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Rijeka Korzo – Centre of European Rally
Rijeka, 18 May 2012
From 24 to 26 May 2012 Rijeka will host one of the 12 most prestigious rally races included in the European Rally Championship - EP Croatia Rally 2012. With its start and finish in Rijeka, this three-day racing takes place on the roads of the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County and the Istria County. The host and organisers of the race are the Croatian Car and Carting Federation and Car Club „M.R.C. Sport" from Rijeka.
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Csepel and Rijeka, 15 years of friendship and co-operation
Rijeka, 18 May 2012
A delegation composed of representatives from Csepel, the 21st independent district of Budapest, Hungary, with which Rijeka has fostered friendly cooperation ever since 1997, sojourns in Rijeka. The delegation from Csepel is led by vice mayor Attila Ábeli, and it also includes the members of “Puszta Band”, musical band which will take part in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the “Baross” Hungarian cultural association in Rijeka.
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2012 Edition of the Rijeka Summer Nights marked by co-productions
Rijeka, 17 May 2012
This year’s edition, ninth in a row, of the Rijeka Summer Nights Festival will take place from 19 June to 24 July 2012. The festival will be inaugurated by “Puja!”, a group made up of Spanish and Argentine performers who will perform „Do Do Land", acrobatic air ballet, accompanied by live music, while the festival closure ceremony, this year will be held at a new scenic spot – on the roof terrace of the Tower Centre, where in addition to a dance programme, festival prizes will be awarded.
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Elderly people in Rijeka have got their website
Rijeka, 11 May 2012
The website adjusted to third agers was presented in the premises of the Rijeka City Administration, aimed at improving the social inclusion of elderly people in Rijeka. This website, which forms part of the Healthy Aging Strategy, implemented with the objective to increase the level of third agers’ social integration, was realised with assistance of the representatives of the Kantrida Nursing Home and the Central Association of Rijeka pensioners.
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Closed the 19th edition of the Small Scene Theatre Festival: The best play is “My Son Just Walks a Little Slow”
Rijeka, 10 May 2012
The Small Scene Theatre Festival was closed last night with the play „The Lower Depths“ produced by the City Theatre of Vilnius, directed by Oskaras Korsunovas. The jury composed of: Snježana Banović, director from Zagreb, Dušanka Stojanović Glid, drama actress from Belgrade and Damir Orlić, drama actor from Rijeka, awarded the “Veljko Maričić” prize for the best performance on the whole to the play „My Son Just Walks a Little Slow “ produced by the theatre “Zagrebačko kazalište mladih”.
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The mayor of Rijeka Vojko Obersnel attending the International Mayors’ Conference in Israel
Rijeka, 7 May 2012
Vojko Obersnel, Rijeka mayor and the president of the Association of the Cities of the Republic of Croatia, took part in the 28th International Mayors’ Conference held in Israel from 6 to 10 May in the following cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Nazareth.
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Held the 4th edition of the Rijeka sports games for children with developmental disabilities
Rijeka, 7 May 2012
Within the “Rijeka - Healthy City” project, at the Youth Sports Hall at Trsat, the 4th edition of the sports games for children with developmental disabilities was held. Children competed in basketball shooting, goal shooting, polygon sports, bowling pin shooting, relay racing and in hockey goal shooting with a hockey stick.
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The 16th International Meeting – Oldtimer Car Rally Rijeka 2012
Rijeka, 4 May 2012
The 16th International Meeting – Oldtimer Car Rally, organised by the Oldtimer Club “Rijeka” and the City of Rijeka will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 5 and 6 May 2012. The race will begin on Korzo at 11 a.m. It is expected that approximately 50 cars with about 100 participants from Croatia and abroad (Slovenia, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany) will take part in the 16th edition of the Oldtimer Car Rally.
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Mayor Vojko Obersnel attending the Committee of the Regions (CoR) Plenary Session and the presentation of Croatian Regions in Brussels
Rijeka, 2 May 2012
Thursday and Friday, 3 and 4 May 2012, the mayor of the City of Rijeka and the president of the Association of Cities, Vojko Obersnel, as president of the delegation of Croatian observers to the Committee of the Regions, takes part in the Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels.
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Reception for the partners of the Comenius project “BIRDS” in which elementary school “Dolac” takes part
Rijeka, 25 April 2012
Rijeka mayor Vojko Obersnel and the head of the Department of Education and Schooling of the City of Rijeka Sanda Sušanj, held a reception for the participants in the international project Comenius, taking part in the programme implemented in elementary school “Dolac”. The reception was attended by the participants of the Comenius project from Germany, Poland, Greece, Romania, Cyprus and Turkey and the representative of ES “Dolac”: Nadia Poropat, school principal and Dunja Kučan, project manager.
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Rijeka again the most transparent city in Croatia
Rijeka, 24 April 2012
According to the most recent results of LOTUS 2011/2012 research into the transparency of operation and functioning of local and regional self-government units, Rijeka has defended and kept the title as the most transparent city in Croatia.
