February 29, 2020 - A meeting was held in Sinj for the informal clusters association of the tourist boards of Inland Dalmatia.

Ferata.hr reports that the meeting was attended by State Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Tonci Glavina, Mayor of Sinj Kristina Križanac, Mayor of Vrlika Jure Plazonic, Mayor of Dugopolje Perica Bosancic, Mayor of Klis Jakov Vetma, and directors of tourist boards of Vrlika, Trilj, Sinj and Dugopolje - Dijana Maras, Andriana Ivkovic, Monika Vrgoc, and Tomislav Balić.

The meeting discussed the model of merging the tourist boards of Inland Dalmatia into a single cluster, due to pulling funds from the Ministry of Tourism intended for underdeveloped tourist areas, as well as from funds intended for associated tourist boards through quality joint projects.

 The tourist boards of Inland Dalmatia have so far participated in a series of joint projects and would continue to do so in the official form with the new legislation. This is one of the first meetings on the informal association of Inland Dalmatia tourist boards.

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February 7, 2020 - The Dalmatian trail league, a year-round mountain running competition consisting of a total of 11 races, will have its premiere this year in Dugopolje.

The Marjan Trail - Dugopolje edition is a mountain race in the northern and western parts of Mosor, which will be held on Saturday, February 8, in two categories: Let's Move (approx. 9.5 km) and Stronger Maniacs (approx. 24 km). There will also be a race for the dog lovers - Canicross (approx. 9 km). The race organizer is the Strka Trail and Trekking Club, and the sponsor of the race is the Dugopolje Tourist Board. The Secret Mosor Trail will introduce all its competitors to some exciting and unknown locations just twenty minutes by car from Split.

Let's Move about 9.5 km long

Starting point next to the Church of Our Lady at the bottom of the field in Dugopolje, from where the old Roman road runs along the west side of Mosor to the Kraljeva peć cave. After passing through the cave, through the settlements Balići-Džakići and Smodlaka, it descends into the field and along the small road through the hamlets Križani and Kutska strana, and continues to the finish in Kotlenice on the plateau above the Vranjača cave. The course is not physically demanding and is adapted for both recreationists and beginners. Parking will be provided next to the Vranjača Cave (where the finish is). Also, all participants will have organized transportation to the start as well as transportation from start to finish.

Stronger Maniacs, 23.3 km long

The race begins in the Majdan area (Solin). Through the Klis field, it rises to the old road above Mravinci and Kucin. The trail continues along the hiking trail above Žrnovnica, from where it rises to Debelo brdo, the westernmost tip of the Mosor. From Debelo Brdo, a marked hiking trail descends to the north side of Mosor towards Kraljeva pec and Balići-Dzakici. It then continues across the hamlet of Smodlaka and descends into the field and along the small road through the hamlets of Krizani and Kutska strana. The trail then proceeds to the finish in Kotlenice on the plateau above the Vranjača cave. The trail is for more advanced runners and requires better physical fitness. Parking will be provided next to the Vranjača cave (where the finish is). Also, all participants will have organized transportation to the start as well as transportation from start to finish.

Canicross (race with dogs), about 9 km

The track is identical to "Let's Move" except that competitors with dogs will not enter Kraljeva peć cave.

Schedule:

Start of the Let's move race (9.5 km): 10:45, next to the church of Our Lady at the bottom of the field (Dugopolje)

Start of the Stronger maniac race (24 km): 9:30, Majdan (Solin)

Start Canicross dog race: 10:15, next to the church of Our Lady of the Field (Dugopolje)

First place in all categories: 1:30 pm, on the plateau above Vranjača (Kotlenice)

The Vranjača Cave will be open to all visitors from 11 am to 3 pm.

Detailed information for all guests and competitors can be found on the Strka Trail and Trek Club Facebook page.

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December 7, 2019 - For the most wonderful time of the year, the Municipality of Dugopolje and the Tourist Board of Dugopolje, in cooperation with local associations and societies, have organized a program in light of the Christmas and New Year holidays called "Advent in Dugopolje", within which various cultural and entertainment events are expected.

The event began on Friday, December 6th with the Children's Winter Games organized by the DAR Association at the Cultural Center. However, holiday events will continue throughout the next two weekends in December.

