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Herceg Novi, where there are 935 guests, is marking a jubilee 50th Mimosa festival. After the winter break, the Mediterranean Center Institute in Igalo will open its doors, which hosts the first Mimosa masquerade, as well as many other programs to be held during the jubilee festival as well as the day of Norway. We remind you that in this rehabilitation facility, the Norwegians have been treated since 1976. The collaboration between this health and tourism institution in Igalo and the Norwegian government, which sends its citizens for treatment and recovery, has lasted for four decades.
Since the very opening and the first mimosa festival weekend, we expect a good booking capacity, said the marketing director Nikola Mračević. The first guests are the beneficiaries of the Montenegrin Health Fund. A major visit of the guests from the region is expected in March, for whom there is the offer Ex Yu, while the first guests from the Netherlands will arrive on April 8th and from Norway on April 16th.
There are several hotels in there Herceg Novi Riviera, in which 117 guests will be accommodated, while 818 are in the private accommodation. Among the tourists who are staying in the biggest city in Boka bay, at the end of January, there are only seven domestic ones.
Text by Slavica Kosic, on January 27th 2019, read more at Vijesti
The Overture to all programs will be a cult city manifestation devoted to "theatre" - XXIV HAPS – Herceg Novi April Theatre festival, from 15th to 25th April.
The Titular Festival is NGO Herceg Novi Theatre, and JUK Herceg Fest is host and co-organizer. HAPS, with the recommendation of the Culture Council, has been included in events necessary for the culture of the city, according to tthe he Tourist Organization.
From the 9th to 16th of June Herceg Novi will welcom the Day of Russian Culture, and the "breath of Russia" will be brought by the cultural delegates of this country. The event is a product of cooperation between the local TO and the city of St. Petersburg, which was strengthened by signing a memorandum of cooperation in November last year.
A rich and varied program is being prepared, whose carriers are the guests from Russia.
"The aim of the event is to present the diversity of national wealth, to affirm multiculturalism and to promote the cooperation of institutions, associations and artists. The guests from Russia will present themselves with a program designed to gather Russian citizens from Russia and the entire Balkans and to popularize Russian culture, spirituality, tradition and art in our region," said the TO.
The Festival of Classical Music, XXXVI Days of music will traditionally mark the beginning of July. Concert programs will be held as in previous years in Dvorana Park, from 10th to 20th July. The sponsors of this musical festival are the Montenegrin Ministry of Culture, Municipality and Tourism Organization Herceg Novi, while JUK Herceg Fest is the executive producer of the festival.
Right after the Days of Music is finished, the lovers of the written word will be able to get acquainted with the latest titles of local and regional writers who will present themselves at the Book Square from 21st till 28th July.
"The fair is designed as a unique edition of publishing, with the aim of popularizing books and reading, offering the many visitors with various interests the best and latest releases of domestic and foreign literature and literature from all fields of science and knowledge," the TO says. There are planned meetings with writers, various evening programs, as well as children's and drama programs.
This year's filmmakers lovers will be able to enjoy the latest regional, European and world titles, which will b brought to the screen by the Montenegrin Film Festival. It will be held, as it was the case so far, at 4 locations in the city, from the 1st to 7th of August. The projections in the main competition program will be screened at Kanli kula, and the other categories in Forte Mare Fort, Music Square and Bellavista Square. The executive producer of the festival is JUK Herceg Fest.
In addition to the festival dedicated to classical literature, the five-day guitar festival - Guitar Art Summer Fest will delight us this summer too. It will be held on the Square at the Music School from the 15th to 20th of August, and some concerts and Kanli Kula. Within the festival, during the day, the Summer School of Guitar will be organized, by which GASF supports and promotes young talents who have the opportunity to work and perform with the greatest guitarists.
The only opera festival in the region, Operosa, will be held from the 21st to 24th of August, as well as the VI festival of jazz music, organized by NGO Fortuna in cooperation with the Music School, which will be held in the standard term from the 25th to 27th of August.
