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Sunday, 30 May 2021
Bakar Tourist Board ''Heritage Chest'' Project Wins Simply the Best Award
May 30, 2021 - Despite the adversities encountered as a result of the pandemic, the Bakar tourist board has been awarded for its ''Heritage Chest'' project. The goal of the Heritage Chest is to animate the local population in order to collect and preserve valuable heritage material. As reported by turistickeprice.hr, the tourist board project, designed during the pandemic, called the Heritage Chest, won the national annual award Simply the Best for 2020. This award for creativity, innovation, development, and improvement of the tourist offer of the destination is traditionally given by UHPA (the Association of Croatian Travel Agencies) and the…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
U.S. Secretary of State Congratulates Croatia on Statehood Day
ZAGREB, 30 May, 2021 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday congratulated Croatia on Statehood Day, saying the relationship between the two countries was defined by shared values and thanking it for the close military cooperation. "On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Croatia as you celebrate your Statehood Day," Blinken said in a statement on the Department of State website. "The United States and Croatia are steadfast Allies and partners, and our relationship is defined by shared values that help us progress on critical fronts, including strengthening trade…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Jandroković Extends Statehood Day Greetings, Calls for New Unity
ZAGREB, 30 May, 2021 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Sunday extended greetings on Statehood Day, calling for new unity and realising the vision of a Croatia with quality living for all Croatian people as an obligation to all who contributed to the creation of the Croatian state and freedom. Faced with the challenges of the present and the biggest crisis since the Homeland War, caused by the pandemic and devastating earthquakes, we are called upon to achieve new unity, just as during the establishment and building of the state, Jandroković sad. Together, we wish to realise the vision of a Croatia whereby…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
PM Issues Statehood Day Message
ZAGREB, 30 May, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Sunday issued his Statehood Day message in which he underscored the importance of the first multiparty parliament, established on 30 May 1990, for the following period of Croatia and he pointed out the importance of the post-pandemic and post-quake recovery. Croatia is observing Statehood Day on Sunday in memory of 30 May 1990 when, after decades of communist rule, the foundations of the modern Croatian parliament, the Sabor, were created and its historic role in the preservation of Croatian statehood was confirmed. "Statehood Day has great importance for all of us, because…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Polling Stations Opened for Second Round of Local Elections in Croatia
ZAGREB, 30 May, 2021 - All the 5,496 polling stations were opened at 7 a.m. on Sunday throughout Croatia for the election runoffs for mayors of 57 cities and 87 municipalities as well as for the prefects of 14 counties. The State Electoral Commission (DIP) will release the first results of today's voting on its website at 8 p.m. The ballots from 90% of polling stations should be counted by 10 p.m. During the second round of voting, 3,231,000 citizens are eligible to vote. The two candidates who received the highest number of votes in the 16 May elections in their constituency are…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Janša: Slovenia and Croatia Making Joint Efforts to Expand Space of Freedom
ZAGREB, 30 May, 2021 - Prime Minister Janez Janša said in Zagreb on Saturday that Slovenia and Croatia were two countries with similar histories and that nowadays "they are fighting together for the expansion of Europe and for all its parts to be free." On Saturday evening, Janša arrived in Zagreb to attend a special concert in the Croatian National Theatre (HNK) on the occasion of Croatia's Statehood Day, observed on 30 May. In reference to the early 1990s when his country and Croatia gained independence, Janša said that "those were the times of huge risks and courage both for Slovenia…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Croatia Celebrating Statehood Day
ZAGREB, 30 May, 2021 - Croatia is observing Statehood Day on Sunday in memory of 30 May 1990 when, after decades of communist rule, the foundations of the modern Croatian parliament , the Sabor, were created and its historic role in the preservation of Croatian statehood was confirmed. This year Statehood Day is being observed on the 31st anniversary of the inauguration of Croatia's first democratic and multi-party parliament at which Žarko Domljan was elected speaker. The inauguration of the new Sabor of the then still Socialist Republic of Croatia was performed "in an exceptionally festive atmosphere," historian Ivo Perić…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Niagara Falls Lit Up in Croatian Colors To Celebrate Statehood Day (VIDEO)
May 30th, 2021 - To mark Croatian Statehood Day, the American Niagara Falls lit up in Croatian colors for the first time in history, twice during the evening of May 29th. Dalmatinski Portal reports, the beautiful night illumination in red, white, and blue lasted from 9 pm to 9:15 pm and from 10 pm to 10:15 pm East Coast time, which in Croatian time falls on the Statehood Day itself, on May 30 in the early morning hours. Niagara Falls was illuminated by several hundred LED lights, which light up at dusk, every night of the year. Throughout the year, the…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Digital Croatian Coronavirus Documents Available as of 1 June 2021
May the 30th, 2021 - The much talked about digital Croatian coronavirus documents are set to be made available as planned, as of the 1st of June, 2021, Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic stated. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, here in Croatia, vaccination against the novel coronavirus is still being carried out with increased intensity, so far almost 1.7 million doses have been administered and more than 1.2 million people or 36.9 percent of the adult population living in Croatia have been vaccinated, Health Minister Vili Beros reported on Thursday. "This is very encouraging data that gives us reasons for optimism in meeting…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
German Die Welt Praises "Elon Musk of the Balkans" Mate Rimac
May the 30th, 2021 - The German Die Welt publication, which is highly popular among German readers, has praised Croatian entrepreneur Mate Rimac once again, referring to him as the Elon Musk of the Balkans. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the German Die Welt reported that ''Mate Rimac actually just wanted to be a successful professional auto-moto driver, but over time he became a symbol of hope for car manufacturers on the road to electromobility,'' The Berlin-based Die Welt looks back at one episode with which the success story of this much loved Croatian entrepreneur began. Mate Rimac's old BMW "troika"…
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Rijeka Investment as Viktor Lenac Shipyard Injects 40 Million Euros
May the 30th, 2021 - A large Rijeka investment has been planned as the Viktor Lenac shipyard puts a massive 40 million euro cash injection into a new dock for the turnover and renovation of larger vessels. As Novac/Jozo Vrdoljak writes, the management of the Rijeka-based Viktor Lenac shipyard is preparing a serious Rijeka investment with an estimated value of around 35 million euros. Such an amount would be invested in the project of the reconstruction and upgrade of part of the floating dock to its Suezmax size, with whicn the existing Dock 11 would be replaced, the most significant…
