Famous Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known by the name 2Cellos have been guests on The Today Show, American news and talk morning show that airs on NBC. 

They delighted everybody with amazing live perfomance of Game of Thrones theme. This track is from their newest album 'Score', made with the London Symphony Orchestra, that will be released on March 17.

In the talk before the performance, host stated that they don't have classical fans.
- Everybody! From children to grandmas and grandpas – said Luka Sulic.

After stating that they played the cellos almost they whole life, famous duo played them once again. 2Cellos never seem to disappoint, so this live performance was really enchanting.

According to some estimates around 250,000 to 300,000 Croatians suffer from rare diseases due to genetic, chronic and degenerative conditions that lead to disability and greatly affect the quality of their daily lives.

Apart from problems related to diagnosis and adequate medical care, the biggest problem is availability of drugs for rare diseases; drugs for some of those diseases are either unavailable on the market or are so expensive and difficult to obtain due to the small number of patients.

After several years of efforts by the Croatian Alliance for Rare Diseases, the country adopted a national programme for rare diseases for the period 2015-2020, which defines goals and gives recommendations for better care, including better diagnostics and treatment, the establishment of registers of patients and reference treatment centres, greater drug availability, the promotion of rare disease research and education as well as providing a multidisciplinary approach to patients suffering from rare disorders.

Rare diseases bring great suffering to 36 million Europeans and their families. They affect 5 in10,000 people or fewer, and expertise in diagnosing and treating them is even more rare than the diseases themselves. However, there are plans within the pharmaceutical industry at the EU level for joint prices for drugs for rare diseases in order to make those prices lower and drugs more available.

On the occasion of marking the World Rare Disease Day on the 28th of February, the Croatian Alliance for Rare Diseases will organize a fundraising dinner called ''Rarely Good Dinner'' at the Hotel Panorama in Zagreb.

According to a statement from the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR), the bank continues with the implementation of programs for offering favourable loans to the tourism sector with continued reduction of interest rate and lower fees for loan applications.

''For loans taken for investment purposes repayment periods are adjusted to the tourism sector and prolonged up to 17 years. Over the past few years, interest rates were reduced on several occasions and investors in the tourism industry could take loans with interest between 2 and 4 percent, depending on business performance and areas of investment.

The Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development enables financing up to 75 percent of a preliminary investment estimate, without VAT," stated from HBOR.

Last year HBOR supported 274 tourism projects with the amount of 1,8 billion Kunas of loans or 17 percent more in comparison to 2015. On the other hand, almost 90 percent of HBOR loans were approved for investments in the Adriatic region, whilst the rest was approved for projects in the continent region.

At the level of all sectors in Croatia, in 2016 the bank approved 7,6 billion Kunas of loans; around 21 percent of the amount went to companies in the tourism sector.

New week brings the new start of the filming of Robin Hood: Origins. After non-working weekend, things got really busy in the Old City today. 

Horses and carriages attracted a great interest of locals and tourists, that all stopped to take photos of this not so usual sight. Equipment was all over the place and the set was finally finished – everything was ready for the start of the filming. Extras came, looking cheerful and ready for busy day of work. Sadly, we didn't catch any celebrities on the Stradun set.

Get the taste of today's atmosphere in our photo gallery.

Croatia is full of beauty that we can brag about and one of them is for sure clear blue Adriatic Sea.

That's why there is no surpise that Dalmatian coast has hit really flattering list – a list of 10 clearest bodies of water in the entire world. The choice was made by famous lifestyle magazine House Beautiful and Croatia is placed on the 7th place of the list.

- The Adriatic Sea along this coast is part of the reason Croatia has become one of the hottest new destinations to visit in Europe. Dramatic limestone cliffs line the water and make it a totally unique experience – writes the author of the article.

Adriatic Sea is usually in the top countries when it comes to sea water quality and clearness – and that makes us really proud.

Who knew that Little John played the piano so well! Jamie Foxx, who plays Little John in the current Robin Hood: Origins, seems to be having fun in the city whilst not on set.

He proved that he is more than a talented actor with this funky video posted on his Instagram account. “After that good wine from Croatia…and the piano is just out of tune enough to give you that vibe,” commented Foxx.

Opening the 45th Fest – the international film festival in Beograd the Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci gave an interview for the Croatian news Nova TV.

During this interview Bellucci recalled her time in Dubrovnik – It was really nice. Dubrovnik is a beautiful city and my daughter came with me, we both really like Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik is an amazing city – commented the Italian actress for Nova TV.

The Dubrovnik weather was particularly bad yesterday, high seas, pouring rain and gale force southerly winds. And it would seem that the 25th of February has a history of terrible weather in the city.

In 1879 a crashing storm hit Dubrovnik and unbelievably lifted and threw a 3,159 kilogram stone into the Adriatic from the Porporela breakwater on the front of the walled city. This huge 3 tonne stone was displaced from the breakwater and dumped into the sea, and today the same stone is engraved with a remembrance of this event. It reads – This stone which weighs 3,159 kilos was thrown out in the storm of 1879.