events
December 15th, 2009
CPG at the Hair Care Spectacle “TIGI”
We in Serbia do not often have the opportunity to see at work hairdressers who dictate world trends in hair-care. Nevertheless, on Sunday, December 13th, in a prestigious hotel “Hyatt” located in the capital city, the company “Unitech” organized a hair care spectacle by the most notable creative team, the British brand “Tigi”.
“Tigi” Creative Team was formed when one of the world’s most famous hairdressers, Anthony Mascolo, left the company “Tony & Guy”, and continued creative work at “Tigi”, which, owing to its lines “Bed Head”, “Catwalk”, “S-Factor” and “Rockaholic”, is among the top hairdressing brands in the world.
Nick Irwin and Akos Bodi, leading hairdressers of “Tigi”, together with Gen Itoh, stylist and colourist, Ritchie Kandasamy, creative director of “Tigi” in Italy, and Jivo D, who is in charge of styling, presented to our public hair styles for 2010. At the scene, Nick Irwin showed how to do the so called undercut, and how to make a hair-do which could be worn in two ways. On models, his colleagues demonstrated dying, cutting, drying and styling of hair. Models who appeared at the show had ultra trendy hair styles, out of which some were extravagant, and some “more acceptable”. At the end of the programme, a mini-show entitled “Recycle Couture” was presented, and the models wore dresses and hair pieces made of recycled materials. Our company granted editions of “Moja kosa”, “Joy” and “Lepota i zdravlje” to every visitor, these being magazines in which the readers can follow the latest trends in connection with styling, fashion, body care and lifestyle.
December 14th, 2009
Manja Gazivoda, the Face of “Ljepota i zdravlje” for 2010
On November 28th at the “Podgorica” hotel, selection for the Face of “Ljepota i zdravlje” for 2010 was held, as well as the first regional casting for MISS FASHION TV SEE
Manja Gazivoda from Podgorica won the title of the Face of the magazine “Ljepota i zdravlje” for 2010, while Žarklina Iković, Maja Maraš and Anja Jovanović qualified for the final Miss Fashion TV SEE contest, which is scheduled to be held in Belgrade. Out of 27 girls, 12 competed at the selection for the Face of “Ljepota i zdravlje” – Manja Gazivoda, Milica Milatović, Anja Božinov, Zorica Komnenić, Endžela Botonjić, Mirjana Rašković, Nikolina Vranić, Milica Živković, Jelena Perčobić, Elma Šahmanović ,Vukana Vulević and Ana Šaranović, while 15 candidates took part in the casting for Miss Fashion TV SEE: Anđela Rovčanin, Dijana Keković, Marija Radošević, Ivana Merdović, Milena Krivokapić, Nevena Martinović, Jasna Penić, Tamara Đučić, Milena Marković, Jovana Đurović, Andrea Mujović, Marijana Golubović, Žarklina Iković, Maja Maraš and Anja Jovanović. Ahead of the jury there was a hard task to choose three most beautiful girls to represent Montenegro. Furthermore, all the contestants participating in this event received awards by sponsors “Kuća hemije”, whereas they wore dresses from the new collection by “Toi & Moi” brand. The jury consisted of well-known persons from the world of fashion and entertainment - Andrijana Božović, pop singer, Marina Banović-Nikolić, fashion designer, Ivan Vukčević, fashion hairdresser, Danijela Popović and Jasna Božović, owners of the fashion agency MM, Ranka Perović, fashion journalist, photographer Risto Božović, editor-in-chief of FTV SEE Igor Todorović, Vesna Čađenović, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Ljepota&Zdravlje”, Ksenija Vukotić, advertising manager of the company “Monte Color”, and Marina Strugar, executive editor of the magazine “Ljepota&Zdravlje”.
From the magazine “Ljepota&Zdravlje”, Manja Gazivoda received as present one year of luxurious lifestyle, meaning regular care with top-quality cosmetic new launches by luxury brands, visits to top beauty parlours, advice by best-known domestic stylists, while the best nutritionists and fitness instructors will take care of her health. This reward, of course, includes regular visits to spa centres. This all will be reported by Manja herself within her column in “LJ&Z”. Organizer of the selection and casting, lifestyle magazine “Ljepota i zdravlje” realized all this with help from its business partners - agencies “Luna”, “Bar kod”, “Kuća hemije”, as well as “Toi & Moi” boutique.
December 14th, 2009
Miss “Fashion TV See” and the Face of the “Lepota i zdravlje” magazine
On December 11th, at the club “Magacin” located in the capital city, a selection to choose the Face of the “Lepota i zdravlje” magazine was held, alongside the contest for Miss “Fashion TV See”. More than one hundred girls from Serbia and the region took part in these two events to achieve flattering titles. Finalists of the Face of “Lepota i zdravlje” contest appeared on stage styled by “Salsa Jeans”, and then in white shirts with a “Lepota i zdravlje” logo embedded. The girls competing for the second title, Miss “Fashion TV See”, entered the stage wearing dresses by “Legend”, and later appeared in “Calzedonia” swimming suits. The jury to decide the winner consisted of: fashion journalist Snežana Dakić, editor of “FTV See” Igor Todorović, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Lepota i zdravlje” Lidija Ćulibrk, representative of “Zepter” Đorđe Rašić, representative of the fashion agency “Woman” Jelena Ivanović-Tomašević, fashion designer Verica Rakočević, owner of the agency “Click” Nenad Radujević, fashion hair-dresser Marčelo Mura, photographer Aleksandar Kujučev, Croatian publisher Mladen Dragićević, make-up artist Nena Ilić, and stylist Jovana Božović. By their decision, Jelena Filipović was chosen as the Face of “Lepota i zdravlje” for the upcoming year. She will be entitled to a year of luxurious lifestyle, as depicted in the most-read domestic women’s monthly magazine. Nineteen-year-old Jelena Filipović is a student of management in culture and media. “I was very happy when I heard I had won. As a matter of fact, it is great honour to participate in an event which is so prestigious, whereas it is huge success to win in it. Incidentally, I found out about the contest in the magazine “Lepota i zdravlje”, which I read on a regular basis, so I decided to apply for it. I did not go through any special preparations, because I lead a healthy way of life: I am concerned with what I eat and I do the exercises regularly”, Jelena says, adding that she plans to use this success in her business career. Namely, being a student of management in culture and media, she believes that in this way she will enter the world of media and stay there for good.
The title Miss “Fashion TV See”, and the chance to qualify for the world contest, were granted to Jovana Švonja (18) from Novi Sad, a senior high school student, who claims she found out about the contest from a friend. “I did not have special preparations for the contest, as I am a self-assured person, with a lot of self-confidence. I had a feeling I would be among the three most beautiful girls, and it happened that I won. This is my big success, and I hope someone will notice me at the world contest, which would pave the way for a big international career”, says Jovana, who as a reward also received a contract with the fashion agency “Click”, thus making her dream to become a model come true. The winners were granted numerous prizes, from companies “Max Factor”, “Talika”, “Coin Casa”, mobile phones by the company “Roaming”, gorgeous bouquets by “Garden centar”, as well as discounts in all the “Orchestra Fashion Group” stores. They received this prize by the company’s marketing director Ivana Ukropina. The programme was led by Vlada Stanojević and Iva Smiljanić, trademark faces of “City” TV show, whereas cheerleaders “Markoni” entertained the audience during breaks between jury’s discussions. Marija Šerifović also had an outstanding performance, and she regaled the audience by her songs, announcing on this occasion that her new album would come out in near future. After the winners were officially proclaimed, the guests continued with entertainment at the “Fashion TV See” party, alongside “Smirnoff” and “Johnny Walker” as refreshment, withŽeljko Mitrović, the owner of TV “Pink”, being among them.
December 14th, 2009
Big JOY Casting 600 girls on the spot!
On December 13th 2009, in collaboration with the fashion studio “Click” and the “Ušæe” shopping centre, the magazine “Joy” organized a casting to choose the best-looking JOY-girl! Success of this event is supported by the fact that over 600 girls appeared at “Kolosej Bowling Lounge”, each of them desiring to become a glamourous star of the fashion editorial, and a model in the fashion agency “Click”. Distinguished jury members, namely Darko Kostiæ, Ivana Škoriæ, Slaðana Tesla, director of “Click” Nenad Radujeviæ, editor-in-chief of the magazine JOY Gabriela Vinkoviæ-Mirkoviæ, fashion editor of JOY Srðan Šveljo, director of corporative publications and PR of CPG Milica Miliæ, and model and TV presenter Ana Pendiæ, examined the candidates, and chose around a dozen girls to enter the second round.
