“The Ministry of Culture and Media has signed contracts for projects worth HRK 3.5 billion. According to yesterday’s data, more than 50 projects have been launched and some have been finished. Six or seven out of 150 buildings have been restored, and those are smaller buildings. Over the next month, structural reconstruction will begin for about 50 buildings,” Obuljen Koržinek said in an interview with Croatian Radio on Wednesday morning.
She said that some of the projects were risky and would take years to complete, such as Zagreb’s Mirogoj Cemetery, Cathedral, Museum of Arts and Crafts, and Mimara Museum.
Speaking on the financial aspect of the reconstruction process, Obuljen Koržinek said: “As far as cultural heritage is concerned, we will spend our entire initial allocation by the initial deadline.”
She said that two weeks ago her ministry had shared the Croatian experience regarding the protection of works of art during the Homeland War with their Ukrainian colleagues, and announced a shipment of aid, including fire extinguishers. She said a project was also being prepared to buy up books from Ukraine and distribute them to public libraries across Croatia.
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