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The Sun
23-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Closed European seaside neighbourhood to reopen after £37million renovation with new beaches and kids playgrounds
A COASTAL neighbourhood in Croatia is set to reopen following a £37million project. Žnjan in Croatia has been largely closed to the public since February 2024 due to a revitalisation project. 4 4 But now it will reopen on June 21 with a number of new amenities. The seafront will have landscaped beaches with over 800 trees and 13,000 shrubs as well as family-friendly areas including children's playgrounds. A video of what the beach will look like also includes climbing frames, palm tree lined paths, lookout points, a splash pad and beach lounger areas. A huge new amphitheatre will open alongside a new car park. New cafes and shops will also open, as well as toilets and changing facilities. Žnjan is known for being the largest beach in Split, with many activities for both children and adults. Along the beach, there are currently trampolines, bouncy castles and electric scooters. There are also a few beach bars and plenty of places to grab a coffee or meal. A promenade connects Žnjan with nearby Trstenik beach. According to Croatia Week, the redevelopment is the city's largest urban project in over 50 years. The pretty coastal city in Europe where you can kayak to hidden beaches has cheap easyJet flights When open, all facilities in at Žnjan will be free and accessible to both locals and visitors. The project was backed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and local development initiatives to make the area into one of the Adriatic's most iconic seaside destinations. Mayor Puljak said: "Žnjan is not just a beach – it is proof that Split has the knowledge, people and strength for large projects." Darijo Saric, Croatian travel expert and CEO of VIP Holiday Booker, said: "The transformation of Žnjan Beach is setting a new standard for luxury tourism on the Adriatic. "Once one of the largest beaches in the Mediterranean, it has now been completely revitalised to provide a premium seaside experience. "From an economic and cultural standpoint, the project is also expected to significantly boost local tourism, support small businesses, and further elevate Split as a luxury travel destination. "Žnjan isn't just a beach - it's becoming a destination." There is also a Croatian beach city with 'perfect' summer temperatures that has new Jet2 flights from the UK. Plus, the tiny European coastal town that used to be its own island that was named top 2024 hidden gem. 4 4
See - Sada Elbalad
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
"Michael" Likely Pushed to 2026, Split into Two Movies
Yara Sameh Michael Jackson fans will have to wait a little longer for Antoine Fuqua's biopic 'Michael.' During Lionsgate's Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Jon Feltheimer shared an update on the film starring Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson, who makes his screen debut in the project. 'In regard to our Michael Jackson biopic, we're excited about the 3½ hours of amazing footage from producer Graham King and director Antoine Fuqua, and we will be announcing a definitive release strategy & timing in the next few weeks,' he said. 'I would note that it is likely we will move 'Michael' out of the fiscal year which will impact fiscal '26 financial results but will bolster an already strong fiscal '27 slate.' The fiscal calendar ends on March 31, 2026, so Feltheimer's statement indicates that the film (or films) will likely debut after April 1, 2026. Last month, Variety reported that the film would likely be split into two parts and be pushed from the initially announced release date of October 3, 2025. While 'Michael' was a major part of last year's Lionsgate CinemaCon presentation, no footage from the project was shown during this year's outing. The film, produced by 'Bohemian Rhapsody's' Graham King, wrapped principal photography in May 2024, but John Logan's script is in the process of being revised in advance of reshoots. 'Michael,' which carries a roughly $155 million budget, also stars Colman Domingo and Nia Long as family heads Joe and Katherine Jackson, while Miles Teller will play Jackson's attorney and advisor John Branca. Larenz Tate will star as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, while Laura Harrier will portray pioneering female music executive Suzanne de Passe and Kat Graham will appear as the legendary Diana Ross. Other cast members include Jessica Sula ('Split') as La Toya Jackson, Michael's older sister; Liv Symone ('Power Book III: Raising Kanan') as Gladys Knight; Kevin Shinick ('Robot Chicken') as Dick Clark; KeiLyn Durrel Jones ('The Other Two,' 'How to Die Alone') as Jackson's former security-turned-trusted friend and confidante Bill Bray; and Kendrick Sampson ('Insecure') as industry icon Quincy Jones, who first met Michael Jackson when he was just 12 years old. The pair would go on to collaborate on three of Michael's most successful albums: 1979's 'Off the Wall,' 1982's 'Thriller' and 1987's 'Bad.' read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies
