Croatia News in English

Croatia's news in English, each story marked by who published it, with the Adriatic's sea temperature and wind, official weather warnings, English podcasts and a guide for newcomers. For expats, visitors, sailors and the diaspora. This app draws on several sources, all listed under SOURCES. NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Croatia News is independent and not affiliated with the Croatian or any other government or agency. Official sources are linked under SOURCES. In an emergency in Croatia call 112. NEWS BY TOPIC AND PLACE Politics, economy, expat and residency, tourism and the coast, sport, culture, energy, the EU and the Balkans, health, weather and nature; and by place, from Zagreb to Istria, Dalmatia and the islands. Every outlet is labelled Croatian and expat, Balkans and EU, international, or official, so you can read one source at a time. TODAY IN CROATIA For your place: weather and rain, official weather warnings, the sea's temperature, the wind now on the coast with the bura and jugo named, earthquakes, the euro, and a watch on closed roads, cancelled ferries, airport disruption and border queues. LIVING IN CROATIA Official pages for newcomers (residence, the OIB tax number, health insurance, visas, taxes) and the latest expat news. ENGLISH PODCASTS Croatia Travel Podcast, Remembering Yugoslavia, Let's Learn Croatian. LIVE RADIO BBC World Service and DW (English); HRT, Radio 101, Drama Radio Dubrovnik, Otvoreni radio and Extra FM (Croatian). CALENDAR AND CROATIAN Public holidays from the Act on Holidays, checked daily against Nager.Date; clock changes, the tax return deadline, long weekends, reminders. A Croatian word a day, and "Croatia explained" terms under headlines. SOURCES Official: Government https://vlada.gov.hr/en · Ministry of the Interior https://mup.gov.hr/ · Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs https://mvep.gov.hr/en · Meteorological Service (DHMZ) https://meteo.hr/index_en.php · MeteoAlarm https://www.meteoalarm.org · Croatian National Bank https://www.hnb.hr/en/ · European Central Bank https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ · Tax Administration https://porezna-uprava.gov.hr/ · Health Insurance Fund https://www.hzzo.hr/en/ · e-Citizens https://gov.hr/en · Act on Holidays https://www.zakon.hr/z/372/Zakon-o-blagdanima,-spomendanima-i-neradnim-danima-u-Republici-Hrvatskoj · Clock changes https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2000/84/oj · Earthquakes https://www.emsc-csem.org/ · Road conditions https://www.hak.hr/en/ · Ferries https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en Croatian and expat outlets: Croatia Week croatiaweek.com, Total Croatia News total-croatia-news.com, The Croatia Times thecroatiatimes.com, Expat in Croatia expatincroatia.com, Chasing the Donkey chasingthedonkey.com, Visit Croatia visit-croatia.co.uk, Secret Dalmatia secretcroatia.blog, Frank About Croatia frankaboutcroatia.com; via Google News: HRT, Hina, N1, The Dubrovnik Times Balkans and EU: Balkan Insight balkaninsight.com; via Google News: RFE/RL, Euractiv, SeeNews, bne IntelliNews, Sarajevo Times International: Guardian theguardian.com, BBC bbc.com, DW dw.com, Euronews euronews.com, Politico politico.eu; via Google News: Reuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg, CNN, CNBC, FT, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, France 24, Telegraph, Independent, Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure, Schengen Visa Info, UEFA.com, FIFA, ESPN Podcasts, each show's own feed: paris2tokyo.com (Croatia Travel Podcast), rememberingyugoslavia.com, buzzsprout.com (Let's Learn Croatian) Radio, live streams: bbc.co.uk/sounds, dw.com, hrt.hr, radio101.hr, otvoreni.hr, extrafm.hr Weather: Open-Meteo https://open-meteo.com/. Photos: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/. WHAT IT CAN'T DO Stories are the publishers'; some need a subscription. Sea, wind and warnings are DHMZ's: no substitute for the official forecast or a skipper's judgement. No legal or tax advice: the official pages have the final word. Free with one banner ad; a purchase removes it.