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July the 16th, 2022 - The Porec Port Authority is close to recording a number of overnight stays which outdoes the figures recorded back in the pre-pandemic, record year of 2019. It seems that the vast majority of people have well and truly put the global coronavirus pandemic which stole two years of our lives behind them and tourism is returning like never before. Croatian tourism is finally recording enormous numbers and the nautical tourism sector is only continuing to blossom. As Morski writes, the Porec Port Authority recently announced that the number of vessels on a transit connection there…

July the 16th, 2022 - Croatian secret shoppers chosen by the Economy Ministry are out on the field monitoring the rollout of dual pricing in the country's stores as Eurozone accession rapidly approaches. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, after the EU Council formalised the decision to introduce the euro as the official currency in the Republic of Croatia a mere four days ago, the Economy Ministry announced a group of Croatian secret shoppers who will monitor the situation for the sake of consumer protection during the transition to the new currency. The competition held back in the spring selected six candidates from…

July 15, 2022 - Great promotion for Istria - Medulin and Pula will host the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships! Tokyo will host the World Athletics Championships in 2025, the members of the World Athletics Executive Committee decided at a meeting in Eugene, where the 18th edition of the World Championships will be held until July 24, reports Gol.hr.  At the same meeting, it was decided that Medulin and Pula will host the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, and two years later, that competition will be held in the American city of Tallahassee, Florida. "It is a great honor…

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - A small unit of the Slovenian army on Friday started removing the anti-migrant wire fence on the Slovenian side of the border with Croatia near the small border crossing Vivodina-Krmačina and the town of Metlika. Slovenia's Interior Minister Tatjana Bobnar attended the removal of the fence, saying that it had a great symbolic meaning. Bobnar said that the removal of anti-migrant barriers, which Prime Minister Robert Golob described as inhumane and as not serving the purpose for which they were set up, is a sign of a change in the new government's policy towards migrants and refugees, as it has committed to the…

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - The Sabor on Friday confirmed Marko Primorac as the new Minister of Finance with 77 votes in favour and 55 against, after former minister Zdravko Marić left the government at his own request. After Minister Primorac swore that he would conduct his duties conscientiously and honourably, in accordance with the Constitution and laws, Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković wished him success in his demanding and responsible work. Primorac is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb. He studies public finances, local finances, the tax system and public debt management. He has worked with the Ministry…

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - President Zoran Milanović said on Friday the Constitution stated very clearly that the president is the commander in chief of the Armed Forces. Commenting on a Jutarnji List article that by amending the Defence Act, the government plans to strip the president of his power to command the army in peacetime, Milanović told the press in Zaton these announcements were coming because Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and his HDZ party "want to take over the Croatian Army as well," calling it "a constitutional coup." The commander in chief can be only one, command is vertical, there is no minister,…

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - Consumer prices in Croatia rose by 12.1% in June 2022 compared with the same month in 2021, the highest inflation rate since the national statistical office (DZS) monitors these data, mostly as a result of increased energy and food prices. The prices of consumer goods and services, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, increased by 1.1% from May 2022 and by 12.1% from June 2021, the DZS reported on Friday. In May, consumer prices rose by 10.8% year on year. The annual inflation rate continued to accelerate in June, reaching a historic high of…

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - In the past 24 hours, 1,654 coronavirus cases, out of 4,401 tests, and eight related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Friday. There are 9,728 active cases, including 464 hospitalised patients, 14 of whom are on ventilators, while 4,948 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 1,165,478 coronavirus cases, the death toll is 16,146, and 70.83% of adults have been vaccinated, including 68.79% fully. For everything you need to know about coronavirus specific to Croatia, bookmark our dedicated section and select your preferred language if it isn't English.

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - The Croatian Parliament voted confidence in the Minister for the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Oleg Butković, to take up the office of Deputy Prime Minister, previously held by Finance Minister Zdravko Marić who had resigned at his own request. The longest-serving minister in the present government received votes from 79 lawmakers, 49 voted against and one abstained from the vote. Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković wished Butković success in his new office. Butković thus become one of the four deputy prime ministers, alongside Tomo Medved, Davor Božinović and Anja Šimpraga. He will take charge of the government's…

ZAGREB, 15 July 2022 - The wildfire that broke out in the Zaton area near the coastal city of Šibenik on Wednesday has not been contained yet, but is under control, the county 112 emergency call center said on Friday morning. Firefighters remain on the scene, while firefighting planes and military personnel were called off on Thursday evening. There is no open fire, the call center said. An estimated 3,300 hectares of grass, underbrush, woods, and farmland have been burnt, the national fire service said. For more news about Croatia, click here.