Forbes
13-05-2025
- Forbes
Dining Out In Split, Croatia, Where The Seafood Is Superb
The al fresco verandah at Dvor in Split Every time I return to a Mediterranean country and eat seafood I am always amazed how so many of those same species swimming in American waters are so inferior in taste and texture. (By the same token, many American species, from lobsters to bluefish are superior to their Mediterranean counterparts.) It has a great deal to do with the water, the saltiness, the temperature and what the fish eat. Pristine, glass-clear waters are not ideal because they lack plankton and other fish nourishment. And it should be noted that nearly all the branzino, both here and in Europe, is, alas, farm raised. I was reminded of all this on a recent trip to Croatia, whose Dalmatian waters still teem with excellent seafood and whose restaurants have daily access to superb examples of dorade, skate, red mullet, corvina, amberjack and much more, along with fat shrimp and langoustines. Most restaurants that specialize in seafood proudly display the day's catch on ice just inside the entrance. In the seaside city of Split I dined exceptionally well at a number of restaurants whose seafood was nonpareil. In my last column here I noted the fine meal I had at Konoba Nikola in nearby Strobreč, but there are many within the city well worth seeking out. Seafood tartare at Door Not that you'd have to search for the 11-year-old Dvor (Put Furita 4) , because every local knows of it as perhaps Split's finest and most creative restaurant. Down a few steep, rocky, tricky steps, the glassed-in dining room is adjacent to an al fresco verandah overlooking the water. Inside it is a handsome space, the tables judiciously set apart from one another, topped with good linens and a pot of flowers. The waitstaff is cordial and quite eager to tell you about the day's specials and to point you to the screed of Croatian wines on the list. Lovely presentation of appetizers at Dover. My guest and I left ourselves in the hands of Chef Hrvoje Zirojević, and soon, well-paced dishes came to the table. First was a carpaccio of pristine sea bass with saline olives, tangy orange and sweet sun-dried tomatoes, then 'canelon' of tuna tagliatelle with pistachios and chicory. Lightly cooked and very tender squid took on sweetness from caramelized onions and a reduction of wine, then followed cold slices of tuna with Croatian foie gras, a cream of peas crunchy pistachios and a touch of caviar. Risottos, like this one at Dvor, are very popular dishes in Croatia. Risottos are very popular in Croatia and Dvor's offers a few: We loved the one with smoked seafood of mussels and prawns accompanied by a surprisingly good cream cheese ice cream. Dvor's desserts are beautifully crafted on premises. Having shown his talent for seafood, the chef sent out velvety, succulent pork belly confit with pickled fennel and carrots in a rich demi-glace. There was a delicate millefeuille of potatoes and a dash of horseradish cream. For dessert we shared a kind if gianduia of chocolate, hazelnuts, marzipan and coffee, as well as a spring time strawberry with vanilla elderflower, and a lovely 'brezzy' of mango, vanilla, coconut and lime. Our bill for all this, plus wine and tax, came to 213. Kadena is a 30-year-old classic seafood restaurant Split A meal at close to the same level and certainly of the same quality was one I enjoyed at Kadena (Ul. Ivana pl. Zacja 4), now celebrating its 30th year in business, in a residential neighborhood Split, It is quite elegant, with a long dining room flanked by another. I wouldn't use the word 'serenade' for the bossa nova music a lone saxophonist attempted nearby, but he tat least he took frequent sufficient. Kadena serves the Croatian favorite seafood stew called gregada. Kadena's menu is long, again focused on the seafood you see when you enter, which that night offered scorpionfish, John Dory, dorade, mullet, bream and shellfish. Among the cold starters are raw items like a shrimp and scallop tartare with balsamic vinegar; a tuna ceviche with chilis, apple and capers; and a scampi carpaccio in lustrous olive oil. Saffron ravioli was plumped up with sweet blue crab and leeks, while risotto was enriched with various seafood and cooked in Prosecco sparkling wine. Delicate desserts of color and local ingredients are the mark of Kadena. We opted for what amounts to a national dish in Dalmatia called gregada, a steaming stew thick with fish and shellfish (for two people). There are meat dishes here, too, including simple rack of lamb with vegetables and a beef Wellington I did not try. Desserts are pan-European with items like tiramisù and a Basque cake with berries, but the paradižot is a signature Dalmatian dessert similar to baked Alaska, with fluffy poached egg white meringue, a petit biscuit and vanilla cream. Dinner for two at Kadena with wine and tax should run about €200.
