Skip to the news
A short overview of events, with location, time and sources.
Vidik. Medijski signal: vrlo jak.
Daily brief · Monday, October 12SNSD and HDZ BiH agree the BiH Presidency should be constituted first Read

News from the region

10 events from 7 sources in the last 7 days

the window holds 2725 events; this page fetched 500

data as of 02:05 PM

10 events in 7 days

by signal strength and time
Open the map
Map: Zagreb. The shaded area is what the reports name, not the exact place of the event.

Zagreb mayor announces property tax increase to legal maximum

Zagreb mayor Tomislav Tomašević announced a proposal to raise the property tax from five to eight euros per square metre annually, the legal maximum, targeting owners of empty flats and short-term rentals rather than those used for permanent housing.

EU and Croatia launch preparedness campaign for wildfires and floods

The EU's civil protection department launched the "We Are One" campaign to mark International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, running in Croatia alongside Bulgaria, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Romania until December 2026. Sources note that 2026 brought one of Europe's worst wildfire seasons with over 669,000 hectares burned, and recall earlier activities such as assistance to France, satellite damage assessment on Korčula, and a rescue exercise in Moldova in June 2026.

Korčula

Passenger ship sinks in Split's North Harbour

The 26-metre passenger ship "Plomin", owned by a domestic company, sank this morning while moored at Split's North Harbour, the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure reported, with no casualties.

Investigation opened against former head of Viktor Lenac shipyard over suspected damage of nine million euros

Rijeka's county prosecution opened an investigation against a 57-year-old Croatian national, the former head of the Viktor Lenac shipyard's management board, over suspected abuse of trust in business dealings that allegedly cost the company 8,988,860 euros. Prosecutors suspect she approved seven payments from the company account to foreign accounts in March, though DORH has not officially named her while the Burin portal identifies her as Sandra Uzelac.

Rijeka

USKOK questions mayor of Oroslavje over suspected irregularities in contracting

Oroslavje mayor Viktor Šimunić was questioned by Croatia's anti-corruption office USKOK over suspected irregularities in contracting work for the city, with Index reporting unofficially that a formal investigation could open in the coming days. Šimunić denied receiving money and repeated his claim that the case is retaliation for his public criticism of sports federations' spending, which USKOK has previously denied.

Oroslavje

Man stabbed on bridge in Trogir, suspect arrested in Privlaka near Zadar

Police say a 62-year-old German national is suspected of stabbing and seriously injuring a 47-year-old man he did not know on the Čiovo bridge in Trogir on the night of 9 October, after which the victim was taken to Split hospital; the suspect was arrested in Privlaka near Zadar and ordered into investigative detention.

Trogir

Cause determined for waste-site fire in Lopar on Rab

Police report the fire that broke out overnight at a waste site in Lopar on Rab was caused by a thermal reaction inside stored bulky waste, with firefighters extinguishing it and no injuries or damage reported.

Rab

Scheduled dates, not a forecast.

13141516171819202122232425

Today Tuesday, October 13

23 planned cuts today. See

Next

All upcoming dates (23)

Outside this edition

Off topic: 1036 storiesShow

Sport, entertainment, lifestyle and forecasts: stories the local classifier judges, with at least 70% confidence, not to be events. They are not deleted, but they stay out of the map, the signal and alerts.

Off-topic share of the stories from each country’s sources in this period: Bosnia and Herzegovina 26% · Croatia 40% · Serbia 27% · Montenegro 23%

showing 60 of 1036

World142 events outside the regionShow

These events count towards no band, municipality or active-source figure, and are not drawn on the map. The region is Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. How this is decided

Showing 60 of 142, newest first.

Active sources
57 in the last 7 days — Klix.ba 87 · FENA (Federalna novinska agencija) 78 · Danas 75 · N1 Srbija 73 · Oslobođenje 72 · Radiosarajevo.ba 69 · Index.hr 68 · Radio-televizija Republike Srpske 66 … all sources
Coverage and asymmetry
FBiH 0.53 · RS 0.30 · Brčko 3.00 sources per municipality details

Boundaries: geoBoundaries BIH ADM3 (CC-BY 4.0) · Natural Earth 10m (public domain)