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This year's Sea Dance will feature the most powerful festival production ever seen in Montenegro. During all three days of the festival, a complete Exit production will be staged according to the demands of one of the most demanding performers in the world, David Guetta, with equipment that is shipped in on as many as 11 tow trucks.
About 120 people take part in the stage set up at the festival venue, while during the festival, from Friday 30 August to 1 September, the number of people engaged will exceed one thousand. Especially for this year's Sea Dance, eight latest-generation color lasers arrive from Greece, which, with special accessories, 126 lighting fixtures and numerous additional stage effects, creates impressive scenes over the entire festival space.
The main stage, in its construction, weighs more than 50 tons of steel and aluminum, and will carry equipment from the largest Exit stages. In addition to Guetta, this stage will feature numerous other performers, including Robin Schulz, Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, "Disciples", "Ofenbach", Darko Rundek, Senidah.
The production of the No Sleep stage will also be more massive this year and is located in a new location right on the beach, just below the hill separating Buljarica from Petrovac.
The festival will be complemented by a new creative “Living Culture” zone dedicated to the promotion of local authors, implemented by the EXIT team in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
There is a huge demand for tickets for this year's festival. One-day tickets are also on sale for the first and second days at 17.99 euros each, while the price for the third day is 19.99 euros. A set of tickets can still be purchased today at the cost of 34.99 euros.
From Friday 30 August, the price will be 50 euros and one-day tickets for 19.99 euros for Friday and Saturday, which Sunday is 24.99 euros. Tickets are available at the GIGSTIX sales network at 54 sale points in 23 cities in Montenegro, and more information can be found on the official website of the Sea Dance Festival.
Text by Marija Vasic, on August 29th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
In Vucje, twenty kilometers from Niksic, the fourth Regional Rural Youth Camp, organized by the Network for Rural Development of Montenegro, began.
"The bottom line is to involve as many young people as possible, to transfer the knowledge and skills necessary for the development of local communities in rural areas for projects implemented with the support of policies implemented by our state and the countries of the region and the European Union," said the director of the Network, Ratko Batakovic.
During the two days, camp participants will have the opportunity to hear, among other things, more about local action groups, leader access, sustainable rural development, empowerment and diversification of the rural economy, while the third day is reserved for field trips.
“We expect good work and good results. The current rural development will also be discussed. We will have lectures on what it looks like from the European Union angle, what support measures, approaches, and what it looks like from the national level. We will also have insight into what is happening at the local level in different parts of our region and what is the role of the civil sector, how to best promote and improve rural development," said Batakovic.
At the camp (Photo: Private archive)
The participants of this year's camp, which was financially supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Permanent Working Group on Rural Development of Southeastern Europe, will be from Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo.
“We are glad that there are initiatives like this, to bring together people in the region who are interested in rural development and who are interested in some kind of agriculture, to hear what is happening in different countries and to hear some positive experiences from those countries that are already EU members," said Darko Konjevic, General Director of the Directorate for Rural Development at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Montenegro.
He promised that the ministry would continue to support initiatives aimed at developing rural areas of Montenegro.
The main theme of this year's camp, which runs till August 30th, is "Sustainable Rural Development Challenges and Opportunities".
The participants are young people who are most often in contact with agriculture and are nominated by national rural networks.
Text by Svetlana Mandic, on August 28th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
29 August 2019 - The manifestation Ethno Evenings, which takes place in Budva and Petrovac, will traditionally continue in August and September, announced the representatives of Tourist Organisation of Budva Municipality.
In the following month, the Ethno Evenings program will include performances by the Castel Nuovo music band, Stara Budva Cultural Centre and Harmonija women's vocal group, renowned for their unearthly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing.
Schedule and timetable for the Ethno Evenings are listed below.
Music band Castel Nuovo
-Promenade in Budva, Thursday, August 29 from 5:00 pm;
-Budva Old town and promenade, Saturdays and Sundays starting September 1st, from 5:00 pm, throughout September;
-Petrovac promenade, Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning September 3rd, from 5:00 pm, throughout September;
Cultural Centre Stara Budva
-The plateau between Hotel Mogren and Avala, Thursday, September 5th from 8 pm;
-Wednesdays from 8:00 pm until the end of September;
Women's Vocal Group Harmonija
- The Square of Poets, Thursday, August 29th from 8:00 pm.
