Croatia
Croatia Flux: Airline Strikes, Railway Disenchantment, and Smugglers, Etc.
Published on May 17, 2013 by Phillip Butler
As the Croatia Airlines strike heads into its fourth day Croatia’s Minister of Transport, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic (below) has said the carrier may go bankrupt if a restructuring plan set in motion is off the table. Meanwhile some 200 Railway Workers Union members protested outside government offices in St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb on Wednesday. By the looks of things Croatia is headed to EU membership carry some unclaimed transportation luggage.
Continue reading...Croatia Airlines Strike: Day Two Cancellations
Published on May 15, 2013 by Liliana Dumitru-Steffens
Despite assertions partner carriers would take up their slack in the even of a general strike, Croatia Airlines cancelled 22 flights on account of aircrew and pilots walking out. Today is the second day of a strike versus the airline over layoffs and pay cuts strikers say they cannot overcome.
Continue reading...Croatian Tourism Board Calls for Extended Marketing Planning
Published on May 14, 2013 by Liliana Dumitru-Steffens
The Croatian Tourism Board (HTZ) is seeking design of a strategic marketing plan for Croatian Tourism for 2014-2020. The board has just tendered a deadline for submissions of bids of May 29th. The project, expected to be valued at just over €500,000 euro.
Continue reading...Croatia Airlines Strike Seems Imminent
Published on May 13, 2013 by Cristina Drafta
On Friday 3 unions connected with Croatia Airlines (CA) said a general strike by the national air carrier’s employees will start tomorrow if demands are not met. According to the news the employees are just trying to get benefits of an agreement already struck last year in a collective bargaining agreement.
Continue reading...Croatia’s Zoran Milanovic Pledges State-of-the-art Rails
Published on May 07, 2013 by Delia Gavrilescu
News from Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic’s office last week is good news for fans of rail travel inside and outside Croatia. According to the official news the port of Rijeka will possess state-of-the-art facilities connecting the Croatian Adriatic with all of Central Europe.
Continue reading...The Art of Robert Farber Photo Exhibit Hits Dubrovnik
Published on Apr 12, 2013 by Delia Gavrilescu
For visitors to Dubrovnik, running from April 4th through May 30th, the Journey through moods exhibition will be at the Dubrovnik Art Gallery. Works by American photographer Robert Farber there reflect the artist’s work since the late 1960′s.
Continue reading...Coming This Month: The Zabreb Wine Gourmet Weekend
Published on Apr 02, 2013 by Liliana Dumitru-Steffens
Coming to Croatia April 19th and 2oth, the Zabreb Wine Gourmet Weekend 2013 promises more, more, and more international food and wine than ever.
Continue reading...DORF 2013 – This Week in Vinkovci, Croatia
Published on Mar 04, 2013 by Liliana Dumitru-Steffens
Set to begin this Thursday the 7th, Croatia’s DORF – Festival of Documentary Rock Film is a very unconventional look at the genre of rock documentaries. For the traveler interesting in something a little bit unusual, this fest is a guaranteed fascinating entertainment/learning experience.
Continue reading...Croatia Calling: the Carnival in Crikvenica
Published on Feb 11, 2013 by Violeta-Loredana Pascal
Winter is chased away and spring is summoned by the loud noise of drums each year at the Carnival in Crikvenica, Croatia lasts for over a month, from January till mid February. This carnival goes way back in Crikvenica, data in the State Archive placing an edition way back, in 1895. The first masks for [...]
Continue reading...Croatian Peasant Revolt Seljačka buna 1573 Reenacted Tomorrow
Published on Feb 08, 2013 by Mihaela Lica Butler
A tourist even you shouldn’t miss if you happen to be in Donja Stubica tomorrow: Seljačka buna 1573-2013 will reenact a peasant revolt that made history.
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