At the IMTM Fair held in Tel Aviv, the Zagreb Tourist Board held a very successful press conference at the beginning of February, presenting the tourist potentials of the capital of Croatia to an audience of over a hundred journalists from the Israeli media and representatives of tourist agencies.

This year, the world’s top female skiers competing in the fourth consecutive VIP Snow Queen Trophy race were joined for the first time by the world’s top male skiers at the first FIS World Cup event for men. Both took place in mid-February on Sljeme near Zagreb and received nothing but accolades, not only for the exceptionally good organization and the well prepared ski-runs, but also for the special atmosphere created by the audience.

The legendary singer, composer and guitarist Chris Rea is coming to Zagreb on 8 March to hold a concert at the Dom Sportova sports arena.

An exhibition at the Modern Gallery in Zagreb featuring works by the great Croatian painter Josip Račić will mark the 100th anniversary of the painter’s premature death. During his short life, this well respected portraitist authored some anthology works and left an impressive artistic portfolio.