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Friday, 4 June 2021
Germany Removes Several Croatian Counties from List of COVID-19 Risk Areas
ZAGREB, 4 June 2021 - Germany has removed large parts of Croatia from its list of COVID-19 risk areas, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday. As of 6 June, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Istria, Karlovac, Krapina-Zagorje, Požega-Slavonia and Split-Dalmatia counties are no longer epidemiologically risk areas, the Institute said. This means that travellers from those counties no longer have to register online, show a negative test or go into quarantine upon entering Germany. This does not apply to travellers from other Croatian counties. A negative COVID-19 test is still mandatory for entering Germany by plane. Croatian neighbours Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia are still…
Friday, 4 June 2021
Former Acting Mayor: Zagreb Ended 2020 HRK 90m in Red
ZAGREB, 4 June 2021 - Former acting Zagreb mayor Jelena Pavičić Vukičević said on Friday the city ended last year HRK 90 million in the red. Speaking on N1 television, she said annual borrowing was always done with the consent of the Finance Ministry, that it never exceeded 20% of the city budget, and that borrowing until 2035 totalled HRK 2 billion. She also said that everyone working in the city administration had passed a public call for applications. "It's a procedure that lasts six months in which diplomas and other documents are verified, and it's a procedure the new mayor will…
Friday, 4 June 2021
SDP and IDS Waiting for Response from DIP to See Who Will Recount Ballots, Reports Jutarnji List
ZAGREB, 4 June 2021 - Both the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) have lodged objections regarding the ballot counting in the 30 May election for Istrian county prefect and are now waiting for the response from the State Election Commission (DIP), Jutarnji List daily said on Friday. According to the results from DIP, SDP candidate Danijel Ferić was defeated by IDS leader Boris Miletić by a margin of only 54 votes, which prompted the SDP to request a ballot recount at 12 polling stations. The SDP has said that they they have found 41 more ballots in…
Friday, 4 June 2021
New Krk Souvenirs Chosen at "Gift from Krk" Competition
June 4, 2021 - After an arduous competition between a record number of 39 proposals and 21 producers from all over Croatia, 16 were chosen by a Krk tourist board committee as part of the Krk souvenirs project, ''Gift from Krk''. As reported by turistickeprice.hr, the jubilee tenth competition application for the Krk souvenirs "Gift from Krk", announced by the Tourist Board of the City of Krk, has ended. The focus of the competition was on the cultural and tourist values of the town and the island of Krk, with an emphasis on accepting creative challenges inspired by the island's natural…
Friday, 4 June 2021
Brod-Posavina Tourist Board Introduces New Visual Identity
June 4, 2021 - At a special event, the Brod-Posavina tourist board officially unveiled its new logo, which seeks not only to renew its visual identity but also to adequately represent the county's values. Traditional architecture, excellent gastronomy, the Sava River, and the border history of the Brod-Posavina region are the foundation of a new, modern visual identity of the Brod-Posavina Tourist Board, reports hrturizam.hr. The basic element of the logo is dark blue and reminiscent of the Sava River, it is made in the rotated form of the initial letter of the county, and stylized elements in warm colors represent…
Friday, 4 June 2021
Ryanair Zagreb-Sofia Flight Announced as Airline's 15th New Route to Capital!
June 4, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as the Ryanair Zagreb-Sofia flight is the airline's 15th route to the capital city network. Avio Radar reports that Europe's largest low-cost airline has announced a new route from Zagreb to Sofia. The line will run twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays from August 3, with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft from a base in Sofia. It will be the 15th new Ryanair line from Zagreb and the first direct line between Croatia and Bulgaria. Ryanair Sales and Marketing Manager for Central, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, Olga Pawlonka, said:…
Friday, 4 June 2021
CASCADE Project: Italy and Croatia Collaborating on Ecosystems Monitoring
June 4, 2021 - With the scientific community in Croatia busy and involved in international projects, meet the CASCADE Project. Learn how Italian and Croatian scientists are working together in monitoring ecosystems. Croatian scientists in Croatia are running various projects which either don't get reported on by journalists, or if they are reported on, they sadly don't get too much attention from the public. One such project is the Projekt CASCADE which started back on January first, 2020, and will continue until the very end of 2022. As reported on the website of The Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR),…
Friday, 4 June 2021
Book Fair Called "San(j)am knjige" Starts in Pula
ZAGREB, 4 June 2021 - The 26th edition of the book fair "San(j)am knjige" was opened in Pula at a ceremony on Friday. The latest edition of the event started exactly 18 months after the 25th edition, and last year, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented its organisation. This fair is running through 13 June, and about 30,000 titles of more than 250 publishers are being promoted at the venue of the fair in this biggest Istrian city. For more on news in Croatia, check our dedicated news page.
Friday, 4 June 2021
New Mayor of Zagreb Says City Finances Not Good, but There Are Solutions
ZAGREB, 4 June 2021 - Addressing the press after the ceremony of the transfer of powers in Zagreb's city administration on Friday morning, the new mayor Tomislav Tomašević, said that a state of affairs in the city's finances was not good, however, there were solutions that would be discussed in greater detail. Tomašević, who was presented with two-thousand-odd-page reports on the 2020 budget execution and preliminary figures on this year's budget by the former acting mayor Jelena Pavičić Vukičević, said that the overall financial picture was not good. He, however, stopped short of giving more information about the debt of the…
Friday, 4 June 2021
Everything is Ready for the WTA Croatia Bol Open on Brač!
June 4, 2021 - Everything is ready for the WTA Croatia Bol Open on Brač, from June 7 to 12! Next week, Bol becomes the center of women's sports again. After a one-year break, the WTA Croatia Bol Open returns to the tennis courts of Bluesun Hotels & Resorts. Along with the main tournament winners Sara Sorribes Tormo and Nadija Podoroska, five Croatian tennis players are coming to Brač thanks to the organizers' invitation, which is a record in the history of Croatian tennis, revealed today's press conference at Split's Artičok restaurant. Vladimir Dugandžić, Cropix / Lollipop PR "Along with…
Friday, 4 June 2021
Croatia Elected UNWTO Executive Council Member for 2021-2025
ZAGREB, 4 June 2021 - Croatia has been elected Member of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for 2021-2025 at a meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe, and Tourism and Sports Minister Nikola Brnjac said that confirmed Croatia's value as a destination and leader in tourism development. The meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe was held this week in Athens, with Minister Brnjac attending, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports said on Friday, adding that the minister expressed pride that Croatia had been elected Member of the UNWTO Executive Council. "Through the work in the…
