Croatia Travel News

If you're in the hunt for Christmas and New Year's celebrations in a place that's probably off your radar screen, then consider what Croatia is putting together for the month of December.

By Rohana Mustaffa KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 -- The people of Croatia recently had the opportunity to learn of the 1Malaysia concept through a special Malaysian food and cultural promotion at the nation's capital, Zagreb.

Once a rival of Venice for the hegemony of the Adriatic, this picturesque little town is attracting tourists from all over Europe and the world for its typically italian atmosphere but also for the beautiful beaches surrounding it.

Patrick Dineen Published on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

Kosovo honours a hero. To the hero the spoils? Brushing a lock of hair from her face and gazing into her eyes, the former president asks the comeliest government official to hand, "So what did you think of my speech?" No Monica she, her answer stays on the vertical and is rather better sculpted than the two and half-metre effigy just unveiled ...

After a few glasses of rather fine local red wine, I was drawn into a debate about which smart hotel on Montenegro's sparkling Adriatic coast was the backdrop for James Bond and Casino Royale.

At a meeting held Monday at the Grand Hotel Bonavia in Rijeka, the Supervisory Board of GSHR Holdings Ltd and Management Board of ALH concluded that during the first nine months of 2009 ALH Group hotels achieved good performance, particularly considering the very difficult market conditions caused by the global financial crisis.

Ok, so you've heard it all before voting is your democratic right, it's the only way to ensure your voice is heard, it's your duty as a good citizen, it gives you the mandate to complain when things go wrong.

The rivalry between Charles Darwin and 'the forgotten evolutionist', AR Wallace to be the first to publish evidence of evolutionary theory will be the topic of the latest trans-world video link discussion hosted by the University of Cambridge and the British Council tomorrow .

Croatia's largest tour operator, the tourism industry group Adriatica.net, will be salvaged after all.

The deal Add a few vacation days onto the long Thanksgiving weekend and relax in the tranquil waters of the Mediterranean.

Pavle Radonic has worked as assistant manager for Hotel Belvedere, overlooking the medieval city of Dubrovnik, for 18 years.

Belgrade's cardboard copy of the Berlin Wall marks the 20th anniversary of its fall.

I traveled abroad for the first time in 1958, when I was 9 years old. My family lived in Zadar, a pretty town on the Adriatic coast in Croatia.

Five schools across the country have closed after several students tested positive for the H1N1 virus, health authorities announced on Wednesday .

On October 21, 1978, John Updike was in Zagreb, Croatia, at the invitation of the Writers' Association of Croatia and the American Information Center.

Wine, olive oil, truffles and prosciutto are the weapons in a duel between the Croatian region of Istria, a heart-shaped peninsula in the Adriatic across from Venice, and Italy's tourist-mobbed Tuscany.

As often happens in such contexts---someone looking at me...a fair, red-headed blue-eyed man who doesn't speak Russian--- the question came up as to how on earth my travels ever landed me in such a remote part of the world.

She was a wild, pop star-dating good-time girl. Then she married the Archduke of Austria and life changed forever.

Israel has a closer relationship with the European Union than official EU-membership candidate Croatia, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Wednesday.