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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
Funtana to build its own lungomare
January 25, 2010 20:00 (CET)This year's agenda of development is taking shape in one of the two youngest municipalities of Istria, in Funtana. The largest undertaking is the construction of the seaside promenade ... details
Vrana Castle and the Mašković Khan to be revitalized
January 25, 2010 18:18 (CET)The Town of Pakoštane, as the owner of the property, received the green light from Croatia's Ministry of Culture to go ahead with the project of restoring and revitalizing the ... details
Dubrovnik's photo was featured on Bing.com homepage
January 25, 2010 17:37 (CET)The homepage of Microsoft's Bing.com search engine shows photos of places from all around the world. On 21 January, in the course of the daily changing images a view of Croatia's most ... details
Competition for the Original souvenir of Korčula Island title
January 25, 2010 17:21 (CET)ULIPUK, the society of Korčula Island artists invited islanders and Croatians to compete for the title of Original Souvenir of Korčula Island. Samples are expected to be made of ... details
Line 506 between Vodice and Prvić Island bites the dust
January 25, 2010 15:29 (CET)The renewed public tender for the establishment and serving of shipping line 506 to connect Vodice with Prvić Island's two settlements turned out to be unsuccessful, the commission ... details
Mali Lošinj to replace its shipyard with a resort and marina
January 25, 2010 14:12 (CET)Lošinjske plovidbe, Inc. considers to change its profile by ceasing its ship building activities and constructing a resort and marina property on the 20,000 m2 area of the 100 years ... details
Ten locations on Croatia's shortlist for the 2009/2010 EDEN award
January 25, 2010 13:03 (CET)The Croatian Tourist Board chose 10 out of the 19 tenders in the competition for the European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) title. This year the theme of the competition is "Tourism ... details
Lopud Museum's missal from 1521 restored
January 25, 2010 12:22 (CET)Experts of the Croatian Restoration Institute in Dubrovnik have completed their job on the damaged 1521 missal from the holdings of the R. C. Parish Museum of Lopud. Now the precious ... details
King Arthur's countrymen from Podstrana to kayak across the Channel
January 25, 2010 11:19 (CET)A tomb recently discovered in Podstrana, a small village near Split might contain the remains of King Arthur - or at least this is what British historian John Matthews believed when ... details
Croatia's king of fireworks invests in splashing
January 25, 2010 10:06 (CET)Franjo Koletić, totum factum in the Croatian fireworks market has bought a 45,000 m2 parcel of land near Biograd with plans do turn the area into what the press calls the Croatian ... details
Construction teams on both sides of Sv. Ilija Tunnel finally shake hands
January 22, 2010 14:58 (CET)The construction of the Sv. Ilija Tunnel has reached another milestone on the 21st of January, when workers digging on opposing northern and southern sides met each other. The purpose ... details
Digital library of Croatian newspapers and journals launched
January 22, 2010 13:07 (CET)On January 21st, 2010 with addresses and introductions to the project the Portal of Digitized Old Croatian Newspapers and Journals. The host of the project is Croatia's National and ... details
Dean Todorović named the 2009 best chef in Croatia
January 20, 2010 18:03 (CET)The Croatian Chef Federation delivered its 2009 Crystal Chef awards in three categories today. The winner in the overall category came from Primošten's Hotel Zora restaurant, Dean ... details
New road to Vir Bridge to usable by Easter
January 20, 2010 14:40 (CET)Construction works on the new D306 connecting Nin and Vir Island with the mainland are underway. The road should be usable by Easter and completed by the end of May. The new track of ... details
Pag-Košljun Channel on the agenda
January 19, 2010 22:17 (CET)With authorities and interested parties present a meeting was held to discuss the plans about a channel that would divide Pag Island into halves. The advantage of the channel between ... details
First in a row ValBandić Regatta in Valbandon puddle
January 19, 2010 11:47 (CET)Sailing addicts of Pula's PIJK Hijena Club couldn't stand seeing the pond created by the heavy rains of recent weeks empty, so they announced the first ever ValBandić Regatta and the ... details
Lopud riva broken by the sea
January 12, 2010 22:03 (CET)Waves during two strong tempests crushed the promenade in Lopud town. Comparing to the recent damage done by the sea in Orebić the visiting authority said that the damage in Lopud ... details
Dubrovnik: future European Capital of Culture?
January 12, 2010 12:11 (CET)At the meeting with the mayor in Pécs, Hungary Dubrovnik's mayor Andro Vlahušić discussed the European Capital of Culture project. Vlahušić mentioned that besides being ... details
Pag town and Povljana join REPS to protect dry-walls
January 12, 2010 11:28 (CET)Pag town and Povljana submit their application to the REPS project. REPS (Réseau Européen de la Pierre sèche) is an EU-funded Interreg IIIC programme to protect dry-stone ... details
Trogir in need of solution for the growing flood threat
January 09, 2010 15:57 (CET)Situated right on the coast, the UNESCO listed old town of Trogir is faced with the problem of the growing sea level. The concrete used to strengthen basements also add to the problem. ... details
Vodice restored the Rašinov stan bunja
January 09, 2010 15:05 (CET)Following the inscription of the old building to the Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia in 2008, the Rašinov dwelling near Vodice was first cleaned of the weeds, then its ... details
Call for šokol - Šokolijada in Nin announced
January 09, 2010 11:35 (CET)The Tourist Boad of Nin is doing preparations for the 8th Šokolijada of the town. Makers of this delicate dish are now called to sign up for the competition to be held on the 18th of ... details
First time festival of music documentary films in Starigrad Paklenica in August
January 08, 2010 22:37 (CET)To continue the film industry tradition of Starigrad Paklenica an international festival of music documentary films between 8 and 14 of August is under organization. The list of 10 ... details
Stari Grad on Hvar to be renamed to Faros?
January 05, 2010 18:55 (CET)Polling on a well visited local website about Stari Grad on Hvar Island shows that 80% of the voters would be for changing the current name of the town back to its ancient one, ... details
Olive oil production heading north, deep into mainland - first ever drops of Ričice oil
January 05, 2010 18:17 (CET)Twenty or ten years ago, given its harsh climate and conditions nobody thought that the Ričice soil, NW of Imotski, next to the Bosnian-Herzegovian border would be the home of olive ... details
Bike atlas of Zadar County brewing
January 05, 2010 09:52 (CET)The popularity of bicycle tourism is spreading from the northern parts of the Adriatic towards south. Zadar County is working on an atlas for cyclists that would include all the ... details
Dannii Minogue on Twitter: Would like to visit Croatia in the summertime
January 04, 2010 21:14 (CET)Answering a question from a fan about the part of the world that she hasn't visited but would love to Dannii named Croatia in the ... details
With escalator to Sv. Mihovil? - Šibenik might get new attraction
January 03, 2010 17:47 (CET)The town of Šibenik asked Nikola Bašić to bring out his plans, as they consider to construct the designed escalator connecting Šibenik's old quarter Dolac with the fortress ... details
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