Namely, Saturday’s gathering at Trg Domovinske Zahvalnosti has been rescheduled to Sunday, December 8, at 6 pm due to weather.

The Christmas tree and Christmas houses are located at Trg Domovinske Zahvalnosti in the center of Dugopolje.

Along with local cuisine and mulled beverages prepared by local associations, the emphasis is on the traditional Christmas concert of KUD Pleter (Saturday, December 14) and the distribution of cod (bakalar) for locals and guests for the first time this year (Saturday, December 21).

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December 2, 2019 - Already a tradition of Saint Nicholas Day, the P. I. Tchaikovsky Music Society returns this winter with more musical gifts to give - and this year, they are joined by the Beat Culture Association of Split for an art exhibition. 

All attendees will have the chance to enjoy beautiful classical music performed by the top soprano Mariagerarda Fest, flutist Karla Križanić, pianist Marina Ivanova, and the artistic works of Alma Božanić Čače.

The event will take place on Thursday, December 5th, at 7 pm. You can see the concert program below. 

Everyone is invited and welcome!

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October 17, 2019 - Poseidon Group, a London-based company for the investment, development, and management of real estate, confirmed the construction of a 30,000 square foot logistics center for a large Croatian retail chain in Business Park Dalmatia. Located in Dugopolje, Business Park Dalmatia still has a remaining 245,000 square meters (approximately 24 ha).

Dalmatinski Portal writes that Business Park Dalmatia is already the leading location in the region for facilities that work in distribution, light production, food production, and more. It has direct access to the main road network and is equipped with a modern water, gas, sewage and telecommunication infrastructure system that provides maximum flexibility to Croatian and foreign investors who will provide business opportunities to the local and regional workforce.

The minimum parcel for development in Business Park Dalmatia is 20,000 square meters. The location has direct access to public transport and is located close to the A1 Dubrovnik - Zagreb motorway, 10 minutes away from Split and 30 minutes to Split International Airport. Investors enjoy the support of the Dugopolje municipality in the development of the Dugopolje business zone.

Poseidon Group Corporate Affairs Director James Gunn said:

“We are pleased to welcome the start of construction in Business Park Dalmatia that will improve employment opportunities and provide new services to the local population. This is a significant positive confirmation of our strategy and long-term approach in Croatia, where we have been present for 15 years. Today's news allows us to expand our investments in attractive commercial real estate networks across Southeast Europe and beyond."

Poseidon Group recently announced the opening of the Zadar Shopping Capitol in December this year, which is their eighth retail park, or shopping center in Croatia. The group continues to expand and strengthen its Capitol Park network nationwide. By the end of 2020, the Capitol Park network they run will grow to 11 locations.

Zadar, for example, will get a new grocery store that will replace Konzum as the main tenant. The 6,400-square-meter building will also be opened for tenants outside the food sector. Tenants who remain open during the construction are Mana Fashion, Planet Footwear, Raiffeisen Bank, Micromacro Group, Intertextile Stanic, Bio Svijet and several others. A new tenant to enrich the center's existing offer is the TEDi store. This combination of tenants at the new Zadar Shopping Capitol will offer shoppers a better shopping experience in the central city of Zadar, attracting more than 75,000 customers.

The Capitol Park platform is part of Poseidon Group's retail portfolio, comprised of over 280,000 m2 of retail parks and malls managed throughout SE Europe, 90,000 m2 used by supermarkets and more than 1,000 residential properties in planning and construction. The company is actively collaborating with partners and investors from around the world on other projects in the UK as well as in SE Europe.

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September 19, 2019 - The first-ever Dugopolje Beer Fest will take place this Saturday!

The month of September is special for residents of the Dugopolje municipality. It is the month in which they celebrate their patron saint, St. Michael, and the day of their municipality. 

This year, September is exceptionally vibrant thanks to various events, and one that is certainly attracting attention is the Dugopolje Beer Fest, which will be held on September 21 at 5 pm at the Homeland Thanksgiving Square, organized by the Association DAR.

"The very idea of organizing an event like this came about very spontaneously. Namely, the beer festival originally called Beer Fest is increasingly present in cities all over Croatia. This is supported by the fact that until ten years ago, there were three styles of beer and a dozen breweries, and today there are over seventy breweries in Croatia, and the styles are no longer counted. Also, Beer Fest is an event that entails good music, even better food, and as a product of that - a guaranteed top-notch party," said Ivan Čulin, a DAR volunteer.

