A round-up of the top stories in Dubrovnik and Croatia over the past seven days from The Dubrovnik Times.
19.03
Croatian citizenship to go on sale?
Considering the latest figures about the number of births and deaths in Croatia as well as an ever-increasing immigration wave of Croats to other European countries, maybe the country should think about selling Croatian passports to foreigners.
UK lifts working restrictions on Croatians from the 1st of July
An announcement of the abolition of restrictions on the employment of Croatian citizens in the United Kingdom was sent British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to Croatian Prime Minister, Andrej Plenković today. Plenkovic welcomed this decision from Downing Street, and Croatia will respond reciprocally to British citizens, and they will also be able to work freely in Croatia from the 1st of July.
20.03
Dubrovnik dealing with cruise ship crush
"In the end, our guests don't want to go to a place that's overcrowded," Donald said. "If the sites that everybody wants to see are being abused, our guests won't go. It's in our self-interest, but it's also in the interest of the places we go,” commented the CEO of Carnival Cruises, Arnold Donald, about Dubrovnik at the recent Seatrade Cruise Global convention. This year Dubrovnik will start to tackle the problem of overcrowding, a subject that is extremely important to the Mayor of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, and one way is to regulate the arrival times of cruise ships.
21.03
Dubrovnik to go dark for an hour in Earth Hour
Dubrovnik will join in the global incentive of turning off lights throughout the city to mark Earth Hour on the Saturday the 24th of March. The lighting on the northern and western parts of the Dubrovnik City Walls, on the façade of the City Hall and the Rector’s Palace will all be turned off for one hour to mark this special day.
22.03
Croatian photographer shoots one of the best photos in the world
The Croatian photographer Petar Sabol has won the National Award for Croatia at the Sony World Photography Awards 2018. Sabol’s winning photo titled ‘’Mating of honey birds’’ was declared the best by the jury among 129,338 applied photos from all around the world. This is the third consecutive award of the Croatian photographer, also known as ‘’Sharp Eye’’, at the Sony World Photography Awards.
23.03
Snow falls in Konavle region as winter returns to Dubrovnik
It might be the third day of spring today but the weather certainly feels more like the depths of winter. Gale force northerly winds have been blowing for two days, bringing down trees and forcing the Dubrovnik Bridge to close, and overnight snow came back to the county.
24.03
Dubrovnik listed as one of the cheapest destinations in Europe
Dubrovnik has once again featured in the international media, but some may be surprised that the city has found itself on a list of the cheapest destinations in Europe. The UK newspaper, The Independent, has released an article entitled “The 19 Cheapest Holiday Destinations in Europe.”