The manifestations in the post-season begin with the only festival in Montenegro devoted to the ninth art - the 13th Comic book Festival, to be held from the 6th to 11th of September. Thereafter, there will be a sports fun recreational event - tuna hunt, Big game fishing, from the 12th to 16th of September. The beginning of October will be marked by the Festival of Spiritual Music, the International Festival of Chorus, organized by NGO Fortuna in cooperation with the Music School.
Text by Radio Jadran, on January 27th 2019, read more at Radio Jadran
January 28, 2019 - How Barbie's plastic world is threatening the environment.
Sutomore hosted a three-day meeting of working groups of the European Scout Region (ESR), during which around 90 scouting officers from 40 countries in Europe will work on improving and strengthening the scouting organization in Europe.
On that occasion, Vice-President of the Bar Municipality Tanja Spicanovic spoke with the Director of ESR David Mekki, representatives of the Scout Association in Montenegro (SICG) Borislav Jovovic and Dušan Masonicic, and the head of the Scout squad "24th November "Miodrag Tanjo Masonicic.
Stressing the importance of the scouting organization for the youth "in our country, and in our municipality," as well as the support of Bar municipality to the scouts, Spičanović announced that this trend would continue in the future.
"Scouting is a pure side of life, and a scout organization is a place where young people spend their time in a quality way and are trained for everything that life would expect them to do," said Spičanović, among other things.
The ESR Director thanked the Bar Municipality for hospitality and over 40 years of constant support for the development of scouts in Montenegro. Mekki has also assessed that the organization of this kind of event is a "clear indicator of the good work of the SICG".
As he pointed out, Montenegrin scouts are followed by even more excellent support from Europe, including funding three projects by FOSE, "and one of these projects is the squad from Bar “24th November".
Representatives of SICG, among other things, said that Bar has long been one of our municipalities with the most scouts, while Miodrag Masoničić said that choosing Bar and the squad "24. November "for such an event is not a coincidence," but the result of great work".
Text by Radomir Petric, on January 26th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
"Little Feast of Orange" organized by NGO Ruke (Hands), brought together 35 exhibitors of handicrafts and homemade products on the main street in Herceg Novi and 15 at the donor table.
"Orange has become a local and integral part of Boka's coast, it has become a part of the most important customs, and in homes it has become a cure and food, a gift, a symbol of beauty, fertility, wealth and eternal life, elegance, and splendor," wrote Mašo Čekić on the event of the first festival in 2015 in the author's text "Orange for Luck".
Jams, sweet, juices, cakes and orange soaps, souvenirs, jewelry and pictures inspired by this fruit were interesting to citizens of Herceg Novi, but also to the guests who came to this sunny town.
The members of NGO Bonaca at their booth exhibited juices, sweet and delicious desserts from domestic and wild oranges, tangerines and fortunele, and Jelena Pavlović had delicious orange cakes.
This year the novelty on the "Little Feast of Orange" is the demonstration of culinary skills by Mira Martineti from Herceg Novi. She demonstrated making food such as gnocchi, pies, and chicken with orange.
Maja Erenji Harebraun from NGO Ruke (Hands) points out the pleasure to host so many visitors, but also because of the growing number of exhibitors from all over Montenegro and the region. She said that, as usual, they had a donator table and all the profit from the sale of food would be allocated for charity.
"This time we will donate the funds to the project 'Patronage in the education system', which is realized for children with disabilities, according to the recommendation of the committee established in the city, by Kolo of Serbian Sisters.
"Little Feast of Orange" this year was also an opportunity for people to socialize, show their creativity and affirm the specialties of and with the addition of the orange.
Text by Slavica Kosic, on January 26th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
January 26, 2019 - On the square in front of St. Tryphon's Basilica in Kotor, with a traditional saying of praise, and by raising the flag in the basilica, the outdoor Festivities of St. Tryphon, held in honour of the saint, patron of Kotor and Kotor’s bishopric, begin. St. Tryphon's Festivities equally belong to the city and the Boka Navy's 1210 old organisation which combines its occurrence with the transfer of St. Tryphon's relics to Kotor.
