90% of fires in the country are caused by people: Croatian forestry management company Hrvatske Šume urged citizens and tourists to behave responsibly and call 193 or 112 if they notice smoke

With 34 and possibly more bat species, Croatia is among the European countries with the greatest biodiversity of bat fauna, but their conservation status is poor or inadequate, said the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition

Compulsory military service, lasting two months, will be reintroduced in the country from 1 January 2025; compulsory conscription had been suspended in 2008 and the government began considering reinstating it after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Poor results in Croatian language examinations of high school students has raised concern within school authorities