{"id":44325,"date":"2026-08-29T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=44325"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:35:29","slug":"president-milanovic-on-vir-you-have-proven-to-have-the-knowledge-and-heart-to-lift-this-island-from-strange-state","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-on-vir-you-have-proven-to-have-the-knowledge-and-heart-to-lift-this-island-from-strange-state\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 on Vir: You Have Proven to Have the Knowledge and Heart to Lift this Island from Strange State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cYou have proven to have the will, ambition, knowledge and heart to lift this small island, this place, this town and this municipality from a strange state it found itself,\u201d told the President of the Republic Milanovi\u0107 tonight in his address to the people of Vir during the ceremonial session of the Vir Municipality Council on the occasion of the Municipality Day and the Feast of the Municipality\u2019s heavenly patron, the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 praised Vir\u2019s exceptional progress in rectifying past urban planning and utility challenges, emphasizing that the damage done fifty years ago was corrected only within a single generation. President Milanovi\u0107 emphasized that Vir had been a \u201cdamage control champion\u201d for years, but the true turning point had been brought by the vision of the local government. \u201cThis small, yet densely populated island did not have running water up until 2013. I know that behind these results there is the concentrated, targeted, and meaningful work of a group of people who fought to ensure this town \u2013 formally not a town, but possessing all attributes of a town \u2013 reaches a point where connection to the water supply and sewage network is at 35 to 40 percent at this moment,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107. \u201cThis is an unreal success compared to the situation that was found, and it was so complicated that it seemed it could never be implemented,\u201d added the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cContinue this way. The vision and plan you are working by is working. These results are measurable and do not forget your special mentality,\u201d told President Milanovi\u0107 to the natives of Vir, congratulating them on Municipality Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside President Milanovi\u0107, the president of Vir Municipality Council Kristijan Kapovi\u0107, Mayor of Vir Marino Radovi\u0107, and Zadar County prefect and envoy of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia and Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Josip Bilaver delivered an address at the ceremonial session of the Vir Municipality Day. Moreover, annual awards were presented to the most deserving individuals and organizations for their contribution to the development of the Municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by the Head of the Cabinet of the President Bartol \u0160imuni\u0107 and Adviser to the President for local and regional self-government relations Nik\u0161a Peronja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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