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00:00:00places for our Senj and for Otočac, we cannot be
00:00:03happy because it goes downstream, so someone else will suffer, which means
00:00:07we are equally worried about all the residents of Lika. The citizens' initiative
00:00:10Gospić Our Home has been warning about this case for years, and
00:00:14they also organized a protest, and they wonder how it is possible that no one
00:00:18has reacted yet. It is sad that, in fact, until
00:00:21today, and all public health bodies in
00:00:25the Republic of Croatia, from the Ministry of Health to the institutes,
00:00:28should already speak up tomorrow. for public health Andrrije Štamparara and
00:00:32all of them, they must give the citizens of Gospić and Lika
00:00:35guidelines on how to act on these conclusions from the findings
00:00:39of the opinion. It is sad that a year and a half after the discovery
00:00:42of the affair, there was no synergy of all
00:00:46state bodies to protect their citizens, that is their
00:00:49duty, for that they receive a salary. Urgent
00:00:52remediation and urgent public health instructions to the citizens of Gospić
00:00:56and Lika on how to behave, not only Lika but also
00:00:59Croatian islands of Rab and Pag, given that they are supplied
00:01:03with water from Lika's water supply, from Lika's underground
00:01:06waters, which flow downstream. The publication of the findings
00:01:09caused new political reactions, from the bridge they announce
00:01:14on criminal charges against all those who they believe participated
00:01:17in the illegal disposal of waste or knew about it and did not
00:01:20react. On August 1st, we announced criminal
00:01:24charges which will include all actors
00:01:27who participated in it, from companies that are
00:01:30under the USKOK protocol, to Šinček and
00:01:33his resource office, to local self-government, all
00:01:37mayors and prefects who participated in it, and even to the
00:01:41flat-rate and referred to drivers who received money so that the waste could be dumped in
00:01:44Gospić. At least 37,000 tons of waste
00:01:48is still located in the area of Gospić. More than a year and
00:01:51a half after the discovery of the affair, not a single kilogram has been removed. And
00:01:55after the published expert opinion, it is clear that the problem is much wider
00:01:58than Gospić itself.
00:02:00planet. It's a destination where Katarina Plantak, N1, Gospić.
00:02:16Janaf and Moll have reached an agreement on continued cooperation and signed
00:02:19a contract for the transport of 2.05 million tons of
00:02:22crude oil throughout 2026,
00:02:26the Jutarnji list announced. This concluded several months of negotiations between the two
00:02:30companies. The contract covers the period from January 1 to December
00:02:3331, 2026. And
00:02:36it is based on the principle of full for empty, meaning that Mol pays for
00:02:40contracted transport capacities, regardless of whether
00:02:43it will fully utilize them. The agreement comes
00:02:46after lengthy negotiations during which Moll claimed that Janaf's
00:02:50prices were too high and questioned the reliability of the Croatian
00:02:53oil pipeline. Janaf rejected these accusations, stating that
00:02:57the prices are transparent and equal for all users. The negotiations were
00:03:00further burdened by the political dimension after Hungary
00:03:04of alleviating hostilities accused Croatia of exploiting the situation caused
00:03:07by the restriction of Russian oil transit through Ukraine, which the Croatian
00:03:11government rejected.
00:03:11Petrinja and Slunj, where the bridge on
00:03:25It's the peak of the heatwave. Croatia is extremely
00:03:28hot today. Temperatures are everywhere between
00:03:3235 and 39
00:03:34degrees, and the red weather alert is still
00:03:38valid for the entire country today. Towards the end of the day in the interior of Istria and Dalmatia,
00:03:41with stronger cloud development expected, local
00:03:45thunderstorms with lightning are possible, as well as in mountainous
00:03:48Croatia.
00:03:53We will certainly bring a more detailed forecast later in the broadcast due to the heatwave.