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Rijeka to host the International Qualification Judo Tournament
Rijeka, 20 April 2012
Over the next four years the City of Rijeka will host the 5th tournament of the series of the International Qualification Judo Tournaments that will be held every September from 2013 to 2016. The Contract concerning the organisation of the fifth IJF Grand Prix was signed in the reception room of the City of Rijeka by the president of the Croatian Judo Federation Sanda Čorak and Marius L.Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation. The tournament will be held at the Zamet Centre in Rijeka.
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Opening of the “Pier Shear” project
Rijeka, 23 April 2012
Saturday, 21 April 2012, six sheep replaced their natural environment in the area surrounding Rijeka with a new home on the Rijeka Pier to help (re)imagining the Pier and what it could be. In this, they are assisted by seven artists and artisans who will exhibit their woollen creations on the Pier, physically transforming it. |
On Thursday, the cruise liner “Oriana” at anchorage in front of the Port of Rijeka
Rijeka, 19 April 2012
The first of the 33 cruise ships that this year will approach the territory of the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County, sailed in the local waters of the port of Rijeka on Thursday morning, 19 April 2012. The cruise liner “Oriana” owned by the passenger-shipping company “P&O Cruises" arrived in Rijeka with 1,761 passengers and 710 crew members. She sailed out in the afternoon, after the passengers have returned from an excursion and sightseeing in the city.
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Signed the design and construction contract for the container terminal on the waterfront “Riva Zagreb” with a consortium of Italian companies and “Osijek Koteks”
Rijeka, 17 April 2012
The design and construction contract has been signed at the Port of Rijeka Authority with a consortium of Italian companies and “Osijek Koteks” for the container terminal on the waterfront “Riva Zagreb”. The contract is worth EUR 70 million, and the first phase of the new container terminal on the Zagreb Pier should be completed by 2017.
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Her Excellency Andrea Ikić Böhm, Austrian Ambassador, paying a visit to Rijeka
Rijeka, 13 April 2012
The mayor of the City of Rijeka Vojko Obersnel and Vidoje Vujić, acting president of the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County held a working meeting with the new Austrian Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, H.E. Andrea Ikić Böhm, who is on her first official visit to Rijeka. During the meeting, the hosts and the high guest discussed the possibilities for improving the present cooperation in all fields.
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Unveiled the memorial plaque in honour of the Macedonian enlightener, poet and linguist Andreja Petkovič
Rijeka, 11 April 2012
On the front side of the building of the Commercial Court, on the corner where Trpimir street and Zadar street cross, a memorial plaque has been placed in honour of the Macedonian enlightener, poet and linguist Andreja Petkovič, born in the Macedonian city of Veles, who from 1873 to 1892 carried out the duty of the Imperial Russian Consul in Rijeka. During some twenty years of his life in Rijeka, Petković took part in the public and social life, and in addition to his rich diplomatic activity, he also provided donations to Rijeka citizens.
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Children are building bridges of friendship between Croatia and Macedonia
Rijeka, 2 April 2012
The representatives of the City of Rijeka held a reception for a delegation of the Children’s Embassy for all children with its head office in Prilep, Macedonia. During the reception, aimed at further strengthening of friendly relationships between Croatia and Macedonia, a visit by young Macedonians to Rijeka and Croatia was discussed, as well as an initiative to open a Children’s Consulate General in Rijeka.
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Patrick J. O'Connor, an alderman in Chicago’s City Council paying a visit to the City of Rijeka
Rijeka, 2 April 2012
A reception was given by the leaders of the City of Rijeka in honour of Patrick J. O'Connor, an alderman in Chicago’s City Council who sojourns in Croatia as a participant in the Brown Forum. During the reception, friendly relationships between Rijeka and Chicago, in which a large Croatian community lives, were discussed.
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Rijeka and Opatija to host the General Assembly of the Association of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS)
Rijeka, 30 March 2012
Rijeka and Opatija will host the General Assembly of the Association of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS) that will be held in September 2013. This was decided last Thursday in Priština, where the Annual Assembly of this Association was held.
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Free education courses aimed at active inclusion in the activity of the e-club operating within the Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka
Rijeka, 27 March 2012
During the international Get Online Week, the Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka organises workshops allowing citizens to get free computer education, learn how to use the Internet and Facebook, in order to join the Rijeka Facebook group – Explore your City, Love your City. Through the manifestation Get Online Week in the European year of healthy ageing and intergenerational solidarity, citizens are given support to join e-clubs and actively take part in the preservation of the cultural and industrial heritage of the city they live in.
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Small digital centres at clubs for elderly people
Rijeka, 26 March 2012
Digital centres were presented at the “Krimeja” club for pensioners and elderly people, open within the EGOV4U project in four more clubs in Rijeka gathering elderly people. Small digital centres, established in order to enable elderly people to gain basic IT skills in a pleasant and informal atmosphere, were presented within the EU campaigns e-Skills Week and Get Online Week.
