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Tuesday, 22 June 2021
HNS and St Catherine Specialty Hospital Invite Christian Eriksen to Zagreb for Genetic Testing
June 22, 2021 - After collapsing on the pitch during the Euro 2020 game between Denmark and Finland, HNS and St Catherine Specialty Hospital want to help Danish footballer Christian Eriksen. St Catherine Specialty Hospital Management Board president and Croatian Football Federation health commission president Dragan Primorac sent a letter to the Danish Football Federation president Jesper Moller and Secretary-General Jakob Jensen, urging them to have their national team member Christian Eriksen (29) perform a comprehensive genetic test in Croatia to determine the possible genetic basis of cardiac arrest, reports Index.hr. The Denmark national team player shocked the world when he…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Croatian Female Team Wins 3 Medals at EGOI: Amazing Results at First Female-Only European Informatics Olympics
June 22, 2021 - The celebratory atmosphere for the Croatian informatics scene, as the Croatian female team wins 3 medals at EGOI, the first edition of the European Female Olympiad in Informatics. With Croatia meeting the first edition of the European Girls Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) with a Female team ready to participate, a fantastic result was achieved as the four-member team won the contest with three medals. As Srednja.hr reported, Ema Borevković, Lina Krištić and Lara Semeš (from Zagreb's XV Gymnasium), and Martina Licul (Pulau Gymnasium) represented Croatia and the aftermath of the contest that gathered 157 contestants saw…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Croatia Registers 75 New Coronavirus Cases, 6 Deaths
ZAGREB, 22 June, 2021 - In the past 24 hours, Croatia registered 75 new cases of SARS-CoV-2, and there are currently 532 active cases in the country, while six people died as a consequence, the national COVID response team reported on Tuesday. There are 253 hospitalised COVID patients and 16 of them are on ventilators. Since the first case of the novel coronavirus was registered in Croatia in February last year there have been a total of 359,259 people infected with the contagion and 8,188 have died as a consequence while 350,539 have recovered. There are currently 3,792 people in self-isolation.…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
VAT on Small Packages Delivered to Croatia Coming Soon
June the 22nd, 2021 - VAT is soon set to be placed on even small packages being delivered to Croatia. All consignments imported into the EU from third countries will face the same. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, as of the 1st of July 2021, all consignments imported into the European Union (EU) from third countries and delivered on the basis of distance selling (e-commerce) will be subject to VAT on importation, in connection with which customs issued a comprehensive statement explaining in detail what is set to be paid for and charged when and how. As of next Thursday, the…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Milorad Pupovac: Ban on Ustasha Insignia is Civilisational Issue For All Political Actors
ZAGREB, 22 June, 2021 - Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) president Milorad Pupovac said on Tuesday that adopting amendments to the Criminal Code to ban Ustasha insignia and the salute "For the homeland ready" was a civilisational issue for all political actors in Croatia. Adopting amendments to the Criminal Code is a civilisational issue for all political actors in Croatia do that it can get rid of the legacy of World War II, especially the consequences of the Ustasha rule from 1941 to 1945," Pupovac said ahead of Antifascist Struggle Day commemoration in Brezovica. Asked whether adopting the amendments to the…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Pero: From A Student Idea To An Eco Friendly, Chemical Free Cleaning Product
June 22nd, 2021 - A small family that has embarked on a great mission - to make the world a more beautiful place to live, free of toxic chemicals is behind the Pero brand. Journal reports, natural cleaning products have been found in households all over Croatia in just a few years, and their different approach to production and entrepreneurship can definitely be an example to others. More and more people around us are turning to natural products, and the awareness of preserving our own health and caring for the environment is finally coming to the list of priorities for many. Their…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
President Zoran Milanović: "No Progress Without Harmony Among Croatian People"
ZAGREB, 22 June, 2021 - President Zoran Milanović attended a concert by the Croatian Navy Orchestra held in commemoration of Antifascist Struggle Day in Split on Monday evening, where he said that without harmony among the Croatian people there cannot be any progress. "Without that harmony among the Croatian people, there cannot be any progress. We are few and only with joint effort, regardless of how worn out that may sound but it is worth repeating, can we go on further and can we progress," Milanović underscored. This gathering here today, peaceful, civilised, civic, leftist, as well as traditionally Dalmatian, is an indicator that this is…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
When Might First Stifling Croatian Heatwave of 2021 End?
June the 22nd, 2021 - It's been very hot all of a sudden across the entire country, with certain areas baking in temperatures which rarely dip below the 30 degree mark. This quite sharp rise in temperature has come as a shock to many after a strange, wet and rather cold spring. The first Croatian heatwave of 2021 can't go on forever, though. While tourists love Croatian summers for their dry heat which allows for little else than constant floating around in the beautiful Adriatic sea, it gets very boring for those of us who live and work here, hoping…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Croatian Sustainable Tourism Experts to Receive 1.3 Million Kuna
June the 22nd, 2021 - Croatian sustainable tourism experts are set to recieve a large sum of money for the promotion of this sort of tourism which has so much appealed to Croatia and which could bring about a longer season. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Ministry of Tourism and Sport announced a tender worth more than 1.3 million kuna for the development of Croatian sustainable tourism projects last week. As part of the EUSAIR Facitiy Point project, a financially attractive budget has been provided for the development of adopted project ideas for the development of sustainable tourism in the Adriatic-Ionian…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Is Croatian Property Tax Issue Set to be Raised Again?
June the 22nd, 2021 - The highly unpopular topic of Croatian property tax might soon raise its ugly head again. The first time it was suggested a few years ago saw huge public pushback and it was since put back on the shelf, but never entirely scrapped. As Novac/Marina Klepo writes, in order to secure revenues for local self-government units, Slavko Kojic, the former head of finance in the City of Zagreb, said recently, the tax system needs to be revised and the dreaded Croatian property tax needs to be introduced. He isn't the only one who is calling for…
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Successful Tourist Board Synergy: Around Zagreb Promotes Capital and Surroundings
June 22, 2021 - The Zagreb Tourist Board and the Zagreb County Tourist Board are again cooperating in promoting Zagreb and its surroundings through a unique destination campaign - Near the city, Near the heart / Around Zagreb. Near the City, Near the Heart is a joint promotional campaign created to develop a year-round platform to promote the rich offer of the capital and its surroundings, reports HRTurizam. In this sense, as a destination campaign, it addresses key markets, promoting the outdoors, greenery, and nature with a focus on health and sustainability, and raising awareness of Zagreb and its surroundings…
