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July 6, 2022 – Today, the Croatian Wine Alliance, a group of global teams promoting Croatian wines, reports that Wine Enthusiast, one of the top US-based wine publications with international ratings, gave five Croatian wineries and 12 wines ratings over 90 points showcasing the consistent quality of Croatian winemaking. The top three include the highest-ever 97 points for Saints Hills 2016 Ernest Tolj Plavac Mali Dingač, 95 for Saints Hills 2017 St. Lucia Plavac Mali, and 95 points for Volarević 2018 Platinum Plavac Mali.  “Everyone within the Croatian Wine Alliance is excited that Croatian winemakers are getting rewarded for the…

July 7, 2022 - The second prize at the FIJET Slovakia international exhibition called 'Travel and Emotions' went to Slobodan Kadić, photojournalist of Total Croatia News and Glas Slavonia, for the photo "The wall is our witness," taken at the beginning of the year in Jerusalem (Israel). The Slovakian Travel Journalists and Writers Association organized the international exhibition 'Travels and Emotions', which this year received 213 works from 13 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Great Britain, and Ukraine). This year's theme was "Life is not black and white," and the exhibition…

July the 7th, 2022 - There are as many as 34 different types of shark living in the Croatian Adriatic Sea, and while that might cause some to gasp in horror and vow to never take another dip in the sparkling waters again, rest assured that shark attacks are extremely rare, and that the situation for Croatian waters is much safer than it is for many others. A recent fatal shark attack in the Red Sea along Egypt's coastline which resulted in the tragic death of an Austrian woman has caused many to remember the dangers of the sea, but…

July 5, 2022 - The City of Split has confirmed that everything is ready for the 8th Ultra Europe festival, held at Park Mladeži this weekend from July 8 to 10.  On Tuesday, the Split City Administration held a coordination meeting about the upcoming ULTRA Europe festival, which was attended by representatives of the organizers, city services and utility companies, emergency services, and other institutions necessary for the successful organization of the event this weekend at Park Mladeži (Youth Park). The festival thus returns after a two-year break caused by the pandemic, reports Dalmatinski Portal. All segments of the organization…

July 5, 2022 - Retired HRT journalist Branka Šeparović believes that the Pelješac Bridge should be named 'Europa Bridge'. Here's why. Retired HRT journalist Branka Šeparović once connected the mainland with the Pelješac peninsula with a convoy of boats and thus sent a message to the authorities in Zagreb and Brussels that it was high time to unite the 'split' Croatia and the European Union. Šeparović's ideas shook the structures, and the idea was finally initiated with joint money from the EU coffers, reports Slobodna Dalmacija.  Branka Šeparović warned for a long time on behalf of the association 'Pelješki Most' that…

July 5, 2022 - Summer is the time for major commercial movie releases, and you can see them at any mall in the country during your vacation. But if classic cinema or independent cinema (local and international), are your thing, you should check out these art cinemas in Croatia and their summer programs. "The bad thing about cinemas in Croatia is that the movies have no subtitles," is frequently heard. Half true, half false. If they are local films, they will be shown in Croatian and without subtitles. If they are international films, they will be screened in their original language and…

ZAGREB, 4 July 2022 - The City of Zagreb and city institutions will continue to support the InMusic festival in the coming years, this year's support amounted to nearly HRK 2.4 million, and with the support from the Zagreb Tourist Board, it amounts to nearly HRK 3.3 million, the City of Zagreb said. The statement was made in response to claims by InMusic organiser Zoran Marić, who announced that the largest festival in Croatia might close down, saying that it would definitely not be possible to hold the next edition without strategic partnership with Zagreb and an increase in funding,…

ZAGREB, 4 July 2022 - An exhibition of contemporary drawing, featuring 70 American and Croatian artists, opens at two venues in the southern coastal city of Split on Tuesday – the Gallery of the Multimedia Culture Centre and the Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition, entitled "DRAW – What Is Contemporary Drawing and What Can It All Be?", is curated by Tomas Vu, Brian Novatny, Stipan Tadić and Marija Stipišić Vuković. ​The project was initiated by Tomas Vu, a visual artist, professor, and artistic director at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University in New York. It…

July 4, 2022 - The eighth MEETING G2 (https://meeting-g2.com/​) conference entitled "DIWINE SUMMER" will be held in Zagreb tomorrow, focusing on business connections between the homeland and the Croatian diaspora. The goal of the conference is to connect winemakers of Croatian origin from all over the world, but also the other business people who want to cooperate with the diaspora, regardless of the business sector in which they work. Some of the best Croatian winemakers from all over the world will gather live and virtually in the premises of the Croatian Heritage Foundation (https://matis.hr/). Meeting G2 is happy and honored…

July the 4th, 2022 - Croatian Eurozone accession is looming, with the date on which the kuna will be sent to the history books being marked out as the 1st of January, 2023. There are a lot of practical and logistical issues to now tackle, and filling the country's ATMs with euros instead of kuna is just one of them proving to be a challenge. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, rapidly approaching Croatian Eurozone accession requires very many adjustments. While there won't be much work in the conversion of cashless payments, cash payments bring a series of challenges for everyone - from…