Forbes
09-05-2025
- Forbes
On Croatia's Adriatic Coast, The Ancient City Of Split Has Become A Major Tourist Destination In Dalmatia
As Croatia's second largest city, Split has been enjoying remarkable success over the last five years as a quieter, cheaper alternative to Italy's tourist crunch. Split is especially popular with French, German and Austrians who come for the surrounding natural beauty of the mountains, white beaches, hiking and biking. Many rent the same apartments overlooking the sea year after year, and last year nearly 800,000 Americans visited Split and its sister cities of Zagreb and Dubrovnik. Up until 15 years ago Split was an industrial city, but now tourism has become a major industry. Split itself is a unique archeological treasure, and, after recent development and restoration, now more vital than it's been in centuries, with ferry crossings to the islands of Brac and Kvar. (Croatia has more than 1,200.) Originally a Greek colony, Split was long one of the Roman Empire's largest, best located cities, with a population of as many as 60,000 people. In 293 AD Emperor Diocletian began construction of a vast fortified retirement palace, which itself could house 10,000 people. Over the next millennium Split was constantly fought over and sacked by those who recognized its strategic location, including the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice; in the 19th century Napoleon took the city; on his defeat in 1812 the Austrian Hapsburg ruled, then after World War I Croatia became part of Yugoslavia, with Split as its most prosperous city. In 1991 Croatia declared its independence, which led to four years of brutal war with Serbia, and creating a massive refugee problem. There are few vestiges of that conflict now in Split, although many of the houses and apartments surrounding the center of the city are mundane cement and red tiled-roof remnants of an era when alternatives were not possible. Nearer the center of Split there are some modern buildings, few taller than ten stories. The center itself, which lies along the graceful, curving harbor facing the Riva, a long stretch of cafés where everyone meets from breakfast through late at night and anchored by Diocletian's extraordinary palace whose vast limestone arched hallways lead into well-restored sections where both the emperor and the population once lived and worked. There is an Ethnographic Museums within, and Egyptian lion sculptures still resting on the walls. The palace's ongoing restoration has meant a rapid acquisition of spaces converted to apartments, boutiques, cafes, even a sushi restaurant. New modern hotels have opened in the old town, including Vestibule Palace (Iza Vestibula 4) ––'since 305 AD'––and indeed you really can sleep and dine, at its restaurant Magnus (with a superb wine list), within those fourth century limestone walls. For the summer rates runs around €360. I was being thriftier, booking a splendid Airbnb called Riva City Rooms (they have five locations) just outside the Palace walls and overlooking the Riva for €90. Outside of city center the new Méridien Lav Hotel (Grljevacka 24) is expansive, with a long beachfront and panorama on the Adriatic where you can take breakfast, sun-lighted spacious rooms, a large sophisticated bar and lounge called LaVue, and quite a good Italian restaurant named Conlemani, where I chose from an array of wood-fired pizzas, vitello tonnato and spaghetti with lobster. Nearby, in the town of Strobeč, is very much a local favorite restaurant, Konoba Nikola (Ivankova 42)––konoba means a tavern or cellar––reached by climbing a rocky road up from the plaza in a secluded converted house. It's been a restaurant for a quarter century, whose ebullient owner, Nikola Džalo, grew up in these premises. Located a few steps down, the rustic room has only 24 seats and is set with folkloric art and photos. Displayed on ice is the day's catch, which might be pretty red mullet, fat scampi, John Dory, branzino and more, all