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Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Croatia Logs 478 New Coronavirus Cases, 5 Deaths
ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - In the last 24 hours, 478 coronavirus cases, out of 3,861 tests, and 5 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Wednesday. There are 3,623 active cases, including 516 hospitalised patients, while 1,878 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 1,114,141 coronavirus cases, the death toll is 15,757, and 70.73% of the adult population has been vaccinated, including 68.65% who are considered to be fully vaccinated. For all you need to know about coronavirus specific to Croatia, make sure to bookmark our dedicated section and select your preferred language if it…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Hajduk Tops Dinamo 1:0 at Poljud, Stays in Fight for Croatian Championship Title!
April 20, 2022 - Hajduk and Dinamo met in the biggest Croatian derby at Poljud Stadium tonight in Split, the makeup 9th round match which was meant to be played at the end of last year. Hajduk's 1:0 victory tonight keeps them in the fight for the Croatian championship title! Hajduk and Dinamo met tonight for the third time this season, making up the 9th-round match scheduled for the end of last year. In the 18th round, Hajduk won 2:0 at Maksimir, and in the 27th round at the end of March in Split, it ended 0:0. These two rivals…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Plenković Says Request to Pardon Perković, Mustač Orchestrated Action
ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday a request for the pardon of Josip Perković and Zdravko Mustač was an "orchestrated action" which had caused rifts among the generals, war veterans and "the Croatians in general." "Croatia has seen many orchestrated actions, this is one of them," he said in parliament during Question Time. Plenković recalled that President Zoran Milanović had said in his presidential campaign that he would not use the institute of pardon and that he had not responded to any of the 275 pardon requests forwarded by the Justice Ministry. Plenković said the government had…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
188 Migrant Smugglers Arrested in First Three Months of 2022, Večernji List Says
ZAGREB, 20 April 2022 - The arrival of spring and warmer days has activated migrant routes across Croatia, with the most active route in recent days being from neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, Večernji List daily said on Wednesday. Coming mainly from the direction of Velika Kladuša or Bihać in BiH, migrants try to cross Croatia to reach Slovenia, then Austria, Germany, France and other countries in central and northern Europe. Last year 15 migrants died while attempting to illegally cross the border, most frequently by drowning and in traffic accidents, the Interior Ministry said. In the first three months of this year,…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
A Roundup of Inflation in Croatia
20 April 2022 - Like most countries around the world, Croatia has not been spared from increasing inflationary pressures over the past year. Here’s a round-up of inflation in Croatia so far, and what those living here may come to expect in the months to follow. Inflation trend It was around April 2021 that inflation numbers in Croatia started making headlines. As the world continued to be in the thick of the pandemic, inflation numbers in Croatia reached a then 2-year high of 2.1%. This was largely attributed to supply chain issues, and uncertainty surrounding economic recovery after the pandemic,…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Tehnix FIM Speedway Grand Prix in Donji Kraljevec: A Not-to-Miss Motorcycle Event in Croatia
April 20, 2022 - Sixteen of the world's best speedway drivers are coming to Croatia in just over one week to open the new championship season: Tehnix FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia! "We expect a full stadium with more than 6,500 fans and millions of spectators watching TV screens around the world. In addition, the image from Međimurje is broadcast on the Discovery Sports Events signal to as many as 40 countries, and it is up to us to make the best possible presentation of Međimurje and Croatia," said the race director and FIM representative, Darija Pavlic. "10 years have…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
DalmatiaNFT: Split-Dalmatia County Officially Steps into Metaverse
April 20, 2022 - The Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board has launched the Tourism 3.0 project, integrating the tourism sector into the Metaverse with DalmatiaNFT. The Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board will hold a ceremonial presentation on the project Tourism 3.0 - a revolution in applying augmented reality technologies in presenting the tourist offer of the destination. The presentation is scheduled for April 21, 2022, at 10:00 am at the President Hotel in Solin, and at the event itself, guests will step into new ways of social interactions of the future. In a world that is constantly evolving and changing for all…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Gabriel Vidović Becomes Youngest Croatian Footballer to Debut for Bayern Munich
April 20, 2022 - Gabriel Vidović is the 11th Croat in history to play for Bayern Munich in a competitive match and replaces Josip Stanišić as the youngest! Bayern Munich beat Arminia 3-0 away in the 30th round of the German Bundesliga, and two Croatians played for the Bavarian giant. Josip Stanišić entered the game in the 48th minute, while in the 89th minute, Gabriel Vidović replaced Gnabry and thus made his debut for the Bayern Munich senior team in a competitive match. Vidović thus became the 11th Croat in history to play for Bayern in a competitive game, but he…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Amount of Croatian Nautical Tourism Arrivals Spells Good Season
April the 20th, 2022 - The blossoming Croatian nautical tourism sector has high hopes for the upcoming summer tourist season, with reason to believe that 2022's summer season could be even better than the record one of pre-pandemic 2019. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, if there are no major surprises in the geopolitical and epidemiological field, all indications are that for Croatian nautical tourism in 2022 in Croatia, traffic could exceed the pre-pandemic year 2019, with this sector already receiving its very first guests. Good occupancy According to eVisitor, from the beginning of the year until Easter itself, 13,000 arrivals…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Number of New Cars Registered in Croatia Rises by 17.5 Percent
April the 20th, 2022 - The number of brand new cars being registered in the Republic of Croatia has increased by 17.5 percent, at least according to the last available data which is for 2021. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, last year, there were 2.38 million registered road vehicles in the Republic of Croatia, which is 3.2 percent more than back in 2020, with 1.8 million passenger cars registered with an increase of 2.8 percent, and the first (initial) registrations of passenger cars increased by 17.5 percent compared to 2020, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Last year, 151,680…
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Studenac Expands to Slunj, Takes Over Kordun Retail Chain
April the 20th, 2022 - Studenac, the very well known shopping chain most commonly seen up and down the coast of Dalmatia, has been spreading its wings over the last few months and has now entered another new Croatian county, this time taking over the Slunj-based Kordun retail chain. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Studenac is one of the leading retail chains in the Republic of Croatia, it's also the chain with the largest chain of stores. It has now taken over the Slunj-based Kordun retail chain which operates in 9 retail stores across Karlovac County and employs 52 employees. This new…
