The British low-cost airline, EasyJet (U2 / EZY), announced its 2018 summer flight schedule. All flights are available for sale by September 2nd, 2018. EasyJet flies to 4 destinations in Croatia: Dubrovnik, Pula, Split and Zadar – reports Avioradar.

The most significant reduction in traffic is related to the closure of the base in Hamburg, which Easyjet leaves on March 24th next year and thereby removing the lines from Pula and Split to Hamburg. That means that there will be 2 flights per week less for Pula and 3 flights per week less for Split, compared to this year. All the other lines that EasyJet had this year will be in traffic during the summer of 2018.

Most lines will start flying earlier in 2018 than in 2017. There is a significant extension of the season, for example at the lines from Dubrovnik and Split to Amsterdam, which will start flying at the beginning of the summer flight schedule. The line Split - Milan (Malpensa Airport) will start 10 weeks earlier. The longest stretch will be on the Dubrovnik-Manchester line, that will begin 11 weeks earlier (May 5th) compared to 2017. On the other hand, some lines will start later, such as Dubrovnik – Belfast, which will start during the last week in June.

Pula has a stronger Pula - Bristol line with one extra flight per week, so the flights on Saturdays will be boosted by another flight every Wednesday. In Zadar, the line for London -Luton will be intensified in the pre-season and will start three weeks earlier, from May 5th, 2018.

Most lines have been announced for Split - 17 lines or 96 flights a week in the heart of the season. For Dubrovnik there are 16 lines with 55 flights per week, 4 lines for Pula with 10 flights per week, and two lines for Zadar with 5 flights per week.

A vast majority of people cannot imagine starting a day without one thing – coffee. It is no wonder that this favourite beverage has its day celebrated once a year on the 1st of October.

Coffee is one of the most popular hot beverages in the world; coffee lovers around the globe drink around 1.6 billion cups of coffee every day. There are two types of coffee – Arabica and Robusta, whilst the largest world coffee producer is Brazil, which produces almost twice as much as Vietnam and Columbia.

As far as Croats are concerned, they simply love coffee. According to some estimates, Croats drink three to four cups of coffee a day, maybe making the International Coffee day a National Holiday would be a good idea. There is even a cat cafe in Zagreb. They consider coffee as an invitation for gathering and socializing, as a break during the day or as a consolation. To most people coffee is the first thing they think of when they open their eyes in the morning.

The International Coffee Day is an occasion that promotes and celebrates coffee as a beverage, with events now occurring in places across the world. The first official date was the 1st of October 2015, as agreed by the International Coffee Organization and was launched in Milan, Italy.

On this day, many businesses offer free or discounted cups of coffee. Some greeting card companies sell National Coffee Day greeting cards as well as free e-cards.

Dubrovnik Aquathlon was held yesterday for the second time and it was a great fun. Competition started at Beach Banje and competitors had a great challenge in front of them –swimming, followed by five kilometres of running.

As said, it all started at Banje, with a turn around in front of Hotel Excelsior, followed by Australian swing on the beach, and then a new round of 500 meters of swimming.
After the swim, the competitors ran along the stairs, took the racing equipment at Lazareti and headed for St. Jacob and back. The race ended on Ploce, behind the City, in front of the Gymnasium.

With competitors from Croatia, professionals and recreationalists from several other countries have competed.

Luka Dumancic and Zara Bakovic are the winners of the second Dubrovnik Aquatlhlon. Dumancic finished the race in 33 minutes, 42 seconds, while Bakovic needed 43 minutes and 20 seconds.

    Photos: Tonci Vlasic

How do you take your dog swimming with you...easy all you need is a couple of surf boards and a waiting raft and you are away.

This pet owner in the Lapad Bay today proved that “walkies” can also be on the water. She took her “best friends” fort a nautical afternoon on the Adriatic Sea, a delightful way to spend the first day of October in Dubrovnik.

