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02/27/2026

✨ We Have Good News! ✨

Some news arrives as a gift. Some as an honor. All of it reminds us why we love what we do.

We’re thrilled to share that our Top Luxury Designer, Tia Lovisa Moreira has once again been recognized on the Travel + Leisure 2026 Specialist List.

Tia’s refined eye, creativity, and passion for Croatia Full of life & Feel Slovenia... and the surrounding countries, make every journey extraordinary — and make VisitCroatia.com - Tasteful Croatian Journeys shine.

I am fortunate to lead a team that knows that "ït is all about the people" and that truly lives the meaning of “una mano lava l’altra.” We work together. We elevate one another. We succeed together.

Gratified and grateful for this recognition — and our good fortune.

Wanda S Radetti and Team VisitCroatia.com - Tasteful Croatian Journeys

    Prestige, Reaffirmed. Honored once again by Travel + Leisure.   Tia Lovisa Moreira: A proud repeat honor from Travel + Leisure A-List It is with immense pride, deep gratitude, and genuine joy that I share the wonderful news that our Vice President, Tia Lovisa Moreira, has once again been name...

01/15/2026

History

From the history of medicine in Rijeka and the Faculty of Medicine
https://medri.uniri.hr/en/faculty/about-us/history/
...speaking of Fiume/Rijeka - DO YOU KNOW?

""Probably the greatest clinician at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries was Antonio Grossich (Draguć in Istria, 1849–Rijeka, 1926). He studied medicine in Vienna and worked for many years as a municipal doctor in Kastav. After a short career at the Surgery Department in Innsbruck, he came as chief physician to the Rijeka Holy Spirit Hospital in 1886. His greatest achievement was definitely the introduction of the presurgical disinfection of the shaved area with iodine tincture. The idea of using iodine occurred while working on the injuries of port workers. He used the tincture for the first time in 1907, and two years later, he delivered a paper about it at the international congress in Budapest. Due to his success at saving many lives by introducing a package that contained sterile gauze and an iodine vial into the army kit, the Italian government gave him a commendation in 1912, and Rijeka issued a postage stamp carrying his profile in 1919.""

Wanda S Radetti and Team

The histories of great and complex institutions never start at the moment of their foundation. Thus, the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka may be regarded as a culmination of the maturation of the environment and its readiness to transform practice into higher education. To recall t...

12/23/2025