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May 13, 2023 - Croatia's Let 3 is unstoppable on the Eurovision betting sites. On Friday morning, their song "Mama ŠČ!" was in the thirteenth spot, but just a few hours later, when the costume dress rehearsal for the big Eurovision semi-final was starting in Liverpool, it rose all the way to the eleventh place. It's looking good, very good indeed, writes Jutarnji; they could rank in the top ten. If, of course, the jury doesn't end up "cooking something" in the final, and votes are not awarded only according to what is seen and heard on stage. Let 3…

May the 13th, 2023 - Croatian air traffic for the month of March this year has surpassed that recorded back in March 2019, hailed as Croatia's record-breaking year for tourism. It's clear that the coronavirus pandemic is well and truly history as far as international travel is concerned. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Darko Bicak writes, after two years dominated by the global coronavirus pandemic, in which there was a collapse of air traffic, this type of mobility has finally almost completely recovered. This recovery has been evidenced by the recently published data of the National Bureau of Statistics which shows that in March…

May the 13th, 2023 - HAC has announced that it is set to update Lucko traffic regulations and that Croatia's road users should prepare themselves for quite the change in this regard as everything undergoes optimisation. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatian Motorways (HAC) has announced new Lucko traffic regulations in order to reduce issues with summer congestion, meaning that the number of approach lanes will increase from three to four in the direction of the sea, and ENC usage will be enabled at all entrance lanes. In the press release issued by Croatian Motorways on the topic, it is stated that…

May the 13th, 2023 - PM Plenkovic and his government ministers faced threats to their lives yesterday. Despite the relatively low threat of terrorism in Croatia when compared to numerous other European countries including the UK and France, the police were quick to intervene. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, according to information which was issued yesterday, the police received a phone call yesterday morning about a threat to murder PM Plenkovic and members of his government. Because of this, an intervention team was sent out and the police procedure was ongoing throughout the day. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic commented on the…

May the 12th, 2023 - This week in Croatian politics, we've had threats made to Plenkovic and the government, demands from nurses, technicians and other hospital staff for an increase in their wages and better working conditions, broken planes and expensive dresses. We're kicking off this week in Croatian with a bang as threats were made to the government and the police turned up at Banski dvori As Index reports, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said today (May the 12th) that a threat was made to him and members of the government this morning, and added that police officers are now present…

May 12, 2023 - Dozens of construction sites have sprung up in the area of Opatija, with overbuilding threatening to devastate the environment of this Croatian tourist area. Although the spatial planning documentation was changed in 2021, in the meantime, 250 supplemental requests from investors arrived. The city does not have the authority to prevent concreting, so it called on state services to support their fight against devastation, writes HRT / Poslovni. There are many large construction sites in Opatija, and in one of them, in less than a year, a green oasis where locals used to pick asparagus, and…

May 12, 2023 - The amendments to the Law on Public Order and Peace Offenses, which entered into force on Thursday, will ensure that animal abuse is punished with fines from two hundred to one thousand euros instead of the previous twenty to one hundred euros, according to a press release from the Croatian Friends of Animals association. As the association explained, reports Index, with these legal changes, a fine of two hundred to one thousand euros will be imposed on a person who "unsupervised and carelessly keeps animals that can injure or endanger citizens or who abuses animals in…

May 12, 2023 - The Croatian Institute of Public Health published detailed recommendations on its official website after declaring the end of covid-19 pandemic was announced. "With these recommendations, the Recommendations on testing for COVID-19, isolation of patients, and quarantine of close contacts (latest version: 23 of June 6, 2022, titled Treatment of patients, close contacts of patients and termination of isolation and quarantine) cease to be valid because due to the abolition of the epidemic status of the disease COVID-19, the obligation of isolation for the sick, the obligation to test for SARS-CoV-2 for specific categories of the population,…

 May 11, 2023 - A challenge for all cyclists at this year's Baranja Rural Trail, meet :BRUT 2023. For the third year in a row, specifically on June 17th, 2023, in the east of Croatia, in Beli Manastir, a gravel/XC cycling race called Baranja Rural Trail or better known as :BRUT is being held. The race was brought to life by cycling enthusiasts from the Baranja and Tourism Association (BIT) to provide all cyclists and guests from Croatia and abroad with an excellent experience of eastern Croatia, specifically Baranja, as an excellent cycling destination. The first edition of the race…

Zagreb, May 11 2023 (Press Release) - Zagreb’s citizens and visitors will soon have the opportunity to enjoy supreme Italian pizza, have a romantic date in Italian style with backdrop of dreamy canzone, while appreciating unbelievably creamy artisanal gelato or a proper classic Negroni. From 18th till 28th of May J.J. Strossmayer’s Square in Croatia’s capital will host the second Pizza Festival Zagreb that brings creative and rich gastronomic experience, irresistible music delights, charity events and celebrities. This unique festival dedicated to the most famous dish in the world will transform Zagreb’s J.J. Strossmayer square into a proper Little Italy.…