Castings will be held in other places in Serbia as well, and the next one is planned for Novi Sad – to be held in February 2010. The great final is scheduled for June 2010, when the winner and two finalists will receive valuable gifts. Beside the glamourous fashion editorial in a JOY lifestyle magazine, the winner will sign a contract with the “Click” fashion studio, get valuable prizes in goods, as well as ERSTE BANK card with 1.000 euros. ERSTE BANK prepared a special surprise for two finalists – cards with 500 and 300 euros.
This activity continues, therefore the girls can apply through coupons found in each issue of JOY, and on stands located in: Belgrade’s shopping mall “Delta City”, shopping centre “Ušæe” and TC “Mercator”, and in Novi Sad, shopping mall “Bazaar” and TC “Mercator”, or through the Web site www.joy.rs!
November 27th, 2009
HELLO! – Shopping Night with Celebrities
Distinguished stores provided discounts, and stars and experts from the country gave advice to buyers
Although in Belgrade traditional New Year buzz has not kicked in yet, atmosphere in the streets on November 25th pretty much reminded of a pre-festive season. Shopping-mania received contribution from the Shopping Night event, organized by the “Hello!” magazine, in collaboration with respectable stores located in the city center. Alongside well-known public persons, this unique happening was also attended by beauty and style experts.
A “Hello!” welcoming cocktail party was organized in a Baroque-like restaurant “Little Bay”, where glasses were raised to toast the event’s success. This Shopping Night was supported by a number of public persons, among them TV presenter Ivan Zeljković, singers Mia Borisavljević and Anabela Đogani, owner of the fashion agency “Select” Nebojša Grnčarski, actor Viktor Savić, newly weds Leontina and Filip Pat. On their way to stores situated in Knez Mihailova Street, celebrities attracted a lot of attention from curious passers-by, and press crews closely followed the course of this shoppocholic event. Popular TV presenter Ivan Zeljković was in a really good mood, and he made dozens of entertaining remarks to the rest of the crowd.
Good ambience was also supported by Filip Pat, with his supreme humour, and the laughter of both shop-assistants and buyers broke out frequently. All the shops participating in the event provided significant discounts, whereas the celebrity team was, accompanied by the editorial crew of “Hello!”, armoured with positive energy and love for shopping. Well-known make-up artist Dušan Rajković gave expert advice to interested parties in all the shops offering programmes of decorative cosmetics, while Svetlana Bubanja Bucka gave suggestions and information on hair-care.
When the host of the famous “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” TV quiz Ivan Zeljković was assured of top-quality of a lipstick, he decided to surprise his wife Vesna, whereas he chose a perfume for himself. This natty gesture was redeemed as a sign of affection among those present, because Ivan’s wife is expecting a baby. Anabela Đogani and Mia Borisavljević, together with a stylist Boris Čalić, spent most of their time in picking the high-heel shoes, and afterwards this female tandem treated itself with leather gloves.
Meanwhile, Nebojša Grnčarski, owner of the fashion agency “Select”, visited stores offering exclusive clothing. Pop singer Leontina was acting according to the theme, demonstrating that she was a passionate shoppocholic. While Mrs Pat was persistent in trying out the clothes, her cheerful husband was making jokes. He showed patience, and proved himself to be a great shopping companion to his wife. When the singer finally bought a real coat, the couple moved to a boutique by Verica Rakočević.
Hospitable hostess Verica cordially greeted shoppocholics in her boutique. When spotting her good friend Leontina on the way, she rushed to her hug. Then she asked what visitors were drinking, and shopping-mania could begin. Celebrity crew members, exhausted because of so much shopping, with numerous shopping bags turned to their homes at midnight, when this 6-hour Shopping Night with celebrities was triumphantly ended.
Press Clipping
November 27th, 2009
The Magazine “Hello!” Celebrated Publishing of Its 100. Issue
By a glamourous party, organized last night at a well-known restaurant “Kristal” in the capital city, publishing of a 100. issue of the Serbian version of the world’s celebrity magazine with the widest circulation – “Hello!” – was celebrated. Before coming to a huge party, attended by the most successful actors, singers, businessmen and representatives of foreign embassies as well, the guests walked along the Hollywood-like red carpet, while their entrance was followed by cameras flashing.
Great ambience which everyone enjoyed was in the hands of “Denis i Obule” band, and therefore solemn cocktail soon was transformed into a party. Beside the Editor-in-Chief of the “Hello!” magazine Saša Tošić, who expressed gratitude to famous persons for excellent collaboration built over the last two years, a young actress Mirka Vasiljević also addressed the audience.
Among the guests there were Seka Aleksić, appearing in public for the first time with a new hairstyle, accompanied by her fiancé Veljko Piljikić, Nataša Bekvalac, Marijana Mateus, Ana Nikolić, Romana Panić, Tijana Dapčević, Tanja Savić, Marija Kilibarda, Marko Živić, Viktor Savić, Bojana Ordinačev, Verica Rakočević, Mima Karadžić, Aleksandra Jeftanović, Suzana Perić, Aleksandra Perović, Isidora Bjelica, Nebojša Pajkić and many others. As adequate for the celebration, during the night a big cake was cut, bearing the number 100 written on it, in harmony with the event’s occasion.
November 27th, 2009
Ljepota&Zdravlje by BiH Selection for the Face of LJ&Z and Casting for Miss FTV SEE
On November 21st, in cooperation between the magazine “Ljepota&Zdravlje” and FTV SEE, the first casting for MISS FTV SEE was held, as well as the selection for the Face of “Ljepota&Zdravlje” for 2010. The event was held at the restaurant “4 sobe gospodje Safije”. Eighteen girls took part in the contest, nine in each category, and a jury consisting of: Jelena Joksimović – Editor-in-Chief of “Ljepota&Zdravlje”, Igor Todorović – Editor-in-Chief of FTV SEE, Vanja Lisac - photographer, Gasha Miladinović – fashion journalist and stylist, Hatidža
Nuhić and Ina Arnautalić - stylists, Eldin Nuhić - hairdresser, Aleksandar Hršum – editor of the show “Pre a porte” broadcast on TV PINK BH, and Mirjana Vasić - model, chose the most beautiful Fashion TV SEE girls: Branka Vrbica, Amra Mehić and Sonja Simišić, who will participate at the regional final, scheduled to be held on December 11th in Belgrade. The Face of LJ&Z title for 2010 was granted to Jasmina Karić from Banovići. All the participants were awarded with “Ogimil” packages, while “Exclusive Lingerie” awarded girls on the first five positions at the “Ljepota i zdravlje” selection by granting them underwear and bathing suits packages.
Three finalists received packages from “Avon” and “Dr Pasha”, whereas the winner, alongside all this, was also awarded with an exclusive set of “Bvlgari” cosmetics. Sponsors “Avon”, “Ogimil”, “Dr Pasha” and “Everet” took care of not leaving the jury members empty-handed either. The girl who received the title the Face of LJ&Z for 2010 will be entitled to one year of luxurious life, and at her disposal will be products by “Replay”, “Happening”, “Bvlgari”, “Swarovski”, “Max Factor”, together with cosmetic treatments at Wellness Day Spa, within the hotel “Central Sarajevo”.
November 19th, 2009
Iva Pančić is the New Face of the Croatian Edition of L&Z
On November 12th, approximately twenty finalists took part in the selection for the Face of the Croatian version of “Ljepota i zdravlje” magazine, as well as in the casting to choose candidates for Miss Fashion TV. The event took place in Zagreb’s club “Akvarius”.
The girls appeared before the jury, and followed by guests and media present, five contestants were selected to represent Croatia at the regional Fashion TV competition, scheduled to be held in Belgrade on December 12th. The winner will qualify for the world’s competition.
Sponsors provided attractive awards for the best-ranked contestants: Sveti Martin Spa granted a wellness weekend to contestants who assumed the first three positions at the selection for the face of “Ljepota i zdravlje”, “Avon” granted beauty packs, cosmetics studio “Manuela Šapro” provided cosmetic refresh treatments for the first five finalists, who also received “Estee Lauder” packages from “Medicopharmacija”.
Jury consisting of Sunčica Pavlić, Editor-in-Chief of the Croatian “Ljepota i zdravlje”, Igor Todorović, Editor-in-Chief of FTV for the South East Europe, Manuela Šapro, owner of the beauty saloon bearing the same name, Dr Dinko Tončić, photographer Marko Zirdum, Željko Zadravec, Marketing and Sales Director at Sveti Martin Spa, Music Manager Dževad Zahirović, Damir Lukač, representative of “Casina Adriatic Grand Hotel” from Opatija, Renata Sopek and Doris Vrečko, chose Iva Pančić, twenty-two-year old law student from Sisak for the Face of L&Z for 2010.
