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Our news page collects items about Croatia and the Adriatic that are relevant to tourists and vacation makers. This section is also used to publish reasonable updates of CroaRiva.com and its networked sites.More news in the news archives: November 2011 -- June 2011 -- May 2011 -- March 2011 -- February 2011 -- October 2010 -- August 2010 -- June 2010 -- May 2010 -- April 2010 -- January 2010 -- December 2009 -- November 2009 -- October 2009
No bids received for shares in 4 state-owned hotel companies in Croatia
December 30, 2009 14:09 (CET)In October 2009 CFP, the Croatian Privatization Fund announced a tender for shares in four companies: Hoteli Podgora, Hoteli Živogošće, Hoteli Medena (Seget Donji) and Hotel ... details
Croatian hoteliers looking for smaller agencies and different markets after the cancellation by Thomas Cook
December 30, 2009 11:38 (CET)Following the collapse of its partner Holiday Options, top UK tour operator Thomas Cook canceled all of its flights to Split for the 2010 season. The withdrawal affects mostly the ... details
Tavern Stomorica wins the Christmas bakalar competition in Zadar
December 28, 2009 11:05 (CET)For the third time Zadar challenged restaurants from Zadar and its area to prepare the most traditional ingredient of the Christmas menu in Dalmatia, bakalar. The crews of nine ... details
Zepter's 50 m yacht launched in Kraljevica shipyard
December 22, 2009 10:40 (CET)The yacht under construction was launched on Monday. Bad weather conditions didn't allow its future owner, the Serbian born magnate, Philip Zepter to be present at the event. The ship ... details
Dubrovnik's new attractions for 2010: cable car, multimedia in Revelin
December 22, 2009 10:11 (CET)Following a meeting of the Dubrovnik Tourist Board the city's mayor talked about the new attractions coming in the 2010 season. The reconstruction of the once popular cable car ... details
Underwater museum under construction at Silba
December 21, 2009 09:37 (CET)The area around the underwater find of a 1500 years old sarcophagus in Island Silba's Pocukmarak Bay is now being explored by Zadar archeologists. They prepare the plot for the opening ... details
Party beach Zrće gets its photo album
December 18, 2009 10:22 (CET)(Almost) All things ever happened on Croatia's iconic Zrće Beach are now on display in a photo documentary book hitting Croatia's stands next week. Its author, journalist Zvonimir ... details
Croatians can't eat golf balls - Greens in Croatia say
December 18, 2009 09:20 (CET)In a protest against the act of law about expropriation of agricultural land for golf course establishment Green Action Croatia together with GONG and Transparency International ... details
39 different prices for the same hotel room in Dubrovnik
December 17, 2009 20:52 (CET)Perhaps partly owning to the economic crisis slamming travel in Croatia, too, a hotel room in Dubrovnik is sold for 39 different prices. Besides the usual reasons of divergence, such ... details
7000 portions of meal made from 200 kg of bakalar for Split folks
December 17, 2009 12:41 (CET)Using the traditional ingredient of the Christmas menu in Dalmatia, 20 chefs prepare close to 2000 liters of meal from bakalar - dried cod fish. The free lunch is being served in the ... details
ID cards with addresses without house numbers (bb) to be revoked in Croatia
December 14, 2009 09:49 (CET)It's not unusual in Croatia that houses don't have their own numbers in addresses - these are specified as 'bb' (bez broja, without number). The issue was a hot topic during local ... details
25 MW solar power plant planned in Istria
December 13, 2009 11:04 (CET)Istria County was given the green light from the Ministry of Justice for the project to build solar power plant in the immediate vicinity of the prison in Valtura, NE of ... details
Demolition of vacation houses without permits in the Kolan, Pag area
December 11, 2009 11:25 (CET)The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Planning and Construction started the action of pulling down illegally constructed buildings in Križine. The issue was brought up in 2003 ... details
Archeological excavation of medieval cemetery in Trogir underway
December 11, 2009 10:32 (CET)In preparation of canalization the road between the town market and the fish market is an archeological exploration area till mid-January 2010. Based on early 20th c. findings experts ... details
Dubrovnik riva promenade to open before Xmas, parking garage in 5 years
December 10, 2009 18:41 (CET)Following a meeting with authorities Dubrovnik's mayor announced that Dubrovnik was about to open part of the closed area of the Gruž international port, where a 1 km long seaside ... details
New Ryanair route from May 2010: Brussels-Charleroi - Zadar
December 10, 2009 17:46 (CET)Ryanair announced 6 new routes from Brussels (Charleroi) for the Summer season of 2010. One of them will connect Brussels-Charleroi with Croatia's Zadar, 3 times a week. Flights are ... details
Dr. Who in Trogir now, Medieval next year
December 10, 2009 10:20 (CET)Croatia is becoming a preferred venue for film directors as the old districts of its towns are attractive for shooting films with historical themes. This time BBC makers of the cult ... details
Troubled saving of Adriatica.net
December 09, 2009 16:18 (CET)One of Croatia's largest tour operators, Adriatica.net has been struggling with its debt of 37 million Euros. The saving of the company has been unsettled for quite some time now, ... details
New ferry terminal planned for Korčula
December 09, 2009 12:21 (CET)The ferry port working on the northern side of Korčula old town will be moved to a place a couple kilometers west from its current location: Polačište Bay (between Medvinjak and ... details
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