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Zagreb, March 15 (CP) – Since the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Zone’s (ZERP) implementation in Croatia against EU countries has been postponed as of Saturday, Italian and Slovene fishing boats can now fish freely in this segment of the sea.
Although HSS MPs as well as HSP leader and two SDP MPs voted against of the […]

Zagreb, March 15 (CP) – A 3.3 magnitude quake with the epicentre near the Kornat, some 40 kilometres south of Zadar was recorded at 5:28 a.m. local time on Saturday morning.
The moderate tremor could be felt by residents of Kornat, Pasman, Dugi otok, Zadar and Biograd.
Four similar quakes were recorded in the area last year.

Zagreb, March 13 (CP) – It has finally been established that insulation mass is to blame for residents of Zagreb’s Vrbani III residential area not being able to drink their water due to high level of pollutants discovered in it.
The search for the culprit has been going on for more than a year after it […]

Zagreb, March 9 (CP) – A ship owned by Osijek’s Koteks construction company has sunk on the Drava River with some 50 litres of fuel on board.
The tourist ship that was moored near the eastern Croatian town of Osijek on the Drava River had been empty with no crew or passengers on it.
Immediately after the […]

Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – Croatia was battered by strong winds and there were snow storms in some parts of the country overnight with traffic being halted in places and power cut.
Parts of the northern Adriatic have had their power cut after 130 kilometre winds swept through the area causing traffic havoc and resulting in […]

Zagreb, March 2 (CP) – A storm accompanied by strong winds swept through Croatia on Saturday afternoon leaving a trail of damage in many Croatian municipalities.
East and central sections of Croatia were hit by strong winds and rain on Saturday afternoon causing electricity failures, uprooting trees and causing debris to land on motorways, slowing down […]

Zagreb, February 26 (CP) — Croatia together with Italy, Romania, Serbia and the European Commission has reached an agreement over the start of the setting up of the Pan European Oil Pipeline (PEOP) project.
Some 1350km of pipeline will have to be constructed for transporting oil from the Black Sea to Trieste and Genoa, Italy, securing […]

Zagreb, February 24 (CP) – A professional fisherman from the town of Komiza on the Croatian island of Vis has managed to catch a 50-kilo white shark on Saturday.
This is not the first time such a shark that is not often seen in Croatian waters has been caught, as during NATO attacks on Serbia in […]

Zagreb, February 23 (CP) – According to Croatia’s meteorological institute’s report for 2007, Croatia enjoyed an extremely warm 2007 with an average temperature of 13.6 degrees Celsius, the second highest average temperature during the 1861 to 2007 observation period.
During the July 19 to 22 heat wave, towns like Pazin (40 degrees), Rijeka (40 degrees), Daruvar […]

Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – After exactly two weeks of a fire erupting on a Turkish cargo ship off the Croatian coast, the vessel has been finally towed to a Trieste shipyard.
The Turkish ship has been waiting for clearance from the Italian authorities to be let into Italian territorial waters and once it was allowed […]