The Nautical Channel, the world’s only specialized TV channel for sailing, water sports and travel, has started broadcasting the third season of the travel TV series ‘’Sail-Ho! Croatia’’.

More than 150 million viewers in 54 countries around the globe will now have an opportunity to see the beauties of Croatia as well as some, so far, unseen and undiscovered content.

The filming of the TV series started on the 30th of May 2017 at the Kornati Cup regatta, whilst the final film clap marked the end of the filming on locations in Istria at the end of July.

The first and second seasons of ‘’Sail-Ho! Croatia’’, broadcasted in 2015 and 2016, achieved a great result with an average audience of around 20 million viewers per episode. The third season is a logical sequel because more and more viewers, especially boaters, opt for Croatia as their next summer destination.

‘’After exceptionally accepted first and even better second season of the TV series, we are delighted to present the third season to our viewers. They will once again have the opportunity to sail along the Croatian coast and we can hardly wait to discover more to them. Croatia is definitely a positive discovery and with each new episode we reveal something new and interesting’’, commented Andrew Miller, the director of Nautical Channel.

Some of the destinations that will be presented to Nautical Channel viewers include Konavle-Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Korčula, Omiš, the island of Brač, Vodice, Knin, Jezera, the small island of Vir, the islands of Krk, Cres and Lošinj as well as Istria and Zagreb.

The Amali Doare production, which has been producing this TV series for the Nautical Channel since 2015, is preparing the production and the fourth season, which is to be recorded in 2018.

The main partners of the series are ACI Club d.d., the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ), the Croatian Electric Company (HEP), INA d.d., the Tourist Board of Zagreb, the Tourist Board of the Split-Dalmatia County, the Kvarner Tourist Board and many others.

It seems that wild boar has been seen in Gospino Polje in Dubrovnik today – reports Dubrovacki Vjesnik. Apparently, the animal has been hit by the car and got confused, so it started roaming around, and as said by witnesses was seen also at Ivo Vojnovic street, where it scared people drinking their morning Monday coffee.

It is interesting to tell that the appearance of wild boars is not so unusual in Dubrovnik, since at the end of last year one of them was seen at Nuncijata, near the Franjo Tudman Bridge, where it scared the drivers at the east entrance of the City.

It is said that this sort of animals come to settled areas for food. It’s possible that in the winter months they will feel more attracted to Dubrovnik, but hopefully not, because wild boars are not the type of winter tourism that we are aiming for.

According to the latest Arton Capital's Passport Index, Singapore has ‘’the most powerful’’ passport in the world, whilst Croatia has placed as the 14th on the list.

Arton Capital’s Passport Index is the world’s most popular online interactive tool, which collects, displays and ranks the passports of over 190 world countries.

Earlier this year, Croatia was in the 15th place, according to this index, however, the country made a step forward and now it shares the 14th place with Brazil. And in 2015 the Croatian passport was ranked in 17th position. 

The passport value is determined by a set of parameters; however, the visa is the most important of them.

Singapore has the most powerful passport in the world because its citizens can travel to the largest number of world countries visa-free. The country is followed by Germany (2nd), Sweden, South Korea (3rd), Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, Spain, Norway, Japan, United Kingdom (4th), whilst Luxembourg, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Portugal are in the 5th place on the list.

It is interesting to note that the US passport is ranked as the sixth most powerful passport in the world after Donald Trump became the President, because Turkey and Central African Republic re-introduced visas for Americans.

As far as Croatian passport is concerned, Croats can travel to 144 countries around the globe visa-free; however, the visa is required for Croatian citizens going to almost all African and Middle Eastern countries, as well as to Russia and the United States. In total Croatians have to apply for visas for travel in 54 countries, including the USA, Australia and Russia. 

In addition, as Croatia is the EU member country, the Croatian passport is much more powerful than passports of all the other Balkan countries. Only the Slovenian passport is ''stronger'' than Croatian, it ranked as the 10th on the Arton Capital’s Passport Index.

The bottom five world’s countries with ‘’the weakest passport’’ are Somalia, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Map of the passports colours of the world - Passport Index 

Located to the east side of the historic city centre is the Dominican Monastery. This impressive sacral building holds many interesting secrets. You reach the monastery entrance by climbing up a stone stairway with an equally impressive stone balustrade.

It was constructed in the 14th century in a Gothic-Renaissance style and contains an exquisite cloister, which was added in the 15th century, filled with orange trees and palms. The cloister is an interesting experience, especially in the warmer summer months, and a nice break from the crowds.

The main, single-nave church is large and spacious and features a painting by the Cavtat artist Vlaho Bukovac. There are 15th and 16th century works of art and a large stained glass window. The monastery complex also holds a museum, which is accessed through the cloister, and exhibits religious works by famous Dubrovnik artists.

The Czech low-cost airline SmartWings will launch flights to Dubrovnik for the summer season of 2018 from two polish destinations. SmartWings, which has a fleet size of 23, will start connections between the Polish capital Warsaw and Katowice, in the southwest of Poland, from the beginning of May next year.

The flights to Warsaw will be operated three times a week and the flight time is a little over 2 hours. Whilst the flights to Katowice will also be operated three times a week, on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays.

By embarking on the rocket launcher "Dubrovnik", the supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović with other senior officials, commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Liberation of South Croatia in the Port of Dubrovnik today.

The elaborate ceremony was held in Port of Dubrovnik in Gruz and was modelled on during the official assembly of the troops of the Croatian Army on the 29th of October 1991.

The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Croatia, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia and Defense Minister Damir Krstičević, as well as the Interior Minister Davor Božinović and Croatian Defense Counsel Tomo Medved.

The official ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the liberation of southern Croatia featured a spectacular display by MIG fighter aircraft.

The autumn has been kind to Dubrovnik with mild weather, endless blue skies and plenty of warm sunshine. With temperatures in the low twenties for most of the month tourists and locals have been enjoying an extremely pleasant end to 2017 and with only 56 days left until Christmas there are still swimmers enjoying the Adriatic Sea.

This weekend the island of Lokrum, just a long stone’s throw from the Old City of Dubrovnik, was awash with guests as the ferries continued to run.

Swimmers dived in the Adriatic, which at around 21 degrees is still more than pleasant, al fresco coffees and lunches were abound and walks around the unspoilt nature topped off a lovely weekend. The last ferry leaves the island today at 4 o’clock and if the weather continues to be mild the ferries line should run into November.

The new iPhone X model will cost you between 9,569 Kuna and 10,999 Kuna. The latest smartphone from Apple, with 64 gigabytes of memory, will set Croatians back two monthly salaries at 9,569 Kunas and the top-of-the-range model with a massive 256 gigabytes is an astronomic 10,999 Kuna.

Pre-orders for the latest smartphone started yesterday and the first deliveries will start on the 3rd of November. These prices are the retail prices and certain operators will of course be offering the chance to purchase on a monthly basis. For example, with VIP the price is 2,899 Kuna and then a monthly payment of 210 Kuna over 24 months. However, you have to add to this the monthly phone tariff, which is 179 Kunas, meaning that the monthly total would be 389 Kuna.

The new iPhone is around 3,000 Kuna more expensive than the iPhone 8, and when compared to the price in the US or Germany it is more expensive. In the US the iPhone X costs $999, whilst in Croatia it is $1,482, in Germany it costs 1,149 Euro, whilst in Croatia is costs 1,273 Euros. However, in spite of these price differences the operators in Croatia are reporting that sales are going very well.