This victory enables Iva to enjoy one year of luxury lifestyle, including accommodation in elite hotels, travels, care products by high-class cosmetics, treatments in the most exclusive beauty saloons and wellness centers, special nutritional programme, clothes by top brands, exercising with personal trainers in fitness centres, and shooting of a fashion editorial for the “Ljepota i zdravlje” magazine.
November 18th, 2009
Selection for the Face of L&Z and Miss FTV SEE in Macedonia
On November 7th, in collaboration between the magazine “Ubavina&zdravje” and FTV SEE, the first casting for MISS FTV SEE was held, as well as a selection for the FACE OF UBAVINA&ZDRAVJE for 2010, at the BMW car saloon – “Makkar”. Twenty-six girls took part in the competition, thirteen in each category. The jury consisted of: Vera Andrejcin – Editor-in-Chief of “Ubavina&zdravje”, Igor Todorovic – Editor-in-Chief of FTV SEE, Ljupka Arsovska – a stylist, Marko Georgiev – a photographer, Lile Korubin – a fashion designer, Aleksandar Nospal – the Dean at the Faculty of Design and Multimedia within the FON University, and Nenad Sekirarski – a fashion designer. They chose the most beautiful fashion girls: Emilija Belceva, Jovanka Georgieva and Ana Todorovska, who will take part at the final competition in Belgrade. The title Face of U&Z for 2010 was granted to Iva Slivjanovska from Skopje.
After the competition, attended exclusively by VIPs, a mini-cocktail party was held at the restaurant “Konelo”, where good ambience was in charge of DJ Fecky Farris, Franc and Pere.
All the contestants received sponsors’ awards, and the girl who was proclaimed the Face of U&Z for 2010 is entitled to ONE YEAR OF LUXURY LIFESTYLE – she will have at her disposal high-quality cosmetics “Artdeco”, products by “Eliksir ekskluziv” perfumery, as well as exclusive cosmetic treatments at beauty saloons “Dr Ancevski” and “Guinot”. During the forthcoming one-year period, Slivjanovska will get advice by stylists, nutritionists and fitness experts. Furthermore, she will relish the joys of an exclusive spa center “Dior”, and she will also get one exotic travel as a surprise.
Incidentally, except in Macedonia, castings for FTV SEE will be held in all countries belonging to the Balkan region, where “Beauty and Health” is published. Winners from all these countries (Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia) will compete in the final, which is scheduled to be held on December 12th in Belgrade.
October 29th, 2009
Ivana Selakov Has Visited a Home for Disabled Children in Veternik
At the end of October, traditionally, our company organized a humanitarian project entitled "Housewife of the Month". Trained competitors responded to this month’s cooking challenges by competing in preparing the most delicious cream puffs. Although they devote great care to keeping their recipes a secret, these housewives revealed that the main ingredient of their specialities is – enormous love towards the children these desserts were intended for.
When deciding on the most tasteful cream puffs, and the best housewives, assistance was provided by a jury consisting of: our colleague Svetislav Stojanović,
singer Ivana Selakov and her boyfriend. This three-member team agreed that all the cream puffs were equally delicious, and hence it was a matter of nuances to grant the title of the best housewife in October to Aleksandra Rogelj from the city of Zrenjanin.
Ladies on the first three positions obtained an award from the "Jolly" travel agency – a weekend at Zlatibor, while the rest of the participants were awarded by "Dr. Oetker" packs. After the competition, we proceeded to a Home for Disabled Children, situated in Veternik, where we were welcomed by our long-time friends. They were very happy because of a visit by a popular singer, former member of the "Beauty Queens" group, who had started to build a solo career.
The faces of youngsters began to glow when they spotted desserts prepared by our housewives, as well as editions from the music company "City records", the latest issues of our company’s magazines and "Minaqua" juices. Children from this Home showed their workshops to Ivana, and also a mini zoo, their works of art, whereas in return, she sang to them her latest hits.
October 27th, 2009
Future Journalists Began Attending Lectures
Lectures for the new generation of Color Press Group educational section indended for journalists and editors began last Saturday. Attendants were present at the introductory lecture involving foundations of journalism, but they have also acquired useful knowledge in terms of technical means, which will help them in their future vocation. During a 12-week course, attendants will become acquainted with experiences of journalists and editors involved in editions published by CPG, as well as of other persons employed in the publishing world.
October 18th, 2009
Journalists Modelling at Fashion Selection
During the 15th Jacobs Fashion Selection, from October 11th until October 28th 2009, at most attractive locations in Belgrade, there will be over 30 fashion shows implying the most famous Serbian designers, as well as designers, brands and fashion houses from abroad.
Well-known Sebrian fashion house "Passage" at the Youth Center on October 14th presented its new collection inspired by travels, and among the models there were also popular journalists, TV presenters and representatives of publishing companies from Serbia.
Models by designer Nataša Šarić were worn by Branislava Kostić, Ivon Jafali, Dejana Babović, Irina Kruška, Ivana Pataković, Ivana Višković, Jasmina Antonijević, Jelena Gajšek, Ljiljana Perović, Tanja Šikić, Sonja Šegrt, Mina Bulić, Zorica Karanović and the Director of Corporative Communications within "Color Press Group" Milica Milić.
October 18th, 2009
Humanitarian fund “Katarina Rebrača” organized a balling contest
Participants were persons known to the public, as well as members of editorial offices of many print and electronic media, among them the “Hello!” magazine crew.
The aim of this event was to raise consciousness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer, as well as raising funds for remodeling and rehabilitation of gynecological units throughout Serbia, implying improvement of conditions concerning prevention and treatment of breast cancer. Public persons and media representatives yet again gave support to the Fund in realization of this event, within the International Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Public persons comprised six teams, and among the contestants there were: Dženan Lončarević, Goca Tržan, Saša Kovačević, Ivana Zarić, Stevan Anđelković, Anabela, Verica Rakočević, Kaća Rašić, Bane Obradović, Željko Vasić, Vlada Vuksanović, Sandra Lazarevski, Ivana Selakov, Biljana Ristić, Peđa Mirković, “Amadeus bend”, Maja Marković, Danijel Nikolić, Irina Kruška, Miki Damnjanović, while beside the magazine “Hello!” from the media department also participated the teams of: “RTS”, “RTV Pink”, “Studio B”, daily newspaper “Press” and “S Media”.
Balling events in which the celebrities took part featured teams of donators which gave contribution to the event: “Dunav osiguranje”, “Doncafe”, “Galenika”, “Telekom Srbija”, “Lav pivo” and “Podravka”. Companies “KFC”, “Carlsberg” and “Coca-Cola” provided refreshment for all the participants and media representatives. Victory was made by the “RTS” team, while Aleksandar Tucaković, also from the winning team, was proclaimed the best player. The runner-up player was Peđa Mirković of the “Galenika” team.
September 28th, 2009
CPG Again at the Children’s Village
After a 3-month break, the company “Color Press Group” continues to host a traditional humanitarian event “Housewife of the Month”. This time the participants were to prepare children’s favourite dessert – a cake.
Jury comprised of two ladies from Novi Sad - singer Slađana Ivanišević and journalist Zorica Radulović, tasted and chose the most delicious cake. Although they are both concerned about their figure, they did not find this task to be very hard. According to them, all cakes were overwhelmingly tasteful, but however one stood out – the one made by Ljiljana Ćosić. Three housewives who took the first three places, along with their titles, also won a weekend at the Zlatibor Mountain, granted by “Jolly Kop”.
When the competition was over, we visited our friends at the Children’s Village in Sremska Kamenica. Having in mind that it had been too long since our previous visit, the youngsters were glad to see us, and also were happy about presents received from “City Records” and “Hello” and “Minaqua” juices. The rest of our time together passed in great ambience, where our two guests enjoyed chatting with the children.
September 22th, 2009
Editor of “Svet” Participated at the Weekend Media Festival’s Panel in Rovinj!
“Are the media familiar with borders of someone’s privacy” – was one of the most interesting panel discussions at the Weekend Media Festival, held in Rovinj. Igor Kanižaj, MA, from the Faculty of Political Sciences, prepared the latest surveys conducted by Media Metar on this subject. These surveys were for the purpose of the festival, however also commented by panel participants were the examples of intruding someone’s privacy.
