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Keira Knightley to film in Croatia

Feb 6

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British actress Keira Knightley will film her new movie in Croatia this spring.

Croatian daily newspaper Jutarnji List reported that Knightley will play the role of Zelda, the wife of American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, in a movie about his life.

The movie “The Beautiful and the Damned” will be filmed in capital Zagreb and in the holiday resort Opatija on the northern Adriatic coast, according to movie website imdb.com.

The newspaper has speculated that Hollywood star Leonardo Di Caprio may play the role of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

Last year, an episode in the fifth series of the British cult show Doctor Who was filmed in the Croatian coastal town of Trogir. (croatiaexclusive.com)

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Lufthansa flight to Zadar

Feb 5

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This summer, German carrier Lufthansa is launching new flights from Munich to Zadar on the Dalmatian coast.

From 27 March 2010, a Lufthansa CityLine Bombardier CRJ900 will serve the Croatian city on Saturdays. Zadar has a rich cultural heritage and is an important gateway to the islands along the northern and southern Adriatic coast.

Other popular summer destinations in Croatia – Split and Dubrovnik – will also feature again in the summer timetable. Frequencies to Split and Dubrovnik will be increased to four and five per week, respectively.

Return fares to all destinations can be booked for as little as EUR 99. This fare applies to Economy Class and includes all taxes, charges and the Lufthansa Ticket Service Charge if the booking is made online at www.lufthansa.com. Miles & More members can earn miles on these flights.

Zadar flights will certainly delight festival-goers from Germany who plan to attend the Garden Festival in July. The festival takes place annually on a beachfront location in the fishing village Petrcane near Zadar. Since its inception in 2006, it has grown considerably and established itself as one of the most popular events for festival goers all over Europe.

The Garden Festival’s double whammy weekend takes place between 2nd and 11th July 2010.

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Croatia Airlines cuts only flight to Rijeka

Jan 28

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National airline Croatia Airlines has cancelled its only flight to Rijeka Airport located on Krk Island.
Management has decided to cancel summer flights from Zagreb to Rijeka to London to cut costs.
They claim the flights are not profitable, and they do not plan to introduce any new flights to Rijeka for the time being.
Rijeka airport head Mladen Pasaric believes the decision will harm the airport.
In an interview in the daily Novi list, he said: “This flight was a connection to Croatia for our emigrants in London and the USA. I believe the flights’ cancellation will harm us, especially because they were always full. To be honest, I was expecting they would introduce additional flights, not cancel the only one.”
Pasaric has asked the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure to reconsider the decision to cancel the flight.
Rijeka Mayor Vojko Obersnel also hopes Croatia Airlines will reconsider it.

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Rijeka-Skopje direct flight

Jan 3

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Rijeka will be connected by direct flights from 25 January to Macedonian capital Skopje.
Macedonian airline Airlift service is planning to provide service between the Krk Island and Skopje on Mondays and Fridays each week in 2010.
Rijeka Airport is located on Krk Island.
The daily Novi list has reported the flights are being started by Rijeka GAT executive, an aviation outsourcing support company.
Both sides said there was great interest in flights between Rijeka and Skopje.
GAT head Veseljko Bukvic said: “It is about charter flights for now, but they will function as regular flights twice a week. But, our final goal is for all flights to become official, regular flights. If there is increased interest, we will be ready to introduce extra flights each week.”
Round-trip tickets will cost 170 Euros, inclusive of all taxes.

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Weather update, Snowing in Croatia

Dec 17

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The National Protection and Rescue Directorate has appealed to residents of Croatia to postpone unnecessary travel since the weather forecast is rather bad.
Those who cannot postpone their travel should be careful and not start a journey by car without winter equipment.
Croatia has been hit by below-freezing temperatures, snow, ice and a strong wind along the Adriatic coast.
Some local roads and highways have been closed, so drivers should inform themselves about the situation on the roads.
They can get continuous updates from the Croatian Automobile Club on radio stations and additional information by calling emergency number 112. C.T.

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Two Italians have been fined a total of 114,000 kunas or 15,693 Euros for poaching in Brijuni National Park.

Dec 12

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Two Italians have been fined a total of 114,000 kunas or 15,693 Euros for poaching in Brijuni National Park.
Michele Di Candia, 30, and Nicola Castigliego, 24, from Trieste were arrested on Tuesday with seven kilos of illegally-caught fish worth around 97 Euros.
Both of them will stay in custody on Vis Island until they pay a fine. Di Candia, shipmaster of the vessel Andrea Cesarano, and Castigliego, shipmaster of the vessel Nuova Giovanna, have been fined 57,000 kunas or 7,850 Euros apiece.
Police will also press charges against the 41-year-old man from Trieste who transferred them from their boats to nearby Kozade Island, where they caught the fish using an underwater gun.
Police confiscated their catch and the gun. Di Candia and Castigliego have not previously been charged with poaching. C.T. (from hic.hr)

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ST. MARTIN’S DAY in Croatia

Nov 3

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In November, on St. Martin’s Day, must turns into wine.

The popular St. Martin’s Day celebration is a wine holiday deeply embedded in the tradition of Northwestern Croatia, and as such it is celebrated in a special way. In the Zagreb County, St. Martin’s Day is celebrated in many towns and villages. Standing out among them, both with the special features of that tradition and the variety of their programmes, are Dugo Selo – whose patron saint St. Martin is, Samobor, Sveti Ivan Zelina and Velika Gorica.

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Rotating hotel near Split, Croatia

Oct 25

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croatia_hotel1First european rotating hotel is going to be build near Split, Croatia. The total cost of building is 90million euro. The 3 storey high hotel will make a total rotation during a day so all the rooms will have view to sea.

The first european rotating hotel will be placed on Solta island around 35kms from Split, designed by Richard Hywel Ewans. The original conception was to build a hotel where from all guests have seaview.

The hotel will be three storey high and will be quite slow, make only 1.3 rotation per day, so everyone can enjoy adriatic panorama. The center of the hotel will stand by, as there will be placed the elevators, reception.

Not only the hotel will be a new development, but the whole area as new guesthouses, apartments, restaurants are going to be build around the unique hotel.

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The rotating hotel will stand on the center of a huge pool as an island, so the hotel is gonna look like floating on water.

Development will start 2010

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Smoking ban in Croatia banned?

Aug 28

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Due to recession in tourism and in the economy of croatia, authorities will lift the complete ban of smoking in pubs and restaurants.

People can smoke in places smaller than 50sqm, biggers have to make separated smokers, non-smokers part of the restaurant/bar/pub.

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More than 1billion euro for ports in Croatia

Aug 13

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Croatia will spend more than 1billion euro during the next 5years to improve its ports and harbours along the coastline.

Jadrolinija, the croatian national cruise and ferry operator, carried 12million passengers and 3million vehicles last year. Croatia has a long costline, and 1244 smaller-bigger islands which was visited by 811000 individuals by boat.

The improving include new ferries, new port in Zadar (which will complete by 2013), new loading docks in Dubrovnik (now 3 big cruise ship can be docked at the same time), new summer port in Split.

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