Croatia records positive migration balance in 2022
ZAGREB, 27 July (Hina) – A total of 57,972 persons immigrated to Croatia from abroad in 2022, which is 11,685 more than the number of emigrants, and the majority of new residents came from Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the…
Valuable 14th century cross returned to Croatia after 50 years
ZAGREB, 27 July (Hina) – A silver-enameled and gold-plated processional cross from the second half of the 14th century has been returned to Croatia nearly 50 years after it was stolen from St. Francis’s Monastery in Zadar. The cross depicts…
Exhibition on women’s role in promoting Croatia’s tourism to be staged soon
ZAGREB, 26 June (Hina) – An exhibition consisting of tourist leaflets, posters, brochures, travelogues, postcards and other print material showing women in the tourism and hospitality sector will be staged in the National and University Library (NSK) on 1 August….
Croatia top trading partner of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ZAGREB, 25 July (Hina) – Croatia remained the top trading partner of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first six months of 2023, according to the data collected by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s chamber of foreign commerce. The chamber’s president Zdravko Marinković…
Embassy opening start of deeper Georgia-Croatia relations, Garibashvili says
ZAGREB, 24 July (Hina) – The opening of the Georgian Embassy in Zagreb is the start of deeper Georgia-Croatia relations, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday after meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, who underlined Croatia’s support…
Greenpeace Travel by train in Europe twice as expensive as by air
ZAGREB, 24 July (Hina) – Rail tickets on some routes in Europe are on average twice as expensive as flight tickets, and Croatia follows the average trend, global environmental watchdog Greenpeace has found in a study, calling for a kerosene…
Croatia and Spain will jointly explore sea bed
ZAGREB, 21 July (Hina) – Over the next six years, Croatia and Spain will cooperate in underwater research and the protection of underwater cultural heritage, the two Mediterranean countries announced after their representatives signed a cooperation agreement in Madrid. The…
Croatian motorways among best in world
ZAGREB, 21 July (Hina) – Croatian motorways are among the best in Europe and the world, Croatian motorways operator HAC said on Friday, citing the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum has published a report including the ranking of…
Rijeka and Zagreb areas hit by summer storms
ZAGREB, 21 July (Hina) – A violent summer wind, accompanied by heavy rain, hit the area of Rijeka at about 1600 hours Friday, and tore down many trees and toppled a crane in the Brajdica container terminal. The crane fell…
Croatian students win four medals at European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics
ZAGREB, 21 July (Hina) – Croatian secondary school students won four medals at the 3rd The European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics which took place between 15 and 21 July in Lund, Sweden. Lara Semeš won a gold and Maša Dobrić…
Factory manufacturing organic fertiliser from raw sheep wool opens in Otočac
ZAGREB, 20 July (Hina) – Croatia’s first factory manufacturing certified organic fertiliser from raw sheep wool opened in Otočac, about 150 kilometres southwest of Zagreb, on Thursday. The factory is called Eko Lika Greennovation and its product Woolee. It is…
Two men killed in severe storm in Zagreb
ZAGREB, 19 July (Hina) – Two men were killed and a number of persons were injured in a severe storm that struck Zagreb around 4pm on Wednesday, emergency medical services told Hina. The men suffered fatal injuries after trees fell…
