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Tuesday, 8 February 2022
HDZ Official Rules Out Scrapping COVID Passes
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) vice president Branko Bačić said on Tuesday that the current epidemiological situation did not allow for a possible revocation of COVID passes. "It's neither under discussion nor consideration," Bačić said in response to reporters' questions if the authorities are considering doing away with COVID certificates. He recalled that the current epidemiological situation, including a rate of only 67% of fully vaccinated persons and the current incidence rate, were not conducive to plans to ease the restrictions. Since the introduction of the COVID certificate mandate in the public sector, approximately 120,000 asymptomatic citizens have been diagnosed…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Construction of First 30 Prefab Replacement Houses Begins
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - The head of the post-earthquake reconstruction task force, Deputy Prime Minister Tomo Medved, on Tuesday informed the ruling coalition partners about the status of works in the quake-hit Banovina region. After the meeting, the vice president of the ruling HDZ party, Branko Bačić, said the construction of the first 30 prefab replacement houses had begun. This week the construction of another 30 brick houses will also begin, he said, adding that tenders and public procurement will now be continuous, giving reconstruction in Banovina a big momentum. Regarding reconstruction that does not involve seismic retrofitting, Bačić said that Medved…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
2.4% More Pension Insurees Than At End-January 2021
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - The Croatian Pension Insurance Institute had just over 1.56 million insurees on 31 January, up by 37,200 on the year and down by 30,000 from 31 January 2020. The largest number of insurees was in manufacturing, just over 245,600, which was 5,000 more than at the end of January 2021 and 2,000 more than at the end of January 2020. Wholesale and retail were next with 238,700 insurees, 4,300 more than at the end of January 2021 and 1,400 less than at the end of January 2020. The highest increase in the number of insured persons compared with the end…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
50th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's Zagreb Visit to Be Marked This Year
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's rule, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is marking the 50th anniversary of her visit to Zagreb on 20 October 1972, when she said that as a maritime nation, Great Britain had for centuries had strong ties with Croatia and its coast. In a statement issued on Tuesday, HAZU recalled that Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, and their daughter, Princess Anne, visited Zagreb during her five-day official visit to then Yugoslavia, when she also visited Dubrovnik, Đakovo, Pula and the…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
€35,000 Device Donated to Split Hospital's Neonatology Ward
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - A device for the inhalation of nitric oxide by premature babies was delivered to the neonatology ward in Split by local firefighters on Tuesday. The device was donated to the hospital after a fund-raising event organised by the firefighters' organisation in the City of Split. The head of the ward, Mirjana Bucat, sad at today's ceremony that the device would be be useful in the treatment of acute hypoxic pulmonary hypertension from which premature babies could suffer. She said that annually there were five to seven such cases in their hospital.
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Paleo Park in Bale, Istria Nominated for 2022 ArchDaily Award
February 8th, 2022 - The dinosaur-themed edutainment park in Istria was nominated in the category Hospitality Architecture The Paleo Park in Mon Perin camp in Bale, Istria was nominated for the 2022 Building of the Year award by ArchDaily, world’s biggest architecture website. It’s nominated in the category Hospitality Architecture, with the list of five finalists to be announced tomorrow, reports Glas Istre / Robert Frank. The Paleo Park is a blend of a themed amusement water park and an educational and research platform, designed and built to complement and highlight the archaeological site located near Bale. Designed by the…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Krk Island Determined to Become Europe’s First Zero Waste Island
February 8th, 2022 - Krk island is on its way to officially join the list of some five hundred European cities and municipalities that have implemented the international Zero Waste strategy The management of Ponikve, the main utility company on Krk island, recently met with representatives of Zelena akcija (Green Action), an organisation which is working on implementation of the zero waste strategy in Croatia. Experts of Zelena akcija analysed the waste management system of Krk island and considered which tasks Krk has yet to fulfill in order to position and brand itself as the first zero waste island in…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
‘Superstitious and Debauched’: Impressions of Croatia in Travel Journals of Yore (III)
February 8th, 2022 - In the third and final part of our series, our travellers explore the Kvarner area, discovering bura wind, scampi, and wellness In our last feature on travel journals documenting trips to the Adriatic, we left off in southern Dalmatia. And now, where our travellers would depart for Montenegro, we’ll circle back to the Northern Adriatic instead. This time, we’re tagging along with A. Fortis (1770s) and G. Marcotti (1890s) - see Part I and Part II for more info and some impressions of Istria and Dalmatia. Why go back? A good few places were left…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Central Bank to Hold New Competition for Design of €1 Coin With Marten Motif
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - The Croatian National Bank (HNB) said on Tuesday that in the coming days its Currency Committee would invite new proposals for the design of the national side of the €1 coin with the marten as the motif. The HNB said that late on 6 February, the Currency Committee, as the expert body of the HNB Council in charge of the competition for the designs of the national side of euro coins, received a statement from Stjepan Pranjković whereby he withdrew his design for the marten motif and waived all rights stemming from having participated in the competition. Today,…
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Croatia Logs 5,545 New COVID Cases, 50 Deaths
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - In the last 24 hours 5,545 new coronavirus cases, out of 13,669 tests, and 50 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Tuesday. There are 43,467 active cases, including 2,229 hospitalised patients, of whom 182 are on ventilators, while 19,966 persons are self-isolating. To date, Croatia has registered 990,595 coronavirus cases, 14,244 related deaths, and 56.65% of the total population has been vaccinated, i.e. 67.40% of adults, of whom 65.05% fully.
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Croatia Records Increased Tourism Numbers Despite Surge in COVID-19 Infections
ZAGREB, 8 Feb 2022 - A total of 178,700 tourists visited Croatia in January 2022 and generated 586,300 overnight stays which, despite the surge in coronavirus infections, are increases of 89% and 71% respectively compared with January 2021, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) said in response to a query from Hina. Compared with January of the record 2019, the number of tourist arrivals was about 17% lower and the number of overnight stays was only 1.5% lower. Of the 178,700 tourists registered in the eVisitor system, 101,700 were Croatians and 77,000 were foreign nationals. Compared with January 2021, the number of domestic…
