On Saturday, May 24, 2025, 23 firefighters from the Stari Grad Fire Department and 8 police officers from the Hvar Police Station completed the Basic Training program in the Čitovnica area in Stari Grad. Two dentists who practice in Stari Grad and Jelsa, Dr. Marija Matijašević and Dr. Zvonimir Jukić, joined this training. The training […]
Pharos Institute is proud of our students and the cooperation with Boz Institute and Hvar High School for the SETAC Conference in Vienna May 12-15 2025. Students presented a portion of their 2024 sea ecology research as entitled. ” Ecological Risk Assessment Post Tourist Season at the Croatian UNESCO Heritage Island of Hvar: Student STEM Research
2025 Programe Tourism has shaped the history of the island of Hvar for over 150 years, including Stari Grad for a century. Mass tourism in particular has transformed the economy and social life of the island, as well as much of the eastern Adriatic coast, since the Second World War. On 2 and 3 June,