University of Zadar

Sven Marcelic, an assistant sociology professor at the University of Zadar, told BIRN that one problem facing Croatia during the EU presidency is that, owing to the pandemic, "it is completely enclosed within a national framework", and so cannot fulfill its leadership function in the EU "at a moment when de facto it does not preside".

In Croatia's undersea waters near the island of Pag, divers from the Croatian Diving Tourism Organisation have discovered the wreck of a Roman ship and its cargo, including about 600 amphoras, the Croatian Chamber of Economy reported on Wednesday.

As work in Croatia on comprehensive reform of the curriculum appears to stall, some scientists say they fear the education system will be modernised in a conservative direction or abandoned altogether.