Berislav Jelinić from the “Nacional” explained why his newspaper published a medical record by Mirjana Pukanić, which resulted in ousting the late Ivo Pukanić from the membership in the HND. Jelinić once again reiterated that Mirjana Pukanić was manipulating the press, and that in order to combat the manipulations, the “Nacional” newspaper brought this decision.
Also analyzed was the alleged sexual affair in Osijek, followed by “Arena” which on the cover page published a photograph showing an explicit sex scene. The affair later turned out to be faked, but nevertheless it was still “rolling” throughout the paper, which according to Krunoslav Borovac from the Police Department put a mark onto the tenants of the Students’ Dormitory in Osijek.
Vesna Milanović and Berislav Jelenić
The result of the survey is that 98% of public is against publishing sensational titles, such as was the one in “Arena”. The greatest percent of those who participated in the survey advocate the protection of children’s rights, whereas concerning privacy of public persons and officials their opinions were different. Boris Rašeta from the newspaper “24 sata” said that his redaction was double checking each piece of information with sensational contents, and he summarized the paradox of privacy in one sentence, that “today the market is a lot more severe towards boredom than towards lies”, while Vesna Milanović, the Editor of our magazine “Svet”, whose circulation is one hundred thousand copies, said that they were following just those public persons who were fond of “having their picture taken”, and the readers were interested in knowing everything about them. Furthermore, the Editor of “Svet” spoke about journalism in Serbia, adding that there was a paradox that today “criminals were no longer criminals, but termed as controversial businessmen”. These words evoked laughter and applause in the audience. Where this modern celebrity trend leads was illustrated by panel participants in the series about Ante and Simona Gotovac, who had made a career out of this.
In analyses of law charges on the account of privacy intrusion, whose number is growing, it was established that Croatia and Serbia were more liberal than Slovenia. Bojan Požar from Slovenia’s “Požarnet” confirmed that in Slovenia the judiciary started turning against the media, and therefore a kind of auto censorship appeared among the journalists. Nevertheless, Vesna Milanović said that the new Serbian Law on Media would surpass all the limitations of freedom of press, which due to risks of being punished, must invent new, milder titles for hardened criminals.
Throughout the theme “Are the Media Governed by Public Relations” opposite opinions were expressed. Although the journalists and PR experts, discussion participants led by Ivica Žigić from “Croatia Insurance” and Tomislav Jelinić, agreed that in the Croatian media the line of good taste had not been crossed yet, because this would result in the media losing their veracity as well as their readers, numerous examples which were claiming the opposite were presented.
Researches within the Croatian studies confirmed that city-related columns in “Večernji list” and “Jutarnji list” were full of hidden advertisements, which was a world trend. Gojko Drljača from “Večernjak” said that nowadays the newspapers could not manage to live without advertisements, but that despite this, they were keeping the distance and attacking the corporations when needed. This was supported by Maja Webar from T-HT, the leading advertising entity in Croatia.
The third panel discussion was devoted to the future of the business media. In Slovenia and Serbia, where there is a smaller percentage of foreign capital, there is only one business media. Biljana Stepanović from the Serbian magazine “Ekonomist” explained that one third of her magazine is sold at the market, while the remaining part falls on subscription and business seminars it organizes. However, she was not against the entrance of foreign capital into the business media, because this would bring them new technologies and knowledge.
This year, as well as in the previous one, numerous participants at the Weekend Media Festival were enjoying attractive lectures, panel discussions and workshops for three days.
This Weekend Media Festival welcomed the most influential contemporary media – music and video games. It covered a wide spectrum of themes dealing with communication crises, evolution of radio contents and the role of public relations in the media, future of business models of newspaper publications and so on. The visitors also attended four excellent parties, where “Lollobrigida”, “Bolesna braća”, DJ Fanatic and many others performed.
August 28th, 2009
Hello! Wine & Cheese Party
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The magazine “Hello!” celebrated its second anniversary of issuing the edition for the Serbian market at a spectacular party held at the boat-club “Ambis”. The guests were welcomed by a team of people who had been successfully creating the magazine for the last two years already, and the Editor-in-Chief Saša Tošić addressed the public, pointing out that the magazine’s circulation grew twice as big in the last two months.
This was backed by lowering the magazine’s price, but also due to conceptual changes. Celebrities from the world of music, film, media and sports relished the variety of offer of vine and cheese. The magazine “Hello!” put a smile on faces of several of its readers who had voted for the best pair on the cover page, by inviting them to the jubilee party and introducing them to their idols. The band “Extra Orchestra” steamed the atmosphere during its convincing performance, the vine cellar “Skovin” presented a delicious set of vines, while the chocolate company “San Marina” tempted the visitors to test the fruit from a chocolate fountain.
The British Ambassador Stephen Wordsworth spent a great deal of time talking to the CEO of the “Color Press Group” Robert Čoban, commenting on the summer that is nearly over.
It is hard to enumerate all the famous people present at the party: Seka Aleksić accompanied by her boyfriend Veljko, Suzana Mančić, Biljana Ristić, Marijana Mateus accompanied by her daughters, Biljana Cincarević, Adrijana Čortan, Zvonko Marković, Mladen Baron, Suzana Zlatanović, Tanja Vojtehovski, Svetlana Šarić, Goga Sekulić, Nenad Radujević, Ana Kokić accompanied by her husband Nikola Rađen, “Ecotopia” team led by Srđa Popović, married couple Lidija and Miodrag Piroški...
Guests from Croatia also attended the party, the crew of the cult TV show “Red Carpet” broadcast on Nova TV, including Fani Stipković and Nenad Hervatin, and a stylist Marko Grubnić… Spokesperson of the Democratic party Jelena Marković drew special attention, this being her first appearance in public after an unfortunate incident with street dogs.
Cheese and vine were also enjoyed by owners and managers of large companies engaged in marketing, advertising and PR services, such as Ivan Stanković, Marin Šimurina, Bora Miljanović, Mirjana Vladisavljević, Damir Miladin and others.
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July 9th, 2009
Glamourous party in Skopje!
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The Macedonian edition of the magazine «Svet» celebrated its seventh birthday last Thursday in a «Bond-like ambience» of an attractive restaurant «Kanjon Matka», located about ten kilometres away from the Macedonian capital city. This spectacular party with a 500-metre long red carpet was attended by approximately six hundred guests, primarily Macedonian jet setters, who took pleasure in a rich programme. At the glamourous scene, put up at the restaurant, «music greetings» were sent by: Tamara Todevska, Kristina Arnaudova, Boki 13, Elvir Mekić and other popular Macedonian singers.
The president of the «Color Press Group», Mr Robert Čoban, who had arrived from Novi Sad especially for this occasion, held a speech in front of the audience. Furthermore, Editor-in-Chief of the Macedonian edition of «Svet» Aleksandar Nakov addressed the audience, and seven «Golden Globes» were granted to seven most interesting people who had appeared on pages of this magazine with the highest circulation in Macedonia.
This prestigious award was received by Aneta Nakovska, Tamara Todevska, Suzana Gavazova, Lila Stojanovska, Elvir Mekić, Adrijan Gadza and Bojan Jovanovski alias Boki 13. Moderator of the programme was a popular Macedonian TV presenter Jovana Stojmenović, who announced a 15-minute mini-clip with statements uttered by the Macedonian stars, who showed their satisfaction concerning the cooperation with the «Svet» magazine. Also present at the party was the Informatics Society Minister, Mr Ivo Ivanovski.
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June 19 th 2009
”Color Press Group” has been proclaimed MEDIA BUSINESS PARTNER of 2009
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Annual reward BUSINESS PARTNER was created fifteen years ago, with the aim to draw the public attention and promote companies and institutions which conduct business in harmony with high professional standards, firm ethic norms and good business results, and now it has become a distinguished business and public award in the region.
Business uniqueness of the company “Color Press Group” is best recognized and evaluated by readers, business partners, and confirmed also by results of independent surveys.
Final decision was made based on the analysis of all the results which had confirmed that “Color Press Group”, as the leading publisher in the country and in the region, assumed the leader’s position on reading lists, giving exceptional support to business entities by covering themes from the real life in the country, region and the world, respecting high levels of professionalism and ethics, its readers, business partners and clients, and in order to promote and stimulate better connections and economic prosperity in the region. Alongside our company, this prestigious award, in the media category, was granted to daily “Blic”, “Pink International Company” and the Web Site ekapija.com.
