After the horrible series of earthquakes that rocked the Croatian capital last Sunday it appears that not only did the shocks leave many of the buildings damaged, over 26,000 in total, but also had a lasting effect on the local population.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) have reported on their Twitter account that over 600 people reported an earthquake measuring only 1.5 on the Richter Scale for the first time in the organisation’s history.

Last week, Zagreb shook with two strong earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.5 and 5.0, followed by more than 90 minor tremors and aftershocks. And then again on Tuesday night an earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter Scale again rocked the Croatian capital and caused the website of EMSC to close down as more than 100,000 Croatians tried to open the website.

600 reports for a M1.5! First time ever! pic.twitter.com/9DrdIcgpI4

— EMSC (@LastQuake) March 28, 2020

You’ll have one hour less in bed tonight as daylight saving time comes into force tonight. From 2.00am on Sunday the 29th of March you’ll need to adjust your clocks to 3.00am, yes that means an hour less in bed.

Although the benefits of both winter and summer time have been debated for a long time, Croatians will still need to shift their clocks forward one hour from 2:00am tomorrow morning, of course your devices that are connected to the internet will probably do this automatically.

Stuck at home? Getting fed up of watching daytime telly? Get off the couch and get your thinking caps on its quiz time. We have come up with 40 general knowledge questions to blow the cobwebs from your minds and get those grey cells working.

OK, some questions are simple, but then again some are real brain busters, if you get over 35 we will be well impressed.

Check out our quiz and let us know how you got on – good luck!

There have been no new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in Dubrovnik in the past 24 hours and the number of people infected remains at 31.

At the regular morning press conference of the Civil Protection Headquarters of the Dubrovnik – Neretva County the Prefect of the County, Nikola Dobroslavic, announced that “There have been no cases in the last 24 hours. We are on the right track, we will continue to adhere strictly to the measures and we will overcome the crisis, we are optimistic.”

He added that “So far, we have 31 positive cases in the county, 203 samples have been sent to Zagreb, and today we expect 14 results. In the last 24 hours the measures of self-isolation have not been violated.”

The director of the County Institute of Public Health, Dr. Mato Lakić, commented that “Of the five newly diagnosed patients, three are from the same family. The fourth contacted coronavirus from someone who was already infected and with the fifth newer case we are looking for the source of infection. The average age of patients in Dubrovnik is 50 and 17 patients are women and 14 men, the majority of the patients are from Konavle and are connected to the airport where the first case in Dubrovnik appeared.”

Stjepan Hauser, one half of the popular cello duo, 2Cellos, has recorded a romantic stay at home video with his stunning Italian girlfriend, Benedetti Caretti.

Hauser and Ceretti have released a haunting version of Celine Dion’s Titanic hit “My Heart Will Go On” and have called it their “Quarantine version.” And the Croatian heartthrob cello star commented on his Instagram account that “Near, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on...” Who do you miss the most that you can’t see during this quarantine?!

Check out this beautiful quarantine version by Stjepan Hauser and Benedetti Caretti.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 coronavirus in Croatia rose overnight by 49 with a new total of 635 people infected with the virus. Four people have unfortunately died from coronavirus in Croatia - a caterer from Istria, a man from Zagreb, a woman from Slavonski Brod and a woman from Pula. There are currently 20 patients on respirators and in more positive news 45 people in Croatia have recovered.

"We have 49 newly confirmed patients this morning, compared to yesterday's increase, the number is smaller. Most of these new patients come from a single micro-location where we have introduced special epidemiological measures and expect the infection to continue at this rate. We have tested 4,938 people. Unfortunately, four people have died, a patient in Pula died last night,” commented the Health Minister, Vili Beros.

The director of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, dr. Fran Mihaljevic, Alemka Markotic, commented on the number of Zagreb staff caring for patients. "They are working at the Clinic around the clock, I have to commend them all," she said. And she added that “The patients are mostly of mild to moderate severity, we have 10 people on respirators at the Clinic, one person is critical."

Since the start of the implementation of measures to alleviate business difficulties due to coronavirus, the Regional Employment Office of Dubrovnik has received 687 requests from employers for support in overcoming the crisis.

According to a source, by the middle of this week, close to 2,500 people have been registered at the unemployment office in Dubrovnik. And if this continues, Dubrovnik could see more than 3,000 unemployed people who were lost their jobs due to reduced workload.

“According to our data on Thursday alone more than 230 lost their jobs and were registered as unemployed,” said source in the business world to Dubrovacki Vjesnik.