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May 24, 2021 - A TCN intern takes a trip on Solta Island without preparation, encounters unusual experiences with the locals, and learns lessons that will be helpful for anybody visiting the closest island to Split. 1. Clothes do not make the man. A port does not make the island. Don't be too quick to judge. Rogac port where the ferry from Split comes does not impress a traveller. Like most people, I had visited the more popular island of Brac before I went to Solta. Rogac loses out to shiny Supetar, the biggest city on Brac. The port of Rogac…

May 24, 2021 - The TP line company for transport by sea introduced the Anastazija ferry service: Lastovo-Korčula-Dubrovnik daily catamaran around the year. The vessel can cater to 300 passengers and develop a speed of 27 knots. The ticket fare is 95 kuna during the peak of the summer season for this 75-mile route and 75 kunas outside that period, whereas local islanders are entitled to a lower fare, 60 kunas. Presenting the new transport service, Dubrovnik-Neretva County Prefect Nikola Dobroslavić said on Monday in the Port of Gruž that this was a great thing for locals from Lastovo. He noted that…

May 24, 2021 - The Mi Možemo and Zagreb je Naš political groups supporting the mayoral candidate have spent 741 598 kunas on Tomašević's campaign of this candidate for the new Zagreb mayor. In contrast, they have collected 250,668 kunas in donations, according to the data they provided last Friday. On 21 May, the We Can party and its coalition partners submitted an updated financial report on the campaign's funding in the run-up to the Zagreb mayor's elections. The report shows that they have received donations from 631 individuals and legal entities. The average amount of a donation is thus HRK 397.25.…

May 24, 2021 - The head of Croatia's COVID-19 crisis management team, Interior Minister Davor Božinović, said on Monday that relaxations of restrictions could be eased even before 1 June, including the opening of restaurants' indoor sections. Also, the capped number of people at a location will be raised from 25 to 100. Furthermore, the area required for one person will be four square meters instead of the current seven square meters, Božinović said after the crisis management team held a meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. Open-air fairs can again be organized, and the working hours of hospitality establishments will be extended to…

May 24, 2021 - Croatian cinemas had 48% fewer shows and 70% fewer visitors in 2020 than in 2019 because of the pandemic, and they also saw a 70% drop in gross revenue, the State Bureau of Statistics (Statistics) DZS) reported on Monday. Due to the lockdown of cultural and educational institutions caused by the pandemic, most cinematographers (51%) worked between seven to nine months. There were 99,106 shows and 1,503,306 visitors. There was a significant decrease in the number of shows and visitors in all counties, with the exception of Karlovac County, where the number of shows and visitors increased compared to…

May 24, 2021 - In the past 24 hours, 74 coronavirus cases and 26 COVID-19 deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 response team said on Monday. The number of active cases stands at 3,263, including 1,211 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, of whom 116 are on ventilators. Currently, 13,795 persons are self-isolating. To date, 1,973,701 persons have been tested for the virus, including 2,704 in the past 24 hours. Croatia has registered 354,060 coronavirus cases to date, including 7,929 fatalities, while 342,868 persons have recovered from it, including 666 in the past 24 hours. Through 23 May, 1,582,821 vaccine doses have been administered, with 1,181,255 persons receiving both shots and 401,566 one. For…

May 23, 2021 - A photographic exhibition entitled "Intruders" by French Moroccan artist Randa Maroufi officially opens in Zagreb on 1 June as part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary French Institute in Croatia. The exhibition presents an inversion of the archetypal notion of culture with women as "intruders" who have the same gestures and stature as men in public spaces: playing cards, watching a football match, sitting in cafes, and so on. The exhibition is part of events organized by the French Institute in Croatia and the French Embassy, ahead of the Forum for equality of the generations, a global feminist conference chaired…

May 24, 2021 - Five faculties of the University of Zagreb have joined their forces to establish gaming-related courses available for final-year undergraduates.  Studying game design and development will be made available at the university's drama school. At the same time, the other partners in this program are the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics in Varaždin, and the Faculty of Architecture. The graduate study program will be part of the project Edu4Games and will offer four strands: Game Design, Game Art, Game Production, and Game Programming. These future courses are envisioned so that…

May 24, 2021 - The new method, me.mum, only needs a drop of saliva for analyzing hormones and predicting fertility. The project aims to present a reliable solution for all women and couples who are planning a pregnancy or trying to conceive but are experiencing difficulties. As we hear about the latest technological advances and discoveries, the first thing that comes to mind might be a Tesla truck or a new social network available in the app store. Thus, we wonder, what purpose does technology serve? We believe, therefore, that today's progress in the technology industry is dictated by the…

May 24, 2021 - The famous Croatian travel writer, Kristijan Iličić, was on a dangerous volcano in Congo just before it erupted and said nothing there was nothing to indicate that the giant was waking up. As Jutarnji List reports, news of the eruption of one of the most active volcanoes in the world, Nyiragongo, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has toured the world with dramatic photos of lava pouring down the mountain. As a result, an emergency evacuation of residents of the nearby town of Goma was ordered, so thousands of people fled their homes. But just a few…