ZAGREB, April 8, 2018 - Several hundred residents of the eastern city of Slavonski Brod on Saturday rallied for a peaceful protest to warn once again of the problem of air pollution in the town as well as a recent water pollution incident, saying that their fight was one for a life in dignity and that they would stage a protest in Zagreb on April 14.

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 - The director general of the Hrvatske Vode utility Zoran Đuroković said on Monday Croatia had absorbed five to six percent of the European Union funds allocated for the municipal water infrastructure but that he expected all funds to be absorbed by 2023, when the financial period for spending the funds ends.

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 - Croatia has 1.050 billion euro in European Union funds at its disposal for the water sector in the 2014-20 period, as part of which the government is ready to implement 25 municipal water projects while the approval of nine is pending, Environmental Protection and Energy Minister Tomislav Ćorić said.

ZAGREB, April 1, 2018 - Water supply at supply points in Slavonski Brod and the surrounding municipalities has been stabilised, the city and county civil protection centres said after a meeting on Sunday.

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.