The globally popular conference forum TEDx is coming to Dubrovnik. On Friday the 28th of October the first ever TEDx event to be held in Dubrovnik will take place in the Marin Držić Theatre in the heart of the Old City. The theme for this conference will be “Living Tomorrow,” and over the six hours of the event an international panel of fifteen speakers will bring forward ideas and influences.

“The atmosphere of the exchange of differing ideas from a wide range of speakers will be interesting to experience in Dubrovnik,” commented the organisers of the event.

TED, or Technology, Entertainment, Design, events have proved extremely popular over the past years and this first ever TEDx is a spin-off from the initial idea, where X stands for independent. These are non-profit conferences, or melting pots of ideas, in which guest speakers are also unpaid. The TEDx in Dubrovnik starts at 1pm in the theatre and is scheduled to finish at 7pm, with tickets available at the door. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

The international guest speakers in Dubrovnik will include Davor Ljubimir , Branimir Brkljač, Božidar Jukić, Mihovil Španja, Rebecca Charry Roje, Aleksandra Kolarić, Srećko Koralija, Tomica Šćavina, Ljoba Jenče, Cody McClain, Rambo Amadeus, Mihaela Lekić, Gaella Gotwald, Siniša Car, Elizabeta Planinić. And there will also be a music program with two local artists, Maja Grgić and Lovro Barišić.

Dubrovnik will look forward to an afternoon of exchanging ideas and along the way finding solutions to the challenges of Living Tomorrow.

For further information on the speakers and the themes please download the attachment.

Dubrovnik Tourist Board promo movie named Dubrovnik & Time won one another prestige award on the 9th festival 'ART&TUR' IN Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, that was held from 19th to 22th of October. The video has won the second place in the 'Tourism destinations – cities' category. The international competition had a total of 301 movies from 52 countries on this festival.

The main objective of the festival is to promote creativity in tourism, so the contents of the ART & TUR Festival were enriched with complementary film events, such as workshops and photographic exhibitions.

With this award, promo movie Dubrovnik & Time hits a total of thirteen. It produced by BALDUCI FILM Zagreb and directed by Herve Tirmarchea.

Croatia is the country with the most 'mama's boys' in European Union, according to Bloomberg that brings a chart of countries with under-35s that still live with their parents. When it comes to 'mama's girls' our country would also be in the top with more than 60 percent of the ladies that still didn't leave their parents' home. 

Some would say that there are no surprises on the list because it's hard for the young people to 'cut the chains' because of the situation in the country as well as the Euorpean Union slow-moving economy. 

Young people from Denmark, Finland and Sweden are at the bottom of the list. Young Finish women are more likely to live their parents' home, with only 14 percent still living with their mums and dads. 

Every week our resident "Style Guru" will be scanning the streets of Dubrovnik for the latest and greatest in fashion.

The last time Croatia operated flights to the United States was in the summer of 1991, the year of the Homeland War, when the American airline Pan Am maintained flights four times a week from New York to Zagreb.

Earlier this year the Croatian ambassador to the US announced that the Embassy had continued discussions with various stakeholders in order to explore all possibilities for the reestablishment of direct flights to Croatia as soon as it was economically possible.

On the other hand, a European carrier has been negotiating with Zagreb International Airport about possible seasonal flights to New York for the next summer season. Jacques Feron the general manager of Zagreb Airport previously said that it would be "fantastic" for the Croatian capital to offer direct flights to the United States. "In the US, New York would be an excellent destination, although it is true that this metropolis is well connected to all major European airports", commented Mr Feron.

The announced direct flights between the United States and Croatia might not be far away, but a final agreement is yet to be reached.

Is Dubrovnik about to be the scene of another Bollywood blockbuster? One of the biggest stars in India is currently in Dubrovnik and it looks like she is filming here. Huma Qureshi published a photo on her Twitter account in Dubrovnik along with the comments, “In gorgeous Dubrovnik, Croatia... Surprise coming up...shooting something super fab...can't wait to share with you all.”

Qureshi is an actress and model who has earned several nominations for her on screen performances. She is also well known for her work in making commercials after an award winning Samsung advert. So Dubrovnik could well be the location of a new international advertising campaign. It is also believed that the Indian advert film maker Vivek Daschaudhary is also in Dubrovnik.

Dubrovnik sprung to fame in India and with the Bollywood community after the blockbuster movie “Fan” starring Shah Rukh Khan was filmed in the city in the spring of 2015.

It seems that some people are so happy to be in Dubrovnik that they just want to closer to the stone. No, this English tourist hadn’t fallen over, slipped on a banana or felt unsteady; she simply started rolling around on the Stradun to the obvious amusement of her friends.

She seemed extremely happy just to be in Dubrovnik and, as far as we could gather, was just taking the opportunity to get up close and personal with the city.

The Guardian newspaper has placed Croatia is third place as the most attractive destination for solo travelling. If you are travelling on your own then Dubrovnik should be on the list of places to visit.

This leading UK newspaper has published a list of the top ten destinations for solo travelers and India and China are ranked in the top two positions, with Dubrovnik in third place. Take a cruise along the Croatian Adriatic coastline and visit Montenegro, recommends the UK publication.

Other destinations in the top ten include skiing in France, West Africa, Colombia, Spain, Morocco and Japan.