September the 17th, 2022 - The Rijeka police have begun their project ''Zdrav na 5'' (Healthy for 5) in schools in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP), the Ministry of Health and others. They will seek to teach children in an age appropriate way about the issues of drug addiction and alcohol abuse.

As Morski writes, the praiseworthy Healthy for 5 project has been created in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy, and the Ministry of Science and Education in all elementary schools across the Republic of Croatia.

This year's educational lectures from the project "Healthy for 5" intended for eighth grade students began at the Skurinje Elementary School and included Rijeka police officers. The lecture was given by Nives Kajfes Grcko, a police officer from the Primorje-Gorski kotar Police Department.

Through this national project carried out in elementary schools, activities to prevent drug addiction and alcohol abuse among children and youth are being promoted, as are the proper development of socio-emotional skills, the teaching of the responsibility young people have in boosting and preserving their own health, and general safety.

On this occasion, police officer Nives Kajfes Grcko gave lectures for two classes of children, in which she pointed out to students the harmful consequences of alcohol consumption among young people, which not only has a negative effect on their cognitive and psycho-emotional development, but also results in many punishable behaviours that the police often encounter when it comes to young people and drinking alcohol (peer violence, fights, vandalism, traffic accidents).

As part of the implementation of the "Healthy for 5" project, these types of lectures will be held until the end of the school year in other primary schools across Primorje-Gorski kotar County.

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If it isn't the roads then it's the sea. Each year, numerous laws are broken in the Croatian Adriatic, by everyone from fishermen to foreigners renting boats. Rijeka's dedicated maritime police have successfully sanctioned numerous foreigners for breaking the law in some way or another over the last few days alone.

As Morski writes on the 20th of August, 2019, crews of Rijeka's police vessels have caught as many as eighteen foreign nationals gliding without prior authorisation in speedboats since Saturday, August the 17th.

The above-mentioned eighteen foreign nationals include nine German nationals, four Austrian nationals, three Italian nationals, and Polish and Hungarian nationals, who were gliding in their boats at a distance of less than 300 metres from the coast, a move which can sometimes have catastrophic consequences.

Crews of police vessels from Rijeka spotted them in the waters of the islands of Lošinj, Krk and Rab, and each individual was fined in accordance with the prescribed provisions of the Croatian maritime code.

In addition to the groups of foreign nationals illegally gliding in speedboats, an American citizen was also caught in the harbour of Rab on August the 19th removing shellfish without a valid permit to do so. He was fined for the offense committed under the Law on Marine Fishing.

Police officers from Rijeka's maritime police force will continue to undertake all available measures and actions within their power in order to maximise the safety of swimmers, boaters and other persons, as well as the overall safety of traffic at sea, as the police from Primorje-Gorski Kotar County reports.

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