About 300 technology journalists from all over the world will assemble inside port city of Dubrovnik, southern Croatia in northern Europe for your 2012 edition of the IFA Global Press Conference, and for the first time Ghana is represented.
Dubrovnik is surely an old city on the Adriatic Sea coast inside the extreme south of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist resorts in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Its population is about 43,000 this season. Dubrovnik is nicknamed “Pearl of the Adriatic” and is listed as being an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.
The town of Dubrovnik (Latin: Ragusa) was built on maritime trade. In the center Ages it became the only city-state in the Adriatic to rival Venice. Supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy, the city achieved a remarkable level of development throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. Furthermore, Dubrovnik was among the centres of the development of the Croatian language and literature, you will find many notable poets, playwrights, painters, mathematicians, physicists and other scholars.
Today Dubrovnik is the proudest feather in Croatia’s tourist cap, at the very top destination and one of the most beautiful towns inside the Mediterranean. Dubrovnik used to be an independent republic, surviving mostly on trade. It managed to survive generations, with constant threats to its territory, particularly from the mighty Ottoman Empire and Venice. As soon as 19th century, it was discovered by celebrities being a place to be seen. George Bernard Shaw once asserted “those who seek paradise on Earth should arrive at Dubrovnik and find it”. Royalty, presidents and diplomats have all favored the city. The late Pope John Paul II was a fan of Dubrovnik and being made an honorary citizen. Out from the 23 top luxury hotels in Croatia in 2010, 13 were located in Dubrovnik.
Dubrovnik is steeped in stunning architecture and sculptural detail, and boasts spectacular churches, monasteries, museums, and fountains. A variety of typical towns and excursions include: The Elaphiti Islands, the attractive capital of scotland- Cavtat,the Konavle valley, Mljet Island, Korcula Island,Ston and Peljesac Peninsula. The neighbouring towns of Kotor and Perast in Montenegro or Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina also create intriguing day trips.
The event will be the sixth, is scheduled from April 12 to 15, 2012, the organisers have announced.
Ghana is going to be represented by ghanabusinessnews.com, the country’s leading internet business news portal. 53 countries are represented and just four are from Africa. They’re South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria and Ghana.
In a letter announcing secured permission to the Managing Online Editor of ghanabusinessnews.com, Emmanuel K. Dogbevi to enter Croatia, Hauke Plambeck, Managing Director of Fairpros, and official representative for West, Central and Southern Africa of Messe Berlin, wrote “We are looking forward to welcoming you and I’m thrilled to say that, it’s the first time a journalist from Ghana takes part in the IFA Global Press Conference. This is great!.”
Germany has the largest quantity of media representatives – 19, then Italy and South Korea each with 16 journalists attending.
Nigeria has three, Nigeria – two and Algeria and Ghana have one representative each.
Based on organisers, Messe Berlin of Germany, case has an unique format with industry power briefings, a press conference as well as exhibits from key representatives in the consumer electronics and home appliances industries.
The press conference precedes the greatest global consumer electronics and appliances for the home exhibition set for August 31 to September 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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