ZAGREB, April 5, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday that the government had reacted promptly to the environmental disaster in Slavonski Brod and that an investigation would show how the water in area had been polluted by hydrocarbons. "We regret this incident. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the pollution, namely the cause of the oil leakage from the pipeline which the Crodux company was testing," the prime minister said.

ZAGREB, April 4, 2018 - Environmental Protection and Energy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said on Tuesday that the latest results of the analysis of water from the eastern town of Slavonski Brod gave reason for optimism, but noted that the ban on using the water for drinking and cooking remained in force.

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - The mayor of the eastern town of Slavonski Brod, Mirko Duspara, and the local water utility Vodovod d.o.o. have filed criminal complaints with the county prosecutor's office against unidentified perpetrators over environmental pollution and endangering of life and property by dangerous public acts or means, County Prosecutor Mirela Smital said on Tuesday, noting that police had been instructed to investigate the incident that occurred on March 28.

ZAGREB, April 2, 2018 - Works to connect the eastern town of Slavonski Brod to the Sikirevci water supply plant began on Monday, with Environmental Protection and Energy Minister Tomislav Ćorić announcing that the people of Slavonski Brod and the surrounding municipalities would get drinking water in 15 days.

ZAGREB, April 2, 2018 - Brod-Posavina County police are investigating an ecological incident which occurred outside Slavonski Brod on March 28, in cooperation with the local prosecutor's office, police said in a press release on Sunday.

ZAGREB, April 2, 2018 - The Hyla association and the WWF Adria environmental protection organisation presented a project called "Conservation of the Island Wetlands of the Mediterranean Basin (MedlsWet)", which is being implemented in nine Mediterranean countries, including Croatia.

ZAGREB, April 1, 2018 - The army was helping supply the people of Slavonski Brod with drinking water on Easter with six tank trucks, each up to 6,000-litre capacity.

ZAGREB, March 31, 2018 - Environmental Protection and Energy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said on Saturday that the Hrvatska Vode water utility would start connecting the Slavonski Brod and Sikirevci water supply systems as of Tuesday and that the people of Slavonski Brod would have lower water bills.

ZAGREB, March 31, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in Slavonski Brod on Saturday that everything would be done to connect as soon as possible the water supply system of the eastern city, whose residents are without drinking water, to the water supply plant in Sikirevci.

ZAGREB, March 31, 2018 - Social Democratic Party (SDP) president Davor Bernardić on Saturday visited the area of an ecological incident and a water factory in Slavonski Brod, saying "the government's inaction is endangering the lives of the people of Slavonski Brod."