2022 FIFA World Cup: Livakovic saves Croatia from elimination against Brazil on penalties

Brazilian sensation Neymar's single goal in their quarter-final match against Croatia tied the great Pele's goal record for the national team, but the side failed to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.

Croatia, World Cup finalists in 2014, sees their elimination run extended t...

CROATIA WITNESSED LARGE PROTEST IN ZAGREB AGAINST COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

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• Croatia have witnessed a massive protest in the capital of the country ‘Zagreb’ against the imposed corona virus restrictions
• The protests had occurred after a business owner named Andrija Klaric had been by the police

CROATIA EXTENDS COVID-19 LOCKDOWN MEASURES TILL 31ST JANUARY 2021

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• The government of Croatia has extended the corona virus lockdown restrictions until 31st January 2021
• The government of Croatia have closed all the bars, restaurants, cafes, and there will also be restrictions on the working hours and home...

CAPITAL OF CROATIA ‘ZAGREB’ LAUNCHED MASSIVE ANTIGEN TESTS FOR CORONA VIRUS

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• Zagreb, which is the capital of Croatia have started massive free antigen tests for the novel corona virus
• The local authorities have claimed that, their main goal is to test 60,000 citizens of Croatia in the first phase and more if needed...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION SAID, CROATIA NEEDS TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY

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• The European Commission said that, Croatia needs to consider supporting the investment in the renewable energy
• The European Commission has invited Croatia to consider the measures which are based on the final National Energy and Climate Pl...

ONLY 2 EU REGIONS TO BE RESTRICTION-FREE FOR BELGIAN TRAVELERS FROM FRIDAY

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• Belgian government wishes to discourage unnecessary travel for its citizens due to coronavirus.
• From Friday, only two EU regions will be green zones for Belgian travelers.
• Some areas that were orange zones earlier had now turned ...

CROATIA’S TOURIST BOARD LAUNCHED NEW TOURISM CAMPAIGN TO SAY THANK YOU TO TRAVELLERS

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• The Croatian National tourist Board or CNTB has introduced new campaign to thank the tourists who have visited Croatia despite the corona virus pandemic
• The ‘Thank You’ campaign was launched on the social networking platforms w...

IVAN RAKITIC SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS CROATIA FOOTBALL CAREER

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• The Croatian footballer Ivan Rakitic have decided to retire from the Croatian national team
• On Monday, the Croatian Football Federation or HNS have confirmed its retirement from the National team

Ivan Rakitic who is 32 ha...

UK MAY ADD CROATIA AND TURKEY TO ITS QUARANTINE LIST

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• Coronavirus cases are increasing in Croatia and Turkey.
• UK may add both of these countries in its quarantine list.
• Croatia and Turkey might join France on the UK's quarantine list and oppose this move.
• COVID-19 cas...

BELGIUM RESTRICTS TRAVEL TO SEVERAL EU REGIONS

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• Based on the density of COVID-19 spread, the National Crisis Centre of Belgium has introduced color codes to rate all regions of EU.
• Based on rating via color codes, Belgian government has imposed travel restrictions on Belgian citizens.

ITALY: TRAVELERS ARRIVING FROM GREECE, CROATIA, SPAIN AND MALTA WILL BE TESTED FOR COVID-19

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• The government of Italy have ordered to test the travelers who are arriving from Croatia, Greece, Spain and Malta for the corona virus
• This practice needs to be carried out because the Italian officials are worried about the increase in th...

CROATIA TO SUPPORT NEW INNOVATIONS IN AGRICULTURE

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• The member of parliaments of Croatia said that the country must support the new innovations in agriculture
• The implemented policies in Croatia have led to the destruction in the agriculture sector

Vesna Vucemilovic a...

CROATIA: NOMINATED FOR THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AWARDS

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• Croatia has been nominated for the best country award 2020 in travel and tourism
• Croatia is nominated in the best country category in The Times and Sunday Times which are the two best selling newspapers in United Kingdom

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CROATIA CONSIDERED TO BE A SAFE TRAVEL DESTINATION BY GERMANY

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• Germany has declared Croatia as a safe destination for travel.
• Maximum foreign tourists coming to Croatia are from Germany.

The German Foreign Ministry has published a report in which Croatia has been described as a safe d...

CORONAVIRUS ENTRY RESTRICTIONS FOR UKRAINIANS CHANGED IN CROATIA

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• The Croatian Institute of Health has banned Ukrainians from coming to Croatia.
• For the Ukrainians who are traveling for urgent reasons, a 14-day self-isolation is still mandatory.
• Tests before crossing the borders are also compul...

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON JAPAN REMOVED BY FRANCE AND ITALY

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• Along with some European countries, France and Italy have relaxed entry restrictions on Japan.
• European countries have also declared Japan a “safe” country.

France, Italy and some other European countries have ...

DALMATIAN COAST, CROATIA IS THE NEXT ADVENTURE DESTINATION THIS SUMMER

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• Croatia, just like Italy and France, is going to be the next best European destination, claim travel experts

• According to several adventure travel companies, Croatia has quickly become the best-selling tourism destination in the last ...

Saipem to invest into Croatian geothermal energy

The Italian organization has announced its intentions to invest into geothermal energy production in Croatia. The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency recently held a meeting, attended by representatives of Saipem. The Italian energy and engineering company was previously a daughter company of the ENI; oi...

First ever Croatia geothermal power plant inaugurated

Croatia is going to unveil the largest binary power plant in Europe.

On November 19 (2019), the very first geothermal power plant in Croatia was officially launched. It was constructed after an expenditure of 325 million kn after a tender was given to MB Holding to start construction in...

Velika 1: The unveiling of Croatia’s first geothermal power plant

The 16.5 Megawatts Velika 1 in Ciglena, is Croatia’s first geothermal power plant which has been officially revealed in a ceremony attended by Croatian Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Tomislav ?ori? and Muharrem Balat, Chairman of the Board of Turkey’s MB Holding, owne...