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Februay 9, 2022 - With his contract due to expire in June, the euphoria of the fans, and the complicity of returnees Marko Livaja and the recently introduced Nikola Kalinić, there are plenty of reasons to believe in the return of Perišić to Poljud. The petition, created by Hajduk fans and supported by Livaja himself, is already underway with the slogan #PerišićVrimeJe (Perišić, it's time). It is impossible to deny the influence and insistence of the Hajduk Split fans, especially when one recalls their great effort to retain their star player, Marko Livaja, under the motto: ''Livaja, ostaje u Hajduku'' (Livaja,…

ZAGREB, 9 Feb 2022 - In 2021, the second pandemic year, Croatian museums logged 2,549,841 visitors, up 74% on 2020 but only 48% of the visits recorded before the pandemic, a survey by the Museum Documentation Centre shows. The survey was conducted last month and covered 141 of Croatia's 164 public and private museums. While many European museums were closed last year due to COVID, this was not the case in Croatia where the number of visitors was also a result of revived tourism last summer. Almost 25% of the visitors registered last year visited the three usually most popular museums.…

ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - Istria County prefect and former Pula mayor Boris Miletić on Tuesday dismissed "all the unfounded accusations and ill-intentioned insinuations" made by Social Democratic Party county councillor Danijel Ferić, who said he had pressed charges against Miletić. Speaking for HINA, Miletić said this was not the first time Ferić was using criminal complaints "solely as a tool for political promotion." He said Ferić's MO was "to press charges, call a press conference and then, making bombastic statements and announcements to exert pressure on the Croatian judiciary, because he knows very well that when the charges are dismissed as unfounded and false, he will not carry any…

February 9, 2022 - Lauba's project cycle "Send on" continues with exhibitions of works by young authors, and this time hosts the artist Tara Stanić. The opening of the exhibition ''Only Dreams'' will take place on Thursday, February 10, at 19:00. The exhibition cycle "Send on" of the House for People and Art Lauba, in which young authors have the opportunity to present themselves to the public, continues on Thursday, February 10, with the exhibition "Only Dreams" by Tara Stanić, reports Večernji List. ''In these works, I transfer my own dreams into reality by focusing on the atmosphere and emotion I had at…

February 9, 2022 - The vaccination campaign across the country continues during omicron, as Prime Minister Andrej Plenković received booster dose today. Croatia is currently leading in terms of mortality per million inhabitants, and at the same time, is at the bottom of the EU in terms of vaccination. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković received booster dose of the vaccine, reports Telegram. With the publication of a photo of the moment when he received the dose, Plenković again called on the citizens to respond to the vaccination, especially in the middle of the wave of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. “In addition to my previous…

February 9, 2022 - The Jadroplov electric ferry, the first large Croatian ship to transport 1,000 passengers and 156 cars without the emission of harmful gases, could sail in 2024.  Sometime in the spring, the construction of an electric ferry could begin in one of the Croatian shipyards. It would be the first of its kind in Croatia - without harmful gases. The project documentation is nearing completion, with all calculations and model tests. The prototype was designed by the Split company "Classis." Predrag Čudina, a ship designer with forty years of experience, told Slobodna Dalmacija more.  "The ship will be built…

February 9, 2022 - The first gay bar in Dubrovnik should open this season. Although there is no official confirmation yet, one well-known Dubrovnik catering duo decided to make this business move, which is supported by the fact that Dubrovnik is a gay-friendly city. The first gay bar in Dubrovnik should be located in Marojice Kaboge Street, allegedly where there was a shop before. The caterers who intend to open it did not want to comment on anything until the opening was 100% certain, but the citizens were happy to share their opinion with the press, writes Dubrovački vjesnik.  "There were so…

ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - An HRK 97 million agreement on the reconstruction of a state road and the construction of the wastewater system in the town of Sveti Ivan Žabno was signed in that northeastern Croatian town on Tuesday. Mayor Nenad Bošnjak hailed the investment, and said that this was a historic day for the community that will get renovated road infrastructure and new wastewater infrastructure. The state-run Hrvatske Ceste road operator will invest HRK 57 million in this project. The director-general of the Hrvatske Vode water management company said that 550 households with 1,260 members would be connected to…

ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - The Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) Crobex index rose by 0.44% to 2,141 points on Tuesday, thus being on the rise for three straight working days, and the specialised Crobex10 rebounded by 0.3% to 1,305 points after a mild dip on Monday. Broken down by sectors, the industrial index increased 2.75%, and the only one to weaken today was Crobexturist, which fell by 0.61%. The ZSE saw a turnover of 6.2 million kuna on Tuesday, 3.2 million more than the day before. The only stock that crossed the million kuna mark in trading was the Atlantska…

ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - Parliament told Hina on Tuesday that it spent HRK 882,000 on gas for the last three months of 2021, four and a half times more than at the same time the year before. The gas bills for October, November and December 2020 totalled HRK 192,000. The bill for October 2020 was HRK 41,500, just under HRK 70,000 for the following November and over HRK 80,000 for December 2020. The gas bill for October 2021 was HRK 184,588, rising to HRK 333,812 for November and to HRK 364,162 for December. Parliament spent HRK 1.3 million on gas last year and HRK…