Dubrovnik director and editor Vladimir Gojun won an award for best editing at the 24fps - international short film festival in Abilene, USA. Gojun received the award for the work of the Slovenian short film 'A new home', directed by Ziga Virca.

- 24fps is not a traditional short film festival. The thirty Official Selection films are screened only once for the public, as a part of three curated exhibition programs. These unique programs highlight the filmmaker as well as the film itself, and each project is introduced by a festival official. Filmmakers in attendance are given the opportunity to speak to the audience after their film’s screening – it's written on the official pages of this international short film festival.

The New York Times has published an article titled ''20 places to travel in your 20s'', bringing a list of suggestions where to go if you're young and searching for a way to change your perception of the world. They bring the good and the bad sides of traveling in your 20s – meeting new cultures, friends and lifelong memories but with financial constraints, limited time off from work and concerns about safety. That's why they bring this article as a starter kit to world travel.

Dubrovnik hits this list as many others, with other places on Croatian cost.
- It’s gotten fancier over the years, but bopping down the Adriatic coast in Croatia is still a great option for young travelers. Start in scenic Dubrovnik and hit laid-back and gorgeous spots like Rovinj, Kornati Islands National Park and Makarska. You’ll find great food and wine, dazzling vistas and a welcoming attitude – writes The New York Times.

Other suggested places for young travelers are Cuba, Costa Rica, Iceland, Barcelona and some more. 

In response to numerous inquiries from the public that lives in the part of Dubrovnik called Babin Kuk, who seeked the construction of social facilities, primarily for children and youth, the City of Dubrovnik ordered development of the project and signed a contract with the company "Oluja projekt" in the amount of 98 thousand kuna.

Recreational park at Babin Kuk will have: playground for younger children, playground for older children, training space for young people (street workout), training space for seniors (outdoor fitness), playgrounds for various sports, skate park, square with a sundial and bowling.

According to the concept, Smart City technology will be implemented, which provides features such as LED lighting, video monitoring with integrated counters and Wi-Fi Internet access.

Project documentation will be finalized by the end of this year. Construction will start next year, as well as equipping of sports and recreational park in phases.

The main street in the Old City of Dubrovnik, the Stradun, was awash with Old Timers today as the Dubrovnik Old Timer Club organised their 13th vintage car rally.

The rally began in the Port of Dubrovnik and then at 10.00am the old beauties made their way into the Old City and lined up along the Stradun. In total 26 old timers, all older than 30 years old, paraded in the centre of the city and attracted admiring glances from tourists and locals.

Check out the photo gallery of today’s vintage fun by Tonci Plazibat.

The largest moon in 69 years will shine tomorrow night. The so called Super Moon will be at its biggest and brightest for almost 70 years and according to experts midnight on Monday night will be the best time to see the lunar spectacle.

It will be a great opportunity to photo this mega moon, and the forecast shows north winds which should be clear night skies on Monday night. It is called a Super Moon because the moon will pass closer to the earth than it normally does, even though the distances are still enormous, the moon will be 356,511km from the earth.

The cold northerly wind, known as the bura, blew last night and “cleaned” the streets of Dubrovnik of all life.

The city is in between seasons, the tourist season has come to an end and the life that the Dubrovnik Winter Festival brings still hasn’t begun.

The historic Old City of Dubrovnik looked slightly sad last night, as you can see from this photo gallery by Ahmet Kalajdžić.

Saint Martin was a bishop from Tours in France who is worshiped all around Europe as the patron saint of winemakers. St. Martin's Day, in Croatia known as Martinje, celebrates the end of the agrarian year and the beginning of harvesting, but it also marks the day when must traditionally turns into wine.

St. Martin’s feast is a ritual of wine baptism that has been celebrated since the 17th century in the northern parts of Croatia. Wine lovers gather in vineyards of their hosts in middle of November. In the ritual of baptizing, actors dress up and take roles of judge, bishop, godmother and godfather of the wine. In Croatia and Slovenia on the Saint Martin's Day people cherish the tradition of making grape juice ‘’must’’ into wine. At the celebrations they usually prepare Martin's goose.

There is an interesting story about the goose. Martin, who was a Roman legionary and a great lover of wine, was released from service due to his faith prohibiting him from fighting. After finishing his education he was supposed to become a Christian bishop. According to legend, that is not what Martin wanted. On the day of his appointment as bishop he hid in a goose pen. Unfortunately, he was betrayed by the cackling of the geese and became a bishop after all.

Especially big celebrations in Croatia are in Sveti Martin na Muri, Pozega, Kutjevo, Velika Gorica, Dugo Selo, Sv. Ivan Zelina and many other places. St. Martins Day is always celebrated on the 11th of November in Croatia.

The Prefect of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Nikola Dobroslavic, received an official visit from the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Croatia Mira Nikolic this Friday.

This was the first visit by the Ambassador to the county and Dobroslavic introduced her to the historical, cultural and economic characteristics of the county. He pointed out that tourism is the most important industry in the county, but also stressed the importance of agriculture in the Neretva valley and the importance of the port of Ploce and how vital it was for the economy of Serbia.

Ambassador Nikolic pointed out that there are an increasing number of guests from Serbia in Dubrovnik which has certainly contributed to the introduction of direct air routes between Belgrade and Dubrovnik.

The mayor stressed the good relations with the minority Serbian community in Dubrovnik, as is the case with other minority communities in the county. They also talked about the experience of using European funds as a good basis for investment.