The aim of this event, which has been organized for more than ten years, is to introduce the guests to the musical and cultural heritage of the region, and to make the stay of tourists in Budva as beautiful as possible during these months.
Read more about cultural events in Montenegro at TMN's dedicated page.
28 August 2019 - "Dinamika Music", a quartet from Belgrade will hold a concert on the stage of the Summerhouse Buća Atrium in Tivat on Thursday, September 29, as announced from Culture Centre Tivat.
Dinamika music is a DJ-led electric string quartet that brings music together through time from Vivaldi to Michael Jackson. The dynamic is made up of academic musicians educated at Academies at home and abroad. The band members are Katarina Ranic Cavic, Bogdan Cavic, Milovan Jovanovic and Katarina Stanimirovic.
Katarina Ranic Cavic is the founder and frontman of the Electric Dynamics music quartet. The creative and original artist, who "holds the violin in her little finger," but is also extraordinarily strong in the role of organizer and manager.
Musicians of "Dinamika music" play electric violins, which gives them special sound and dynamism, and the place of the conductor was taken by the acknowledged DJ Grappelli - Bogdan Čavić, founder of the agency DJ EXPRESS in Belgrade. He is the dynamics of this music quartet, making it special and unique by his musical background done in accordance with his profession as an academic violinist from the Mozarteum hochschule in Salzburg and many years of experience in European DJ scenes. DJ Grappelli originally handled all the tracks for electric composition, thus overcoming the stereotypes and monotony in the musical offering.
Katarina Stanimirovic gives new impulse, energy and beauty to this quartet. Full of enthusiasm and cheerful spirit, she readily "jumps" from the place of the third violin to the place of a second whenever needed.
Milovan Jovanovic is the 2nd violin and good spirit of the quartet. He is also called our Mr. Bean, being an unsurpassed charmer on the podium and always in charge to be in good spirits and full of laughter.
If you love the music of Nigel Kennedy and Vanessa May, David Garett, DJ Guetta, DJ Tiesta, this evening will be interesting to you; the organizer points out.
The concert will be held within the Purgatorije Festival.
28 August 2019 - If everything goes according to plan, the construction of a kindergarten in Rožaje, Blok VI in Podgorica, Pljevlja and Herceg Novi will start this year, said Minister of Education, Damir Šehović. He announced a new project – the introduction of digital classrooms and changing the so-called ethos of schools – making students study for the knowledge, not for grades.
Minister Šehović confirmed the construction of kindergartens in City kvart, Bloc VI, Tuški put, Stari Aerodrom, Zlatica in Podgorica, as well as in Bijelo Polje, Berane, Plav, Pljevlja, Rožaje, Bar and Ulcinj, and added that 38 capital projects worth 50 million EUR confirmed the government’s commitment to investments in long-term and sustainable projects.
"Our objective is to bring projects close to completion. When it comes to internal procedures, we do not procrastinate. I want to praise the efficiency of the Ministry of Education," said Šehović as CdM reported.
In the prior period, the Ministry has been working on restoring the credibility of professional education – the realization of dual education and providing support to third-degree students. As Minister says, the emphasis will be put on high-quality practice. Starting from September, around 800 students will be attending dual lectures.
"Make something using your own two hands is something one should be proud of. To know how the world functions, is that a small thing," asked Šehović.
The Montenegrin education system needs more high-quality understanding of the process and connection of lessons from different areas. In that context, digital technology is one of the most important mechanisms. Digital technology is not simply installing a computer in the classroom. It's more about urging the lecturers and students to use the Internet and computers for stimulating children to create their own contents.
"To be more precise, a child can learn to memory that DNA carries genetic instructions. But the high-quality animated image of DNA structure, its modifications, offers more comprehensive and more applicable knowledge," pointed out Minister.
In cooperation with the British Council, the Ministry will distribute around 4000 micro bit computers to every elementary school in Montenegro.
"Also, around 3 million EUR will be intended for the equipment of school cabinets. However, it is only the beginning, since digital technology requires the use of Internet, computers and software skills," stressed out Šehović.
Commenting on the announced changes in specific subjects programs, Šehović said that subjects of general education will still make a great segment of overall high school program. Changing one group of mandatory courses into elective has drawn criticism as representatives of the Association of Teachers of social subjects claimed that it would bring into question the concept of civil society.
"A citizen and civil society are not synonyms for pure theoretical knowledge. I would say that civil society contains openness for different individual needs. Such citizens are created by harmonious relation between theoretical knowledge and its practical application," added Šehović.
