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Would-be President Bandic Promises Croatia ‘More Corruption’
Having renamed himself after Milan Bandic, the scandal-prone Mayor of Zagreb, film director Dario Jurican - as he once was -is ironically offering voters 'corruption for everyone'.
Cartoonist Celebrates 25 Years as ‘Chronicler of Croatian Stupidity’
A retrospective exhibition of caricatures by the famous Croatian cartoonist Nikola Plecko, known as Nik Titanik, marking his quarter-century-long career, opened on Tuesday at Zagreb's Mimara Museum.
City of Women celebrating 25 years and telling #HerStory
The exhibition launch will be held at Alkatraz Gallery in the Metelkova Mesto alternative arts centre, with the display focusing on creative endeavours of female film makers and video artists in Slovenia.
The feminist festival, running until 13 October, will be held under the slogan #HerStory, a pun referring to female, often forgotten or erased, history as well as female stories.
Balkan Youngsters Join Global Climate Change Action
School students from Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo took part in the "Fridays for Future" protests this Friday, joining millions of people from all around the world as part of the global protest against inaction on climate change.
Croatian Bike Workshop Gets Vulnerable on the Move
But free repairs are not the only unusual thing about the project. Since cycling is not only a matter of lifestyle but sometimes also a necessity, especially for people who can't afford a car or to use public transport, Biciklopopravljaona volunteers, in collaboration with other associations, have also been helping refugees, asylum seekers or other poor citizens outside Zagreb get around.
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Croatia War Veterans Seek Boycott of Serbian Concert Singers
After war veterans called for a boycott of Serbian singers at a music festival in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, a leading analyst said that such hard-liners had become more important than they should be in Croatian society.
FlixBus, The Biggest Bus Transportation Company in Europe and Operates in Bulgaria, Buys the Largest Carrier in Turkey
Europe's largest bus carrier, Germany's FlixBus, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Turkey's Kamil Koç, a leading long-distance carrier in our southern neighbor. Its network is about to be integrated into that of FlixBus. Kamil Koç operates services to 61 cities across Turkey, with over 20 million passengers in 2018.
Croatia Mulls Using Retired Police To Handle Migrant Crisis
The Croatian Interior Ministry is planning to introduce an auxiliary reserve police force that will draw also on retired officers - mostly to help deal with the migrant burden and strengthen Croatia's border, which is also an EU external border.
Croatian Teachers Protest Demanding Higher Salaries
Some 1,500 teachers from all across Croatia held a protest rally on Wednesday to demand higher wages in the education system.
They walked in a procession in the centre of Zagreb, ending their walk in front of the government building, where organizers and union representatives made speeches.
The Low Cost FlixBus Adds New Direct Lines from Bulgaria
Аs of August, Europe's largest international bus service provider, FlixBus, is adding new routes to its network and doubling the number of countries that can be reached directly from Bulgaria.