Zagreb County

Croats Protests Against Violence to Women and Children

Supporters of the anti-domestic violence campaign "Save me" in Croatia protested on Saturday in three cities - Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik - to "show solidarity with victims of violence and demand that the system adequately protect them", it said.

The movement began only two weeks ago with the start of a Facebook group that already counts more than 45,000 members.

Women Remain a Minority Among Zagreb's Statues

The Zagreb city authorities last month turned down an opportunity to begin to rectify the gender imbalance in Zagreb's streets, where only 1.8 per cent of public spaces have female names.

They rejected a petition from a local association to name a street after one of three women, choosing another man instead.

Zagreb 'Most Relaxing' Balkan City, Survey Says

Holidaymakers whose idea of a good time is sleeping and relaxing should consider booking a short stay in the Croatian capital, according to a new ranking.

Zagreb is the only city in the western Balkans to make it into the top five "most relaxing cities in Europe", compiled by UK holiday operator Spaseekers and whose findings are widely trailed in some UK media.

Croatian Journalist Missing for Over a Week

Croatian journalist Marijo Skirnjar, who works for a local Zg-Magazin news site, has not been seen for more than a week, Croatian media, and many of her colleagues via social networks, are reporting.

According to the national record of missing persons, Skrinjar was last seen on June 26, boarding a train from the central town of Kutina to the capital, Zagreb.

Vucic to Croatian journalists: You won't see me humble

At a press conference held after Vucic spoke with the Serbs in Vrginmost, Croatian journalists insisted on asking "whether he would apologize for the speech he made at a gathering in Glina in 1995."

Namely, Vucic at the time "promised to that the Serb Krajina and Glina will never be Croatia, and that the Ustasha rule will never be able to arrive there."

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