On the behalf of the CPG the award was received by Milica Milić, the Head of Corporate Communications, who on this occasion said the following: “Out of a local student newspaper with 3.000 sold copies in 1992, “Color Press Group” in a seventeen years’ time grew into a regional leader, the company publishing eighty-four magazines in all six republics which used to compose our former country, with overall sold monthly circulation reaching over 2.500.000 copies. The path which has led to this result was neither fast nor easy, this being known to all those in Serbia who have created something by work. In times of the recession, the CPG is making effort to sustain its development’s dynamics, especially in the field of new media, and therefore we have launched two Internet portals, a few more projects are underway, and they, as we believe, would enable us to keep the leader’s position on the market. We thank the organizers for this prestigious award and we would also like to thank all those who have been with us over the past 17 years.”
June 11, 2009.
Hello! Celebrity Road Show
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In cooperation with “General Motors”, the magazine “Hello!” has organized the first “Celebrity Road Show”, gathering journalists, photo reporters, cameramen and TV announcers, while our celebrities were behind the steering wheels of Opel Insignia.
During the first “Hello! Celebrity Road Show” among the well-known “drivers” there were Srdja Popović, founder of the “Ecotopia” fund, Nenad Radujević, the owner of the fashion agency “Klik”, Vukašin Brajić, participant in the reality show “Operation Triumph”, Marko Vjetrović, PR Manager of the “Partizan” sports club, Nina Radulović, Fox TV’s announcer, Suzana Perić, fashion designer and Jelena Blečić, painter.
They were accompanied by representatives of "Blic", "Blic Puls", "TV Pink", "TV Fox", "Studio B", "Press", "Svet" and other media. Around midday the “Hello!” motorcade started from New Belgrade towards the villa “Jelena” at Dedinje Hill, where the most resourceful driver who managed to get through the city’s busy traffic was proclaimed. Nina Radulović was the first to arrive at the finish, while Nenad Radujević parked second at the villa “Jelena”, and the third to arrive was Srdja Popović. Then the clients and friends of the “Hello!” magazine relished chatting and cocktails at the villa “Jelena”.
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May 29, 2009.
Magazines “Joy” and “L’officiel” Appear on the Novi Sad’s “Kult Fest”
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The artistic fashion agency “OREA Creative Media Novi Sad” has organized the first cultural festival, supported by the city of Novi Sad. The opening ceremony took place in the “Novi Sad” Hotel on May 27th 2009, and the programme was held at the Secondary Technical School “Jovan Vukanović”, at the café “Indexova 3bina”, at the newly opened Hotel “Prezident”, and on the Petrovaradin Fortress. Srđan Šveljo, the fashion editor in magazines “Joy” and “L’officiel”, Editor-in-Chief of “L’officel” Petar Janošević, the director of corporate communications in the “Color Press Group” Milica Milić, photographer Marko Sovilj, organizer of the “Sarajevo Fashion Week” Amela Radan, and the owner of the “Klik” fashion agency Nenad Radujević, took part in the discussion entitled “Culture and Fashion”, and among the themes there were magazines’ influence on fashion and on the readers’ fashion style, artistic and fashion photography, fashion events… The public is Novi Sad was predominately intrigued by the idea of Balkan “alliances”, such as would be the “Balkans Fashion Week”, where the potential of all the countries belonging to the region would be used, and its realization would enhance all the industry and economy branches, from textile industry to tourism.
May 27, 2009.
The “Lepota i Zdravlje” Magazine Has Celebrated Its 100th Issue
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On May 26th, the redaction of the magazine “Lepota i Zdravlje” gathered all its associates, friends and famous persons in the gorgeous setting of the Country Club Hotel “Babe” in Sopot, in order to mark this highly important jubilee.
In the evening, numerous guests started arriving to a wonderful garden belonging to the hotel, where the greatest number of invitees gathered around the swimming pool, in which the covers of the most read women’s monthly magazine in Serbia, eight years in a row, were floating on the styrofoam. Under the white awnings the tables were set, and including cocktails, barbecue, ethno fitness and the music played by the band “Milaćopezo” from Novi Sad, the “Color Press Group” Management and the successful team which creates the most read magazine in the country, reminded how it was when they started the project concerning the “Lepota i Zdravlje” magazine.
On this occasion, Robert Čoban, the President of the “Color Press Group” publishing house, said: “More than eight years ago, when we launched the magazine ‘Lepota i Zdravlje’, there were no similar domestic or licenced magazines on the market, nothing to compare our magazine to, no-one to compete with. Then, over the years, dozens of new magazine brands, domestic as well as licenced, published by ours and the other publishing houses, started emerging on our market. Nevertheless, throughout these 100 issues, “Lepota i Zdravlje” – led by knowledge and skills of the Editor-in-Chief Lidija Ćulibrk and her team – has remained the number one women’s monthly magazine in Serbia, both in terms of circulation and ratings. Furthermore – during the past three years, our publishing house has launched regional editions of “Lepota i Zdravlje” in all other republics of the former country, where this magazine holds the first position on the market, as in Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro, or is among the first five on the market, as in Croatia and Slovenia…”.
Robert Čoban also mentioned that the previous month the print edition of “Lepota i Zdravlje” had been joined by the Internet Portal lepotaizdravlje.rs, as the first project within the “Future Media” company, which will engage in corporative publishing and Internet Portals. Marking this jubilee was also an occasion for paying attention to the “Lepota i Zdravlje” partners from various fields: the “Miss YU” company, “The Olympic Committee of Serbia”, and, as of recently, the “Ekotopia” fund.
The hosts blew one hundred candles on the cake, which was then served, and the attendants enjoyed the cozy atmosphere of music and lively conversations.
Among the celebrities present at the event, there were Veselin Jevrosimović, Snežana Dakić-Mikić accompanied by her husband, His Royal Highness Prince Aleksandar II, Vesna da Vinča, Tatjana Vojtehovski, Darko Radovanović, Olja Karleuša, Bojana Stefanović, Roksanda Ðorđević, Jellena and many others. All guests received items from the wide range of the “L’Oreal” cosmetics line.
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May 11, 2009.
The launch of the first issue of "Ljepota i zdravlje" celebrated at "Splendid" hotel
Last Thursday, the most luxurious hotel in Montenegro, „Splendid“ hosted a large number of guests who came to celebrate the first issue of „Ljepota i zdravlje“, Montenegrin edition. Monte Color Company, member of Color Press Group with headquarters in Podgorica, launched another one of its genuine editions, apart from the Montenegrin edition of „Svijet“. In a specially decorated ambiance, the guests were greeted by Vesna Cadjenovic, editor-in-chief of „Ljepota i zdravlje“, executive editor, Marina Stugar, Ksenija Vukotic and Strahinja Antonic – in charge of advertising of this edition, Migo Calic, director of Monte Color, Milica Milic, director of corporate communications of CPG, and Robert Coban, the president of the group. Some people from Montenegrin public life who attended this event include the ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Podgorica Branimir Jukić, Srđan Kusovac, advisor of the Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, Zarko Radulovic, the owner of “Splendid” hotel, president of the Montenegrin Association of Syndicates Danilo Popovic, fashion designer Seka Martinovic, singers Kaja Milacic, Emina Civovic, Jelena Kazanegra, Mina Lalicic, Andrijana Bozovic i Nina Petkovic, actors Slavko Kalezic i Ivana Mrvaljevic, model Nina Stanisic, basketball player Dragan Vukcevic, waterpolo player Filip Trajkovic as well as the large number of colleagues from Montenegrin TV stations (TV Atlas, TV Pink M, PR Pro TV...) and the representatives of marketing agencies which advertise in the magazine. “When we founded a company in Montenegro exactly 10 years ago, our distant dream was to celebrate the launch of the first issue of such a magazine in an exclusive hotel like this. The concept of “Lepota i zdravlje” magazine launched in Serbia in 2001 was accepted in all the former Yugoslav republics, and we are sure that the sixth Montenegrin, edition will be as successful as the editions in other countries in the region”, Robert Coban, the president of CPG, said among other things in his greeting speech.
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Robert Čoban i Danilo Popović
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April 2, 2009.
Spring housewife of the month
At the end of March, Color Press Group company organized its traditional humanitarian action “Housewife of the Month”. Cooks that entered this competition competed in making the most delicious canapé. The members of the jury were the employees of CPG and the jury was headed by fashion editor of JOY magazine, Srdjan Svelja. After the degustation they declared a winner – Nadja Dojin – who apart from the title, received a financial prize, and the other competitors were motivated to do their best next month in order to be voted the best. After the competition, we visited our old friends in Children’s Village in Sremska Kamenica. We pleasantly surprised them with specialties of our housewives, Color Press Group magazines and the latest releases by City Records, music production company. Next month, we will visit our friends in the Home for Handicapped Children and Adolescents in Veternik, and our competitors are faced with yet another culinary challenge.
