Whenever Easter arrives, we say that it is the greatest Christian holiday. We always assure ourselves of this, even though Christmas and its harmless joy seem much dearer to our hearts. Because Easter is tough. Despite being surrounded by tinyRead More
Snake’s head (Fritillaria meleagrisL.) English: Snake’s headGerman: SchachblumeFrench: Fritillaire pintadeItalian: Testa di serpente Snake’s head is a strictly protected plant species from the lily family (Liliaceae). This perennial bulbous monocotyledon rarely grows higher than 20 cm and flowers in earlyRead More
Croatia – Špancirfest started its story twenty years ago as the first street festival in Croatia. Today, it is one of the most visited and most popular national festival events in Croatia. The idea behind Špancirfest is to provide aRead More
Croatia – If in Russia, the country hosting the 21stFIFA World Cup, we can single out Lev (Leo) Nikolayevich Tolstoy as the symbol of that large nation, then we can also declare that another famous lion – Lev Ivanovich YashinRead More
Croatia – Dalmatian prosciutto is a non-perishable charcuterie product made of pork loin with bone, skin and under-skin fat tissue. It is dry salted with sea salt and no other additives, smoked by mild burning of the hard beech tree,Read More
Croatia – hristmas and Easter are associated with light. The God is born as a “young sun“ on Christmas collecting within Himself the ancient signs and meanings of earth renewal. He arrives from the light of high spheres to becomeRead More
Croatia – We do not typically associate Korea, especially South Korea, with the Winter Olympic Games. However, this is going to change in 2018. South Korea lost the Winter Olympic Game race to Vancouver in 2003 and then again toRead More
Croatia – It is difficult to give the exact date when ice skating started in our city, but the local people have been skating since the ancient times on the frozen lakes of Maksimir, inlets of the river Sava andRead More
About 500th Anniversary of Reformation in Europe Croatia – This productive author is not only recognized as the author of important theological works, such as Clavis Scripturae Sacrae seu de Sermone Sacrarum literarum, but also as a historiographer: his Catalogus testium veritatis was translated intoRead More
Croatia – Autism is a condition where a child (or an adult) experiences the world in a way that significantly differs compared to other people. The basic characteristics of persons with disabilities from the autism spectrum are difficulties in communicationRead More
Croatia – This commemorative postage stamp has been jointly issued with Israel Post. The Republic of Croatia and the State of Israel established a diplomatic relationship on Sep. 4th, 1997. The relationship between the two countries has reached a highRead More
Croatia – On August 28th, 1917 the premiere of the first Croatian motion picture entitled Brcko u Zagrebu took place at the Metropol Cinema (later known as the Zagreb Cinema) in Zagreb. This was a short comedy about Brcko who came toRead More
Croatia – The renowned wild olive groves of Lun occupy the furthest tip of the Island of Pag, from the Cape of Saint Martin to Dudi?, and further along Gager, Jakišnica and Staniš?e. There are around 80,000 autochthonous trees onRead More
Croatia – Zagreb has always been an attractive city. Long time ago, during the middle ages, people used to go to Zagreb for large annual fairs and, later on, for commercial exhibitions. Currently, the main motif for visiting Zagreb areRead More
Croatia – The year 2017 marks the centennial anniversary of the Lions Clubs International. Today, the international association of Lions Clubs is the largest humanitarian organisation in the world with more than 1,400,000 members in more than 46,000 clubs inRead More