00:03:57The Krško nuclear power plant, as of today, is operating at 80%
00:04:01of its reactor power, although not because it has cooling problems, but
00:04:05to avoid heating the Sava above the legally permitted level. The
00:04:08power plant announced that if necessary, they will react again and
00:04:12reduce capacity. The Croatian electricity company says
00:04:15that this does not jeopardize supply. Temperatures today were
00:04:19extremely high across the country, despite lines of
00:04:22unstable weather that will reach us tomorrow
00:04:25for real cooling. We might have to wait until September
00:04:291st. Andrej
00:04:31Dimitrijević brings the story.
00:04:34As the heatwave further heated the Sava River, the Krško nuclear power plant
00:04:38is operating today at 80% of its reactor
00:04:40power. Not because it has cooling problems, but to avoid heating the
00:04:44Sava above the legally permitted level. If the current
00:04:47hydrological and meteorological conditions continue to worsen,
00:04:51the Krško nuclear power plant will continue to further reduce reactor
00:04:54power. The Krško nuclear power plant will again
00:04:58operate at full power when conditions
00:05:00allow it. The Croatian electricity company states that
00:05:03supply is not jeopardized by this. HEP
00:05:06continuously monitors the situation in the domestic and regional electricity
00:05:10system and manages its production portfolio and electricity
00:05:13procurement to ensure reliable, safe, and stable
00:05:16supply to its
00:05:19customers in all
00:05:22circumstances. It felt like an oven for everyone who had to go
00:05:25out on the street today. In Zagreb, the temperature exceeded
00:05:2837°. Citizens are aware that with such
00:05:32temperatures, it's not something to joke about. I don't go out much,
00:05:36so I can endure it. How do you
00:05:38cool down? At home, I don't have air conditioning, but at home, at home.
00:05:43It's a little hot, but you can endure it. Drink
00:05:47water, drink like that and
00:05:50do everything until 10, 11 o'clock and that's it, no more
00:05:53work. Some, however, don't have that luxury, bread must
00:05:57be earned, even in Požega.
00:05:59Slowly, we cool down with cold drinks and so on
00:06:02in the shade under an umbrella and so on. How long have you been here every
00:06:06day? Until two o'clock, until 14:00, which means you have to work
00:06:10in the heat under quite strong sun, yes. 308, so it's not exactly
00:06:13easy. Atmospheric physicist Grizo Gonjo says that this
00:06:17heatwave is a consequence of global warming, but also of atmospheric
00:06:21conditions. The climate is not in a stationary state,
00:06:24which means global warming is occurring, which then intensifies
00:06:28the effects, especially in Western Europe, Portugal,
00:06:32Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and even in
00:06:35Croatia. There were heatwaves before, but
00:06:39they usually wouldn't last two weeks and... "We
00:06:42know that Croatia suffers the greatest damage from droughts in general,
00:06:46this is now intensifying," he says, adding that it would be wise to invest
00:06:49in a safer and more robust water supply system, better plan traffic, and
00:06:53pre-water critical areas on the coast with Canadair planes. He
00:06:56also adds that in such situations, we all need to start with
00:07:00ourselves, be careful with waste, careful with
00:07:03water, don't stay in the shower for too long,
00:07:06and plan when to turn on the
00:07:10air conditioning and
00:07:13fans, meaning
00:07:16that it also applies to traffic and car air conditioning,
00:07:20transport, simply optimization and minimization
00:07:23wherever possible. Meteorologist Lipovčak says that we will
00:07:27only fully breathe a sigh of relief by the Assumption. However,
00:07:31the next two days will still have slightly lower temperatures.
00:07:34Currently, there is a weakened cold front from the
00:07:38northern side of the Alps, it will only graze us with its tail,
00:07:41so it will cause a little cloudiness tomorrow
00:07:45afternoon in the northwestern parts of the interior and on
00:07:49the northern Adriatic, there may be local
00:07:53thunderstorms, some gusts of wind, but
00:07:56we expect it not to be significant, it's not a
00:07:59real front, but there will be lines of instability, but
00:08:03that means that temperatures will drop by a maximum of 6° Celsius and
00:08:07remain at around +30, which is not
00:08:09much, but in these conditions, it's better
00:08:12than nothing. Andrej Dimitrijević, N1,
00:08:16Zagreb.