He points out that the Ministry knew how to praise the success Montenegrin students made in numerous regional and international competitions. A giant step forward in that context was the establishment of the Fund for Quality and Talents, which grants several thousand awards to the best students every year.
Minister also reminded that students should be urged to understand what they learn and that Ministry has started working on the promotion of pre-school education.
"We now have 1700 new places in kindergartens, several new kindergartens and numerous units adapted to function as kindergartens. We are slowly but surely addressing the problem of overbooked kindergartens," concluded Šehović.
Šehović finally added that a country whose citizens have a taste and know-how to swim out of the sea of emptiness would keep up with its development course.
Read more news about lifestyle in Montenegro at TMN's dedicated page.
This year's edition of the Herceg Novi Comic Festival (HSF) is in many ways special including the announced exhibition "Herceg Novi in Comics", which is being realized in cooperation with the new Portonovi tourist complex in Kumbor.
The exhibition will be opened on Friday, August 30, 2019, at 8:00 pm at Perla square in Portonovi.
The exhibition premieres promotional posters made by this year's special guests of the Herceg Novi Strip Festival, as well as a retrospective of the best works of the previous twelve years of our event.
Let’s recall that this year’s HSF special guests whose promotional posters will be displayed on Portonovi stands are Enrique Breccia, Mario Alberti, Andrea di Vito, Pasquale del Vecchio, Vanessa Balardo, Rufus Daiglo, Bo Cook, Simon Davis, Raul Allen, Javier Fernandes, Stef Bartolic and Leonid Pilipovic, who will lead an army of 50 other guests from the world's top comic book artists and theorists. The Herceg Novi strip festival is celebrating its 13th edition this year and starts on September 6th.
Text by Boka News, on August 27th, 2019, read more at Boka News
The Ministry of Culture within the project "Creative Montenegro", in cooperation with UNDP and the EXIT team, will present at this year's "Sea Dance" festival a new festival stage "Living culture", which will feature 12 young unknown Montenegrin performers.
The competition, which was announced by the Ministry of Culture and UNDP, received numerous applications, and the best selection was made by a jury consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Culture, EXIT team and Montenegrin music producer.
The Living Culture stage will see performances of DJs Stevan Mandic, Andrija Boskovic, Oak Brothers, DJ Woox (Petar Vujovic), DJ Atomic Playboy (Nemanja Backovic), Milos Popovic, DJ Darkwave (Elvir Deljanin), DJ Todor (Todor Suskavcevic), DJ Popsy (Nikola Popovic), Fedja Bozovic, DJ Skinny (Srdjan Kenjic) and DJ Other Half (Balsa Vujisic).
Four DJs will alternate during each festival night, and the audience will have the opportunity to hear sets dominated by disco, funk, techno, psycho trance, house, progressive house, dubstep, melodic bass sounds.
We want to remind that the Ministry of Culture and UNDP have announced a competition to produce murals, which will be the dominant motif of the most attractive segment of the festival site, the factory “Betonit”. For the best conceptual solution, a cash prize is provided.
During all three festival days, in the part of “Betonit” factory, the audience will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of Montenegrin moviemakers, through the screening of domestic films.
To revitalize Montenegro's unique and recognizable values and promote the Montenegrin cultural product, the numerous festival audiences will be able to view and purchase some of the products created within the program “Creative Montenegro - Economic Valorization and Creative Industry”.
Text by CdM, on August 27th, 2019, read more at CdM
A kilo of watermelon was sold between 30 and 50 cents at the Green Market in Gintas yesterday, while there were sellers of watermelons weighing more than five kilograms valued at two euros a piece. Melon was sold one euro per piece.
There is also a good supply of figs at the market, with prices ranging from 1.2 to 2.5 euros.
There is also a good supply of figs at the market, with prices ranging from 1.2 to 2.5 euros.
Yesterday, a kilo of tomatoes was sold from 60 cents to 1.2 euros and a kilo of onions from 80 cents to 1.5 euros. A kilo of carrots from one to 1.5 euros, cucumber from 80 cents to one euro. A kilo of peppers was priced from 80 cents to 1.2 euros, while a bag of three kilos was sold for 2.5 euros.
A kilo of potatoes is 70 cents, but a smaller bag is sold for 2.5 to three euros.
