About 33,000 hectares have been reduced to ashes by a large forest fire in central Croatia, according to government sources. The fire front has been brought under control in Sibenik-Knin County, but 330 firefighters remain on alert for the risk of flare-ups, said the head of the Civil Protection Directorate, Damir Trout, adding that an […]
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EU gives ‘green light’ to Croatia to adopt euro in early 2023
The European Union has given its final approval for Croatia to adopt the euro early next year, when it will become the 20th member of the currency zone, according to Bloomberg. The bloc’s finance ministers meeting in Brussels backed the move on Tuesday after the Commission recommended that the country of 3.9 million people be […]
N. Dendias meeting with the Croatian Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held a short meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Rudman, on the sidelines of the Dubrovnik Forum. Mr. Dendias thanked him for the warm hospitality, while they discussed the further deepening of the ties between Greece and Croatia, in light of this year’s 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic […]
N. Dendias: It is necessary to align behind International Law, against revisionism
What the Russian invasion of Ukraine teaches us all is the “need to line up behind International Law, against revisionism, against any kind of attempt to change borders by force, against war”, underlined the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias in the intervention on a panel at the “Dubrovnik Forum” in Croatia. As he noted, […]
N. Dendias is in Croatia for the Dubrovnik Forum
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is in Croatia today, in order to participate in the international conference “Dubrovnik Forum” on the theme “A quest for balance in a world disrupted”. Mr. Dendias will hold a meeting with his Croatian counterpart, Gordan Grlic Rudman, as well as with the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean […]
Slovenia: New government pledges to demolish fence on border with Croatia
Slovenia’s new government has vowed to tear down the controversial fence along the country’s border with Croatia by the end of the year. The Ministry of Interior today confirmed the relevant planning to the Slovenian news agency STA. The fence was erected in 2015, when thousands of refugees – many of them from Syria – […]
And Croatia in the ‘club’ of the euro
The accession will take place on January 1, 2023, but the tourism industry is already happy, because tourism will be stimulated in difficult times. Gentiloni: “Historic landmark”. Croatia, the country with the endless sandy beaches in the Adriatic and the steadily rising course of its tourism, was waiting at this moment how and how. The […]
Commission: Croatia ready to join the eurozone by 2023
Croatia is ready to join the eurozone, the European Commission said on Wednesday, paving the way for the Balkan country to adopt the euro from early 2023 and become the 20th European country to use the currency. Once the Commission’s assessment is approved by EU leaders in June, EU finance ministers will set the exchange […]
Croatian president says ‘no’ to Finland and Sweden joining NATO over … Bosnia
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic intends to send a letter instructing the country’s ambassador to NATO, Mario Nobilo, to vote against Finland and Sweden joining the alliance until the Bosnia-Herzegovina electoral law is changed. the Russian news agency Ria Novosti citing the Croatian media N1. “I am ready for the accusations if there are any. I […]
From 1 January 2023, Croatia will become the 20th member of the eurozone
Croatia intends to become the 20th member of the eurozone in about a year and a half, after the country’s parliament today approved the bill for the introduction of the common currency from January 1, 2023, the state news agency Hina reported. The law that will replace the Croatian kuna with the euro was passed […]