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December the 13th, 2021 - Croatian fruit has been found to contain traces of a banned pesticide which has come as a shock to domestic growers and distributors. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, ,andarin plantations are no longer as busy as they have been in the past three months, with only a few pickers still picking the last Croatian fruit of this year. Antonio Albanezi from Ploce in the Neretva valley is finally finishing the harvest, he is satisfied, he says - with both the harvest and the price he got for his produce. ''It goes to the market for three…

December the 13th, 2021 - Croatian cash loans are attractive to many, and there has been a very strong jump in comparison to this time last year. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the aforementioned strong jump in Croatian cash loans speaks in favour of the growing demand of people for non-purpose cash loans, which was recently discussed by the Croatian National Bank, and in the context of expectations of the increased contribution of personal consumption to GDP growth in the last quarter of 2021. It may also point to a rise in consumer optimism in November this year compared to the…

December 13, 2021 - The Croatia women's handball team lost to Austria 23:27 in their 3rd and final match of the main group 4, and with two victories and four defeats, ended its run at the 25th World Women's Handball Championship in Spain. Given that Covid-19 knocked out three key handball players, along with some injuries, Croatia couldn't do more. "I don't know how many fouls, 7-meter throws, and technical errors; I don't know which team can be beaten with so many errors. I am disappointed, I am sad, the only positive thing in all this is that we got some…

December 13, 2021 - The 19th round of the Croatian First League was held from December 10 to 12, 2021. This round saw Lokomotiva and Hajduk finish 3:3, Rijeka lose to Gorica, and Osijek jump to first place. Here is our HNL Round 19 recap.  Istra 1961 v. Hr Dragovoljac (3:0) Istra and Dragovoljac opened the 19th round on Friday, December 10, 2021, in Pula in front of 296 fans.  Mahmoud opened the match with a goal for Istra in the 19th minute for 1:0. Bande increased Istra's lead to 2:0 eight minutes later. Lisica confirmed Istra's win with a…

ZAGREB, 12 Dec 2021 - Thousands of volunteers have planted roughly 15,000 seedlings throughout Croatia in the last 30 days within the CO2MPENSATING BY PLANTING forestation campaign, the Scout and Guide Association of Croatia reported last Tuesday. The project, organized by this association in cooperation with the state-run Hrvatske Šume forest management company and the Heart agency, intends to help reforest the areas in Croatia already affected by climate change. The project would like to engage companies, institutions, and all other interested parties that want to compensate for their CO2 emission and neutralize their carbon footprint, becoming a positive example of care for the environment…

ZAGREB, 12 Dec 2021 - A carbon cleaning machine for internal combustion engines has been promoted at the recent presentation organized by the European Consumer Excellence Centre at Osijek's River Drava Pier. The advantages of the decarbonization machine were presented by the Centre's head, Josip Keleman, and representatives of the Faculty of Traffic and Transport Sciences and the Faculty of Mining Geology and Petroleum Engineering. The non-binding presentation, which was the first of this kind in Croatia, brought together executives of the city-run and private companies. Keleman said that the carbon cleaning method conducted by this machine is non-invasive, takes…

ZAGREB, 12 Dec 2021 - The charity Zagreb Advent Run took place in the city center on Sunday with 2,132 costumed participants from roughly 30 countries taking part in this event that raised funds for humanitarian purposes. Proceeds collected during this year's event that consisted of a 10-kilometer running race and the five-kilometer walking race will go to some of the associations caring for cancer patients. The first edition of this race took place in Zagreb in 2016. To read more about lifestyle in Croatia, follow TCN's dedicated page.

ZAGREB, 12 Dec 2021 - An Algerian-Croatian business forum, which was opened on Sunday by Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and his Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlić Radman, focused on boosting cooperation between Algerian and Croatian companies in shipbuilding, marine farming, tourism, and IT. Croatian companies, specialized in water supplies systems, road construction, and construction of dams and electricity generation facilities, have been present on the Algerian market for quite some time, and Croatian businesses are interested in developing cooperation with the Algerian side in the fields of shipbuilding, mariculture, construction of ports and water infrastructure, as well as in the ICT technology and tourist trade, reads…

ZAGREB, 12 Dec 2021 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković on Sunday participated in a ceremony of the delivery of Bethlehem Light of Peace to the Cathedral of Zagreb, and on that occasion said that the times were not easy and that the pandemic's darkness affected the society, including a part of the political scene. Let this Light enlighten many souls, Jandroković said. The Bethlehem Light of Peace is a symbol of Christmas and in the Bible, it symbolizes the coming of Jesus, whose birth promised peace to all people of goodwill. In his address to the press, the Sabor Speaker called…

December 12, 2021 - Croatian skier Filip Zubčić achieved the best slalom result of his carer, placing third today in Val d'Isere! Croatian skier Filip Zubčić was excellent in the World Cup in Val d'Isere on Sunday and achieved the best slalom result of his career in that discipline. After placing 6th in the first run, the Croatian skier further improved his ranking at the French winter resort, finishing on the podium in third place. He was especially impeccable in the lower part of the track and entered the finish line as the first-place finisher. Although he was unlucky on Saturday,…