Depending on the type, a kilogram of grapes costs from 80 cents to two euros, as much as domestic vranac (red grapes).
A kilo of nectarines costs from 60 cents to one euro, while a kilo of homemade apples can be found for one euro, up to 1.2 euros. A kilo of pears is one up to 1.5 euros, while a kilo of plums is priced at 80 cents to one euro. Lemon costs from 1.2 to two euros a kilo.
Tetovo's colorful and white beans cost 2.5 euros, while green beans cost two to 2.5 euros. Fresh mushrooms, one kilo - three euros.
There is also a good offer of dairy products, a kilo of cheese costs from 4.5 to five euros, goat cheese from seven to eight euros, “kajmak” (clotted cream) eight to 10 euros a kilogram.
Text by Vijesti online, on August 28th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
Free workshop “Meet the Coaching Method” will be held on Thursday, August 29th at 6:30 pm at the Porto Montenegro Yacht Club in Tivat. All visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the coaching method, everything that coaching brings, both from the client's role and from the role of the coach, as well as to schedule individual sessions with the coach whose promotional price is valid until the end of the month. This is going to be a one on one workshop, different from NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) group workshops, which are usually organised, says the workshop author, NLP trainer & coach, as well as Reiki Master Dragana Ghana Knezevic. The event is planned to last about an hour and a half.
“As a Bachelor of Organizational Sciences engineer, I learned to be phenomenal in setting the framework for organizing personal development events, but my knowledge of approaching people and working on personal development topics gives me the opportunity to inspire the willpower and talents internally in people that will carry them all their lives. In this free lecture, I will talk about my personal journey through coaching, my first coaching session as a client, my fears and insecurities when I started to open topics that were very important to me, and of course everything that was coaching to me, both from the client's role and from the role of couch. I am organising a free workshop, because I want to raise awareness of how many solutions we have to all the problems we have and not use them as much as we can, and invite you to dare to set new frames and look at your personal development topics from a new angle," explains Ghana.
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) examines the cogs inside the machine that is the human mind; it helps us understand what drives human behaviour. It focuses on how our thoughts, actions, emotions, and numerous other individual characteristics work together to affect how we conduct ourselves.
Dragana comes from Herceg Novi and she has been working for Adriatic Marinas/Porto Montenegro Company for seven years.
Wine evening in the beautiful ambience of the Perast Đardin Restaurant will be held on Friday 30 August, as announced by Đardin Restaurant. Đardin is a charming restaurant in the centre of Perast on the waterfront. The restaurant has a spectacular view of the two islets – saint George and Our Lady of the Rocks, well known to all the tourists.
That evening from 8 pm, guests will have the opportunity to taste high-quality wines from the famous Masciarelli winery from Italy, paired with traditional Mediterranean cuisine presented in a modern way.
The promotion will feature wines from two of Masciarelli's most valued wines, Marina Cvetić and Gianni Masciarelli, while a gastronomic delight will be provided by a top culinary team from the famous cuisine of Đardin Restaurant.
"The unique experience will be contributed by Marina Cvetić herself, who will attend the promotion. Enjoyment of wine and food will be accompanied by good music, which will be provided by the Kotor Klapa “Incanto” and the string “Trio Stravinsky”.
Marina Cvetic is the owner, winemaker and Operations Manager for Masciarelli Winery in San Martino, Chieti Abruzzo, Italy.
Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1967, Marina Cvetic Masciarelli grew up in her grandfather’s small vineyard. As an adult, she lived in several different countries before moving to Italy in 1987 and meeting the legendary winemaker Gianni Masciarelli. Married years later, the two forged an unbeatable wine-making partnership that birthed one of the Masciarelli Winery’s most prestigious varietals, the Marina Cvetic bottle. When Gianni passed away in 2008, Cvetic took over Masciarelli Winery as owner, winemaker, and Operations Manager. Cvetic has led the winery into a new age, increasing production from a couple thousand to well over one million bottles, establishing herself as a formidable force to be reckoned with. (Oenologist.com)
Seating is limited. Reservations at 067 221 219 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ”, as is concluded from the restaurant Đardin.
The bookstore “Papilon 5” in Tivat has informed parents and pupils that when purchasing school textbooks and supplies, you can donate school supplies to the residents of the Children's Home “Mladost” in Bijela in boxes intended for this purpose. Also, well-kept used items can be brought as well.
Text by Radio Tivat, on August 27th, 2019 read more at Radio Tivat
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