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March 23, 2009.
Baby Race 2009
On Saturday, March 21, in hotel Prestige in Belgrade, on occassion of the 100th issue of the magazine „Moja beba“ (My Baby), editorial office organized a popular baby race „Puzijada '09“ („Snail Race 2009“). Approximately 100 youngest contestants from all over the country took part in this event, „fighting“ for valuable prizes, but also for the title of the fastest baby in Serbia. The kids were divided into two age groups – from six to nine and from nine to 12 months. On a colourful „snaildrom“ carpet provided by „Tepih centar“ (Carpet centre), the youngest contestants had to crawl three metres, and the only rule they had to obey was not to stand up during the whole race. After the „ready, steady, go“, babies got off to a running start; some of them had to take a break at the middle of the race, they played with their „opponents“ or have simply given up the race. However, some babies crossed „snaildrom“ in a blink of an eye. Petar Stojancic was the fastest in the first group (up to nine months) who crawled across three metres in 35 seconds, and he was awarded by a digital camera which was a gift of „Stav“ company from Belgrade and a set of Italian cosmetics „Helan“. The same prize and the title in the other group (older than nine months) was won by Damjan Kostic who crawled across the distance in astonishing seven seconds. Jana Nikolic and Tara Perunicic came second in a race, and they were awarded baby seats, the gift of „Baby Sara“ from Novi Sad. Marija Cmiljanovic and Luka Sebet who came third, won a music polygon, a gift of „Dexy Co“. Refreshments for the visitors of Snail Race were provided by Coca-Cola, while „Color Press Group“ surprised them with a set of magazines and „Impamil“ towels. This action was also made more attractive by the products provided by the following companies: „Medis“, „LMX“, „Sunval“, „Murad“, „Nutri Vita“ and „Bebolog“. At their stands, apart from gifts, they provided precious advice in raising children to parents.
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February 24, 2009.
Charity "Housewives" – February
As a part of our humanitarian action, “Housewife of the Month”, which has been organized by Color Press Group for many years, we visited a Home for Handicapped Children and Adolescents in Veternik, and our housewives participated in a conquest for the most delicious croissants. Our excellent cooks were joined by many public figures at the headquarters of CPG for the purposes of tasting and judging their specialties. Ljiljana Drakulic, an author and a presenter for the TV show “Modni magazin” (Fashion Magazine), which is broadcast on TV Panonija, accepted our invitation with delight, along with Dusanka Vranjesevic, the owner of Viva Exclusive company and Sandro, a singer and a presenter, ex Prslook band, who came with his son. After the tasting, the jury decided that Dusanka Vranjesevic had made the best croissants and she was awarded a financial prize. Then we headed to Veternik. Apart from the usual gifts by Minaqua, City Records and our publishing house, our guest, Dusanka Vranjesevic donated the necessary material for the Home’s leather workshop so that children can create their pieces. Atila, one of the oldest residents in the Home, told Ljiljana and Sandra the history of the workshop, as well as some of their anecdotes. Next month, as a part of this action, we plan to visit the Children’s Village in Sremska Kamenica.
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February 12, 2009.
The best shopaholic elected at Delta City
On the occasion of the publishing of the Shopaholic series by author Sophie Kinsella and the movie premiere “Confessions of a Shopaholic”, “Laguna” and “Taramaunt” organized the finals of the contest for the best shopacholic, after the semi-finals at Zira shopping centre.
The three finalists, with the help of fashion editor at JOY, Srdjan Svelj, and editor-in-chief of “L’Officiel”, Petar Janosevic, took part in a fun race – searching for the hidden vouchers at the shopping mall. Sanja Vukovic crossed the finish line first and was awarded with a five-day shopping trip to Rome.
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February 6, 2009.
The first 50 issues of Mobi
On the occasion of the 50th issue of Mobi magazine, in the beautiful ambiance of the Italian restaurant “Trattoria all’angolo” in Belgrade, a cocktail party was organized, announcing the winners of the great MMS competition
Serbian magazine for mobile communications and services with the highest circulation, Mobi, celebrated its 50th issue with a cocktail party organized at the Italian restaurant “Trattoria all’ angolo” in Belgrade. The cocktail was attended by all the distributors and representatives of mobile phone manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, HTC, LG, HP, mt:s and Vip, as well as by the representatives of advertising agencies, PR companies and several media representatives. The guests were greeted, on behalf of Color Press Group, the publisher of Mobi magazine, by Milica Milic, the director of corporate communications of Color Press Company and Marko Cavic, editor-in-chief, who also announced the winners of the great MMS competition. Ivan Videnovic from Knjazevac won the first prize, Milos Bjelica from Nis won the second and Darko Sijerkovic from Montenegro won the third prize. All of them were awarded valuable gifts – Nokia 5610 XpressMusic and the framed photo which they entered in the competition.
About Mobi magazine
Mobi is the latest Serbian magazine for mobile communications and the only one of its kind to be audited at ABC Serbia. The average monthly circulation is 35,000 copies, with approximate rating of 72,000, according to the research carried out by Strategic Marketing from Belgrade. Mobi keeps up with the events at the mobile communications and services market, and thanks to the constant contact with its readers, creates the content suitable for various types of users of mobile services. It is by far the most popular such magazine, and it also one of the most widely read IT magazine. Since the magazine was first published five years ago, Mobi established cooperation with all the legal domestic distributors of mobile phones and services and mobile operators in Serbia. It has a unique concept and it is the only Serbian magazine which communicates with its readers through SMS chat.
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February 2, 2009.
Upcoming movie premiere: “Shopaholic”
On the occasion of the publishing the Shopaholic series by the author Sophie Kinsella and movie premiere “Confessions of a Shopaholic”, “Laguna” and “Taramount” organized a semi-final of the competition “the best shopaholic”. Several dozens of girls participated in the competition, and the jury consisted of Sasa Vidic, a fashion designer, Gabriela Vinkovic-Mirkovic, editor-in-chief of “JOY” magazine, Jelena Djokic, assistant editor of Hello! magazine, Petar Janosevic, executive editor of “L’Officiel” and Sonja Vucicevic, a journalist for “Blic”. Jury voted the three most stylish girls in “Zira” shopping mall, and the finalists, Sanja Vukovic, Marija Ristic and Ana Nesic will meet on Saturday, February 7, at the competition in “Delta City”. They will have to exhibit all the necessary skills required for successful shopping – resourcefulness, speed, discovering the best items – until they find all the marked items which will be placed in stores. Marija Kilibarda, Ana Pendic and Petar Janosevic will join them in the shopacholic race. The main prize for the winner will be a five day shopping trip to Rome.
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January 27, 2009.
The Housewife of January
In the last week of January, our company organized the traditional humanitarian action “Housewife of the Month”. The first event in the new year was the contest for the most delicious dessert in which our fine housewives took part, and also a visit to the Children’s Village in Sremska Kamenica.
During the past eight years, the humanitarian action of “Color Press Group” has been supported by many public figures who have also formed jury during the contests for the best housewife, and who, along with us, have visited a Home for Handicapped Children and Adolescents in Veternik or the Children’s Village in Sremska Kamenica.
After her stay in Panama, the former contestant in the popular show, Survivor, Vanja Mandic, gladly accepted our invitation, as well as singer Jelena Radovic, who enlisted help from a real expert on sweets, her son Luka.
Although they were facing a difficult choice, our guests agreed that the title of the best housewife should be awarded to Valentina Djordjevic, who also received a substantial financial prize.
The other part of the action took place at the Children’s Village. Apart from sweets, “Hello” and “Minaqua” juices and soft drinks, music editions of “City Records”, children were also very happy about meeting our guests. Vanja gave them an account of her adventures in Panama, while they sang current hits with Jelena. They were especially happy about meeting Luka Radovic who shared his toys with his new friends.
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January 26, 2009.
Lepota&Zdravlje in Bazar
Last Saturday, in Bazaar shopping mall in Novi Sad, the editorial office of “Lepota i Zdravlje” (“Beauty and Health”) magazine organized a traditional Saturday meeting with the readers. This time, the theme was the maintenance of health, so we presented a medical device BIOPTRON with Zepter Company.
BIOPTRON light therapy stimulates the ability of the body to regenerate and regain the balance, and therefore helps our body to release its own healing potential. When it reaches the tissues, the energy of light helps the biostimulation process (which means that it has a positive influence on various biological processes and thus enhances bodily functions).
Apart from receiving useful information concerning the maintenance of health, the visitors received a copy of “Lepota i Zdravlje” magazine, which brings plenty of useful advice to the readers on how to stay beautiful and healthy at any age.