grilled to perfection and served with French fries. The wine list is deep, and if you wish, Nikola will charge you only by how much of a bottle you consume. Our three-course meal for two, with desert and wine, came to a very reasonable €214. I will be following up with a report on more of Split's best restaurants but let me for the moment give you some tips about local customs. ● Both Uber and Bolt are readily available, with some of their cars parked right at the Riva, and they are cheaper by far than the taxis, which are not easy to find unless your concierge calls one and you pay for the pick-up. ● At restaurants a ten percent tip on the bill is considered standard. ● Split has hundreds of ATMs all over town but use only those with a bank's name on it. Do not use the red, yellow, blue or green ATMs. I did on my first day and ended up paying a whopping twenty percent service fee. ● If you sit by the Riva for coffee, snacks or a full meal at the restaurants there––all of which have more or less the same tourist menu––do not take a table far to the left (facing the street), because for some reason the sickly stench of sulfur rises from below the pavement. ● It would be difficult to find any resident of the, or elsewhere in Croatia, who doesn't speak very good English, and the populace is exceptionally welcoming and helpful to America visitors.
Daily Mirror
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'Deeply unsettling' thriller now available to stream at home
Horror fans are in for a treat as a star-studded film that leaves you 'barely able to breathe' is ready to watch at the click of a button 'An absolutely fantastic thriller' is now ready to stream with a recognisable cast bringing this 'creepy' story to life. Coming from the director of The Woman In Black, Speak No Evil was released in cinemas in September 2024, with Split actor James McAvoy leading the way as the terrifying Paddy. Joined by Tully actress Mackenzie Davis and The Nightingale's Aisling Franciosi, Speak No Evil sees a dream holiday transformed into a living nightmare as an American couple and their daughter spend the weekend at a British family's country estate. While everything initially appears to be normal upon the family's arrival, things soon take a dark turn and they begin to question who they're really staying with and how they can escape. And from today, Friday, 9th May, fans will be able to watch Speak No Evil whenever they want as it has been released on Sky Cinema and Sky's streamer NOW. Viewers have taken to TV and film aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to sing Speak No Evil's praises since its release. One critic labelled it as a 'genuinely unsettling film', with another writing: 'A rare psychological horror film that quietly chills to the bone without too much gore or creep chords, while cleverly relying on the implied and imagination to effectively do the heavy lifting.' A third commented: 'This is an absolutely fantastic thriller. 'It will keep you on the edge of your seat and the tension in the third act grabs you and you can barely breath at times.' While someone else agreed: 'When the plot of Speak No Evil kicks into high gear, and the secret behind this overly friendly country couple is revealed, the thrills and horror go into overdrive.' Speaking about what attracted him to star in Speak No Evil and his character Paddy's marriage to Ciara (Franciosi), McAvoy told Comic Book Resources: 'They're arguably very bad people, but they've got a f****** great relationship, even though it's violent and there's been grooming going on in their relationship and all that, they're capable of great happiness. 'Maybe you could argue she isn't, it's not fair to say whether she's happy or not because she's been so conditioned, but he is and he is capable of joy. 'And that was like, 'Whoa, that's messed up.' 'To play such a malevolent person who's capable of being happy was like, 'Wow, that's a really interesting, messed up person to play.''
