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Friday, 26 August 2022
Minister: Okoli Underground Gas Storage Facility will Soon be 90% Full
ZAGREB, 26 August, 2022 - Economy Minister Davor Filipović said on Friday that Croatia's Okoli underground gas storage facility will be 90% full by 1 October, as planned. He recalled that the government had allowed the state-run energy company HEP to take a €400 million loan to make sure that the Okoli facility received sufficient amounts of gas, as planned. During his visit to Rijeka, Minister Filipović explained that Croatia's annual consumption of gas is up to 2.9 billion cubic metres. Croatia can satisfy those needs thanks to Okoli's capacity and the Krk LNG terminal, he added. Commenting on gas supply distributors, some of which have failed…
Friday, 26 August 2022
"It's Time": Šime Vrsaljko Retires from Croatia National Team
August 26, 2022 - The long-time Croatia national team player and 2018 FIFA World Cup silver medalist has decided to end his national team career. Šime Vrsaljko says goodbye to Croatia. Šime Vrsaljko's goodbye letter is transmitted in full below: It's an indescribable feeling to wear that red and white jersey, go out in front of the Croatia fans, put your hand on your heart and sing the national anthem. Yes, you feel a huge burden at that moment because you know that for the next 90 minutes, an entire nation wishes the same as you - victory, triumph, celebration. But above…
Friday, 26 August 2022
Stage Set for 35th LEN European Water Polo Championships in Split!
August 26, 2022 - The 35th LEN European Water Polo Championships will be held in Split at the Spaladium Arena from August 27 to September 10, 2022. Head of the organizers, Renato Zivkovic, said at the opening press conference on Friday morning that since Split had earned the right to host the event in 2018, they had to overcome the impacts of the pandemic and now the ongoing war – but with the support of the Government, the city and their partners, they were able to deliver everything they had planned. “Despite all these difficulties, we remained calm and solved the…
Friday, 26 August 2022
Zrće Murder Was Mafia Liquidation - All Recorded, Perpetraror Known
August 25, 2022 - It is becoming clearer that yesterday’s Zrće murder was a mafia liquidation. This stems both from the information about the murdered person that has become public, as well as from the way the murder was carried out. Index reports the events. Everything points to mafia liquidation Goran Vlaović, a 38-year-old citizen of Montenegro, was killed. According to unofficial information, he was a member of the infamous Škaljar mafia clan. In the last few years, media in the region have often reported on mutual liquidations or attempted liquidations of members of the Škaljar and Kavač clans. Both…
Friday, 26 August 2022
The Telegraph and The Times Praise Pasjaca, Ropa Beaches
August the 26th, 2022 - The British publications The Times and The Telegraph are rarely shy when it comes to expressing their love and admiration for Croatia, especially the beaches and the coastline. Croatia has made it onto their ''must visit'' destination list once again. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the widely read British publications The Times and The Telegraph have both published reports on Croatian beaches and islands as unmissable global tourist destinations, as was announced the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ/CNTB), adding that this was the result of the cooperation of the HTZ Representative Office in London with the editors and…
Friday, 26 August 2022
Successful Croatian Franchise Carwiz Expanding to Kosovo, Slovakia
August the 26th, 2022 - The highly successful Croatian franchise Carwiz is set to expand to the markets of Kosovo and Slovakia as it continues its spread across the globe. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, one of the most successful Croatian franchises, the rent-a-car company Carwiz, is continuing its expansion on the global market, and new partners are coming from Slovakia and Kosovo. As explained by the Zagreb-based company, after the signing of the contract with the aforementioned two new partners, new Carwiz offices are expected to be opened in these countries, namely at Pristina Airport and Gnjilan, and in…
Friday, 26 August 2022
Ukrainian IT Company Eleks Opens Croatian Office in Split
August the 26th, 2022 - The Ukrainian IT company Eleks has now opened its brand new Split office, exactly half a year after the beginning of Putin's Russia's horrific and unjustified aggression against Ukraine. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Brnic writes, the Ukrainian IT company Eleks is a global software engineering company with around 2,500 employees based across Europe and the USA, which, even before the attack on their homeland, began to expand and chose Croatia as one of its locations in Europe. At the beginning of the year, more precisely at the end of January, it was registered as a company in the…
Friday, 26 August 2022
Virovitica IT Company Factory Aims for Listing Among Top 5 in One Sector
August the 26th, 2022 - The Virovitica IT company Factory has been going from success to success of late, now wanting to be listed among the top five global companies in one particular segment. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Josipa Ban writes, the Virovitica IT company Factory, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, has recently announced some rather ambitious plans. They want to be the leader, that is, in the top five companies that develop solutions based on Pimcore technology in the world. Ivica Horvat, one of the owners and director of Factory, discussed the topic. Their plans, he says, are very realistic because…
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Basketball World Cup 2025: Croatia Surprises at Smith Debut in Poland 69:72 (31:21)
August 25, 2022 - The savior of croatian basketball may have arrived. Recently imported and naturalized US American Jaleen Smith managed to help the Croatian National Basketball Team in his debut game today. The checkered team surprisingly won the first points in the first game of the 2025 World Cup pre-qualifier in Warsaw against Poland. Needed a lot of time to get rid of the weight on his shoulders: Jaleen Smith During the first half coach Damir Mulaomerović did not seem to have found the right strategy. Poland dominated on both ends of the court, and Croatia led…
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Hajduk Drops Out of UEFA Europa Conference League After Play-off Defeat to Villarreal
August 25, 2022 - Hajduk has dropped out of the UEFA Europa Conference League on a 2-6 aggregate to Villarreal. The Split club lost 0:2 at Poljud on Thursday night. Hajduk and Villarreal met in the second leg of the Conference League play-off at a sold-out Poljud stadium on Thursday. In the first match, Villarreal won 4:2 in Valencia, meaning Hajduk needed to score three goals to have a chance. Villarreal is one of the best European teams and was certainly the favorite to move ahead. The Spanish club is last year's Champions League semi-finalist, and Europa League champions the season…
Thursday, 25 August 2022
School Principal says Warning to Maths Teacher Based on Inspection Findings
ZAGREB, 25 August, 2022 - The head of Zagreb's Classical Gymnasium has said that the final warning prior to dismissal, issued on 23 August to the mathematics teacher who had raised a final grade of President Zoran Milanović's son, was not issued because of the grade correction but was prompted by findings of an inspection carried out in July. In a statement sent to Hina on Thursday, school principal Zdravka Martinić-Jerčić said that due to great public interest in the case, she had to explain that the warning was given based on a decision and proposal by a school inspector who in July carried…
