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June 14, 2021 - TCN meets Sime Lisica, the director of Audio Visual Group d.o.o. who is shaking up the Croatian fitness industry with a new product - FitnessTV. I was born and bred in Sydney Australia, a city of 5 million people, with an extremely fast pace of life. In my early 30s, I had realized that my calling, my higher purpose in life was coming from Croatia, so I decided to do something about it. I had come to the conclusion that Australia had dramatically changed from the country that I once knew, the country that I grew up in would…

14 June 2021 – After unstable weather throughout spring, Croatians and their guests are finally going to see summer weather, perfect for the beach. A look at temperatures in Croatia this week.  Croatians, especially along the coast, have been complaining about relatively cool May. By June, the coastal region of Dalmatia is usually seeing busy beaches and plenty of people enjoying the warm Adriatic Sea. This year, however, temperatures are rising slowly and the weather has been quite unstable. This is about to change according to index.hr. During the week we are to see rising temperatures across Croatia exceeding 30°c…

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency member Željko Komšić said on Sunday Croatia was about to come into conflict with NATO after President Zoran Milanović said that he would not accept a NATO closing declaration if it failed to mention the Dayton agreement and BiH's three constituent peoples. "Croatia is coming into conflict with NATO because it insists on the obsolete concept of constituent peoples," Komšić, who is the Croat member of the tripartite BiH Presidency, was quoted by the BiH Presidency as saying. Komšić believes that Croatia does not have the power to block the principles of the…

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - A total of 19,167 new passenger cars were sold in Croatia in January-May 2021, a 44.3% increase from the same period last year, and 4,483 new vehicles were sold in May 2021 alone, over twice as many as in May 2020, show the data released by the Promocija Plus market research agency last Monday. In the first five months of 2020, which were significantly affected by the negative economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, which began to produce a more significant effect in March, 13,286 new vehicles were sold, of which 2,173 were sold in May…

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - Croatian gymnast Ana Đerek won the gold medal in the women's floor exercise and the bronze medal in the balance beam exercise while Tin Srbić won men's high bar gold on Sunday, the last day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek. Đerek and Srbić's medals put the total number of medals won for Croatia at World Cup competitions at 382 - 274 for men's gymnastics and 108 for women's gymnastics. Nina Derwael of Belgium won the gold in the women's balance beam exercise while Diana Varinska of Ukraine won the silver. Marlies Männersdorfer of…

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - Deputy Prime Minister Boris Milošević on Sunday commented on recent incidents, saying that there were indications that they were motivated by ethnic hatred and stressing that one should not get used to such incidents but recognise, prevent and prosecute them. "It is important to speak and write about the topic (of crimes motivated by ethnic hatred) because we must not tolerate or get used to hate crimes as something inevitable and common. It is important that we do not downplay violence and hate as part of a subculture, for example football fans or any other group,…

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - President Zoran Milanović said during a visit to the eastern town of Našice on Sunday that as a citizen he would insist on accountability for every euro of EU funds available to Croatia but not taken. Milanović visited the eastern town on the occasion of its day and the day of its patron saint, St. Anthony of Padua. The president noted that he measured the performance of local government units only by how much EU funds they managed to absorb. "As a citizen, I will insist on accountability for each euro not taken. Otherwise going to Brussels…

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - The 10th edition of the VegeSajam vegan fair will be held in Zagreb's main square on 15 June. This year's VegeSajam will showcase many vegan products, including vegan sausages, salami, different spreads, burgers, biscuits, cakes, sandwiches and various dishes, the Friends of Animals nongovernmental organisation, which organises the event, said. Also, visitors will be able to taste "the tastiest ready-made vegan ćevapčići available on the Croatian market". From every purchased product, a kuna will be donated to the Friends of Animals. For more on lifestyle in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page. For more about Croatia, CLICK HERE.

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - In the past 24 hours, Croatia has registered 59 new COVID-19 cases, the national COVID-19 response team said on Sunday. A total of 358,563 cases of coronavirus have been registered in the country since the outbreak of the disease in February 2020. Currently, 5,783 people are in self-isolation. To date, a total of 2,078,716 people have been tested for the virus, including 4,489 in the past 24 hours. For more on COVID-19 in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page.  For more about Croatia, CLICK HERE.

ZAGREB, 13 June, 2021 - The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Main Committee on Saturday confirmed the SDP Presidency decision to dissolve the party branches in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod as well as the SDP Međimurje County branch, with party leader Peđa Grbin saying the SDP had to change first if it wanted to change Croatia. The SDP branches were dissolved due to poor results in the recent local elections and worsened intra-party relations. "I want the SDP to be a party that will dedicate itself to changing Croatia for the better," said Grbin. "If we want to change Croatia, and we…