00:08:19And Hungary and Romania are forced to go further with savings due to
00:08:23extremely low river levels. The new decision is to turn off decorative lighting
00:08:26in all state institutions at night. The record low
00:08:30water level of the Danube is forcing authorities to take new
00:08:33measures to save money. Romania has declared a state
00:08:36of emergency. Nuclear power plants in both Hungary and Romania are operating at
00:08:40reduced capacity because water from the Danube is used for cooling
00:08:43reactors. Hungarian companies and households are reducing electricity
00:08:47consumption this week after a government appeal
00:08:50to reduce pressure on the grid. The level of the Danube is at historical lows in
00:08:54Romania, three times lower than usual for
00:08:58the average for
00:09:01August.
00:09:13wasn't going to happen and i was so disappointed and i checked in the internet, i
00:09:16asked um artificial intelligence why the building was
00:09:20f up and it said that it was because of an energy due
00:09:23to the hot weather and but it
00:09:27was really frustrating, was annoyed i'm honest and i
00:09:30was so disappointed and i was going a river cruise as well by
00:09:34night and all the blinks
00:09:35and
00:09:41a minimum of this.
00:09:50if i was coming here specifically like to see the city lit up at night that would suck you know
00:09:54what i mean i don't know the nuances so like let's say that like there's
00:09:58actually a good reason for why that the
00:10:01city is proposing and there's evidence for that then you
00:10:04know righteous
00:10:05reasons
00:10:10but I think this is a very good thing
00:10:20the Danube near Vukovar has seriously disrupted river traffic there.
00:10:24The river is so shallow in some parts that cargo ships can
00:10:27no longer sail, which has almost completely stopped traffic in the port of
00:10:31Vukovar. According to the latest data, the water level has
00:10:34fallen by 73 cm, and in some parts of the navigable waterway, the depth is
00:10:38just over one meter. Because of this, ships are forced to wait for
00:10:42more favorable conditions or reduce their cargo. In the port of Vukovar, they state that
00:10:45there has been no navigation for about ten days and warn that
00:10:49if the water level does not increase soon, they could lose part of the contracted
00:10:53traffic.
00:10:56"We have the so-called Mohovo channel, so,
00:11:00maybe you could record that three
00:11:03convoys are parked there, meaning currently
00:11:06neither from the cargo nor from the tourist part,
00:11:09i.e. cruise ships, not a single
00:11:12ship is sailing. What is important for you here is that
00:11:15you monitor the loss of income,
00:11:18and not a small one, yes, in the last month
00:11:22we have, with our business partners, signed
00:11:25contracts for about 200,000 tons of goods
00:11:29that were supposed to be delivered and unloaded
00:11:32in the Port of Vukovar,
00:11:34uh, the potential revenue we are talking about is 800,000
00:11:38euros, mm, two convoys with certain types
00:11:41of goods departed from the Port of Constanta and are located at
00:11:45some 500, 550 kilometers, waiting anchored and
00:11:49waiting for a better draft and a better Danube. How long will that
00:11:53be, some predictions are that it won't be before
00:11:55September 1st,
00:12:01but the real cargo ships had to stop anyway, yes, either
00:12:05they stopped at anchorages or they are somewhere in other ports waiting for the
00:12:09water level to become more favorable, right? That's the
00:12:12situation with these Austrian vessels near Mohovo, which did not
00:12:16run aground, but simply decided and realized where it was
00:12:20logical to stop. That's right, they were in upstream navigation, they are in
00:12:23Serbian... under their jurisdiction because they sailed from
00:12:27Bačka Palanka upstream and they estimated that
00:12:31passing through the Mohovo channel would be too dangerous due to their greater
00:12:34draft. On the navigable waterway, we currently have only near the town of Erdut
00:12:38two stranded cargo ships that also exceeded
00:12:42their draft, so they are now there right in the navigable waterway and are waiting
00:12:45for the water level to rise
00:12:49so they can sail off. What about these
00:12:52tourist cruisers? Well... most
00:12:55of them, a large majority, have already been canceled, so for
00:12:59last month and this month since this situation, in Vukovar
00:13:03alone, about 60 arrivals have been canceled,
00:13:06Ilok and Aljmaš around
00:13:0840. Currently, we have one passenger ship in Vukovar that
00:13:12is also waiting for the water level to
00:13:15rise a bit, and in Ilok, we have one ship that should perhaps sail
00:13:19tomorrow.
