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June the 13th is St. Anthony’s day. St. Anthony is Novalja’s guardian saint. Numerous events will be held to celebrate the Day of town of Novalja. Gre nan Antonja Fest started today at noon in front of Boat Petrol Station in center of Novalja. As you can see from the pictures the rain didn’t spoil the good mood and a big ox was prepared on the roasting spit. At 4PM our racing champion Niko Pulić will present first racing car that runs on bio diesel. Exhibit of Pag laces made in workshop in Novalja will open at 9PM in gallery Nevia. This year Antonja Fest continues tomorrow, June the 8th, with St. Anthony’s bowling cup that will be held near Novalja’s Firehouse. But that’s not all folks! Events will continue thru the hole next week so remember to visit our page regularly and find out what has Novalja prepared for 2008 tourist season start.

P.S. Photos are taken by Goc. He is newest member in our small family.

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.