The breweries presenting at the first Beer Fest in Dugopolje are Dragon Brewery, Crafter's Brewery, Medvedgrad Brewery, Barilo Brewery, Tap B Brewery, Sibenik Brewery, LAB Split Brewery, and Familia Craft Brewery. To further guarantee the ultimate entertainment, guests will be entertained by the bands Iluzija and Go Lilly, and stand-up comedian Josip Skiljo will be the presenter of the evening.

As for the food, visitors will have the opportunity to try homemade sausages, hot dogs, chili with meat, various salty pastries, and soparnik. Other associations from Dugopolje will assist in the preparation and serving of food, and in addition to the entertainment and fun, the Dugopolje Beer Fest will also care for the environment. 

Namely, as part of the EU project "Thinking Eco-logically", DAR has provided glasses and cutlery made from biodegradable materials, thus marking ecology and recycling throughout the evening. The event is sponsored by the Dugopolje Municipality and the Dugopolje Tourist Board.

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September 13, 2019 - The Municipality of Dugopolje has announced a program to celebrate the Municipality Day, which generally lasts for the whole of September, with an emphasis on the end of the month, i.e., September 29 and 30, when the feast of the patron saints, St. Michael and Jerome, is celebrated.

After a memorial football tournament was held last week, the sports program continues with a children's football cup organized by NK Dugopolje, a football tournament for veterans and a handball and basketball tournament for children and youth.

The cultural program has already hosted the 5th edition of the Literary Evenings ''Voice to the Word'' and an exhibition of academic painters of the Studio-21 Gallery, organized by the National Library in Dugopolje, but we can still look forward to the fourth Klapa meeting on September 28th. 

Regarding the religious program, on Saturday, September 14, the traditional Holy Mass will be held at the Chapel of Croatian Martyrs, in the Šatorak area on Mount Mosor, and on September 29 and 30, beginning at 10 am, the feasts of St. Michael and Jerome will be celebrated. 

The folk festivities for the Municipal Day on Sunday 29 September will be marked with a concert by singer Jole and a vibrant gastronomic program organized by associations from the Dugopolje area.

As for the new developments in comparison to previous years, on September 18, on the slopes of Mount Mosor, the second stage of the international mountain trail running race “Dalmatia Stage Run” will be held, and Saturday, September 21 is reserved for the EU project 'Thinking Ecologically' while marking a car-free day in Europe. The evening program continues with the Dugopolje Beer Fest, presenting small Croatian craft breweries with an accompanying gastronomy and music program.

September 5, 2019 - Eight summer stages in the Split area, worth 27.8 million kuna, will provide additional facilities for locals and tourist attractions.

On September 3, 2019, Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds Marko Pavic decided to finance the ITU strategic project "Open Summer Stages of the Urban Agglomeration of Split", which provides a non-refundable HRK 27.8 million from the ITU mechanism.

The project will revitalize cultural heritage and will provide additional facilities for locals and tourist attractions through the construction, renovation, and furnishing of outdoor summer stages at eight different locations. The construction, renovation and furnishing of the open summer stages, accompanying facilities and facilities for cultural and tourist purposes, will be carried out at the following locations in the cities of Solin, Trogir, Kastela and Omis and the municipalities of Klis, Dugopolje and Lecevica:

• Solin: renovation of Gradina, stage construction;

• Solin: renovation and construction of the Cultural Information Center and renovation of the square;

• Klis: remodeling two buildings and repairing the walls of Klis Fortress, 3D mapping, stage construction;

• Omis: renovation of the “Old Cemetery”, stage construction;

• Dugopolje: the summer stage near the church of Sv. Rocco;

• Kastela: renovation of the Dudan Park in Kastel Kambelovac, stage construction;

• Lecevica: renovation of the old wells in the village of Radosic, stage construction;

• Trogir: summer stage in the old town.

The project will increase the level of preservation and landscaping of these attractions, and modernize the existing facilities, while raising the quality of the cultural heritage and its long-term and sustainable use for the inhabitants of the Urban Agglomeration of Split and all visitors to the area.

The success of the project is based on the identification, activation and cooperation of local development potential with an emphasis on the efficient use of resources in planning and managed development in the area of Urban agglomeration Split.

