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Filip Zoričić was born in Split in 1982. He has a PhD in interdisciplinary humanistic sciences and is a member of various civil rights organisations.
For 13 years, Zoričić worked as a high-school teacher of history and the Croatian language. In addition to this, he was also the headmaster of Gimnazija Pula. After this, Zoričić became councillor of Pula’s Old City District and in June 2021, he assumed the office of mayor.
Now, Zoričić has spoken to TheMayor.EU to discuss his vision for the future of the Croatian city.
Pula is a 3,000-year-old city where Romans, Venetians and Austrians have lived. It is a military and industrial city, and we are most proud of the Colosseum as it is one of the best-preserved in the world. In Europe, Pula is most famous as a concert destination, with the Pula Film Festival taking place for over 60 years in the amphitheatre.
Furthermore, Pula is surrounded by the largest fortification system in Europe: 20 fortresses, 40 km of underground tunnels and a beautiful coastline. But most of all, we are proud of our fellow citizens and their creativity and the underground culture.
Covid affected emotion, a lot of people lost their jobs, but most of all, it left a mark on children, students, and their ability to grow up normally and go to school.
We want to help entrepreneurs get back to normal as soon as possible and work as before. We want to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises, better scholarships for young people and more outdoor events.
We want to become a green city in the next 4 years by restricting the entry of cars into the protected old town and thus protect the city, citizens, and monuments. We are introducing several kilometres of bicycle and hiking trails, renovating parks.
Pula is a university and student city that now has 60,000 inhabitants – I see it as a city of 100,000 inhabitants. I see Pula as a modern, developed, and green city, a city of children and youth. To be such, we will develop a special housing policy, a way of scholarships, credit incentives, the establishment of an IT campus and a business zone, as well as a start-up campus.
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