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June the 2nd, 2022 - Less than a mere one quarter of Croatian scrap metal actually ends up being recycled here in the country, with the rest of it being exported elsewhere. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Josipa Ban writes, the European Union (EU) still has a lot of work to do to move to a truly green and circular economy, and this has only been further confirmed by data on waste exports. Back during 2021, according to a Eurostat report, the EU exported 33 million tonnes of waste elsewhere. Most of it went to Turkey, and it was mainly made up of…

June the 2nd, 2022 - The Croatian economic expectations which were looking promising over the last few weeks have dropped since May this year owing to continuing inflation worries. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatian economic expectations worsened during the month of May 2022 as a wave of pessimism among consumers in the face of high ongoing inflation outweighed improved retail sentiment, a European Commission (EC) report found. The Economic Climate Index (ESI) in the Republic if Croatia fell by 0.8 points during the month of May compared to the revised value we could read about in April, amounting to 110.1 points.…

June the 2nd, 2022 - The tragically rare noble pen shell, of which there are believed to be only a mere twenty living speciments remaining in the Croatian Adriatic, appears to be a dying species. Mljet National Park, however, is continuing to do all it can to protect the remaining ones and encourage them to flourish in the southern part of the Croatian coast. As Morski writes, throughout this year, the NP Mljet National Park Public Institution is firmly continuing with the project entitled "The preservation of the noble pen shell in the southern part of the Adriatic Sea", which…

June 2, 2022 - Dimensions Festival celebrates its 10th-anniversary edition from September 1 to 5, 2022. TCN catches up with the organizers to learn more about this year's special edition at The Garden Resort in Tisno. After a stunning start to the new chapter at The Garden Resort of Tisno last year, the acclaimed underground Dimensions Festival brings back a tastefully curated list of headliners, back-to-back exclusives, label parties, UKG celebrations, Detroit specials, debut sets, and more to ring in the special jubilee.    TCN caught up with the Dimensions Festival organizers to learn more about what we can expect…

June 2, 2022 - The Croatian Championship finals are tied at 1:1 after 77:73 (43:36) win for Cedevita Zagreb. After losing the finals opener on Monday, the top-seed team from the capital was able to come back with a last quarter effort in front of 1500 spectators to maintain their chances for a title win against the defending champions.  To pull the victory off, the talented team stopped the guests at 66:68 with four minutes left to play. The decision finally came with the last possession during which Toni Nakić scored both of his free throws after top scorer Justin Carter had…

June 2, 2022 - This summer, Croatia will host the world-famous DJ Calvin Harris in Split as part of the first HARD Summer EUROPE festival on Žnjan beach on August 6. The HARD Summer festival, which has been successfully organized in the USA for years, will get its European version this year! The leading North American festival will be presented to thousands of Croatian and foreign visitors on August 6, 2022, with a spectacular performance by superstar DJ Calvin Harris. An exciting concert by one of the world's leading music performers will take place in front of thousands of visitors at the…

June 2, 2022 - Harfa International School in Split opened its doors in autumn 2020 as the first international primary school in the city. TCN learns about Harfa’s straightforward philosophy - developing potential.  The name ‘Harfa’ may already ring a bell to some of you in Split as it's the same as the local publishing house specializing in the literature that stimulates children's emotional and intellectual development at an early age.  Harfa International School takes that idea to the next level.    Located on the premises of a Franciscan monastery in Split, Harfa International School was started by entrepreneur Irena…

June 1, 2022 - Marin Čilić is in the Roland Garros semi-finals! In a fantastic match, the Croatian tennis player defeated the 7th best player in the world Andrey Rublev 3:2 in sets, and achieved his best result at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris. Čilić won 5:7, 6:3, 6:4, 3:6, 7:6 in sets after more than four hours of play. In the first set, both tennis players kept their serve until 5:5 until Rublev took the 6:5 lead. In the next game, he finished the set at 7:5 without losing a point. Marin entered the second set brilliantly, with an…

ZAGREB, 1 June 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a European People's Party (EPP) congress Wednesday that the EPP should be the leading political force in condemning and imposing sanctions against Russia and that Ukraine deserved European Union candidate status. Speaking at the 27th EPP Congress in Rotterdam, Plenković said that the Russian aggression, which has lasted for more than three months, was not just military, but that it violated international law and denied the Ukrainian nation and identity. "We, as the EPP, express our solidarity, support and sympathy for the Ukrainian people, who are fighting for freedom and for…

ZAGREB, 1 June 2022 - Unemployment in the European Union and the euro area remained unchanged in April 2022, and in Croatia it dropped under the EU average for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from Eurostat showed on Wenesday. The EU unemployment rate, measured by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) methodology, in April was 6.2% in the EU and 6.8% in the euro area remaining unchanged from March, Eurostat reported. In April 2021, the unemployment rate was 7.5% in the EU and 8.2% in the euro area. A total of 13.264 million EU citizens were…