Croatian Islands
Hvar among 53 Places to Go in 2008 of New York Times
Under the title ” The 53 Places to Go in 2008“, in its travel supplement , New York Times writes about where to go in 2008 and at 11th place (see above image) recommends Hvar as “the St. Tropez of Croatia“
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Croatian Cruising Statistics January to October 2007
According to the Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics (Državni zavod za statistiku – DZS) , Croatia registered during the first ten months of this year 592 cruising trips by foreign cruising ships, which is 8.2% more than in the same period of 2006.
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The museum of Olive Oil Making at Island of Brac
The Museum of Olive Oil Making is opened in the village of Mirca – small place located on the northern part of the island of Brac. The village has always been known as a village of oil makers. The museum is located in the premises of the existing oil making facility, constructed in the 1950’s. Old machines, photographs and olive products, from oil to the ever more popular olive soap, are [...]
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61 new islands discovered in the Croatian Adriatic
According to encyclopaedias, Croatia has 1,185 islands in its part of the Adriatic Sea, 67 of which are inhabited.
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Croatia to participate at Brest International Festival of Sailors
The Brest International Festival of Sailors is taking place from 11th to 17th July 2008. It is a large sailing event organized in Brest, France. At this year’s event Croatia, Vietnam and Madagascar will be the guests of honors. These three countries will be participating with vessels which, until recently, were quite unknown to the nautical heritage.
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Study on impact of Pelješac Bridge construction presented – Update
Update – The official Peljesac Bridge Study info: The Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development presented in Dubrovnik on Monday a study on the economic, transport and demographic impact of the construction of the Pelješac Bridge.
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Study of Peljesac Bridge project
An important infrastructre project of Croatia is Peljesac Bridge, which construction has started couple weeks ago.
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Croatian Island Product – the new symbol for products of Islands of Croatia
Croatian Minister of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development, Božidar Kalmeta stated last week in Split, Croatia , during the introduction of the new sign “Croatian Island Product”, that goal of presenting this new symbol is to promote and protect original products from our islands, to position those products on the domestic as well as on the foreign market and to promote Croatian islands in general.
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Cruise the Adriatic aboard the MS Arion
The MS Arion cruises from city to city, island to island along the Croatian coast including Dubrovnik, Split, Korcula, Kotor in Montenegro, and Corfu, Corinth in Greece and Istanbul, and Kusadasi in Turkey.
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Adriatic Sea and a plague of invasive algae
In the recent article of BIRN, under the title “Greening of the Sea Gives Adriatic States the Blues” , there are some worrying details regarding the state of a plague of this invasive algae in waters of Croatia as well as surrounding countries.
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