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October 19, 2021 - On the Kvarner islands: Krk, Cres, Lošinj, and Rab, the 4 Islands MTB stage race is held every year. Starting in 2022, it will become part of the Epic Serious Ironman circuit, raising the prestige of the region as a top-quality adventure sports destination. The well-known renowned mountain bike race 4 Islands MTB, which is traditionally held on the Kvarner islands: Krk, Cres, Lošinj, and Rab from next year is part of the Epic Serious Ironman group as Legend race, reports Turističke Priče. Ironman is one of the fastest-growing sports licenses in the world, which automatically brings…

October 19, 2021 - The ancient way in which the inhabitants of the village of Punat used to take care of their olive trees, harvest the olives and process them to produce the famous Krk extra virgin oil is now available to everyone through a new Stari toš interpretation center. HrTurizam.hr reports that, in the town of Punat, on the island of Krk, an interesting interpretation center Stari toš was opened as part of the Olive Week. The Interpretation Center is actually a concept of a permanent exhibition in a unique space that reveals heritage stories from the culture of growing…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - Zagreb Mayor Tomislav Tomašević said on Tuesday that due to the lack of a composting plant for organic waste the city was forced to sign contracts with private companies providing those services, adding that in the case of the Ce-za-r company, the city acted in line with the law. Following a public tender, a year-long contract for the recovery of organic waste was signed with Ce-za-r, which is part of the CIOS Group, owned by businessman Petar Pripuz, which made the most favourable offer, he said. "I have said on a number of occasions that we will…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - In the last 24 hours, Croatia has conducted 8,862 coronavirus tests and of them, 1,741 have been positive (19.6%), the national COVID-19 crisis management team reported on Tuesday. There are currently 9,894 active cases, including 947 hospitalised patients, and of them 128 are placed on ventilators. In the last 24 hours, 21 COVID patients have died, raising the COVID-related death toll to 8,928. Since 25 February 2020 when Croatia registered it first case of the infection with the novel virus, over 2.98 million tests have been conducted showing that 429,974 persons have caught the virus. Of them,…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - Deputies of opposition parliamentary parties said on Tuesday that the government's decision to cap the retail prices of fuels was a bad move that affected the supply and demand and consequently could lead to market disruptions, and they called for reducing lowering excise duties on fuels. Stephen Nikola Bartulica of the Homeland Movement party's parliamentary bench criticised the government's measures as being frequently a cause of the problem rather than being a solution. He wondered why other governments in the EU had not resorted to that measure. Last week, the government passed a decree limiting the…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - At the start of the parliamentary debate on the appointment of nominee Robert Šveb as the new director-general on Tuesday morning, several deputies of Opposition parties reiterated that the procedure of the appointment had been contaminated and that the candidate was in the conflict of interest. Nino Raspudić from MOST said in his ironic comment that the former HRT director-general, Kazimir Bačić, who was released from custody after he was detained in late June on suspicion of corruption and influence peddling, should not worry as Šveb "is worthy of his predecessor". Katarina Peović of the…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - A former director-general of the HRT public broadcaster, Kazimir Bačić, was released from custody on Monday evening, his lawyers said on Tuesday morning. Bačić was arrested on suspicion of graft and influence peddling in late June, and in mid-July he was relieved of his duties as Director-General of the HRT public broadcasting service by 116 to two votes. USKOK corruption investigators suspect that Bačić, acting on behalf of businessman Milan Lončarić, took €50,000 in a bribe to the late Zagreb mayor Milan Bandić for the Gardens of Light project. As a reward for his role Bačić…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - Croatia has received support from a large number of EU member states for its position that it is necessary to conduct an election legislation reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to eliminate all kinds of discrimination, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Monday. "I received support from a large number of EU member states," Grlić Radman said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. The ministers discussed the situation in the Western Balkans and the European prospects of that area. Grlić Radman said that he had expressed concern about the situation in the region…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Tomislav Ćorić wrote on Twitter on Monday evening that due to the continued rise in oil prices we would have seen a hike in fuel prices at petrol stations if the government hadn't decided to temporarily cap fuel prices last week. "Oil prices have continued to rise and if the government hadn't intervened, tomorrow we would be witnessing a significant price rise. According to calculations, compared with the price set by the decree, the price of Eurodizel would be higher by HRK 0.63, of Eurosuper 95 by HRK 0.39, while the price…

ZAGREB, 19 October, 2021 - Greenpeace activists on Monday held a performance at the site of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Omišalj on the island of Krk where they sprayed the message "Climate Killer". Petra Andrić of Greenpeace Croatia informed the press of this action. Greenpeace CEE activists onboard inflatable boats reached the terminal and painted "CLIMATE KILLER!" across the side of the LNG offshore terminal on the island of Krk in Croatia, the NGO also tweeted. Andrić said that the protest, organised by the Greenpeace activists from central and eastern Europe, was peaceful. Apart from the national context, also…