Cleanliness of Adriatic confirmed once more

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Croatia has been awarded 115 Blue Flags for beaches and 20 Blue Flags for marinas this year.
To get the exclusive eco-label Blue Flag, a beach or marina has to meet ecological, educational, security and service standards.
The Blue Flag Programme is owned and run by the independent non-profit organisation Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The programme is an international project started by the EU Council in 1981.
Croatia has ten-per-cent fewer Blue Flags this year, but that is because of recession, not ecological issues. Because of lack of money, there were fewer applications for Blue Flags this year.
'Lijepa Nasa' (Our Beautiful Land) association head Ante Kutle said two days ago that Blue Flag was important to many tourists when they choose their summer-holiday destination, the daily Vjesnik has reported.
Kutle said: "Last year, Croatia received 145 Blue Flags for beaches and marinas that ranked it seventh on the world list."
The Blue Flag was awarded this year to a total of 3,338 beaches and marinas in various countries.

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