The German airline, Condor, has announced an increase in flights to Croatia for the summer season 2018. Condor will operate from Frankfurt to Rijeka and Zadar and from Dusseldorf and Hannover to Split.

Condor is Germany's third largest commercial airline based on fleet size and passengers flown. It is headquartered at Gateway Gardens near Frankfurt Airport with an important branch office at Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It is a subsidiary of the British Thomas Cook Group, but still partners with its former parent Lufthansa through the use of the Lufthansa Group's Miles & More program, its business lounges at Frankfurt Airport and as interline partners.

On the Rijeka and Zadar routes Condor will find itself in direct competition with the largest budget airline in the world,Ryanair.

The popular Croatian cellist Ana Rucner has been filming for a Chinese show “Day Up Day” for Hunan Television in Dubrovnik.

The Chinese TV talk show is a hit with over 300 million viewers. Rucner performed with the Lindo dance ensemble on the Dubrovnik City Walls and shared her experience on social media. After filming in Dubrovnik the crew moved onto Zagreb to continue the show.

Another warm and sunny Sunday is expected in Dubrovnik today with highs to hit an impressive 25 degrees. Blue skies will be the order of the day as the region enjoys another mild weekend of weather as the summer extends into the autumn.

With only 71 days left to Christmas the city has for the last week been revelling in balmy mid-twenty temperatures and swimmer and sunbathers are still rolling out their towels on the county’s beaches.

The Adriatic Sea is Dubrovnik is currently 22 degrees, or warmer than the air temperature in Paris, London and Berlin. The forecast for the coming week is for more sunshine and warm weather with temperatures expected to be between 21 and 25 degrees all week. There is a chance of rain on Friday although next weekend should also be warm and mild.

Among all European Union member countries, the highest equality between men and women is observed in Sweden and the lowest in Greece. As far as Croatia is concerned, the country is in the 24th place, reported the European Institute for Gender Equality, pointing out that the EU is progressing but very slow.

According to the 2017 Report on equality between women and men in the EU carried out by the European Institute, Sweden is the most gender-equal country with 82,6 points out of 100, whilst Greece is among the worst with 50 points. A reward for the biggest progress goes to Italy, which made a big step forward, won additional 12, 9 points, and placed as the 14th on the gender equality list for 2017.

When it comes to Croatia, the country is among the worst countries in the European Union with 53,1 points. Croatia is followed by Greece, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.

The best EU member countries for gender equality are Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands. The European average is 66,2 points.

My name is Dietmar Gamerith and I have been coming to Dubrovnik since 1969. In total I have visited the city 75 times and over this time many things have happened to the modern soul and spirit of Dubrovnik. One of the only things that has stayed the same is the positive aura that the friendly citizens and the city have.

There are many more tourists than before and the traffic is much heavier. The airport, the port and the amount of cruise ships are all considerably more than over past years. I realise that the city lives from tourism and that many citizens rely on this income. During the rush hour from Spring to Autumn the Old City is overloaded with tourists and almost every café bar and restaurant is packed. But I see all of this as a positive thing for the city.

Without this tourism and this income, the city would not be the same. Dubrovnik now has a modern soul. There are many more possibilities than before, more excursions, more attractions and generally more options. The hotels are clean and the food is very, very good. Dubrovnik is one of the best destination of the world and I believe it now has a modern soul and a place and space for everyone.

It is a city made from stone and the structure is strong. I feel this positive aura every time I come to Dubrovnik, that’s one of the reasons that I keep coming back. It is a city that you will never forget.

Dietmar Gamerith, Graz-Austria

The International White Cane Safety Day, which traditionally falls on the 15th of October ever year, was marked today in the heart of Dubrovnik.

In front of the St. Blaise Church members of the Association of Blind People from Dubrovnik arranged a special presentation in which children were blindfolded to highlight the problems that blind people have in everyday life.

The guide dogs were certainly the most important attraction for the children and the whole event was well organised and brought this important issue more publicity and education.

After 24 days of filming on the island of Vis, the final film clap marked the end of ‘’Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’’ in Croatia.

The filming of the Croatian part of a new sequel of the popular romantic comedy hit from 2008, engaged more than 270 filmmakers and statists from Croatia. ‘’Mamma Mia’’ producers were extremely satisfied with their experience of filming in Croatia.

On the last day of filming on Vis, the director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre Daniel Rafaelic paid a visit to the set and spoke to the producer Nicky Kentish Barnes who was full of great impressions.

‘’I am endlessly satisfied with the professionalism I saw on the set as well as in the preparations for the filming. Croatian filmmakers showed a significant level of professionalism and work that is fully complementary with foreign partners’’, commented Rafaelic.

The‘’Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’’ premiere is announced for summer 2018 with the original film crew - Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper as well as with Lily James, Josh Dylan, Jeremy Irvine, Alexa Davies and Jessica Keenan Wynn.

Diving Club Dubrovnik will organize the third cleaning of seabed this year, on Sunday, October 15th, from 10am to 12.30pm on the island of Lopud.

Divers from the Diving Club Dubrovnik, employees of Cistoca d.o.o. and volunteers of the local board of Kolocep will participate. Each year, as part of its regular ecological activities, the Dubrovnik Tourist Board, together with the City of Dubrovnik and the Department of Communal Services and Local Self-Government, encourages and supports Diving Club Dubrovnik in their sea-cleaning operations.

Depending on the weather conditions, there should be one more cleaning action by the end of October.

Underwater cleaning operations are necessary and useful not only in the tourist season, but also after the summer, to make the Dubrovnik seabed and sea water as clean as it can be.