Istria County

Slovenia and Croatia to launch bid to protect Istrian honey

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Agriculture Ministry has temporarily protected Istrian honey under the Slovenian-Croatian brand Istrski med/Istarski med at the national level using a protected designation of origin, as Slovenia and Croatia have decided to submit a joint application to the European Commission to register the honey.

Croatia Vote Fails to Halt Istria Power Plant

A total of 94.5 per cent of people who turned out to cast ballots in the referendum on Sunday expressed disapproval about the building of the power Plomin C plant near the town of Labin.

But the turnout at 36 per cent was not high enough to make the vote binding because it did not pass the 50 per cent legal threshold.

Josipovic opens Serb cultural center in Pula

PULA - Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has opened a Serb cultural center in Pula, a city at the tip of the Istrian peninsula, and said that Croatia wants to be a country where everyone will have the opportunity to affirm their culture and tradition and that Croatia is ready to lend a hand to all people of goodwill, including friends from the Republic of Serbia.