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Flemish and Rijeka businessmen about possibilities for business co-operation
Rijeka, 23 March 2012
A business gathering was held at the City of Rijeka, organised by the export promotion agency FITA of the Flemish Ministry of Public Works, in which the representatives of Flemish and Rijeka companies took part whose activities include transport and logistics, ecology and infrastructure. Possibilities of their business cooperation were presented with an emphasis on the fact that Croatia will soon join the EU and will be able to use its structural funds.
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Photo exhibition “Congo through the eyes of the Kongo people”
Rijeka, 23 March 2012
At the gallery “Principij”, in Rijeka, at the address Pod Voltun 4, at 19:00h on Monday, 26 March 2012, the exhibition “Congo through the eyes of the Kongo people” will be inaugurated. The exhibition is organised within "The Days of Francophonie 2012", where a selection of 50 most recognised photographs to be presented by Michel Gelinne, photographer and project initiator. The organisers are: Centre Culturel La Venerie, Ti Suka (Brussels) and the Open University “Dubrava”, supported by Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).
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The 19th edition of the International Small Scene Theatre Festival
Rijeka, 16 March 2012
The 19th edition of the International Small Scene Theatre Festival will take place from 3 to 9 May at the Croatian Cultural Centre at Sušak and at the “Kortil” gallery. Eight Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Polish and Lithuanian theatrical plays linked by the common topic addressing dysfunctional families, under the pressure of political and social imperatives, will be presented to the Rijeka audience.
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The 12th edition of the International Chess Tournament for Women "The Flower of the Mediterranean– Rijeka 2012"
Rijeka, 1 March 2012
The International Chess Tournament for Women "The Flower of the Mediterranean– Rijeka 2011" organised by the Chess Club "Draga" will take place in the period from 3 to 5 March. The tournament that offers an opportunity to young female chess players to improve and match their skills with renowned female chess players is organised under the auspices of the president of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Josipović, the City of Rijeka, the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County and the Croatian Chess Federation.
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Spectacular grand finale of the Rijeka Carnival
Rijeka, 19 February 2012
The spectacular grand finale of the 29th edition of the Rijeka carnival burst in an explosion of numerous colours, figures, funny comments on some current happenings, fanciful creations at Korzo, all produced by 97 carnival groups with about 8,500 participants who plan, make costumes and build allegorical floats throughout the year, and this year there were as many as 73 allegorical floats. About 70,000 spectators watched the carnival parade, among whom also guests from abroad. Good atmosphere was all around which even bad weather during the second half of the carnival parade could not spoil.
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Signed an agreement on investment in the football club HNK "Rijeka"
Rijeka, 17 February 2012
After the talks urged by interest shown in cooperation with the Croatian football club (HNK) “Rijeka”, an agreement has been signed in Rijeka with Gabriele Volpi, Italian entrepreneur from Genoa and the owner of the water polo team “Pro Recco”, concerning his investment in the football club “Rijeka”.
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Vojko Obersnel at the Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Rijeka, 15 February 2012
On Wednesday and Thursday, 15 and 16 February 2012, the mayor of the City of Rijeka and the president of the Association of Cities, Vojko Obersnel sojourns in Brussels to attend the Plenary Session of the Committee of Regions of the European Union. Mayor Obersnel was invited to the Session as president of the Croatian delegation of observers in the Committee.
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Reception in honour of the Ambassador of Ukraine Oleksandar Levchenko
Rijeka, 14 February 2012
On the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Croatia, to be held in Rijeka on 22 February, Miroslav Matešić, City of Rijeka deputy mayor and Ivan Šarar, head of the Department of Culture gave a reception in honour of the Ambassador of Ukraine to Croatia, His Excellency Oleksandar Levchenko.
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Green Cleanup - One Day for a Clean Environment
Rijeka, 9 February 2012
Within the global movement - Let's do it! World Cleanup 2012 - “Green Cleanup – One Day for a Clean Environment!” campaign is being implemented in Croatia which goal is to gather the largest number of volunteers ever in a cleanup initiative on 21 April. The initiative will be carried out under the auspices of association Žmergo from Opatija, and with its letter of support, the City of Rijeka was among the first cities to have joined the action, with a simple message: everyone can do something for a cleaner and healthier environment – together we can do anything!
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Certificates awarded to course takers who have completed free IT courses
Rijeka, 27 January 2012
Due to a large number of course takers, namely more than 120 of them, two certificate awarding ceremonies were held, relating to basic and advanced free courses organised by the City of Rijeka. Free IT training is organised for those citizen categories whose access to new skills tied to information technology is limited.
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Officially inaugurated the new premises of the Tourist Information Centre in Rijeka
Rijeka, 25 January 2012
With a programme prepared for the occasion, the Tourist Board of the City of Rijeka marked the inauguration of the new head office of the Tourist Information Centre located at the new address: Korzo 14. On this occasion, the travel agency “Atlas” presented a new brochure dedicated to Rijeka as a destination of urban tourism.
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Signed a loan agreement for the waste management project “Marišćina”
Zagreb, 17 January 2012
At the Ministry of Finance a loan agreement for EU project financing was signed between the Ministry of Finance, the Primorje -Gorski Kotar County, the City of Rijeka and “Ekoplus” whereby financing the waste management project “Marišćina”.
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