00:13:22And those who have lived their whole lives by the Danube,
00:13:25say they don't remember such a retreat of the river
00:13:28much.
00:13:31I mean, I just can't believe it. When I was here recently
00:13:35and first heard about it, when I arrived, I was shocked, why is this happening,
00:13:39because of what, I probably have some
00:13:42connection with this drought, right? I've seen all these climate changes
00:13:45and unfortunately, I'm a bit pessimistic about it,
00:13:49I believe it will get much, much worse very soon. The time to sail, not yet,
00:13:53not yet for which? You will be able to in a few days if it continues
00:13:56like this. That's a problem there, and it's narrow
00:14:00and shallow there. All of them are parked
00:14:03in Šaringrad, mostly in Ilok, these
00:14:05cruisers, this one won't leave for another
00:14:09month.
00:14:10And
00:14:17despite record low river levels due to
00:14:20prolonged drought and high temperatures, drinking water supply in
00:14:24Croatia is stable for now, Croatian Waters announced today.
00:14:27They emphasize that the water supply to the population is ensured,
00:14:30although some water sources are experiencing reduced
00:14:33inflows. On the Danube and Drava, the lowest water levels have been recorded
00:14:37since systematic measurements began. Due to the lack of
00:14:40significant rainfall, they warn that an increase in water levels
00:14:43is expected soon. Croatian Waters states that they monitor the situation on
00:14:47rivers and water sources daily and take measures to preserve
00:14:50water resources and respond promptly if hydrological
00:14:54conditions further worsen.
00:15:09Tomorrow, two laws will go into public discussion that should increase
00:15:13veterans' pensions, a government move announced by Andrej Plenković yesterday
00:15:17in Knin. Minister Tomo Medved revealed more details
00:15:20about the planned changes that should cover about 200
00:15:25veterans. Through the law on active military personnel, the reduction from
00:15:282002 will be abolished,
00:15:30and through the law on veterans, a new calculation and
00:15:34valorization of the combat sector will be introduced.
00:15:39We still need to abolish the third reduction, the one from
00:15:432002, and that is why through
00:15:47amendments to that law on active military personnel and
00:15:50authorized official persons, we will abolish
00:15:54the reduction of 8 to 20% for those
00:15:57Croatian veterans, soldiers, police officers who were
00:16:01retired on that basis.
00:16:04We will also amend the law on Croatian veterans.
00:16:07"I remind you what law we are talking about, so we are
00:16:11talking about a law that I started drafting in
00:16:15partnership with associations on the first day I took over the ministry
00:16:18in 2016. year,
00:16:22then we corrected many injustices, filled
00:16:25many gaps and
00:16:28today, after many years of application,
00:16:32another amendment to that law follows, this
00:16:35amendment will refer to the method of calculation and
00:16:39additions for Croatian veterans who were
00:16:43retired under that law. What I will
00:16:46highlight as particularly important, and today is the occasion here
00:16:52Mrežnica, where the 14th Home Guard Regiment
00:16:55Slunj set off to liberate Slunj, is the valorization
00:16:59of the combat sector. Every month spent in
00:17:02the combat sector will be specially valued and
00:17:05through financial calculation of their
00:17:09pensions.
00:17:12And Medved responded to the criticisms that came from the Možemo party. He says that their
00:17:15legislative proposals were
00:17:19a smaller number of veterans, and that the government therefore did not adopt them. On the other
00:17:22hand, Damir Bakić stated in our new day that their
00:17:26legislative proposals were delayed in parliament, and that the
00:17:29government eventually repackaged them and presented them
00:17:33as its own.