The next meeting in scheduled for the last Saturday in February.
See you in Bazaar.
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January 16, 2009.
New Year, new sweets
Color Press Group company sticks to the good old habits in the new year. In the middle of January, the staff of “Dobra hrana” (“The Good Food”) magazine visited Children’s Village in Sremska Kamenica and brought dozens of sweet cakes to the children. Children were tasting the cakes prepared according to the new recipes, and liked the chocolate cake with raspberries the best.
While they were enjoying the cakes, children told us how they had spent their New Years’ holidays and how they were spending their school break, wishing it had lasted a little longer. Time spent together was accompanied by browsing children’s magazine editions published by our company. Next month, sweets made according to the recipes of “Dobra hrana” (“The Good Food”) will be sent to Home For Handicapped Children and Adolescents in Veternik.
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January 15, 2009.
The famous were saving Christmas trees
Ecological centre “Bring back beautiful rivers” organized an action of planting Christmas trees in the heart of the forest in Zvezdara in Belgrade, entitled “Christmas trees, a plea for help”. Many public persons, with the minister of environmental protection and president of Miss Yu company, Vesna de Vinca, ahead, rolled their sleeves in very cold weather and brought many dozens Christmas trees “back to life”.
Action promoters, children’s choir “Carolija” (Magic) (lead by Leontina Vukomanovic) and children’s karate club “Nippon” (lead by a Serbian champion Tanja Petrovic), contributed to the action with their programme, during which the public was presented with a terrifying fact: only in Belgrade, more than 100,000 pine trees are cut down during New Year’s holidays. That is why children tried to “teach” their parents to buy only pine trees with roots and soil, so that once the holidays are over, they can be planted one more time.
Text: Ilija Djukic Photo: Matia Punjek
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December 24, 2008.
Beauty expert's 1st Anniversary
On Tuesday, December 23, together with friends, associates and advertisers, Beauty Expert magazine celebrated the first successful anniversary at the gala dinner party at Prestige Hotel in Belgrade.
To celebrate its first anniversary, gala dinner party was organized in Prestige Hotel. The representatives of the most successful wellness, cosmetics, advertising companies, people from hotel business and many other celebrities gathered at the event. Editorial staff of Beauty Expert, with editor-in-chief, Lidija Culibrk and advertising director Snezana Topolic, thanked all the people present on cooperation and wished everyone even more success in the following year. “In our following issues, we will try to focus on the readers who wish to maintain young look, as well as the harmony of body and soul. We will make suggestions about the most successful beauty salons, we will introduce you to the different cosmetic procedures and treatments, and we will also try to provide our advertisers with ideal advertising space on our modern looking and well designed pages”, the editor said. A pleasant evening was accompanied by presents and awards, so guests received packages of Rimmel and Afrodita cosmetics. Guests also had a chance to take part in a prize contest of Beaty Expert magazine. Valentina Petrusic from Dermavita International company won a spa weekend at the country club Babe, Dragana Udovicic from Kurir won a weekend at CMC Satelit club on Zlatibor, Nikola Paunovic, the representative of Sanus Wellness, will be enjoying himself at Mona Hotel on Zlatibor, while Vera Zec from Beauty akademija – Aqua tonale company won a lunch at Prestige hotel. One of the most attractive prizes was a free advertisement in Beauty Experts, which was won by Loreal Balkan company.
As admirers of beauty, Verica Rakocevic, Sasa Vidic, Milomir Maric and Vesna Radusinovic also attended the dinner, and editorial staff of Beauty Expert magazine gave them vouchers for cosmetic treatments at MMF Company- Auriage and "Power plate". Presents were provided by Darphine cosmetic, Magic city, brands Maria Galland and Alessandro, Primax and Gruppo Tessile, Do-in, Belgrade.
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December 24, 2008.
Jelena Karleusa i Dusko Tosic got to Veternik before Santa Claus
Jelena Karleusa and Dusko Tosic visited Home For Handicapped Children and Adolescents in Veternik as a part of humanitarian action of Color Press Group
we chose the tastiest cakes, and since we knew that these sweets would make children from Veternik happy, housewives did their best to decorate their culinary master-pieces. This time, the TV host of Delta television from Novi Sad, Zorica Radulovic, Sandra Coban and the editor of CKM, Dasko Milinic, formed the jury and enjoyed tasting the cakes. The jury unanimously decided that the title should be awarded to Valentina Djordjevic from Belgrade.
A famous married couple, Jelena Karleusa and Dusko Tosic, expressed their wish to visit children in this home. The residents greeted us in grand hall by shouting Jelena’s name. By appearing on stage, Jelena and Dusko caused ovation, and the real party started after the mutual introduction. Children sang the latest hits performed by this popular singer, while she patiently responded to kisses and hugs of delighted children. Meanwhile, Dusko played a mini football game with the boys. Beside, as children said, bringing great joy to this home, Jelena and Dusko showered them with presents – bedding, cleaning supplies, a new computer, TV… But what delighted the residents the most were packages from “Pionir” for New Year. Children also received Hello! and Minaqua juices and soft drinks, as well as the latest CPG editions.
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December 12, 2008.
All our Christmas trees
Just like last year, at the beginning of December, Hello! magazine decorated its Christmas tree in the lobby of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Belgrade. Color Press Group Company as well as other 16 successful companies in Serbia like Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Suveniri Srbije (Serbian Souvenirs), AmCham, Meridian banka, Avon, Societe Generale banka, Grand Motors, Findomestic banka, CAFS, Coca-Cola, Corporate Media, Monterra, DHL, DM drogerije, Radio Beograd 202 donated financial aid in amount of 500,000 dinars for UNICEF’s programme “School Without Violence”. In our country, 137 schools participate in this programme. Many celebrities supported this event and according to the jury, Hello!’s Christmas tree was among the finest.
Sergej Cetkovic, Verica Rakocevic, Biljana Obradovic, Aleksa Jelic, Duska Jovanic, Aleksandar Rados, Vanja Gavrovski, Ivana Nedeljkovic and many other friends attended the event as guests of our magazine.
This year, we decorated a Christmas tree at the new headquarters of our company in Novi Sad, and we soon plan a New Year’s visit to Home for Handicapped Children and Adolescents in Veternik. On December 23, we will bring them presents and surprise them with the show of one of the biggest music stars in Serbia.
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December 2, 2008.
Humanitarian action “Housewife of the month” – November
The last week in November was dedicated to the humanitarian action “Housewife of the month”, which has been organized by “Color Press Group” for the past eight years. The first part of the action was held at the headquarters of CPG, where housewives presented their delicacies.
The challenge in November for industrious cooks was to make the best salty cake. Each month, jury consists of public figures, so this time the specialties were graded by the former contestant in the popular show “Operation Triumph”, Mirjana Kostic Mika. A young girl from Kanjiza with a great voice gladly accepted the invitation to spend some time with our housewives, and afterwards she also joined children in Children’s Village in Kamenica.
Although all the housewives exhibited top skills in salty cake preparation, Ljiljana Cosic from Belgrade won the competition. After the contest, we headed to Children’s Village. Apart from the gifts provided by the sponsors (Hello juices, Minaqua, City Records), the special treat for the children was Mika’s visit. After she answered all the questions concerning her stay at the Academy, Mika started fulfilling the wishes of children by singing, and as soon as she had started, she was accompanied by children.
By improvising gala night from “Operation Triumph”, the best singers from Children’s Village appeared on stage and sang all the hits together with Mika.
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December 1, 2008.
“Lepota i zdravlje” in Baazar shopping mall
Editorial office of “Lepota i zdravlje”, together with “UNITECH”, a company from Novi Sad, organized another meeting with the readers on the last Saturday in November. Shopacholics from Novi Sad in Baazar shopping mall had a chance to get their favourite magazine “L&Z” as a present, which offers many useful advice on beauty and health in every new issue, while “UNITECH” was responsible for advice on perfect hair styling. A popular hair brand “TIGI” was also launched and the reaction from the ladies was very positive. Because of its quality and amazing smell, it gives hair the perfect look.
We have scheduled our next meeting for December 27, when we will launch a new cosmetic brand which takes care of your health and beauty.
See you in Baazar shopping mall
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November 20, 2008.
The first anniversary of the magazine “Dobra hrana” (“Good Food”)
Culinary magazine “Dobra hrana” published by a company from Novi Sad, “Color Press Group”, celebrated its first anniversary on Wednesday, November 19.