Recall, this news comes after the City of Split has announced a competition for a new multipurpose hall for cultural and social content, which will be located in the city center. The hall should begin operating in the 2020/2021 season. The process began Monday through public consultation, according to the City. 

The hall is designed as a multipurpose hall and will be able to hold cinema screenings, theater performances, cultural and musical events, conferences and congresses. It will have an independent entrance via the main staircase from the outer space, it will be accessible to disabled people and persons with reduced mobility, and will boast a capacity of 168 seats.

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August 26, 2019 - Dugopolje prosciutto producer Smjeli was named the best at the 6th International Prosciutto Festival in Drniš.

At the 6th International Prosciutto Festival in Drniš, which was held from August 23 and 24, the championship title was taken by Smjeli prosciutto from Dugopolje, the Croatian Chamber of Economy (HGK) announced on Saturday, pointing out that HRK 150 million has been invested in the production of prosciutto in five years.

The two-day International Prosciutto Festival brought together gastronomy enthusiasts in Inland Dalmatia and exhibitors from Croatia and the region.

"Although the current production of prosciutto does not even meet 50 percent of the needs of the domestic market, it is encouraged by the fact that over the past five years more than HRK 150 million has been invested in new prosciutto production plants," said HGK Vice President of Agriculture and Tourism Dragan Kovačević at the opening ceremony of the event on Friday in Drniš, reports N1.

Kovačević points out that prosciutto is the key to the Croatian tourism we strive for, and is an added value for guests with higher purchasing power. Namely, guests in Croatia are looking for an authentic experience and learning about lifestyles and traditions through the wine and gastronomy offer, and products with the protection of geographical origin can achieve twice the price on the market.

At the EU level, Croatia has as many as 21 traditional indigenous products protected by geographical indication or designation of origin, including four different Croatian prosciutto types from Istria, Krk, Drniš, and Dalmatia. 

“We believe that the prosciutto producers, especially the large ones, will better organize raw material production through the cooperative system, and that in the future we will meet the needs of our industry from our own pig breeding. Good raw materials, with standard production technology, is a key prerequisite for superior quality prosciutto,” Kovačević said.

The organizers of the 6th International Prosciutto Festival are the Tourist Board of Drniš with the City of Drniš, and the Association of Drniš Prosciutto Producers. 

The festival aims to encourage the production and promotion of indigenous and traditional products, handicrafts based on tradition and originality, other cultural and traditional content, and the development and promotion of the overall tourist offer of the town of Drniš with an emphasis on gastronomy. Namely, besides prosciutto, which was awarded over the weekend, producers of cheese, wine, honey, and other local products were presented at the Drniš festival.

The prosciutto festival is also an opportunity to get to know the natural and artistic beauty of the Drniš area, the Krka National Park, the Čikola Canyon, and the works of Ivan Meštrović, in addition to gastronomy.

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August 5, 2019 - On Sunday, the first 3x3 tournament was played in Dugopolje, organized by ŽKK Dugopolje. Twelve teams were registered in the tournament, including representatives of Croatia under the name Statist. The teams were divided into four groups of 3 teams. After the group stage games were played, the best two from each group went to the quarterfinal.

In the semifinal, the teams were ranked according to the best in the tournament (Statist, Spalato A2 Jug, Imoćani, and Onogatiboga).

After the dramatic semifinal games, Statist and Spalato A2 Jug competed in the final. 

The final game was fierce and competitive. In the end, Statist deserved the victory. For third place, Imoćani overcame Onogatiboga.

At the end of the tournament, awards were given to the best teams. The awards were distributed by tournament organizers Tomislav Balić (director of the Dugopolje Tourist Board) and Stipe  Čipčić, coach of ŽKK Dugopolje.

Results

Quarterfinal:

Statist - Full Monty 21:12

Onogatiboga - Kosidba 21:12

Spalato - Versi 21:17

Imoćan - Ćipe 21:8

Semifinal:

Statist - Onogatiboga 21:8

Spalato - Imoćani 21:16

For third place

Imocani - OnogatiBoga 21:17

Final

Statist - Spalato A2 Jug 22:16

On the Statist team

Duje Kaliterna

Luka Radoš

Toni Mindoljević

Ivan Rašetina