ZAGREB/SPLIT/RIJEKA/OSIJEK/DUBROVNIK, Jan 1 (Hina) - About 30,000 Zagreb citizens greeted the new year in the central square of the Croatian capital. The celebration started at 05.30 pm on New Year's Eve and lasted until early
Wednesday morning.
ZAGREB/SPLIT/RIJEKA/OSIJEK/DUBROVNIK, Jan 1 (Hina) - About 30,000
Zagreb citizens greeted the new year in the central square of the
Croatian capital. The celebration started at 05.30 pm on New Year's
Eve and lasted until early Wednesday morning. #L#
Over 20,000 residents of the biggest Croatian coastal city also
packed the central square and Riva in Split to welcome the new year.
Members of an association called "Blue Planet" waited for the
midnight in cages of the Split Zoo to warn of poor conditions in
which animals are placed in this zoo.
About 18,000 citizens and guests also enjoyed an open-air
celebration in the Adriatic resort of Dubrovnik. Instead of the
fireworks display, Dubrovnik residents and their guests let 6,000
balloons fly in the air at midnight.
Some 5,000 people gathered in the main square in the seaport of
Rijeka for the new year's revelry. According to local authorities,
about 11,000 tourists arrived in the Kvarner area to spend the New
Year holidays.
Major cities in eastern Croatia such as Osijek, Djakovo, Vukovar
organised open-air-celebrations in squares as well.
(hina) ms