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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.

Beaches in the Bumbište discharge area remain closed for now

Medulin

Medulin municipality head files complaints over Bumbište discharge

The Plinara assembly appointed the new company director

Pula

Mirjana Jakša appointed director of Pula's Plinara

Illustration: electric bus at charging station

Electric buses

Pula introduces electric buses, six more to arrive by August

Pulapromet inaugurates a charging station with 14 charging points and unveils six electric buses. The project is largely funded by EU money from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.

The search in the wooded area lasted two days (illustration)

Police manhunt

Slovenian police reveal details of manhunt for Srđan Aleksić

Head of the Novo mesto Police Unit Dejan Kink says the 41-year-old disarmed two officers in a forest, with 158 officers and a helicopter involved in the search.

Film festival

'Wedding' by Igor Šeregi opens 73rd Pula Film Festival

11 Croatian films compete for awards in the Arena, while the festival closes with a restored copy of 'How the War Started on My Island' on its 30th anniversary.

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Batteries

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

The dance studio, with more than 70 members, performed five original choreographies by Nikolina Mekovec at the 15th edition of the festival.

Hail and thunderstorm weather on the Adriatic (illustration)

Severe weather

Walnut-sized hail strikes Istria and Dalmatia, injuries reported

People sustained minor injuries in Rovinj and Kanfanar, while ice caused damage in the Sinj and Imotski areas, with DHMZ forecasting further thunderstorms.

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.

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.

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