On this day, the 1st of October, 26 years ago soldiers of the Yugoslav National Army supported by reservists attacked Dubrovnik at six in the morning and marked the first attack on the city in the Homeland War. On the 1st of October 1991 the attacks started from the land, sea and air, and the aggression left Dubrovnik without power and water for the first day.

In order to create a complete blockade of information the television and radio antenna on the Srd Mountain overlooking the city was destroyed by air attacks. The telephone connections to the city were also seriously damaged.

Dubrovnik was left without electricity, water and connections with the world for the next three months. In total the Yugoslav National Army sent between 1,000 and 13,000 soldiers to the Dubrovnik region as well as support from aircraft, navy ships and heavy artillery.

Up against this relatively large Yugoslav force were around 750 poorly armed soldiers and volunteers from the Dubrovnik region who held a front of over 200 kilometres. They heroically defended Dubrovnik and defeated the Yugoslav Army and preserved the city and its inhabitants.

This day will be remembered in the darker pages of Dubrovnik’s history.

As part of the activities of its Europe Direct Dubrovnik information centre, the Europe House Dubrovnik organized an event for the European Day of Languages for the fourth time in a row.

A fun-educational program with more than 170 participants of all ages joined in the celebration of languages in Dubrovnik. In front of the St. Blaise Church in the centre of the historic city participants, and even members of the public, showed there language skills and marked this special European day.

Students of Primary and Secondary Elementary School, Gymnasium Dubrovnik, Ruđer Bošković Secondary School of Elementary School, Luka Sorkočević School of Arts and Tourist and Hospitality Schools, students of RIT Croatia, representatives of the Albanian and Italian Consulates, members and members of the Croatian-Russian Society "Art Without Borders", the Dubrovnik Foreign Circle and the Europe House of Dubrovnik all took part. Spontaneously tourists from Sweden, Spain and Romania also took to the stage and performed in their own languages giving a message of love and peace.

Dubrovnik will play host to a major sporting event tomorrow, the Dubrovnik Aquathlon 2017.

Entitled “Earth, Sea and Fire” this race includes a 1,000 metre swim in the Adriatic right in front of the Old City of Dubrovnik and directly after a 5,000 metre race along the coastline to St. Jakov and back. Yes, this isn’t a race for the unfit, you have to be in top form to compete in this one. However it will be a great spectacle to watch and the whole event starts at 3.00 pm on the Banje Beach.

The Dubrovnik Aquathlon is a new race under the Du Motion brand, known for organizing a two-day racing event "Du Motion - Runners' Days Dubrovnik" which includes the popular Dubrovnik Half Marathon.

The organizer of the Dubrovnik Aquathlon is the Triathlon Club Dubrovnik with the support of the partners of the Tourist Board of the City of Dubrovnik, the City of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Association of Sports.

The Dubrovnik Foreign Circle have opened today their popular second hand sale in the Lazareti complex just east of the Old City of Dubrovnik. The charitable sale, which will be raising funds for three different associations, is now traditional in the city and this is the eighth consecutive year that the sale has been held.

“We have a bigger space than last year and I hope we can reach last year’s total which was around 44,000 Kunas. The community have been extremely helpful and we thank them all for all the donations that we have received,” commented the President of the Dubrovnik Foreign Circle, Christiane Mandukich.

 DFC ladies ready for a busy day - Photo Mark Thomas 

The sale opened this morning at 9.00 am and will close today at 6.00 pm. And then tomorrow, Sunday, will be open from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm and due to the huge demand from the public the sale has been extended into a third day, Monday, and will be open from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.

This is the biggest second hand sale in Dubrovnik and is a great opportunity to pick up a bargain as well as contributing to a good cause.

The Dubrovnik Foreign Circle’s mission and vision is to actively serve the community by providing services that contribute to the health and vitality of the greater Dubrovnik Region. The organization’s goal is to provide friendship and understanding between its members and the Dubrovnik community at large by organizing cultural and social events. The Dubrovnik Foreign Circle engages in fundraising activities for the benefit of its community projects.