The beginning of the ceremony will traditionally be marked by the Little Admiral of the Boka Navy Kotor, Martin Jerolim Petrović, who will pronounce Lode, praise the patron saint of the city. After proclaiming Lode, Boka Navy will hold the traditional ceremony of the handover of the duties of the Little Admiral. His predecessor, Luka Kovačević from Herceg Novi, will be given a decision on cessation and Martin at the beginning of the service.
On this day, the Navy elects a Little Admiral, a young boy who accompanies the Admiral during public performances, representing a symbol of generational continuity of the organisation. At the solemn session on 13 January this year, the Admiralty and the Board of Directors of the Boka Navy decided that the Little Admiral for 2019 would be 12-year-old Martin Petrović from Skaljari, Kotor. 
Former Little Admiral, Luka Kovacevic; Copyright: bokanews.com 
Boka Navy's Round Dance (Kolo) at the St.Tryphon's Square 25 January 2019 - The Herceg Novi Pensioners Association donated food and provisions in order to provide assistance to socially vulnerable citizens and thus supported the action of the famous humanitarian Zorica Drakulić Vidaković.
Zorica Drakulić Vidaković is a person of a great heart, who, since she was little, has been helping those who have been deprived of the most basic resources in life - food, clothing, a home, and healthcare. Thanks to her insoluble desire and willingness to help those in need to the best of her ability, often putting her own need aside, Zorica is a driving force and participant in numerous humanitarian actions, for which she has been awarded the prestigious annual ISKRA Fund for Active Citizenship.
Vidaković, with the help of her associates, launched a new humanitarian campaign aimed at helping single mothers and families with low income. "Be a donor, a gift provider and help us as you have so far. Thank you in advance to everyone who will respond to the movement," said Drakulić Vidaković.
The donation from the Pensioners Association was used to buy food and supplies for single mothers with several children.
The representatives of the local community association point out that the money for the donation is pulled from the pensioners’ modest fund in order to help the vulnerable.
This initiative was aimed at all people, primarily those in the Red Cross and municipal structures, in order to awaken their sympathy for those who are troubled and in need.
They also called on all humane people to more actively participate in helping the vulnerable citizens of Herceg Novi, as there are plenty of those living on the verge of existence.
Of the 1,700 members of the Local Pensioners' Association of Herceg Novi, most are with low incomes, and 127 of them do not yet have their own roof over their heads.
Montenegrin cuisine offers a wide range of various dishes - from fish, mussels, seafood and alike on the coast to much “heavier” meals such as kačamak, homemade sausages, “lamb in milk” and alike in the north.
One of the most famous food bloggers in Montenegro is surely someone everyone would like to meet and perhaps taste some of his delicious recipes that you can find on his blog Damirove gastrolomije and medium Blog
Damir Moskov lives in Tivat and is actually a Marketing Executive in one of the most successful development projects currently ongoing in Boka bay, but at the same time a husband, a father and an enormous lover of food and cooking, which, as he says, was always there but in the last few years developed in a more pressing engagement.
Damir likes to share his ideas for making fantastic meals which you can find on his blogs such as recipes for making great breakfast, lunch or dinner, but also salads, quick meals, and a few sweet bites. In addition to these, there are also recipes for dishes from all around the world which he tastes on his journeys and then conveys with real ingredients and real food which, at least it seems so, can be easily prepared in your kitchen.
As Damir says, he is a great lover of the Asian cuisine, and therefore there are many recipes from this part of the world such as Chicken Tikka Masala, Nuddle stir fry, curries, Thai curry, Ramen, etc.
Also, there are other interesting recipes from all around the world, such as Mexican tacos and tuna salad, French Croque Madame sandwich, Sicilian Caponata, etc.
In anticipation of publishing some more recipes (perhaps in English – although the ‘translate’ button works fine on Instagram) in the future, we hope this article triggered you to prepare and try some new dishes by following Damir’s great recipes and his blog/Instagram profile “Damirove
gastrolomije
”.
