A burning Turkish cargo ship drifting towards Croatia’s Adriatic coast, threatening to pollute Istrian beaches, is at the moment located on about 5 nautical miles from Brijuni Islands and National Park.

The official statement of Croatian Ministry of Sea regarding the recent sea accident :
Turkish-flagged ship catches fire off Rovinj, all passengers safe
The Turkish-flagged ship ‘Und Adriyatik’ caught fire early Wednesday morning 15 miles off the northern Croatian Adriatic resort of Rovinj, said Marina Haluzan, spokeswoman for the Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure.

Some worrying news are comming from Guardian tonight about the sea accident that happened 13 nautical miles west of the Istrian town of Rovinj:

The construction of the Monument to the Sun is being completed in Zadar.
The Greeting to the Sun, as the monument is referred to - a large art installation consisting of 300 solar plates incorporated in the stone quay in the shape of a circle, measures 22 meters in diameter.

The Environmental Policy Centre of the Yale University released a report with a global list of 149 countries ranked by environmental performance, according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
On the list Croatia is ranked at the 20th place with index of 84.6 out of 100 points.