During the Advent season, Zagreb will be decorated and illuminated for Christmas and the New Year, however, there will be no traditional format of the Advent in Zagreb event due to the epidemiological circumstances.

Mayor Milan Bandic said on Wednesday that some cultural events would be scheduled, Advent and Christmas decorations would be set up and several stands would also be installed for local service businesses in the city centre.

However, there would be no traditional format of the Advent in Zagreb, he told a local radio.

The epidemic of coronavirus also forced the city authorities to cancel the Interliber book fair. The fair will be organised online, and the mayor promised financial support to the publishers and bookshops.