The public bidding call for a bicycle purchase subvention was announced today and will be open for 15 days, ending on February 8th, according to the statement from the Capital. "The capital has started the project 'Podgorica on two wheels', within which it will subsidize the purchase of bicycles for citizens. The 2019 budget envisages funds in the amount of 10,000 euros to be subsidized for 50% of the price of the bicycle, or up to a hundred euros," the Deputy Mayor Sladjana Vujacic stated at the start of the project.
She reminded that the procedure starts with citizens' registration, so the first 50 citizens applying and submitting the application for the project, with a copy of the ID card and a pre-invoice with a precise specification will be considered as potential recipients of subventions.
"Once the committee determines which citizens are the recipients of the subsidy, they will have to provide additional documentation, which implies proof on the place of residence, because the beneficiaries of the subsidy must be residents of the capital and that within one family only one member can be a subsidy user," Vujačić said.
She emphasized that the signing of a contract with the Capital would follow in which they will regulate mutual rights and obligations. Also, an integral part of the contract will be the evaluation clause, as the aim is to make the evaluation of the project after six months in order to highlight its further justification and existence. "There will be a register of serial numbers of subsidized bicycles that will be delivered to the Police Administration to prevent all possible abuses and provide a quick and efficient response in the event of their theft," concluded Vujačic.
After signing the contract and buying the bicycles, citizens must provide the invoice with a precise specification and a fiscal bill and 15 days after the delivery of the same the funds will be paid into their bank account.
The Capital thanked the partners from the organization Biciklo.me for providing support during the project implementation as well as on the assistance offered for its evaluation.
Text by Vijesti online, on January 24th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
The Tourist Organization of Podgorica, in cooperation with JUK Herceg Fest and the Tourist Organization Herceg Novi, organized a parade with the caravan "Praznik mimoze" in Podgorica.
The majorettes, along with the popular City Music, marched through the main street, from the beginning of Sloboda street (at Hilton Hotel) to the Independence Square, where they performed the final show.
This is the way to mark the beginning of the jubilee, the 50th "Parznik Mimoze", the oldest manifestation in Montenegro, traditionally organized in February in Herceg Novi.
In honor of the jubilee, this year's event will last 50 days, and the opening ceremony is scheduled for February 1st, with the concert of Zdravko Colic.
Text by Vijesti online, on January 24th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
At the Aroma Market Center in Podgorica, Donja Gorica, the prizes to the lucky winners in the contest "Beer and Prizes, can it be any better?" were awarded.
The awards were presented by the representatives of the Domestic Trade Company (Domaca trgovina), whose members are Aroma Markets, Conto Discounts and companies Calsberg Montenegro.
The main prize, a Fiat 500, was awarded to Rajko Banovic, who on this occasion said that for him this was a surprise and very valuable.
Many valuable prizes were awarded
"Of course, when we have the car as the main prize, among others, then this implies that it is a very successful company with a wide network of business partners. Upon the news that I just won the Grand Prize, a Fiat 500, the first reaction was disbelief and then the excitement that may be compared to the moment when a dear friend treats you with a long-awaited gift," the winner of the first prize added.
On behalf of the Domestic Trade Company, the winners were addressed by the Procurement director Aleksandra Medojevic.
"It's really a great feeling when we, together with our consumers and partners from Carlsberg, organize such events and give away valuable prizes. We are always striving to provide our customers with quality assortments and pricing advantages regarding promotions as well as intensive work on expanding our sales network because we are a store that wants to be close to our consumers."
Other prizes were awarded in addition to the car, and the lucky winners were Edin Canovic, Jelena Nenezi, and Jelena Djukic.
Let’s recall, the contest in Aroma Markets and Conto Discounts began on December 3rd, 2018 and lasted until December 31st, 2018, where the main prize was a FIAT 500.
Buyers can expect similar activities as well as many promotional and price advantages in the coming period.
Text by Promo, on January 24th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
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