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Papaya Day&Night MotoMusic Summer Festival will be held on Pag island form July 16th till July 19th, 2008. Papaya Club Zrće Pag Croatia will host some of world’s most famous DJs this year. DJ Tiësto will open the Festival on July the 16th, followed by PlayOne featuring Barbara Tucker on 17th. The next day, July 18th, is reserved for Tom Novy and Sandy Riviera. The festival is ending with Freemasons on July the 19th. Until May 1st you can buy tickets for promo price of 40€. VIP tickets are 140€ for all four days. This will sure be one hell of a summer party. Can’t wait! Hope to see you there.

As you can see from the picture (click on it to see it bigger) we have new bus stop shelters (with a bench and an advertising panel) in Novalja. For now, there are only three of them: at bus stop Plasa, Punta Mira and bus stop near the rotor. The idea is to put 7 more. Also, bus shelters will be put in Metajna, Lun, Jakišnica and Stara Novalja. Costs are around 30.000kn (4100€) per shelter, and the money is provided by the local goverment.

During his visit to Croatia, starting on Friday, George W. Bush, the president of the United Sates, will visit Novalja. Even though, in the interview with Croatian journalist Branka Slavica, that was broadcasted on Croatia Television few days ago, Bush said he wouldn’t have the time to visit Croatian coast, we heard breaking news, unofficially of course, from few high sources (from Novalja and Zagreb), that he will be visiting Novalja on Saturday. This visit will be a great recognition to Novalja’s mayor Ivan Dabo Đono and his efforts to make Novalja top tourist destination in Croatia. Visit will begin with reception in the town hall. Afterwards the whole official suite will have lunch in Luna Hotel, where the guests will be entertained by Sandra Dabo, Kraljica Novalje (Queen of Novalja). Ongoing preparations were silently made, and now are almost over. People in Novalja, though excited that U.S. president is visiting their small town, are a bit tired due to all security measures that have been made. We are waiting for official confirmation and the final itinerary release by Croatian Government that is scheduled for later today.

UPDATE: Gotcha! This was April Fools’ Day prank!

As of today NovaljaPag.com is running on the newest release of Wordpress. Since WordPress 2.5 has officially been released on last Saturday, 29th of March, we quickly managed to upgrade our page. You won’t be able to see any visual changes, but at least you know that we keep up with newest web standards.

As we announced earlier, today a traditional Novalja’s Easter Breakfast has been held on Basilica’s square. Here are some photos of the event.

The Team NovaljaPag.com wish you all happy and blessed Easter!

Municipality of Novalja, Artisan Association of Novalja, Novalja Cultural Center and Tourist Office of the Town of Novalja invite you to traditional event Easter Breakfast, on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 10AM on Trg Bazilike (Basilica’s square).
Let’s spend this morning together in good atmosphere enjoying in our local specialties! Let’s sing with Capella singers Klapa Murtelice and Klapa Sol!

On March 27th, starting at 7.30PM, in Pastoral Center (near the Saint Catherine’s Church) a Piano Music Evening will be held. Mia Milković, the pianist, will play Prelude and Fugue in g-mol by Bach, Sonata op. 81a “Les Adieux” by Beethoven and Prelude op.28 by Chopin. Entrance is FREE!

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First event to open Novalja’s tourist season 2008. is Novaljski fuštan, a music and fashion event that combines a traditional and modern music and fashion expression, that is scheduled in May 2008. On Antonja (St. Anthony’s day), Novalja’s guardian saint, on June the 13th, there will be a Children’s festival, a music competition for children from the Island of Pag. Festival Melodije Istre i Kvarnera (Melodies of Istria and Kvarner) is arriving in Novalja at the end of June. During July and August theatrical plays will be held as part of Novaljski trijatar event. Also there is a plan to organize some kind of street theater shows that will be held in foreign languages too. Within Novaljsko glazbeno ljeto 2008. (Novalja’s Musical Summer 2008) classical music fans will be able to enjoy in some great classical masterpieces performed by musician from Music school “Mirković” from Opatija. Around of Vela Gospa (The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) holiday Island’s Pag folk music festival is going to be held.
Lunjska maslinijada (Lun’s days of olives) will be held in spring where local olive manufactures will present their products. Pag cheese and sheep exhibition is scheduled in first week of July. The exhibition includes various workshops and Pag cheese tasting. Best quality cheese and sheep will be awarded.
That’s not all folks, from May till the end of September there will be other numerous events like: cultural and sports shows, concerts, swimming marathons, ethno evenings and exhibitions in City Museum.
We will put a detailed calendar of summer 2008 events as soon we know the exact dates.