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June the 29th, 2021 - The Varazdin Hotel Turist, which is one of the most significant tourist facilities in the town, has faced some questions of late. It seems that despite rumors, it will not be altering in any way and will soon open its doors to visitors once again. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, following a change in the ownership structure of the most important tourist accommodation facility in this Northern Croatian town, the Varazdin Turist Hotel, at the end of last year, there was a fear in the baroque city that they could be left without significant accommodation capacities…

June the 29th, 2021 - Croatian hospitality facilities and their owners are desperate to find waiters, waitresses and other such staff as the pandemic sees many individuals formerly employed in the trade seek more secure employment owing to lockdowns and layoffs. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the cry of one utterly desperate Croatian hospitality facility owner from Pula states that 1000 kuna is on offer as a gift to anyone who can find him a waiter for the season. Although the season has already begun, and there are more and more tourists in Pula, Croatian hospitality facilities are looking for trained…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - Croatia will realise four big projects in the next three years, the Pelješac Bridge, joining Schengen and the eurozone, and buying fighter jets, and will also use them for the necessary reforms, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday. Croatia's road to independence was difficult, but the years ahead will not be easier if we don't prepare for the world that is coming, he said at a conference on Croatia's key successes, organised by Hanza Media on the occasion of Croatia's 30 years of independence. Plenković said the government's ambition was to join the eurozone…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - The Croatian national freediving team won three gold medals and two silvers at the World Freediving Championship, held in Belgrade on June 21-27. The most successful Croatian free diver was Mirela Kardašević, who won a gold medal in the Dynamic Without Fins (DNF) discipline, with a 191-metre swim, a silver in the Dynamic With Bifins (DYNB) discipline and a 232-metre swim, and another silver in the Dynamic With Monofin (DYN) discipline and a 256-metre swim. All the results are national records. Male free diver Vitomir Maričić won a gold in the Dynamic With Fins, while another…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - A special event was held at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek on Monday to mark the 30 anniversary of the founding of the Croatian National Guard 106th Brigade and Day of Osijek Defenders, with President Zoran Milanović saying that there is no danger that Croatia will forget those events. Addressing those present, President Milanović underscored that a few people had the courage to defend the country with arms, and without them Croatia would not have been victorious. He said that there was no danger that those events would be forgotten, not because 30 years had passed but because those events…

June 28, 2021 - Croatia has been eliminated after losing to Spain (3:5) in the EURO 2020 round of 16 in Copenhagen on Monday.  Croatia and Spain met in Copenhagen on Monday for their EURO 2020 round of 16 match. The match was played at Parken Stadium and officiated by Cuneyt Cakir from Turkey. Unlike the group stage, Croatia had the support of many fans, with over 5,000 estimated at Parken Stadium today.  Slobodan Kadic Lineups Croatia: Livakovic, Juranović, Vida, Ćaleta-Car, Guardiol, Modrić, Brozović, Kovačić, Vlašić, Petković, Rebić Spain: Simon, Azpilicueta, Garcia, Laporte, Gaya, Koke, Busquets, Pedri, Sarabia, Torres, Morata Slobodan Kadic…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - President Zoran Milanović repeated on Monday that he considered the ruling HDZ party to be in a conflict of interest regarding the election of the Supreme Court president because proceedings against the party for "the crime of plundering the state" were underway at the Supreme Court. "They (HDZ) care very much about who is at the helm of the Supreme Court. That person can always have a certain amount of influence, that's why it is a problem, and the HDZ is in a conflict of interest," Milanović said. Addressing reporters after a commemoration for Croatian defenders in Osijek,…

AGREB, 28 June 2021 - The 19th Equal Opportunities Festival began on Monday in Zagreb's main downtown square and it will continue for the next three days (until 30 June), presenting what people with disabilities can contribute to their city. The Equal Opportunities Festival features music and theatre performances as well as art exhibitions and educational-recreational and sports activities involving people with disabilities who will present their creative possibilities to show that they should enjoy the same rights and obligations as other citizens, the organisers said. This year about 800 performers from Croatia and abroad, 500 of whom are people with disabilities, will participate in…

June the 28th, 2021 - Croatian epidemiologist Iva Pem Novosel has stated that the Delta variant has been found in numerous places in the Republic of Croatia. Vaccination and warmer temperatures (okay, boiling hot temperatures if we're being honest) might have swayed the infection rate for the better, with numbers falling and COVID hospitals returning to normality, but the fast-spreading Delta variant of the novel coronavirus has now been detected and confirmed in three Croatian counties. As the vaccination rollout continues across the country, Europe and the rest of the world, the ongoing pandemic is still throwing spanners in the…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - According to calculations by the Lipa taxpayers' association, this year's Tax Freedom Day in Croatia is today, June 28, a day earlier than in 2020. Tax Freedom Day is the day in a year until which citizens "work for the state" and everything that is financed from the state budget and from which on they work for themselves and their families, Lipa said in a press release on Monday. Lipa's calculation was made for a hypothetical citizen who earns an average wage, is married with one child, lives in Zagreb, owns a car, does not smoke, and…