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June 5, 2021 - With each passing day, we are one step closer to summer as traffic at Split Ferry Port and Airport pick up this weekend! HRT reports that as of Friday, a new Jadrolinija summer sailing schedule is in force, with ticket prices up 20%. Jadrolinija has introduced several more daily ferry lines to the central Dalmatian islands, so there are no major crowds in the Split ferry port this weekend. "Instead of 05:30, the point of sale will open at 04:30, so we really get up early at dawn. And off we go!" Jelena Ivulić from Jadrolinija said…

ZAGREB, 5 June 2021 - Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Saturday that Croatia was a committed advocate of Bosnia and Herzegovina's journey towards the Euro-Atlantic institutions, and interested in enabling Croats to have an equal status with the other two constituent peoples in that country. Addressing a conference organised in Split on the occasion of the launch of a four-volume book written by Bosnian Croat leader, Dragan Čović, the Croatian minister of foreign and European affairs said that the book testified about Čović's political struggle ad also about economic, media and diplomatic aspects of the fight for the Croatian cause. Commenting…

June 5, 2021 - KK Zadar becomes Croatian basketball champions after defeating Split 84:57 in the final game of the series on Saturday at Višnjik. Since Croatian independence, Zagreb teams Cedevita and Cibona have mostly dominated the Basketball Championships (25 of 28 seasons). Split was able to pull off one title in 2003, while Zadar was able to win two in 2005 and 2008.  Tonight, the two Dalmatian teams had to battle to find out who would be forever remembered as the 2021 champions and who would only be known by experts remembering a series that was played to the last…

ZAGREB, 5 June 2021 - Marija Bistrica will host on 10-11 June an international conference focusing on numerous topics of importance for Croatia's expat communities and the relationship towards them, the Croatian Heritage Foundation has announced. The live conference is a continuation of the 4th Croatian Emigrant Congress, which was not completed in Zagreb last November due to the pandemic. About 60 participants will analyse the challenges and prospects of Croatian emigrants in relation to the homeland, demographic challenges, and emigrants as promoters of Croatia. The event will also be an opportunity to talk about the aid expats sent via their Catholic missions to the areas…

ZAGREB, 5 June 2021 - The Foreign Policy Forum, which will bring together experts, scientists, journalists and young researchers from Croatia and the world interested in international relations, has been established in Zagreb. The Forum was established on 26 March and officially registered on 4 June. Its founders are academic researchers, former diplomats and officials with executive state powers, including former Croatian foreign minister Vesna Pusić, journalists and young experts in social sciences. The Foreign Policy Forum will analyse and examine international relations and foreign policies, and organise constructive public debates, talks and researches. Since November, its initiators have organised four debates, which drew researchers, international…

June 5, 2021 - Good news for Hajduk fans - works are currently underway on a brand new Poljud pitch that will soon crown the beloved Split stadium!  Hajduk announced that installing the new hybrid lawn on the main Poljud pitch is in full swing. In accordance with the planned deadlines, the first planned phase of works, removing the lawn and preparing the substrate in cooperation with the company Jadro, has been completed. In addition, 11 centimeters of old quartz sand were removed for better drainage, and the base for laying new quartz sand was leveled. Among other things, the…

June 5, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as Eurowings Zagreb-Düsseldorf flights resume August 31! Avio Radar reports that German low-cost airline Eurowings will resume traffic on the Zagreb-Düsseldorf route. The line stopped operating even before the pandemic but is now on offer again, currently only from August 31 to the end of October with flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays.  Eurowings flew non-stop on the lines from Cologne and Stuttgart with two interruptions during the pandemic in the spring and winter of last year. It is in traffic again from May 20. Eurowings currently operates 3 flights a…

June the 5th, 2021 - 2021 has so far flown by in the blink of an eye and summer is knocking at Croatia's door. Brits living in Croatia must make sure to register for their new status via the declaratory system MUP has set up before the 30th of June this year in order to have a carefree summer. The UK's Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union guarantees the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and of UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU. The UK opted for something called Pre-settled and Settled status. Different EU countries opted…

ZAGREB, 5 June 2021 - In the past 24 hours, 211 coronavirus cases and 13 deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Saturday. There are 1,583 active cases, including 598 hospitalised patients, 57 of whom are on ventilators, while 8,385 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 357,408 coronavirus cases, 8,080 deaths, and 347,745 recoveries, including 297 in the past 24 hours, while 2,404,256 persons have been tested for the virus, including 5,381 in the past 24 hours. To date, 1,885,772 vaccine doses have been administered, with 1,329,754 persons receiving one dose and 556,018 both.…

ZAGREB, 5 June 2021 - Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Saturday that 40% of Croatia's adult population had been vaccinated against COVID-19. "We have made a new step forward - 40 percent of the adult population has been vaccinated. A thank-you to the vaccinators for each dose administered and to the vaccinated citizens for their trust in science and experts. We are on the right track to vaccinate more than half of Croatia's adult population," Beroš tweeted. Speaking at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, he said vaccination in Croatia was proceeding as planned. "We are closer and closer to the goal of achieving collective…