Croatian tennis player Ivan Ljubi?i? became the first semifinalist in the tournament in Lyon (France).
The third number of seed defeated Frenchman Florent Serra – 7:6 (8:6), 6:2 on Friday. The winner made 16 aces against four of the opponent.
Ljubi?i?’s next opponent will be the representative of France again – either Jo-Wilfried Tsong, seeded first number, or Arnaud Clement.
Fifth human death from influenza A(H1N1) was registered in Croatia, the Serbian television stations B92 transmits, with reference to the local health services. According to the doctors, a 53-year-old man died, a resident of Zagreb. According to them, in addition to pneumonia, he also suffered “swine flu”.
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In Croatia, on May 6 came into force a law banning smoking in public places.
The law applies only to private premises. Violators of the rules will pay a fine of about 135 euros. Owners of establishments that allowed customers to smoke indoors, will pay up to 20 thousand euros, and their personnel in case of failing to visitors of the ban on smoking can fork out for an amount up to a thousand euros.
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Russia tour operators managed to negotiate with the owners of the majority of Croatian hotels to lower prices for accommodation.
“As a result, for example, in May and June, hotels gave discounts, which until now was not on Russia’s market, such as 7 nights for the price of 6 or 14 at the price of 12″, – said Dmitry Fesik.
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In late September, after eight years of intensive restoration work, walls of the ancient Croatian city of Ston will be open for tourists. And in a society of antiques lovers, since its founding in 1952, takes care of the fortress walls of Ston, as well as on the ramparts of the old Dubrovnik, reported that in the next year before the Easter holidays will be opened and a large wall connects Ston with the Small Ston.
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The lovers of an the exotic holiday have opportunity to live on an uninhabited island in the middle of the sea.
Tourists who are tired of organized mass recreation and prone to adventure, invites the Croatian island of Palagru?a.
The island is part of a wilderness archipelago in the central part of the Adriatic Sea. The only buildings erected there by human hands – a small pier, the church and of course the famous lighthouse, which was built in 1875.
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Zagreb is a city of legends and stories, museums, and business traditions, science and art, certainly deserves the status of central European capital.
Zagreb became the capital of Croatia in 1557. The city is located on the southern slopes of the hill Medvednica Zagreb. Medieval Zagreb formed from two cities in the Twin Kaptola and Hradec from XI to XIII century. Center Kaptola is the cathedral of St. Stephen, and the center of Hradec was the church of St. Mark. In Kaptole already in 1094 began to settle clergy, while Hradec considered artisan quarter.
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At the end of July in Zagreb will be the annual folk festival with performances of folk music and dance, which attracts teams from around the world. Concerts are held in the concert hall “Lisinski” and open areas of the city. 10 theaters, concert halls, 21 museums, 14 art galleries and cinemas.
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The capital of Croatia, the old millenary Zagreb, as it fondly called by its residents, is spread over a vast area, descending from the foot of the mountains of Zagreb in a vast valley of the Sava River.
Big cities have always arise in human readable field. So here the fertile valley of the middle reaches of the Sava River, passing near Zagreb in a wide Pannonian plain, sheltered from north winds south, gentle slopes of the mountains, covered with deciduous forests, numerous streams flowing down the slopes of the mountains – all favored the settlement of rights.
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Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is situated in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. In 2008, Zagreb's population was 804,200.
Its favourable geographic position in the southwestern part of the Pannonian Basin, which extends to the Alpine, Dinaric, Adriatic and Pannonic regions, provides an excellent connection for traffic between Central Europe and the Adriatic Sea. The transport connections, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions and industrial tradition underlie its leading economic position in Croatia. Zagreb is the seat of the central government, administrative bodies and almost all government ministries.