00:17:36But I would say this is an forced move. It was perfectly
00:17:39clear, perfectly clear from all, how
00:17:42shall I say, all indicators, from our contacts, we went through
00:17:46in our campaign, we went through maybe
00:17:5010 or 15 major Croatian cities, everywhere the reaction was
00:17:54the same, everywhere we received
00:17:56extremely, how shall I say, extremely strong, open,
00:18:00undivided support for
00:18:03raising that issue,
00:18:06uh argument. The argumentation, as I said, was never
00:18:10refuted, and it seems to me that
00:18:13the government had nowhere else to go but, as
00:18:16unfortunately happens in our political
00:18:19milieu, uh, not
00:18:20to constructively
00:18:24agree to a discussion of a proposal that came
00:18:27from the opposition, as it never did,
00:18:30but to quickly crush
00:18:34that proposal and then
00:18:38present it
00:18:39as their own.
00:18:42The commemorations continue for the 31st anniversary of Operation
00:18:45Storm in Croatia today in
00:18:49Mrežnica was named after the 14th Home Guard Regiment of Slunj,
00:18:53which on the second day of Operation Storm in 1995 entered
00:18:56there, and into Rakovica and Cetingrad. They crossed
00:19:00the bridge that enemy forces had mined, and the engineering
00:19:04unit repaired the bridge on Mrežnica on the night of the 6th.
00:19:14And in Uzdolje near Knin, a commemoration was held this morning for eight killed Serbian
00:19:18civilians, for whom SDSS MP Anja Šimpraga demanded justice and
00:19:22sent an appeal for consistent condemnation of all crimes and
00:19:25equal care for all victims. This is the only way,
00:19:28she emphasized, towards a society that is based on universal values
00:19:31and not on selective memory. She drew attention to the recent
00:19:35decision of the Constitutional Court,
00:19:37according to which Croatia, by not conducting an effective investigation
00:19:41into the murder of these eight Serbian civilians in Uzdolje, violated
00:19:44the Constitution and the Convention for the Protection of Human
00:19:47Rights.
00:19:51And let me immediately emphasize that I am not talking about the past today
00:19:54to perpetuate divisions. I am talking about
00:19:57the past because without truth and justice, there is no
00:20:01lasting trust among citizens, no full
00:20:03democracy, and no true reconciliation.
00:20:07Likewise, we equally want every crime to be investigated and
00:20:11every missing person of all
00:20:141727 nationalities, among them
00:20:1740% of Serbian
00:20:20nationality. The strength of joint commemorations, the arrival
00:20:24of the highest state representatives, was a light in resolving
00:20:28relations, accepting diversity as richness, as
00:20:31well as expressing sorrow for the fact that the Croatian state
00:20:34failed to protect its citizens, while on the other
00:20:38hand, Croatian society was warned that it must gather
00:20:41strength and admit that during Operation Storm, crimes were
00:20:44unfortunately committed against Serbian civilians that should
00:20:48not and did not have to happen.
00:20:51Zagreb police published details
00:20:54of a serious traffic accident in Botinec in which three people died.
00:20:58The accident happened last night around 10 p.m. when a
00:21:0135-year-old female driver of a
00:21:04passenger car in Doctor Luje Naletilića Street lost control
00:21:07of the vehicle. The car veered off the road and with great force hit
00:21:11a concrete power pole, practically splitting in half. At
00:21:15the scene of the accident, a 48-year-old passenger died,
00:21:18while the driver and a 29-year-old passenger were
00:21:22transported to the hospital where they later died. The police reported
00:21:25that the vehicle's traffic permit and registration had expired last
00:21:29year. The investigation and criminal investigation into
00:21:32the circumstances of this tragedy are still ongoing.
00:21:48Iran, according to a possible agreement,
00:21:50could take control of ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:21:54one of the world's most important routes for energy transport, Iranian regional
00:21:57sources state. Such an agreement would represent a major
00:22:01concession to Tehran and significantly change the balance of power in the region, but
00:22:04the American side has not yet commented on this proposal. US President
00:22:08Donald Trump stated that an agreement to reopen the strait
00:22:12is close, but earlier Washington said it would not accept Iranian
00:22:16control over this key maritime route. Iran also warned
00:22:20Persian Gulf countries that any new American attack could
00:22:23provoke a response aimed at energy infrastructure in
00:22:27the region.
