{"id":14345,"date":"2024-01-26T10:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rijeka.hr\/en\/?p=14345"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:18:06","slug":"sister-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rijeka.hr\/en\/sister-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bitola<\/span> &#8211; Macedonia<br \/>\nThe initiative whereby establishing friendly co-operation between the two cities was signed in Rijeka on 17 September 2009.\u00a0 The agreement on the establishment of friendly co-operation aimed at improving co-operation between the two cities in the fields of economy, tourism, culture, sports, universities, was signed in Bitola on 4 November 2011.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Burgas<\/span> &#8211; Bulgaria<br \/>\nThe initiative whereby establishing friendly co-operation between the City of Burgas and the City of Rijeka was signed in Rijeka on 29 October 2008.\u00a0 The agreement on the establishment of friendly co-operation was signed on 21 April 2016.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cetinje<\/span> &#8211; Montenegro<br \/>\nThe Friendship Agreement was signed in Rijeka on 10 September 2010.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Csepel<\/span> -the 21st administrative district of Budapest, Hungary<br \/>\nThe Protocol of Cooperation between the City of Rijeka and Csepel was signed in Rijeka on 8 February 1997, and the Cooperation Agreement between the City Government of Budapest &#8211; Csepel (Budapest, Hungary) and the City Government of Rijeka (Rijeka, Croatia) on 8 March 2002 in Csepel.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dalian<\/span> &#8211; PR China<br \/>\nThe Agreement whereby establishing friendly co-operation between the City of Dalian and the City of Rijeka was signed in Dalian on 26 April 2006.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Este<\/span> &#8211; Italy<br \/>\nThe Twinning Agreement between the City of Rijeka and the City of Este was signed in Rijeka on 21 Nov. 2004 and on 1 October 2015.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Faenza<\/span> &#8211; Italy<br \/>\nThe Twinning Protocol between the City of Faenza and the City of Rijeka was signed in Rijeka on 16 September 1983<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gdansk<\/span> &#8211; Poland<br \/>\nThe initiative whereby establishing friendly cooperation between Gdansk and Rijeka was signed on 23 November 2015.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gdynia<\/span> &#8211; Poland<br \/>\nThe initiative whereby establishing friendly cooperation was signed on 23 November 2015<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Genova<\/span> &#8211; Italy<br \/>\nThe Friendship Agreement\u00a0 was signed in Genoa on 13 Oct. 2004 and in Rijeka on 7 Feb. 2005<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gomel<\/span> &#8211; Belarus<br \/>\nThe initiative whereby establishing friendly cooperation was signed on 3 June 2016.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Karlsruhe<\/span> &#8211; Germany<br \/>\nThe Agreement whereby establishing cooperation in various projects with the aim of improving the existing and developing new projects in the field of health care and social welfare, universities, the economy and culture was signed on 15 June in Rijeka and on 16 September in Karlsruhe.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kawasaki<\/span> &#8211; Japan<br \/>\nThe Friendship and Cooperation Agreement between the city of Kawasaki and Rijeka was signed on 23 June 1977.<br \/>\nThe 2nd Cooperation Programme between Kawasaki and Rijeka was signed on 5 Nov. 1980, while the Third Cooperation Agreement between Kawasaki and Rijeka\u00a0 was signed in Rijeka on 17 May 1999.<br \/>\nOn the occasion of the 30th anniversary of cooperation between Kawasaki and Rijeka, the 4th Memorandum on further friendly cooperation was signed on 8 May 2007.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ljubljana<\/span> &#8211; Slovenia<br \/>\nThe cooperation and twinning agreement between the cities was signed on 23October 1979.The letter of intent aimed at deepening friendly relations between the cities of Ljubljana and Rijeka was signed on 4 March 2000 in Ljubljana. The agreement on strengthening friendly cooperation between Rijeka and Ljubljana was signed on 21 January 2004.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Neuss<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\"> &#8211; Germany<br \/>\n<\/span>Friendly cooperation was established about 40 years ago through the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The agreement on the association between the city of Rijeka and the city of Neuss on friendship and cooperation was signed on 26 October 1990 in Neuss and Rijeka.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ningbo<\/span> &#8211; PR China<br \/>\nThe Memorandum of Cooperation between the two cities in the area of the economy, trade and port activities was signed in Rijeka on 5 November 2010.<br \/>\nThe Cooperation Agreement was signed in Ningbo on 7 June 2011<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Novi Sad<\/span> &#8211; Serbia<br \/>\nThe initiative whereby establishing friendly co-operation between the two cities\u00a0 was signed in Novi Sad on 2 February 2011<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rome<\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Italy<br \/>\nThe friendship and cooperation agreement on between the City of Rome and the City of Rijeka was signed in Rome on 18 June 2010. The cooperation was limited to a short period of time and was based on the exchange of historical facts. The three-year agreement on friendly cooperation with the City of Rome expired in 2013.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rostock<\/span> &#8211; Germany<br \/>\nThe agreement between the Council of the City of Rostock and the Assembly of the Rijeka Municipality aimed at improving friendly relations was signed on 7 October 1974, and the Cooperation Agreement between the Hanseatic City of Rostock and the City of Rijeka was signed on 28 October 2002 in Rijeka.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Trieste<\/span> &#8211; Italy<br \/>\nThe Letter of Intent whereby establishing friendly co-operation was signed in Trieste on 1 September 2010. The Friendship and Cooperation Agreement between the City of Rijeka and the City of Trieste whereby conforming their will to deepen friendly relationships was signed in Rijeka on 20 September 2011.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tuzla<\/span> &#8211; Bosnia and Herzegovina<br \/>\nThe Letter of Intent whereby establishing friendly co-operation was signed in Tuzla on 12 September 2022.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Qingdao<\/span> &#8211; PR China<br \/>\nThe Letter of Intent whereby establishing friendly relations was signed between the cities of Rijeka and\u00a0 Qingdao signed in Rijeka on 7 June 1998, and the Friendship Agreement between the City of Rijeka and the City of Qingdao was signed on 11 July 1999.\u00a0The Twinning Agreement was signed in Qingdao on 22 August 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Rijeka fosters friendly relationships with a number of European and world cities,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nekategorizirano"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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