The vocal group Kase celebrated their tenth anniversary last night with a special concert in the Rector’s Palace. Kase were joined by the Dubrovnik Symphony orchestra and the vocal group Subrenum in what was an evening to remember.

For all those who enjoy the melody of “Klapa” tunes last night the Rector’s Palace was the place to be. The concert also had a humanitarian aspect as all the revenue raised from the ticket sales went to the Croatian Association for Training Guide Dogs.

Happy Birthday Kase from the Dubrovnik Times

Miss Universe Croatia 2017, Shanaelle Petty (19) has been in Dubrovnik recording video material for her bid to become the next Miss Universere. Petty spent two days in Dubrovnik shooting video and photos and even had the time to catch up with the newly elected mayor of Dubrovnik, Mato Franković, for a chat.

“I've never been to Dubrovnik and I'm thrilled! My friends from America have seen the photos and are already packing their suitcases,” commented Petty.

Petty is the first candidate in the twenty-year history of Miss Universe in Croatia whose mother also took part in the event. Unfortunately she didn’t have the opportunity to share her win with her mother as she died when Petty was only six years old. He mother, Ivana Krajina, took part in Miss Universe Croatia twenty years ago but died of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma when Petty was only six. We wish her the best of luck for the finals in November in the Philippines.

Croatia Airlines flight OU664 from Zagreb to Dubrovnik had to be redirected to Rome last night due to the fact that no airport in the Republic of Croatia was open at around midnight last night, commented Croatia Airlines today. The flight from Zagreb couldn’t land at Dubrovnik Airport due to strong northerly winds and had planned to return to Zagreb when the pilot was informed that the airport didn’t have enough staff available to handle the flight. It was therefore rerouted to Rome where it landed at around one o’clock in the morning.

"Because of the sudden winds that last night exceeded Croatia Airlines' maximum permitted landing criteria for safe landing, Croatia Airlines flight on OU664 Zagreb - Dubrovnik could not land at Dubrovnik Airport, and it was decided that the plane return to the Zagreb International Airport (MZL). However MZL informed the company that it was no longer possible to take the Airbus 320 and 124 passengers at that time (about midnight), "said Croatia Airlines in a statement.

"In view of the fact that no airport was open in Croatia the plane was diverted to Rome, where passengers where put up overnight in a hotel at the expense of Croatia Airlines,” continued the press release from Croatia Airlines.

In accordance with European regulations Croatia Airlines pointed out that it provided all passengers a flight to their final destination of Dubrovnik on the first available flight. The first flight from Rome was at 1.45pm. Croatia Airlines apologised for the disturbance caused to all passengers and stated that the reasons for the redirection were out of their control.

According to the latest UN report on innovation, Croatia has placed as the 41st on the list among 127 countries.

The UN's annual report for intellectual property for 2017 show that the fast-growing economies are progressing on the list, which is predominated by the rich Western countries headed by Switzerland.

In comparison to 2016, Croatia has scored better, last year the country placed as the 47th on the UN's list.

As far as countries in the region are concerned, Slovenia (32nd) and Hungary (39th) have ranked better than Croatia, whilst other countries placed worse such as Romania (42nd), Montenegro (48th), Macedonia (61st), Serbia (62nd), and Bosnia and Herzegovina (86th).
Since 2011 Switzerland has been leading ''the first five'' team including Sweden, the Netherlands, the US, and the UK. The countries of UAE, Vietnam and Kuwait are among the countries that have made the biggest progress in comparison to 2016.

The Global Innovation Index provides detailed metrics about the innovation performance of 127 countries and economies around the world. Its 81 indicators explore a broad vision of innovation, including political environment, education, infrastructure and business sophistication.

You can build a shining new airport but if you don’t have the people to staff it you’re going to have big problems. This unfortunately was the case when a Croatia Airlines Airbus A320 from Zagreb to Dubrovnik had to change course due to strong northerly winds in Dubrovnik.

According to a report on the specialised aviation website “Avioradar” the plane circled over Dubrovnik waiting for the wind to calm down, but as it reached 40 knots the pilot decided to return to Zagreb. However, as is unofficially reported, the Zagreb Airport refused landing stating that “we don’t have enough people to handle the plane.”

The new airport in Zagreb was finished only weeks ago and at a cost of around 300 million Euros was heralded as being able to handle millions of passengers a year. At the opening the Croatian Prime Minster, Andrej Plenković, commented that “I am sure that such a remarkable airport will contribute to the image of Croatia.”

After being informed that the Airbus couldn’t land in Zagreb the plane was then redirected to Leonardo da Vinci Airport in Rome where it landed at around one o’clock in the morning.

Five days of non-stop movement, events and impressive sights – Pink Wing 2017 officially started on the 14th of June in Zagreb.

For the second year in a row, a convoy of 65 luxury vehicles such as Rolls Royce, Porsche GT3 RS, McLaren, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Ferrari worth around 20 million Euros, hit the roads throughout Croatia attracting great attention. This event is also a nice treat for drivers because they are having a unique, direct experience of sights and tastes of the country.

Pink Wing is a unique lifestyle, gastronomic and driving event which gathers together high-level business people, company owners, managers and athletes and provides them with exclusive treatment, top entertainment, extraordinary driving experience and a vacation through socializing and enjoying their cars.

The world popular actress and singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus was a guest at the ''Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' a few days ago.

On this occasion, Fallon made Cyrus sing popular songs whose lyrics were translated by Google Translator first in Croatian and then in English again. The result was a real chaos and great dose of fun for the audience.

Cyrus sang Ed Sheeran's hit ''Shape Of You'' which when translated sounded like ''Your Body's Curves'', however, the rest of the translation was no less bizarre.

The video was posted on social media and almost a million people watched it in less than 24 hours.

Real Madrid superstar Marcelo is truly relaxed in Dubrovnik Last night he took a walk with his wife Clarissa Alves and friends in the Old City. He was really friendly and down to earth – taking photos with fans every step of the way.

According to some news sites, Marcelo and his wife came to Croatia because of the wedding of Marcelo’s teammate Mateo Kovacic and his future wife Izabel.

Since bride to be had her bachelorette party in Dubrovnik, it was speculated that the wedding might be held in our city too, but it seems that that was only a false rumour.