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The Rijeka Tunnel (Croatian: Riječki tunel), also called TunelRi, is a pedestrian tunnel located in the city centre of Rijeka, Croatia. The tunnel spans 350 metres (1,150 ft) from St. Vitus Cathedral to Dolac Primary School in Old Town. [ 1 ]
The party has two members in the Rijeka city council (receiving 6% of the vote in the local elections of 2013) and 8 elected councilors in city district councils. Until 2023, Lista za Rijeku – Lista per Fiume was a full member of the European Free Alliance .
Rijeka international Airport Railway in Rijeka Ferry in Rijeka harbour The Port of Rijeka is the largest port in Croatia, with a cargo throughput in 2017 of 12.6 million tonnes, mostly crude oil and refined petroleum products, general cargo and bulk cargo , and 260,337 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). [ 75 ]
' New paper ') is the oldest Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka. It is read mostly in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia, but it is distributed throughout the country. [2] Novi list had the distinction of being the only Croatian daily newspaper which kept a critical distance from the government of Franjo Tuđman during the 1990s. [2]
In 1882 one of Europe's first oil refineries was founded in Rijeka, and during the 1880s the port and station were expanded with new warehouses. The station building as it stands today was built from 1889 to 1891 after plans of the Budapestian architect Ferenc Pfaff , who build 14 station buildings in total in the Hungarian countries.
The port of Rijeka is the largest port in Croatia, handling the largest portion of the country's imports and exports. [19] [40] In 2008, 2418 ships docked at Rijeka itself, 872 at Bršica, 818 at Bakar, and 268 at Omišalj—a total of 4376. [41] In 2010, the Port of Rijeka transported 10.2 million tonnes of cargo, a 9% drop from 2009.
It is the local self-government representative body of the citizens of the city of Rijeka, in accordance with the Constitution, law and the Statute of the City of Rijeka. The city council has 31 members who are elected by universal suffrage and secret ballot for a term of four years. [ 4 ]
The 2021 Rijeka local elections were the elections for the 15th mayor of Rijeka, the two deputy mayors and the 31 members of the Rijeka City Council. It was a part of the Croatian local elections which were held on 16 May 2021. [ 3 ]