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February 11, 2022 - Have you planned your 2022 Valentine's Day in Split yet? This should help.  Valentine's Day is around the corner, and whether you're the type of partner that plans ahead or fails to realize your significant other's favorite holiday is only three days away - we have you covered.  Split restaurants are just beginning to reveal romantic menus and Valentine-themed events for this weekend with a selection of special offers fit for all lovers.  Zinfandel Food & Wine Bar  Zinfandel Food & Wine Bar has announced a special fish, meat, and vegetarian menu on Valentine's Day. Enjoy live…

February 10th, 2022 - Even though most supermarket chains in Croatia advertise their sales and offers online, the good old paper catalogue isn't going anywhere. Instead, it seems to be an increasingly profitable means of advertising, luring customers with promises of discounts as inflation soars If you’ve stayed in Croatia long enough that you’d have to go grocery shopping regularly, you will have noticed the stacks of catalogues at the entrance to any supermarket of your choice. Staying or living in a residential building? The catalogues again, this time delivered straight into your mailbox, or left on top of the…

February 10th, 2022 - Surely one of the most charming cultural attractions in Croatia, the museum dedicated to Rovinj’s traditional 'batana' boats is set to reopen after a two-year renovation   The award-winning House of Batana in Rovinj closed its doors in late 2019 so that the building could undergo a series of renovation works. As reported by TCN at the time, the attraction was set to transform into a 21st-century museum and get a new exhibit that was to be fully digitized. Two years later, the museum has got a new facade and fixtures, and the only thing left…

February 10, 2022 - Split city center and Diocletian's Palace will serve as main locations for the new Netflix crime film "The Weekend Away" starring actress and "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester. Its first trailer was released yesterday and the film will be available on the streaming platform on March 3. ''The Weekend Away'' is the new Netflix crime film and will premiere on the popular streaming platform on March 3 this year. The protagonist is none other than Leighton Meester, world-renowned for her leading role in the youth series ''Gossip Girl'', where she played Blair Waldorf. Netflix/Screenshot Meester began…

ZAGREB, 10 Feb 2022 - Health Minister Vili Beroš said on Thursday new coronavirus cases were on a downward curve but that due to the low vaccination rate, easing protocols and changing the role of COVID certificates was not under consideration yet. We must be aware of the fact that there is still a large number of unvaccinated citizens who can become seriously ill, which is why Croatia cannot follow the examples of Denmark, Sweden or Great Britain, where sufficient vaccination rates allow for easing the restrictions, he said at a cabinet session. Sharpest fall in new infections in the…

ZAGREB, 10 Feb 2022 - The government has allowed the USS Harry S. Truman nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to sail into Croatian waters and stay in Split port from 11 to 15 February, with Defence Minister Mario Banožić underlining the good cooperation with the United States allies and partners. "It's a routine visit for logistical replenishment and for the crew to rest," he said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday. Before the meeting, the minister told the press he would visit the ship on the 14th. It will be an opportunity for talks with our American allies, partners, for a strong support which will be reaffirmed…

ZAGREB, 10 Feb 2022 - Farm Minister Marija Vučković said on Thursday the European Commission's call on Croatia to ensure an effective monitoring, control and inspection of bluefin tuna farms referred to audits from 2017-19 and that Croatia had since significantly improved its agriculture legislation. "Croatia has two months to prepare a response. We'll see if the Commission will recognise all that we have done. I think we have done plenty," the minister told the press in Sveti Đurđ in Varaždin County. As part of this month's infringements package, Croatia received a letter of formal notice after an audit and verification by the Commission "identified serious shortcomings in…

ZAGREB, 10 Feb 2022 - PEARL Infrastructure Capital, a French investment fund specialised in financing environmental infrastructure projects, has to date invested more than €50 million in biomass co-generation plants in Croatia, it was said at a presentation of its projects in Virovitica on Thursday. The three plants, located in eastern Croatia, generate 18 megawatt of electricity per hour from biomass. These are the Energy 9 plant in Slatina, A&A Bioenergy Viro in Virovitica, and Uni Viridas in Babina Greda. The Pearl Infrastructure Capital Deputy General Manager, Guillaume de Forceville, said that within one year, the fund had made considerable investments in co-generation. "We have arrived in Croatia due to…

ZAGREB, 10 Feb 2022 - Public health inspectors from the State Inspectorate have granted consent for the issue of an operating licence for the Žičara Sljeme cable car system on Mount Sljeme overlooking Zagreb, following the implementation of the necessary noise protection measures, the Inspectorate said on Thursday. The cable car system was to have been opened in the first half of 2021, but the licence was denied because it was too noisy. The city administration has in the meantime announced investment of an additional HRK 1.7 million to further reduce the noise. After a technical inspection of the cable…

ZAGREB, 10 Feb 2022 - The main Zagreb Stock Exchange indices went up on Thursday, the Crobex by 0.12% to 2,165 points, up for the fifth straight trading day, and the Crobex10 by 0.34% to 1,319 points, up for the third straight day. Regular turnover was HRK 8.2 million, a million more than on Wednesday. The most traded stock was Atlantska Plovidba, turning over HRK 1.58 million. It closed at HRK 440 per share, down 0.68%. Two other stocks crossed the million kuna mark. Končar turned over HRK 1.4 million, closing at HRK 945 (+0.53%), and Saponia turned over HRK 1.09 million,…