News
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
330,000 New Tourists Visiting Croatia During Extended Weekend
June 23rd, 2021 - There were 330,000 tourists visiting Croatia from Friday, June 18 to Wednesday, June 23, 2021! According to the eVisitor system, which contains tourist traffic generated in commercial and non-commercial facilities and nautical charter (eCrew system), during the penultimate, extended weekend in June, from Friday, June 18 to Wednesday, June 23, 202, 330,000 tourists have come to Croatia, and 1.6 million overnight stays were realized. HRTurizam reports, Out of the total number of overnight stays, foreign tourists realized 1.2 million overnight stays, and domestic tourists 335,000 overnight stays. During the weekend, the largest number of tourists came to…
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
EURO 2020: Thousands of Croatia Fans in Copenhagen Expected, Here's How
June 23, 2021 - How many Croatia fans in Copenhagen can we expect for the round of 16 match at Parken Stadium? We aren't sure, but we have a feeling it will be a lot. After three matches in Group D, Croatia will finally have more fans in the stands at EURO 2020, and information about tickets will be known soon, reports Gol.hr. Croatia will play in the round of 16 on Monday at 6 pm at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, and they will find out their opponent today after 6 pm when the decisive matches in Group E…
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Lorde Returns to Her Roots for 2022 St. Michael's Fortress Spectacle in Šibenik
June 23, 2021 - One of the biggest pop stars of the new generation will premiere in this part of Europe at the St. Michael's Fortress on June 18, 2022. Lorde returns to her roots with a spectacle in Šibenik next year. At an extremely exclusive concert with only 1,050 tickets on sale, the New Zealander with Croatian roots will recall some of her mega-hits from the first two albums and present "Solar Power," which will be released later this summer. A multiple Grammy winner and one of the youngest performers to win international rankings, Lorde's full name is Ella Maria Lani…
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Building Zagreb Community: ZDNW Keynote Dean Kuchel, Digital Nomad World Interview
June 23, 2021 - It is Zagreb Digital Nomad Week, and among the speakers are the owners of the two biggest DN LinkedIn groups. Meet one of them, Dean Kuchel of Digital Nomad Israel and Digital Nomad World. We are delighted to welcome Dean Kuchel from Israel to Zagreb Digital Nomad Week. Dean will be delivering a keynote speech on community building, an essential step Croatia will take in its efforts to develop its digital nomad presence. You can register to attend online or in person here. 1. More than 100 countries visited, a digital nomad for years. It sounds…
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Marina Punat to Celebrate 60th Birthday With Massive Investment
June the 23rd, 2021 - To mark its sixtieth birthday, the well known Marina Punat is set to invest a very large sum into the company and cover a wide variety of fields with it. As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak writes, the Marina Punat Group is largely, at least in terms of investment, preparing to provide the infrastructure necessary for the reception of more environmentally friendly ships that leave a smaller footprint in nature, as well as to raise the quality of service and offer guests of the marina and its hotels. ''We've invested in the construction of an e-charging station for…
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Banovina Motorway Delayed Again Due to Public Tender Appeals
June the 23rd, 2021 - The Banovina motorway, often referred to as the Banovina ''rescue'' motorway has seen progress delayed once again following appeals launched. As Novac/Vedran Marjanovic writes, Croatian Motorways has just announced the receipt of an appeal against the public procurement tender for the selection of a contractor for the construction of a 300 million kuna section of the Zagreb-Sisak motorway, known as the Banovina motorway. ''The appeal filed against the change of procurement documentation prevents the continuation of public procurement,'' HAC said on the occasion of a new appeal being launched against the tender for the completion of…
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Vis Man Takes Documents from Nepalese Workers, Forces Work
June the 23rd, 2021 - A Croatian man stripped some Nepalese workers of their personal documents and forced them to work unpaid after assuring them that they'd be able to live normally and freely after he'd obtained their permits for work. The Vis man will now face punishment for this vile act. As Morski writes, police officers working for the Organised Crime Service of the Split-Dalmatia Police Department have completed a criminal investigation into a 58-year-old Croatian citizen due to a well-founded suspicion of him having committed the criminal offense of trafficking in human beings under Article 106 paragraph 3…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
PM Andrej Plenković: Government is Sponsor of Antifascism Anniversary
ZAGREB, 22 June, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at the Antifascist Struggle Day commemoration on Tuesday that this year the government was organising the observation of that public holiday and that it would be the same in the future, noting that the turbulent time of war should be viewed in all its complexity. "I am pleased to greet you on behalf of the government on the occasion of Antifascist Struggle Day here in Brezovica forest," said Prime Minister Plenković in his speech at the central Antifascist Stuggle Day commemoration at Brezovica Memorial Park near Sisak, adding that the…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Foreign Minister Grlić Radman For Opening EU Entry Talks With N. Macedonia, Albania as Soon as Possible
ZAGREB, 22 June, 2021 - North Macedonia and Albania have met all the criteria to open EU accession negotiations as soon as possible and Kosovo deserves visa liberalisation, Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Tuesday in Luxembourg. "Albania and North Macedonia have met all the criteria and we believe that accession negotiations should be opened with them as soon as possible," said Grlić Radman upo arriving in Luxembourg for a General Affairs Council meeting. The General Affairs Council is composed of foreign or European affairs ministers of the member states. They convened today to discuss preparations for an EU summit…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
EURO 2020: Croatia Tops Scotland for 2nd Place in Group D and Round of 16 Spot!
June 22, 2021 - Croatia tops Scotland 3:1 in the final Group D match for 2nd place and a spot in the round of 16! Croatia and Scotland met in the decisive Group D match for a spot in the EURO 2020 round of 16. The two nations met at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday night. Both teams entered the match with one point. Croatia drew 1:1 against the Czech Republic and lost to England 1:0. Scotland drew 0:0 with England and lost to the Czech Republic 2:0. Both teams could make the round of 16 only with a…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
President Zoran Milanović Says Croatia Was on the Side of Good in WWII
ZAGREB, 22 June, 2021 - President Zoran Milanović said on Tuesday, speaking on Antifascist Struggle Day, that "the truth is a deep water," that it could hurt, but that there was nothing painful in Croatia's truth and that in WWII Croatia was not just on the side of the winners but on the side of good, too. "The truth is a deep water and shouldn't offend anyone, but it can hurt. However, in this truth of ours there is nothing painful, it is actually beautiful. Difficult, bloody, but beautiful," Milanović said in his address at the central Antifascist Struggle Day commemoration…
