Croatia and Serbia to sign military cooperation agreement in June

Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac announced a visit to Croatia in June during which the two countries’ armies are expected to sign an agreement on defence cooperation.

"This is a historical agreement with which we will put an end to the dark past  that must not be forgotten, but from which we must learn how to better cooperate in the future, " Sutanovac told Serbian newspaper Nin.

He added that Croatia is the last country in the region with which Serbia is signing such an agreement, but that Croatia is also a country with war experiences with Serbia and which still traumatizes from the 90s when the Balkan wars were fought – more so than Serbia.

"Just the fact that I will visit Croatia in my position as the Minister of Defence shows that there is a desire from both sides to make things better," he said adding that after the agreement is signed,  the two armies will have a possibility to organize mutual exercises, trainings, educational exchanges, etc.

"Croatia has professionalized its army, has been participating in Partnership for Peace for a long time, and is a NATO member.  It is a country that participates in a large number of peace missions, and that is the future of the Serbian army as well," Sutanovac said.

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Arrival: By car motorway Zagreb-Split entrance Prgomet thru Trogir and Okrug Gornji 18 km distance from motorway
By plane 8 km distance from international airport Split with direct flights to the major European cities
By ship daily ferries from Split to Bari and Rijeka
Climate: Mediterranean climate, Average annual temperature 12 C, averange 2.600 sunny hours, summer temperature of sea from 24 to 27 C.








Penthouse – III FLOOR
Price 300.000 E

Net: 106,8 m2 + 33,16 m2 balcony = 140 m2 + 2 Parking places
Bruto: 170 m2
2.140 EUR/m2


II FLOOR
Price 300.000 E

Net: 106,8 m2 + 33,16 m2 balcony = 140 m2 + 2 Parking places
Bruto: 170 m2
2.140 EUR/m2



I FLOOR
Price 260.000 E

Net: 106,8 m2 + 28,8 m2 balcony = 135,6 m2 + 2 Parking places
Bruto: 165,7 m2
1.920 EUR/m2

HIGH GROUND FLOOR
Price for „stan 1“ = 115.000 E

Net: 53,4 m2 + 14,4 m2 balcony = 67,8 m2
Bruto: 82,85 m2
1.696 EUR/m2

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Clubbing in Croatia

Extract from The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk

Garden Festival Zadar: 2 - 11 July

The 900-year-old Croatian walled city of Zadar is the place for dancing and summer sin this year. The Garden festival takes place between 'The Garden', a lounge club right on the walls of the city and on the beach of the Pinija Hotel, on
a curving headland, partially hidden in trees, of Petrcane. The site itself is a mini paradise - a circular beachfront bar built into the sea with a large wooden terrace from which to watch the glorious sunsets. The heart of the action is Barbarellas, a seventies discotheque in the round that was built for the original advent of disco, but laid derelict for years until rescued by current owners Nick Colgan and Eddie O'Callaghan.

When Brittains club Electric Chair closed in January last year, there was much rumour and debate about what the founders, The Unabombers, would do next. Few could have anticipated that after 13 years of subterranean clubbing below the pavements of Manchester and an ethic that revolved around "a basement, a red light and a feeling", they would emerge into the sunshine and resurface on the beautiful Dalmatian coast of Croatia.

Breaking out of the basements has also allowed Electriks to showcase a hithero-hidden side of their music tastes. So, while they brought along longtime sparring partners like the house and disco Idjut Boys and the Balearic Aficionado, they also brought a bunch of psychedelic folk artists including Adem, King Creosote, Pictish Trail, Quiet Village and Liz Green. One of the highlights of the festival was a late night impromptu live acoustic set by John Stammers on the roof of the beach bar, which is about as far as you can get from the bass heavy sweaty basements The Unabombers grew up in.

The other highlight was the daily boat parties on the Argonaut - a couple of hundred salty old disco heads and electric souls setting sail every afternoon on the Adriatic for parties hosted by Lowlife, Homoelectric v Horsemeat Disco and Electric Chair v the Idjut Boys. Even Alfredo, the original Ibiza legend was forced to ponder if Adriatic is the new Balearic.

So, no basement, and the red light is now the sun dropping into the sea but, more importantly, the feeling remains intact.

Great music, beautiful people and unspoilt nature. Magical.