Vjeran Pirsic

Environmentalists and local governments in Croatia are opposing a legal proposal to allow the State Property Ministry to "green light" the construction of golf courses inside forests, bypassing the views of the local authorities.

The traces of oil on the surface of the central and southern parts of the Adriatic Sea near the Croatian island of Kornati should raise concerns regarding the pollution of the sea along the country's coast, said Vjeran Pirsic, an environmental activist from the NGO Eko Kvarner.