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ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - Over the past 24 hours, 14 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Croatia, there have been two related deaths, and the number of active cases stands at 425, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Monday. There are 195 COVID patients in hospital, including ten who are on ventilators. Currently, 4,138 people are in self-isolation. To date, Croatia has registered 359,666 cases of coronavirus infection, including 8,202 deaths and 351,039 recoveries, of which 101 in the last 24 hours. A total of 2,138,094 have been tested for coronavirus so far, 2,236…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - The APN Real Estate Agency processed all 4,739 applications for home loan subsidies submitted in the sixth call, approving 4,464 and requesting additional information for 236, the Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets Ministry said on Monday. Nine applications were rejected and 30 persons scrapped their applications, the ministry said, adding that a new call was planned for next year. Applications could be submitted from 29 March to 14 May. The average amount of a subsidised loan is €76,000, the average repayment period is 22 years, and the average age of the beneficiary is 32. Effective interest is 2.17% on average, while…

ZAGREB, 28 June 2021 - Croatia is near the very top among European countries in terms of development of the digital services it offers to citizens, and a total of 89 e-services are available to citizens, Jutarnji List daily reported on Monday. According to data from the Central State Office for the Development of the Digital Society, there are 1,281,911 users of the e-Citizens system in Croatia. During the pandemic, the number of users rose by as much as 50%. On 1 March 2020, there were 839,935 users, and by 26 May, the number had gone up by 441,976. Interior Minister…

28 June, 2021 – After a brief period of somewhat pleasant temperatures, today marks the beginning of yet another new Croatian heatwave. The weather was rather cool throughout spring, however, it seems summer is back, and with a vengeance. After one stifling heatwave ran its course last week, leaving many feeling the effects of exposure to sun, a new Croatian heatwave is now upon us. Croatian meteorologists are now warning of a new Croatian heatwave beginning today. According to HRT,  it will supposedly reach its highest temperature during the middle of this week. Heat waves aren't particularly unusual in Croatia,…

June the 28th, 2021 - Climate change is a threat to us all and the vast majority of people are now more than aware of that, minding their carbon footprint and trying to recycle and reuse as much as they possibly can. The Northern Adriatic sea, however, keeps turning up some unexpected finned visitors. As Morski writes, there are many different types of fish in the Croatian Adriatic sea that are very, very rarely caught, or are not present all over the Adriatic, and so they confuse fishermen with their colours, weight or appearance. Such was the case with the…

June the 28th, 2021 - Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Frankovic has been praised by the Cruise Line International Association's director Kelly Craighead as Croatia's southernmost city sees cruise tourism make a gradual but steady return to its waters. As Morski writes, Kelly Craighead sent a letter to Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Frankovic in which, among other things, she thanked him for his engagement because the City of Dubrovnik, despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis, stood firmly by this organisation. ''The coronavirus pandemic has brought some new challenges to everyone, but I'm glad that we've continued our cooperation during this time, which is why I'm…

June the 28th, 2021 - The brand new Zagreb vaccination programme will finally require no sign up, registration or invitation which might risk getting lost somewhere in the process along the way - as has been the case for so many. Want the vaccine? Just turn up. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, at the Andrija Stampar School of Public Health in Zagreb, from Monday, June the 28th to Wednesday, June the 30th, 2021, people will be able to come and be vaccinated against COVID-19 without giving any special notice, the Croatian Institute of Public Health announced. Citizens of Zagreb, but also…

ZAGREB, 27 June, 2021 - Serbia will get a new daily newspaper on Wednesday, 30 June, but for reasons of political obstruction it will not be printed domestically but in Croatia. The daily, called Nova, will be written and edited by journalists from the Serbian news website nova.rs, which is owned by the Luxembourg-based United Media Digital company, a member of the United Group. Since March 2019, the United Group has been majority-owned by BC Partners, one of the leading global investment companies. The United Group also owns the regional cable television channels N1 and Nova, and has recently acquired the…

ZAGREB, 27 June, 2021 - In the first quarter of 2021, Croatia's fisheries exports went up 31% on the year to almost €94 million, with 17,700 tonnes of commodities exported, the Agriculture Ministry says. Bluefin tuna exports were record-high both in quantity and value terms. The value of first-sale went up by 3% and the average price of sea fisheries commodities by 20%. The quantity and value of aquaculture production continues to increase, surpassing €33 million in 2020, a 12% increase in value and a 3% increase in quantity. Surveys show that the growth and consumption of fisheries and aquaculture products in…

ZAGREB, 27 June, 2021 - Citizens of Serbia can enter Croatia without any restrictions and under the same conditions that were in force before the measures put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, the Serbian Embassy in Zagreb says on its website. Citing the revised conditions for entry into Croatia of 25 June 2021, the Serbian Embassy says that Serbian nationals do not need a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test. On 12 May, Serbia made it possible for its citizens to obtain a digital green certificate proving that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and providing…