00:22:31Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the latest American
00:22:34proposal for the Gaza Strip, stating that Israel will not accept a plan that
00:22:38does not guarantee its security. Netanyahu said that the Trump
00:22:41administration's proposal was not acceptable and that Israel had provided
00:22:45Washington with its objections. Although the plan envisions a gradual
00:22:48withdrawal of the Israeli army after the complete disarmament
00:22:52of Hamas, the Israeli prime minister emphasized that Israel's survival
00:22:56is not a subject for negotiation. Meanwhile, Hamas claims that it
00:22:59accepted the proposal and called on the United States to pressure
00:23:03Israel to reach a ceasefire agreement.
00:23:06Two Israeli soldiers were killed in Southern
00:23:09Lebanon, the Israeli army announced, while at least one person was killed
00:23:13in Israeli retaliatory attacks. The Lebanese
00:23:16Ministry of Health claims this. Yesterday, the Israeli army began attacks in southern
00:23:20Lebanon in response to what it called Hezbollah's
00:23:23violation of the truce. Israeli local media reported that
00:23:27two soldiers were killed and four wounded when an explosive device
00:23:30detonated in the area where they were operating in the south. The Lebanese
00:23:34Ministry of Health announced that one person was killed
00:23:38in the Israeli attack and at least twelve others were wounded. The outbreak
00:23:41of violence coincides with the latest round of negotiations between Israel and
00:23:44Lebanon in Rome. The two countries agreed in June on
00:23:48a security arrangement mediated by Washington, with the aim
00:23:54along the border. Israel, however, said it would maintain a security zone
00:23:58in southern Lebanon to eliminate the threat from the Hezbollah group
00:24:01supported by Iran.
00:24:04Today, Japan commemorates
00:24:08the 81st anniversary of the American nuclear attack
00:24:11on Hiroshima, which was the first such attack in history. From August 6,
00:24:151945, when the US dropped
00:24:17an atomic bomb on the Japanese city, thereby
00:24:20accelerating the end of World War II, until the end of that year,
00:24:24about 140,000 people died from the explosion itself and from injuries
00:24:28and illnesses caused by radiation.
00:24:31Approximately 50,000 people from 123 countries, including
00:24:35survivors, paid tribute with a minute of silence in the Hiroshima
00:24:38Peace Memorial Park, after the peace bell rang exactly at
00:24:428:15 a.m. local time, when the
00:24:45bomb was dropped. The bomb weighing about
00:24:494 tons killed everyone within a 500-meter radius
00:24:53immediately and destroyed 90% of the city. Three days
00:24:56after Hiroshima, the US dropped a bomb on Nagasaki,
00:25:00killing about 74,000 people.
00:25:16And while the entire Mediterranean is literally boiling at temperatures above
00:25:2040 degrees, and a summer vacation on the beach for many becomes just a struggle for
00:25:24a little shade, a completely new tourist hit is created.
00:25:28It is about "coolcation", i.e., a summer escape from
00:25:31unbearable heat to colder regions. Forget roasting in the
00:25:35sun, the hit of the season becomes light jackets,
00:25:38raincoats in a backpack and a pleasant 15 degrees Celsius.
00:25:41From the Green Gorski Kotar all the way to the far Scandinavian north,
00:25:45we investigated why deep shade has become a new tourist
00:25:48plus. More to...
00:25:54Instead of beaches and summer heat, Anja's
00:25:57summer vacation this year will be a pleasant 19 degrees
00:26:01in warm winds. These two teenagers, instead of
00:26:04traditional roasting on the Adriatic, convinced their parents
00:26:07to make a complete turnaround, a family vacation in
00:26:11the cooler north of Europe. On their journey, they told us
00:26:14from Gothenburg, Sweden. This year we decided to swap our swimsuits
00:26:18for raincoats and hiking boots, and
00:26:21the main reason for that was that we have friends in Bergen, in
00:26:24Norway. So, on the way, we decided to visit Berlin,
00:26:28Copenhagen, Gothenburg, and Oslo. The main reason we decided
00:26:31to go on this trip was that we wanted to experience a slightly different
00:26:35summer vacation for a change, instead of a vacation on the Adriatic.
