It ain’t a typical year but it’s the atypical things that we often remember most. Author: Steve Tsentserensky Normally, at this time of year, Zagreb is just absolutely teeming with people. Tourists the world over flocking to the capital to take in the sights, sounds, scents and tastes of the famed Christmas Market. And for […]

Scientists, inventors, passionate researchers in their selected fields and tireless seekers of new, previously unthought of solutions. With pioneering discoveries, they paved new paths and pushed the boundaries of the possible, changing the world and lives of people. We present important personalities from the Western Balkans who have made an imprint in their period and […]

Ohrid, a charming town by one of the oldest and deepest Europe’s lake, is the eight largest city in North Macedonia. Located not far from the Greek and Albanian borders, it is considered to be the most romantic place in North Macedonia, nicknamed the Balkan pearl. Ohrid is also one of 28 sites with a […]

Settled between Belgrade and Budapest on the banks of the river Danube, Novi Sad is one of Serbia’s most beautiful cities. Also nicknamed the Serbian Athens, is the first city of an EU candidate country to be ever named the European Capital of Culture, the prestigious title it will hold in 2021. Author:  Ana PotočnikPhoto: Shutterstock […]

Rebula – wine of many faces. Modern for its directness, simplicity, and purity. Popular for carrying a cultural tradition established through centuries of taste history. Internationally appreciated because the best Rebula comes from Brda region. Author:  The Adriatic Journal in cooperation with Klet Brda Photo: Marijan Močivnik Several historical sources state that Rebula or Ribolla […]

The year 2020 has been a challenging year for many event organizers.  Beletrina has been one of the most ambitious publishers in Slovenia since its beginnings. It offers a superb literary and humanistic literary program and boasts publishing both classics and the most influential contemporary literary voices. Publishing, however, is not Beletrina sole focus. It […]

Maribor is Slovenia’s second-biggest city, and the economic and cultural centre of north-eastern Slovenia. The city’s rich roots stretch as far back as the Middle Ages when the city first began to flourish. Also known as “the city of wine,” Maribor is famed for its long winemaking tradition. Its current goals of becoming a booming […]

In late 1970s Igor Mandić, a Yugoslav writer and literary critic, wrote in an essay featured in his Mythology of Everyday Life that each nation gets the car it can have. And that Yugoslavs deserve the Fičo. He was, of course, referring to Zastava 750.  Author: Martin Pogačar, PhD Fičo was produced by Crvena Zastava […]