In the case of acute respiratory distress symptoms associated with COVID-19 (fever, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, loss of smell or taste…) or other clinical or epidemiological indications, including testing required in care homes and other social or healthcare services for reducing the risk of infection spread among vulnerable groups, in accordance with the Ministry of Health guidelines, testing referral is issued by the designated physician (family practitioner, pediatrician), who will also schedule the testing.

The conditions for crossing the state border are described in the decision of the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia, which applies from 13 November to 30 November 2021.

Continuing the trend of deteriorating epidemiological situation and the exponential trend of expansion in the County of Istria and the existing scientific and teaching capacities of the University, in accordance with the decision of the Senate (Decision on teaching in the academic year 2021/2022 of 9th September 2021) health of employees, students and their families, the Rector decided to switch to online teaching during the week from 22nd to 26th November 2021. Please note that the Decision is only valid for that week.

The first step is to isolate yourself from other family members or roomates and test yourself with a quick test that you can buy in any pharmacy (Price approx. 35kn or 5 €) in case the test turns out to be positive, follow next steps:

Following the trend of worsening the epidemiological situation and the exponential trend of expansion in Istria, the existing scientific and teaching capacities of the University in accordance with the decision of the Senate to protect the health of employees, students and their familie, decision is made to switch to online classes during the week from 15 .- 19.11.2021 (Decision valid only for that week).

Considering the epidemiological situation and possible transmission of COVID-19 disease, all persons in the Republic of Croatia are obliged to adhere to strict measures of physical distancing, all prescribed anti-epidemic measures, special recommendations and instructions of the Croatian Institute of Public Health and necessary epidemiological measures.

The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia issued a Decision amending the Decision on Necessary Epidemiological Measures Restricting Assemblies and Introducing Other Necessary Epidemiological Measures and Recommendations to Prevent the Transmission of COVID-19 Diseases through Assemblies. The decision is as follows:

The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia has issued several Decisions in force.

Croatian and foreign nationals entering the Republic of Croatia must comply with these recommendations and instructions in the period of 14 days following their crossing of the state border, as follows:

EU Member states have started to re-open the borders for travel within the Union, and the Commission has launched a website „Re-open EU“ that will offer in real time updated information regarding the travel in Europe. Information are available in all 24 official EU languages.

Until further notice, the University Library in Pula will provide lending and return services and enrollment of new users.

The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia has issued Decisions to execute the measures planned for the third phase, which will apply from May 11, 2020:

The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia has issued Decisions to execute the measures planned for the second phase, which will apply from May 4, 2020:

The University Library, based on a decision by the Government of the Republic of Croatia, will start working with users on April 28, 2020, according to a restricted system of work.

The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia has issued Decisions to execute the measures planned for the first phase, which will apply from April 27:

On April 23, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia presented the Proposal of Conclusion on measures to initiate economic and other activities and activities in the conditions of the declared epidemic of the disease COVID-19.

On the basis of proposals received from county headquarters, the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia adopted the Decision on the abolition of the necessary measure of prohibition of leaving the place of residence and permanent residence for several counties, including the County of Istria .

The Headquarters of the Civil Protection of the Republic of Croatia adopted amendments to the current Decisions to extend the prohibition measures.

In order to capture the experiences of students and trainees across Europe regarding the impact of COVID-19 on their mobility experience, the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) has written a research report on the topic: Student Exchanges in Time of Crisis – Research report on the impact of COVID-19 on student ecxhange in Europe .

Read carefully information regarding working schedule during the Easter holidays.

The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia approved the request of the County of Istria, several Istrian cities and municipalities, and the Civil Protection Headquarters of the County of Istria to allow citizens to move within the territoryof former Istrian municipalities without issuing a pass.

The Headquarters of the Civil Protection of the Republic of Croatia adopted on 8 April 2020 a decision regulating the special mode of operation of the markets during the duration of the declared epidemic of the disease COVID-19. The decision is valid from April 9th and working hours are from 8:00 to 13:00.

From April 2, 2020 at 7 am , pursuant to an agreement between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the aim of preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus infection, 20 border crossings with Bosnia and Herzegovina for border traffic are suspended.

Due to the current situation arising from the coronavirus outbreak, a certain number of aliens on short-term stay (a stay of maximum 90 days in a period of 180 days) cannot leave the Republic of Croatia within the time limit prescribed by the Schengen Borders Code, for objective reasons.

Ministry od science and education of Croatia has activated crisis teams that provide psychological support and help to all students, teachers and their parents who need help in order to deal with current epidemiological situation.

With aim of collecting as much as possible information about COVID-19, University of Almeria in Spain has created a simple spreadsheet where you can find useful information. 

These useful materials have been provided within Erasmus+ WILLIAM project where Juraj Dobrila University of Pula is one of the project partners. 

Please read carefully news regarding the epidemiological situation.

Dear students, we are sharing with you some very useful documents regarding fear and anxiety we all feel in this epidemiological situation. These materials have been provided within WILLIAM Erasmus+ project , where Juraj Dobrila University of Pula is one of the partners. 

Please take into consideration the exchange in the working hours for supermarkets and pharmacies.  

This Decision introduces a measure to suspend the operation of (green) markets and all facilities within the markets where other activities are carried out.  Measure is active from March 22nd 2020. Supermarkets are open, from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with reference to the precautionary measures of the Civil Protection Staff.

Public transport of passengers, cargo and vehicles to the islands and the Peljesac peninsula is restricted. It is prohibited to maintain all regular express lines in coastal liner shipping during the declaration of a coronavirus epidemic in the territory of the Republic of Croatia, except in the case of emergency interventions with the approval of the Civil Protection Staff of the Republic of Croatia. Given the accelerated spread and increased risk of pre-coronavirus, a 30-day anti-epidemic measure of severely restricting street detention and other measuring points at which more people can move and detain, from the date of the decision. The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia, on 21 March 2020, adopts a Decision on the measure of strict restriction of detention on streets and other public places. This Decision applies to streets, squares, waterfronts, parks and all other public areas where a large number of persons can move and detain. The Civil Protection Staff and the Police Directorate shall ensure the implementation and supervision of the implementation of the measure referred to in this Decision.  

Given the significantly increased risk of coronavirus transmission when using public transportation , public traffic is suspended for 30 days from the date this decision is taken.

In regards to the COVID-19 pandemic and following our Government’s decision to implement numerous measures in the whole country, we are informing you that UNIPU has suspended face-to-face teaching and closed its campus from Thursday, March, 12.  

Read carefully information about working hours at University.

In accordance with current epidemiological situation with COVID-19, here you can find news and information about current measures and reccomendations from Institute for Public Health of Croatia and National Civil Protection headquarter.