00:26:39The traditional image of a perfect summer is slowly melting away.
00:26:42The so-called "coolcation" is a combination of exactly the opposite,
00:26:45a summer vacation in colder regions. This trend
00:26:48is noticed in travel agencies. Destinations that were
00:26:52once reserved for spring are now
00:26:55an absolute summer hit. For example, we have the most inquiries for Norway,
00:26:58Finland, Sweden. We have our
00:27:01Baltic program, which includes Lithuania, Latvia,
00:27:04Estonia. For example, that departure for the Baltic
00:27:07during July and August is completely sold out, and Iceland is also
00:27:11very popular this year. And prices? Well, for example, the Baltic is an
00:27:14eight-day trip for about
00:27:171150 euros per person. Iceland is a little
00:27:20more expensive, it's 10,590 euros per
00:27:24person. Renowned local adventurer and travel
00:27:28blogger Kristijan Iličić achieved a historic feat by
00:27:31traveling through all 97 internationally recognized
00:27:34countries in the world. With this achievement, he became the first Croat in
00:27:38history to visit all seven continents. He highlights
00:27:41Antarctica as one of his favorite trips, but for Croats looking to escape
00:27:44the heat, he recommends Iceland. In my opinion,
00:27:48Iceland is literally like one big national park. In a relatively
00:27:52small area, you have volcanoes, glaciers,
00:27:54geysers, hundreds of waterfalls, black sand
00:27:58beaches, and landscapes that look like they are on another
00:28:03you experience something new every day, and I believe that precisely
00:28:06such trips will be the future for many who want to escape
00:28:10extreme summer temperatures. Local tourists sought refuge from the city's heat
00:28:13in Zagreb's Zrinjevac, where
00:28:17the mercury in the shade rose to 37
00:28:21what do you think about culcation?
00:28:24um, it sounds fun,
00:28:28hot and you want to go to a gold place and is it hot for you here in
00:28:31Zagreb?
00:29:02"Yes, of course, yes, but people have to accept that
00:29:06what they have here, going to the sea once a month, annually, and so
00:29:10on, that's what it used to be, but I think that will
00:29:14change with the new generation. This is not just a passing fad from
00:29:18social networks, science also confirms that climate change has begun
00:29:21to fundamentally alter the tourism map of Europe. Tourism will
00:29:25adapt and is already adapting. Of course, our destinations are already
00:29:29thinking about it, and our research
00:29:32shows that guests are increasingly active, increasingly
00:29:36valuing ecology, quality
00:29:38food, the preservation
00:29:42of destinations, and all those natural beauties that we have, which are
00:29:45truly a magnet for the guests who visit us."
00:29:49Therefore, for a perfect climatic escape, you don't necessarily have to buy an expensive
00:29:53plane ticket to Scandinavia or Iceland. Croatia has its
00:29:56own Adriatic gem which is experiencing a true renaissance during heatwave
00:29:59days. Gorski Kotar. Guests there
00:30:03are offered year-round tourism, from skiing and sledding for
00:30:06children in winter, while in summer tourists look for
00:30:09hiking, mountaineering, cycling, swimming in
00:30:13lakes during the summer months, or swimming in
00:30:16rivers. As much as Gorski Kotar
00:30:20is primarily associated with winter and deep
00:30:23snow, tourism figures show that
00:30:2660% of tourist traffic has been generated for years
00:30:29in the three summer months: June, July
00:30:33and August. Winter jackets instead of swimsuits,
00:30:36mountain trails instead of shallow waters. Climate change
00:30:39is dramatically changing our planet, and the very definition of an ideal
00:30:43vacation. Salvation and refreshment are definitely increasingly
00:30:47sought in completely different geographical latitudes.
00:30:51Nataša Vidaković, N1,
00:30:53Zagreb.