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ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - The Croatian Paralympic Committee (HPO) has concluded its list of athletes for the 16th summer Paralympics in Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September, with 22 para athletes participating in various para sports.  The Croatian flag will be carried by Mikela Ristoski at the opening ceremony. The long jumper won a gold medal in Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal in London. Ahead of concluding the final list of athletes to travel to Tokyo, HPO president Ratko Kovačič said that "since Croatia's independence para-athletes have competed in seven summer paralympic games and won 20 medals."…

ZAGREB, 16 July 2021 - The total traffic of passengers in Croatian airports amounted to 124,000 in May 2021, up 544% on the year, which also resulted in better traffic results in the first five months of the year, according to the national statistical office. May accounted for 64.5% of the passenger traffic in the first five months of 2021, which was almost 350,000, down 48% on the year, when most of the traffic was generated in January-March, prior to a lockdown which lasted through May. Since there was no such lockdown this year, May 2021 was markedly better than May…

July 16, 2021 - The 2021/22 HNL season officially begins today, bringing football and fans back to Croatian stadiums.  The new HNL season starts today! After the Croatia national team competed in the Euros, club football is back to kick off the 31st season of the HNL (Croatian First League), reports HRT. Fans are returning to the stands with COVID certificates, and there are many new coaches. The title is defended by Dinamo, and the main competitors for the title will be Osijek, Hajduk, and Rijeka. Instead of Varaždin, Hrvatski Dragovoljac returned to the First League. Dinamo and Slaven Belupo…

July 16, 2021 - The Infobip Shift conference will be held this September in Zadar as the largest developer event in Europe this year! After acquiring Shift, Infobip, the leading IT company in Croatia and the region, announced its plans for the upcoming Infobip Shift conference, which will be held on September 7 and 8 this year in Zadar at the Krešimir Ćosić Hall. The developer conference will bring together over three thousand people over two days, making this edition the largest developer event in Europe this year, reports Dalmatinski Portal.  After Infobip organized its own DevDays development conference for many…

July 16, 2021 - Two bike storytelling trails in Bol on Brač can be heard in three languages and are adapted for blind and partially sighted people! The demand for the facilities offered by active tourism is growing day by day, and the supply is getting richer. In addition, domestic and foreign guests are increasingly turning to nature, so new hiking and biking trails in Croatian destinations are becoming more numerous. Although the sun and the sea are still high on the list of demands of many tourists, some of them are looking for something more. As a result, some tourist…

July 16, 2021 - One month after the local elections in Croatia, the liberal/center Fokus party president shares with TCN reflections of his Zagreb mayor candidacy, details on political views, plans, and hope for the future of Croatia. Learn more about the Fokus party in an exclusive Davor Nađi interview conducted by TCN reporter Ivor Kruljac. 2021 local elections for Croatia concluded back in June, and as with every local election, the majority of political parties whose candidates earned some new positions in the local governments managed to taste both victories and losses are overall happy. Some parties from both…

July the 16th, 2021 - The Croatian Interior Ministry (MUP) is set to procure some brand new vehicles, as many as 500 of them, for the huge price tag of 75 million kuna. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian Interior Ministry will procure the aforementioned vehicles through an operating lease lasting four years. According to a report from Vecernji list, the estimated value of this purchase stands at a massive 75.2 million kuna, and that amount doesn't include VAT, so it isn't the final price. For this move, the bidders are required to deliver new, unused vehicles and the Croatian…

July the 16th, 2021 - Croatian national ID cards are set to have their prices bumped up, with both adults and children needing to pay more for these mandatory documents. As if waiting and watching the clock tick in long lines in airless rooms at MUP offices only to be told you're missing one piece of paper wasn't quite exciting enough, you'll now have to pay more for the pleasure of it. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, according to the new Ordinance on this matter, obtaining new electronic Croatian national ID cards will cost 100 kuna for all those who take…

July the 16th, 2021 - The new director of the World Bank in Croatia is Jehan Arulpragasam, succeeding Elisabetta Capannelli, whose four-year term expired back in June. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Blaskovic writes, the new World Bank in Croatia director, who is also taking the same position for neighbouring Slovenia, will head the Zagreb Office and oversee the strategic, analytical, operational and advisory programme of the World Bank in Croatia and Slovenia. Jehan Arulpragasam otherwise holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the prestigious Cornell University and then a master’s and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina, USA. He comes…

July the 16th, 2021 - The Split company GetByBus has made a new business move and will become part of the wider Israeli Bookaway Group. As Novac/Ljubica Vuko writes, the Split company GetByBus sold its very first online bus ticket back in late March 2014, it was the only ticket sold that day. By the end of 2014, they had sold a total of about 25,000 tickets. The number of tickets sold grew from year to year, the number of bus carriers and countries where their services were available increased. Now they've reached an important milestone which means new growth and…