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July 5th, 2021 - MPs from the Green-Left Bloc on Monday expressed their support for activists of a campaign ironically called the Illegal Construction and Nature Devastation Festival and all citizens fighting against illegal construction along the coast and on the islands. Activists rallied in Vruja Cove, located near Makarska in southern Croatia, to protest against the illegal construction and nature devastation there. "That area is part of the maritime domain where the building is forbidden. Vruja Cove is owned by the Republic of Croatia, which means that the investor is building on the land of another," Urša Raukar-Gamulin (We Can!) told…

July 5th, 2021 - The Dubrovnik Forum, which is being held on Friday and Saturday, the main topic being the COVID-19 pandemic, will host ten foreign ministers, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josip Borrell, and newly-appointed High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt.  The main topic of the fourteenth edition of the ministerial forum will be the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on geopolitical relations and the global economy. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković will open the forum. EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Borrell will attend the forum along with the foreign ministers of Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Greece, Czech Republic, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Latvia. In…

July 5, 2021 - It seems like the perfect Instagram shot. Stretched out on the deck of a beautiful sailing yacht, the stunning Croatian islands and the Adriatic Sea in the background and a snazzy laptop laid out on the lounging cushions. The Digital Nomad dream, right?! YES! And, you’re not alone if you think so. There is an ever-increasing number of digital nomads, taking their laptops and heading out onto the seas for that get-away from it all, creating a remote working holiday like no other. Yet does the reality and the dream match? Maybe for a moment. AND…

July 5, 2021 - Did you know there are 800 plant species on Marjan in Split alone, while the whole of Great Britain only has 1,500? To find treasure on Marjan, it is enough to walk carefully along its paths, glades, and hidden corners, absorbing the plant world whose diversity makes Split richer than imagined, reports Slobodna Dalmacija.  Namely, the expedition of volunteer researchers led by Igor Belamarić, landscape architect of "Parks and Plantations," and Dalibor Vladović, curator of the Natural History Museum, found that the outskirts of the city reveal as many as 800 plant species. This is exactly…

July 5th, 2021 - On Monday, the Zadar County Civil Protection Headquarters made a decision, which was confirmed by the National Headquarters, on introducing what are deemed to be necessary new epidemiological measures in Zadar County - a ban on all types of concerts and similar events in open areas. Jutarnji List reports that the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia, on July 5, 2021, has decided to introduce the necessary epidemiological measure for the area of ​​Zadar County. The following is being introduced: The necessary measure in item I of this Decision is: A ban on holding all types…

ZAGREB, 5 July 2021 - In the past 24 hours, nine coronavirus cases and one death have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Monday. There are 499 active cases, including 140 hospitalized patients, 11 of whom are on ventilators, while 3,817 persons are self-isolating. Croatia has registered 360,246 coronavirus cases to date, 8,219 COVID deaths, and 351,528 recoveries, including 67 in the past 24 hours. To date, 2,166,780 persons have been tested for the virus, including 1,618 in the past 24 hours, and 2,669,307 COVID vaccines have been administered, with 1,508,083 persons having received at…

July 5, 2021 - Split bowling club and Croatian bowling champion Mertojak is the 3rd best team in Europe!  With the triumph of the German champion SKV Rot Weis Zerbst 1999, the 2020 European Bowling Champions League ended. The finals in the men's and women's competitions, with the participation of four teams each, were held in the German town of Bamberg, about thirty kilometers away from Nimberg. In the final, SKV Rot Weis Zerbst was better than the Hungarian champion, Zengo Alfold Szegedi TE 7:1 (3964:3835). Croatia had three representatives, Mertojak and Zaprešić in the men's competition and Mlaka from…

July 4th, 2021 - A rally ironically called "Illegal Construction and Nature Devastation Festival" was held in Vruja cove between Pisak and Brela on Sunday to protest against illegal construction on the maritime domain and state-owned land. Protesters raised their voice against Stipe Latković, a businessman from Split, saying that because of his friendships with former presidents Stjepan Mesić and Ivo Josipović and the incumbent Zoran Milanović, to whose campaign he contributed, he has been able to devastate Vruja for 20 years. Despite numerous complaints, decisions and bans, Latković is continuing to build around the cove, they said, asking who could stop development…

5 July, 2021 - Split singer Ursula Najev had to postpone and then cancel her concert series because of organisational difficulties arising from anti-COVID regulations. She posted a statement on her social media outlets that is causing quite a stir. We are heading towards the middle of a very interesting summer. On one hand, tourist mubers are rising leading to a glimpse of optimism from many in Croatia. On the other, we are seeing increased tensions in the expectation of a potential new wave of infections. The dreaded delta strain of the COVID19 virus is in everyone's minds. The government…

July 4th, 2021 - The president and vice president of the Bridge opposition party on Sunday announced lawsuits against the Zagreb Pride organization, which accused them of spreading intolerance and homophobia and inciting division and hatred. President Božo Petrov said on Facebook he would file a suit because of the untruths stated, adding that all his life, he had fought violence and condemned violent behavior. "For days, I have been exposed to attacks just for stating that nobody has the right to impose what my child will learn and how I will raise them. And that it's my legitimate right to protect my child…