<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Croatia Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:09:50 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[New £32 charges on flights to Italy, Norway, Netherlands and Croatia from April]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2185436_1.jpg"/><br><br>Short-haul flights to Europe will be more expensive from next 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by Brits makes history with alcohol sales ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/200/285x214/2170705_1.jpg"/><br><br>Split has become the first city in Croatia to ban the sale of alcohol in shops and liquor stores after 8pm, in a direct response to what the mayor describes as "unacceptable" scenes of intoxicated visitors in the historic centre.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Milo Boyd]]></author><category>Europe</category><media:keywords>Alcohol, Croatia, Overtourism, Split alcohol ban, Tomislav &#x160;uta, Croatian tourism rebranding, overtourism in Croatia</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/200/590x/2170705_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[28 April 2022, Split, Croatia: View on Split from Saint Domnius Bell Tower on a sunny 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