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Varta in crisis: Creditors seek spin-off of household battery business

The German battery manufacturer faces financial collapse, with key creditors proposing restructuring through a separate ownership structure for its most promising business segment.

Dance festival

Čakovec's TEUTA performs at the jubilee Šibenik Dance Festival

Hail and thunderstorm weather on the Adriatic (illustration)

Severe weather

Walnut-sized hail strikes Istria and Dalmatia, injuries reported

Istrian prosciutto from domestically fattened pigs (illustration)

Livestock

Organised pig fattening launched for Istrian prosciutto

Pilot project in its first year covers 250 piglets across four farms, with a pre-agreed purchase price of four euros per kilogram.

Illustration: election security and intelligence data

US elections

Trump accuses China of meddling in elections, documents contradict

2021 intelligence community assessment found no evidence of foreign influence on the 2020 vote, while Beijing rejects the president's allegations.

Buzet

Buzet acquires electric truck for separate waste collection

The vehicle with VAT costs €228,000, half covered by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, while the town has approved a €86,000 loan for the municipal company Park.

Istrian Ipsilon

Butković: Full profile of the Istrian Ipsilon completed by early 2027

The first four kilometres from the Učka tunnel towards Matulji will open to traffic in about ten days, six months ahead of schedule; preparations are also underway for the branch towards Labin.

Migrations

Croatia and last year in migration surplus, but balance fell to 19,180

According to DZS data, 56,665 people moved in, mostly from Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Nepal; the biggest winners are Zagreb County and Istria County.

Konjščina

Konjščina allocates €30,000 for youth housing support

Public call covers four measures — construction, purchase and renovation of homes — for residents under 45 resolving their first housing need.

The Cere landfill will become a green space after remediation

Labin

Labin secures additional €199,000 for Cere landfill remediation

The Environmental Protection Fund approves new funding alongside €1.7 million from the NPOO; the landfill will become a two-hectare green space.

Attack in Pula

KUD Idijoti frontman attacked in Pula after warning

Saša Milovanović and his wife Martina were attacked in Sergijevaca Street after they warned young men about their inappropriate behaviour.

Tariffs

Trump seeks explanation from Canada over smoke and threatens tariffs

US President Donald Trump accuses Canada of deliberately neglecting forests and announces pollution costs will be added to tariffs, while Canadian leader Mark Carney stresses shared responsibility for climate.

Beaches in the Bumbište discharge area remain closed for now

Medulin

Medulin municipality head files complaints over Bumbište discharge

Ivan Kirac has requested an urgent inspection and filed a criminal complaint on suspicion of an environmental offence; beaches remain closed for now.

Porec

Porec Council rejects SDP proposal to ban 'Za dom spremni'

The city administration responded that controversial symbols fall under the jurisdiction of the police and state prosecutor's office, not local municipal decisions.

Vrsar

Vrsar boosts budget to €9.7m via rebalancing

An additional €466,000 is largely allocated to communal infrastructure, from wall repairs near the school to traffic regulation equipment.

The Plinara assembly appointed the new company director

Pula

Mirjana Jakša appointed director of Pula's Plinara

The assembly passed the decision unanimously ahead of the expiry of Robert Drandić's term, while the supervisory board has 90 days to conduct a public tender for management.

Illustration: support for associations in health and social care

Istria County

Istria County supports 55 associations with €263,000

Contracts signed by 46 associations in health and social care; funding is 20 per cent higher than last year, with a portion allocated to veterans.

Corruption

Uskok and military police arrest two on suspicion of corruption

Unofficial reports from Novi list indicate one of those detained is a brigadier who headed public procurement at the Ministry of Defence until the end of 2021.

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