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2022 second most important year for Croatia's EU integration process Croatia is leaving 2022 behind fully integrated with the European Union, joining both the Schengen area of passport-free travel and the euro area on 1 January. After 2013, the year when it joined the EU, 2022 was the second most important year for Croatia in terms of its integration with the EU. 26.12.2022. | News

Croatia's national football team receive heroes' welcome in Zagreb ​Croatia's footballers, who won the third place in the World Cup in Qatar on Saturday, were given a heroes' welcome in the capital city on Sunday evening. 18.12.2022. | News

Slovenians mostly travelled abroad this year, Croatia most popular destination ​More than a half of the Slovenian population engaged in personal travel this summer, making about 2.3 million trips during their annual holidays, mostly abroad, and the most popular destination was Croatia. 18.12.2022. | News

Parliament concludes this year's work The Croatian parliament on Friday adopted two strategies, passed several laws, accepted reports by different agencies and thus concluded the extraordinary session and this year's work. 16.12.2022. | News

UHPA assembly held on tourism in 2022 and 2023 Travel agencies are an essential part of the success in 2022, it was said at the regular annual assembly of the Association of Croatian Travel Agencies (UHPA), which brought together representatives of agencies from all over Croatia and partners from institutions, on Thursday in Zagreb. 15.12.2022. | News

Regional cooperation in cross-border regions continues The Interreg IPA programme brings €156 million in the 2021-27 financial period and investment is planned in the circular economy and adaptation to climate change in the cross-border regions of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia, a conference heard on Tuesday. 13.12.2022. | News

With Schengen, euro area entry most important foreign policy goals fulfilled In fewer than 20 days, Croatia will enter both the euro zone and Schengen area, which is one of the "most tangible transformative moments" in the context of the tenth anniversary of membership in the Union, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday. 12.12.2022. | News

Minister says more than HRK 200 mn for sport infrastructure of national interest Tourism and Sports Minister Nikolina Brnjac said on Saturday that investing in sport is very important and that more than HRK 200 million is envisaged for sport infrastructure of national importance in the budgets for 2024 and 2025. 10.12.2022. | News

Still fewer overnights in commercial tourist accommodation than in 2019In October 2022, 892,000 tourists stayed in commercial accommodation and made 2.8 million overnight stays, which is an increase of 40 and 29.4 percent respectively compared to October 2021, and similar increases were achieved also in the first ten months, show data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. 10.12.2022. | News

Ministry of Tourism and Sport subsidises education of 151 athletes​Following a public call, the Croatian Ministry of Tourism and Sport has decided to subsidise the education of the country's top athletes, including medallists from Olympic and Paralympic Games and European and world championships 06.12.2022. | News