousand companies and is developing very strongly. The American investment fund Prelude Ventures invested a massive 6.5 million US dollars in the company last year, estimating that OptimoRoute has a great chance of conquering the global market. "Our investors believe that we can, with a little luck, reach a value of one hundred million dollars, and they think we're not far…

July 17, 2021 -  An injured turtle in Korčula Bay sparked immediate action by locals and vets, seeing the turtle being saved and getting a second chance. Like many other places, towns, locations, and neighborhoods, Korčula also has groups on social media to ease communication among users who share the same place of daily life. Friday afternoon saw residents of Korčula have a big heart, and despite might being stereotypically perceived as laid back, chilled chaps (as for every Mediterranian-culture impacted people), they were quick to act when needed. A user under the name Antoni Ja, one of the members of…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that the importance of vaccination against COVID-19 must not be downplayed, appealing to people to get vaccinated. "I strongly reject any downplaying of COVID-19," Plenković told reporters during a visit to Farkaševac, a municipality in the northeast of Zagreb County, when asked to comment on the statement by President Zoran Milanović that it was not politically intelligent to put pressure on half the population to get vaccinated. The prime minister said that the COVID-19 crisis had so far cost Croatia HRK 34 billion and that the matter should…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - The Croatian government decided on Friday to send tents, bunk beds, blankets, pillows and sleeping bags to Lithuania after the Baltic country has taken in more than 2,000 migrants in recent weeks. The number of crossings of irregular migrants, mainly Syrians and Iraqis, from Belarus to Lithuania has increased 25 times compared to the whole of 2020, Croatian Interior Minister Davor Božinovć said at a cabinet meeting. These developments prompted Lithuania to activate the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and ask other EU member states for assistance. Croatia's aid is equivalent to HRK 1.05 million (€140,000). For more…

ZAGREB, 16 July  (Hina) - The government will continue to co-finance the energy renovation of family homes even though the renovation programme ended last year, while the new one, which will cover the 2021-2030 period, is being prepared, the government decided at a cabinet meeting on Friday. The government adopted a proposal to extend financing for the programme of energy renovation of family homes for the 2014-2020 period. Funding for the energy renovation of family homes for this and next year, in the total amount of HRK 400 million, has been secured from the Environment Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund and from…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday that Croatia had not yet achieved the target of sufficient number of people being vaccinated and warned of the spread of the Delta variant throughout Europe. The prime minister once again called on everyone to get vaccinated while announcing that all those without healthcare cover could be vaccinated free. "We have 46.8% vaccinated with one dose. We are gradually coming to 50%, while 39% of the total population have been double-jabbed. That is still not enough," said Plenković at the start of the cabinet meeting, warning of the fast spread of a much more…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - The Croatian government on Friday adopted a report on the activities of the Anti-Money Laundering Office in 2020, when 403 cases relating to money laundering and terrorism financing were opened and 254 of them were referred to the relevant authorities. Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said that the Office had launched 403 cases of suspected money laundering and terrorism financing. Of that number, 254 cases were referred to the relevant authorities for further action, with 249 cases relating to money laundering and five relating to terrorism financing, he added. The Office inspected more than 4,000 transactions…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - In the past 24 hours, 131 coronavirus cases and one death have been registered in Croatia, Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Friday at a press conference of the national COVID-19 crisis management team. There are 685 active cases and 112 hospitalised patients, including 12 on ventilators, while 3,826 persons are self-isolating. In the past 24 hours, 3,996 persons have been tested for the virus. and 3.30% of the tests came back positive, said Beroš. For more news from Croatia, CLICK HERE.

July 16, 2021 - Continuing to improve education, a new and improved FOI course is open for the academic year 2021/2022. Meet the program of Business Applied Information Technologies. With a fantastic display of informatical knowledge and growing interest in the field observable among Croatian pupils, it is only logical that the education system follows the demand. Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI), based in Varaždin but part of the University of Zagreb, is already one of the more known high-education institutions for computer-sciences-inclined. But, as Srednja.hr reported, starting next academic year this autumn, an improved bachelor's study program will…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - President Zoran Milanović said on Friday 50% of Croatia's population did not and, for some reason, would not get vaccinated, adding that pressure on half the population was politically not intelligent. "If it was 15% of people, that would not be important because we would be on the verge of collective immunity. What's the point of this pressure on half the population? That's not even politically intelligent," he told the press in Požega. He said that those who wanted to get vaccinated did so and that others could not be terrorised into doing so, and that he…