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Pag Art Festival 2011 Kicks Off Today

2011-08-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Pag Art Festival - PAF 2011

Beginning today, the small renaissance town of Pag plays host to a festival of classical music, organized by Lovro Pogorelić, a world-renowned Croatian pianist.

Tags: art festival, Croatia, Pag

Summertime Festivals in Serbia

2011-05-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Manu Dibango at the Nisville Jazz Festival

Serbia isn’t nearly as popular as some of its Balkan cousins when it comes to travel, something which is often difficult to fathom why. Granted, Serbia lacks the beaches of its near-neighbor Croatia, and then there is the stigma of the country being the target of not one, but two NATO air strike campaigns just […]

Tags: arcade fire, Balkan events, Belgrade Beer Fest, Benny Golson, Croatia, De Phazz, Grinderman, jamiroquai, M.I.A., Magnetic Man, Nisville Jazz Festival, Portishead, pulp, Serbia, Serbia travel, Serbian events, Soloman Burke, State of Exit, State of exit novi sad, State of Exit serbia, Summertime Serbia, The Brand New Heavies, Tourism Serbia

Karlo Damijanić – Croatia’s World Class Bartender

2011-02-21 by Phil Butler

Croatian Flair Champ Karlo Damijanić

Karlo Damijanić from Pula, Croatia took fourth place in the recent World Bartender Championships in Singapore. Taking part in the “flair category,” the 23 drink juggler extraordinary gave gave a superb stage performance, taking Croatia to the World Cup for the first time ever. Karlo is aiming even higher for next year’s competition.

Tags: bartender, caffe-bar, Croatia, Croatia rocks, Croatia tourism, Croatia travel, Croatian nightlife, Croatian people, Karlo Damijanić, Pula, World Bartender Championships

The Christmas Story in Čazma

2010-12-22 by Mihaela Lica Butler

The Christmas Story in Čazma

The Salaj family in Grabovnica brings light for a unique representation of the Croatian Christmas Story.

Tags: Čazma, christmas story, Croatia

Three Treasures from Croatia Proposed for the UNESCO List of Intangible Heritage 2010

2010-11-15 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Sinjska Alka

These are ojkanje singing, the Sinjska Alka tournament and the gingerbread making craft from Northern Croatia.

Tags: Croatia, Gingerbread, intangible cultural heritage, Ojkanje singing, Sinjska Alka

Marcellino, Zagreb’s Donation to Culinary Delight

2010-10-19 by Phil Butler

MARCELLINO

Croatian traditional cuisine is actually almost a rarity in country. In Zagreb one chef presents traditional food with a passion for creativity, Marcellino is a new age haute cuisine legend in the making.

Tags: Croatia, Croatian restaurants, gormet restaurant, gourmet, Haute cuisine, Marcellino, Mario Čerhak, Mediterranean, Traditional Croatian, traditional cuisine, Zagreb

Take Off Everything for Adriatic Cruise

2010-10-15 by Phil Butler

The azure seas of Croatia's Adriatic coast

A world leader in small cruises offers a naturist excursion to the Islands of Croatia’s Adriatic paradise. eWaterways schedules a nude excursion package that loses inhibition, and puts on the romance and charm. The Dalmatian seaside is the perfect place to commune with nature, and other uninhibited peeps.

Tags: Adricatic cruises, Croatia, Dalmatia, eWaterways, naturist, nude, nude beach, nudist, Rab Island, Summer cruise

Croatia’s PM On the Trail of Tourism Success

2010-10-02 by Phil Butler

Regend Hotel in Zagreb

Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor speaks before the country’s hotel owners. The county’s travel industry is looking better than ever, but there is still so much more to do. Kosor met with US businesses in New York in other efforts to spur growth in one of Eastern Europe’s most important sectors, travel.

Tags: Ardriatic Sea, Croatia, Croatian Democratic Union, Eastern Europe, hotel industry, Jadranka Kosor, Montenegro, travel business, travel news, travel politics, US investors

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Students were safely evacuated after a school bus tilted on a washed-out road in Malevizi, prompting essential driving safety advice for visitors on Crete’s roads.

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Historic Former War Museum Collapses

Part of Former Chania War Museum Collapses, No People Found Under Rubble

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Emergency teams and EMAK units respond to a major building collapse at Chania’s former War Museum, confirming no individuals were trapped in the rubble.

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