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June the 25th, 2022 - The British publication The Guardian has made no efforts to hide its love for Croatia over the years, with destinations up and down the country making it to various lists. It has now published a list of the most enchanted, off-the-radar European islands, and the gorgeous southern Dalmatian island of Lastovo is quite rightly on it. As Morski writes, The Guardian has included beautiful Lastovo on its recently published list of the ten most enchanted, off-the-radar European islands boasting untouched nature, which still aren't as attractive to tourists as other more popular ones might be.…

June the 25th, 2022 - The Porec adrenaline bike park is now officially open, and it's the very first of its kind on the entire Croatian coastline which will certainly push this Istrian city's tourist offer further. As Morski writes, the Porec adrenaline bike park has been opened at the Porec City Beach on the site of the former Colonia Iulia Parentium beach bar, the first of its kind on the Croatian coast. With this move, Porec has enriched its overall tourist offer, which can be enjoyed by both all kinds of recreationists, as well as participants of the summer camp…

June the 25th, 2022 - For many Croatian exchange offices, this summer season will be their last. Croatia's Eurozone entry is set to take place at the very beginning of next year, and for a number of offices, the doors are being well and truly locked. As Jadranka Dozan/Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the beginning of summer and the height of the tourist season is also the usual time of the "main harvest" for Croatian exchange offices, with the biggest turnovers in that niche market occuring during the months of July and August. Last year, almost a third of the total annual turnover…

June the 25th, 2022 - The Croatian company Koncar has signed a contract in Baghdad with the Iraqi authorities worth a massive 65 million euros in total! As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Croatian company Koncar, which is a well-known regional leader in the power industry, signed a 65 million euro contract with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MOE) in Baghdad recently, the aim of which is to revitalise the Haditha hydropower plant. This Iraqi plant, with an installed capacity of 6 × 128 MVA, represents one of the largest references in history for the Croatian company Koncar, given that the hydroelectric…

ZAGREB, 24 June 2022 - The European Council on Friday endorsed Croatia's entry into the euro area on 1 January next year. "Today, at the European Council, Croatia received support from the highest political level for membership in the euro area. On 1 January we will achieve the Croatian government's strategic goal of joining the euro area. The benefits of membership will be felt by Croatian citizens and the economy, which will be even more resilient to crises," Prime Minister Andrej Plenović said on his Twitter account. "The euro is the monetary expression of our shared destiny and has been part of our…

ZAGREB, 24 June 2022 - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) published two verdicts in which it found that Croatia had violated the right of owners to use their flats that were occupied by protected lessees, and in one of the verdicts, compensation of over more than €100,000 was awarded. The applicants brought a civil action before the Croatian courts seeking the eviction of the protected lessees from their flats in Split and Zagreb. The Croatian courts dismissed their claims, a Croatian government agent before the Strasbourg court reported. The ECHR reiterated that the violation of the Convention for…

ZAGREB, 24 June 2022 - New, more contagious subvariants of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been detected in Croatia, causing a considerable increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases this week, the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ) said on Friday. In a situation where all epidemiological measures have been lifted, the virus is spreading faster, and the new subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are more successful in avoiding the immunity acquired by vaccination or recovery, the HZJZ said. On Friday, Croatia registered 612 new COVID-19 cases and four related deaths, compared to 206 new cases recorded on…

ZAGREB, 24 June 2022 - The cause of the damage to a Croatia Airlines (CA) aircraft that landed in Sarajevo late on Wednesday is still unknown, but it certainly wasn't from a firearm, the national flag carrier told a news briefing on Friday. The Dash 8-Q400 aircraft was on a regular flight from Zagreb to Sarajevo when it suffered mechanical damage. A ballistic examination found no traces of gunpowder on the plane, disproving the speculation that the damage was caused by a gunshot. The investigation and inspection conducted in Sarajevo has confirmed for now that it is mechanical damage to the aircraft's skin, said…

ZAGREB, 24 June 2022 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy individually thanked each leader of the EU member states for granting his country candidate status, including Croatia's Prime Minister for "helping with the experience of defending freedom," Ukrainian media reported on Friday. "Croatia is with us. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for your help with the experience we are using to protect our freedom,” Zelenskyy said on Thursday after Ukraine was granted EU candidate status, according to the Ukrainian Kyiv Post. Addressing EU leaders on Thursday, Zelenskyy said they had made one of the most important decisions for Ukraine in its 30 years of independence. "However,…

ZAGREB, 24 June 2022 - Support for Croatia's eurozone membership bid is an excellent sign for its highly euroized economy and will also boost its resilience to crises, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Friday ahead of the start of the second day of the EU summit meeting. One of the topics on the agenda of the two-day summit meeting is Croatia's entry into the euro area, and the leaders of the EU members states will support Croatia's accession, which is the penultimate step in the decision-making on receiving an aspirant in the euro area. The last step is the adoption of three…