Editorial office of this popular culinary magazine celebrated its first anniversary in the company of its associates, advertisers and friends. Guests enjoyed authentic Italian ambiance of the popular restaurant “Piccolo Mondo” in Novi Sad, tasting the best vines and Italian specialties. Magazine editor, Zenja Acimovic, expressed her gratitude to all the associates who helped “Dobra hrana” to become a cooking guide for many people in a short period of time. She pointed out that editorial office would do everything to keep this magazine as a favourite of those who enjoy good food and that every new issue will contain the most interesting recipes which would, with their appearance, and with their taste, be appealing to the choosiest gourmands.
“It is enough to be a good listener and the cooperation can be successful to our mutual pleasure. Sometimes, it is very difficult to make everything run smoothly. It is easy to cooperate with you, you dictate the contents of our magazine, demand recipes, point out our weaknesses. Your support means a lot to me, and that keeps me going because I know that you are satisfied”, editor-in-chief, Zenja Acimovic added, and recommended “Dobra hrana” as a major culinary advisor in the following period.
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November 14, 2008.
BRAVACASA PARTY AT “ZIRA”
On November 13, a cocktail party was held at the hotel “ZIRA” in Belgrade, celebrating three years of the Serbian edition of “BRAVACASA”
Together with friends and associates, at the hotel “ZIRA” in Belgrade, while Furniture Fair was taking place in Serbian capital, “BRAVACASA” magazine celebrated its third anniversary. This event attracted the most prestigious architects, designers, interior designers, as well as many public figures. Magazine editor, Tatjana Maric, first addressed the audience, and thanked all the associates and advertisers on behalf of “BRAVACASA” for helping this magazine bring the culture of living to a higher level. This magazine has thus become a synonym for style. Editor-in-chief of the popular magazine, pointed out that she would not be able to conquer and overcome all the challenges she faces daily at this very responsible job without her team (Milorad, Kristina, Miroslav, Ruža i Aleksandar)
After the welcome cocktail, guests enjoyed “poi” dancing by troop “Alternacije” and pleasant atmosphere created by “JeuNS” band. Many public figures attended the events, such as Biljana Obradovic, Biljana Spasic, Branka Pujic, Lena Bogdanovic, Suzana Zlatanovic, Lazar Sakan, Verica Rakocevic, Djordje Pavlov and many others.
Serbian edition of this prestigious magazine for interior design appeared on newsstands in 2006. As the first licensed glossy magazine in our country in the domain of Home & Garden, it attracted readership very fast and after three years kept its position as the magazine with the highest circulation among the competition. During last year, “BRAVACASA” was also launched in Croatia and Slovenia, and the expansion to the markets of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is also planned.
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November 11, 2008.
First regional Beauty&Health team building
Bosnian editorial office of Beauty&Health organized the first regional Beauty&Health team building last weekend. This was a unique opportunity for the editors from Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia to meet in one place since the beginning of the project. During their four day stay at the beautiful ambiance of Termag hotel on Jahorina, editors had a chance to get to know each other, to advance their communication, but also to resolve many issues they deal with in their everyday work. Apart from attending business meetings, they had a chance to enjoy spa centre, specific delicious cuisine of this area, but also the natural beauties of Jahorina.
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November 10, 2008.
Color Press Group at the FIPP international licensing and syndication fair in Moscow!
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Bojan Vulin, Miroslav Vajda i Nikola Jankovic at the CPG stand in Moscow
At the end of each year, International Association of Magazine Publishers organizes the World Magazine Marketplace, international licensing and syndication fair which gathers the greatest publishers in the world to represent their brands and exchange their experiences. Last year the fair was organized in Singapore, and in previous years it took place in London, so FIPP has decided to organize WMM in Moscow this year, on November 6 and 7.
As the only representative of Serbia, Color Press Group has represented its international licensed package for its magazine Beauty&Health at WMM, which is published successfully in the five countries of the region (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia).
Apart from talking with the future publishers of Beauty&Health from Eastern European countries and the former Soviet Union, Bojan Vulin, production manager, Miroslav Vajda, development manager and the president of CPG, Robert Coban, talked about advancing their cooperation with their friends and partners from the Western Europe whose magazines are successfully published in Serbia and in the region (Hello!, Bravo, Brava Casa, JOY, CKM, L’Officiel, FHM…). CPG delegation was enforced by Nikola Jankovic – his company Videotop and CPG have joint ventures in Croatia and Slovenia.
November 7, 2008.
10th anniversary party of Hungarian issue of CKM
In Play night club, at the Buda bank of the Hungarian capital, this event was enforced by a group of properly (un)dressed CKM babes who smiled and danced seductively. This was the venue for the 10th anniversary party of CKM magazine, which was attended by many Hungarian public figures. The representatives of Serbia at this event were Dusko Milinovic, editor-in-chief of the Serbian edition of CKM and Miroslav Vajda, development manager of CPG.
The Hungarian issue of CKM was started a few months before the first Polish edition in 1998. CKM is an absolute leader at the market of male magazines in Hungary, as is the case in Serbia, which is the third country in which CKM is published.
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November 5, 2008.
Employees of CPG continued to develop team spirit
Team building
Agency “TIM” from Novi Sad organized another team building for the employees of “Color Press Group” company at Zlatibor. During their three day stay, in the beautiful ambiance of the “CMC Satelit” hotel, various professional trainings were organized and their aim was the development of the team spirit. This programme has helped people who attended it to get to know each other better, to discover their role in the team, but also to resolve any ambiguities they have in team work. Interesting assignments encouraged creativity and productivity of the employees, and it was also a great opportunity to socialize. Apart from the working trainings, a visit to Kusturica’s “Drvengrad”, where all the worries were swept away and we enjoyed incredible natural beauties of Mecavnik.
Impressions of the attendees
Creative and interesting assignments encouraged our competitive spirit. The path to the goal was paved by interesting assignments, and solving those problems was very significant for us. By playing, we confirmed what we had already known, we learned a lot, and we have also proven, as many people before us have, the truth of the saying that two heads are smarter than one. Of course, you also need a team like the one I had. And whether the goal has been accomplished, you may judge by yourself.
Veronika Contos, analyst
Team Building at Zlatibor was an unforgettable experience. I am very glad to have been a part of it. The lectures were interesting and educational. Accommodation, food – it was all at the highest level. We spent an enjoyable weekend together, and we have also learnt something new about team work. I would recommend every employee, if it is possible, to spend a weekend and get some rest in fresh mountain air.
Jozef Horvat, graphic editor
Weekend at Zlatibor was very enjoyable, everything was very well organized, I found socializing and team building interesting, I didn’t know colleagues from Novi Sad, but that wasn’t a problem. I respect the fact that our company enabled us something like this. All in all, my impressions are positive and I am glad to have spent time with colleagues from Novi Sad this way…
Vanja Kajtez, graphic editor
I may say that I was pleasantly surprised by some colleagues with whom I previously had had only professional relationship. I got a chance to get to know them personally and to discover their qualities, to see them in a different light. I think that it was a success that people didn’t form groups or lobbies, we were together all the time, both in the meeting and when we were having fun.
Dijana Skoric
Team building was a success, BINGO! I admit, I didn’t really believe, and let alone expect that we would have such a great time and Zlatibor, and we also learned something new in the process.
Trainings that are based on creative workshops are a great way to educate the employees. That is why it wasn’t boring to me to listen to dry theoretical psychology. Although, in my opinion, these events would be more useful if practical examples were introduced. It is good to know how it all works “in the books”, but it has no use if it can’t be applied in practice. Therefore, I believe that future workshops should contain a story from our news office instead of “A Story From Mars” – an actual example of a particular problem and its practical solution. A conflict and its solution. In that case, workshops would have a point.
Lectures were perfectly organized and the schedule was excellent. It left us time for both the training and fun.
* These events are beneficial for the following reasons as well:
- We meet the colleagues we know for a long time in different light (personally). I was really pleased that nobody has disappointed me, on the contrary, some people surprised me in a pleasant way
- Our social gatherings were at the very high level and I don’t think that anyone can persuade me that there was a better or more compact team than ours. We went together everywhere, shared checks for drinks. Can it be better than that?
- The accommodation and hotel staff – the highest grade. They really did their best to make our stay at Zlatibor more comfortable and enjoyable.
- We had luck with weather
Dragana Gligic, assistant editor of love publications
A fabulous thing, mix of useful and relaxing. The assignments, because of the great atmosphere, were more similar to games and good entertainment. We should do this more often.
Drazen Curcic, promotional manager
Although we spent only two days at Zlatibor, because of the diverse and interesting programme, it seemed to me that we spent there at least five days. It was very educational, various exercises that are going to give results, and I am also glad to have visited Drvengrad. We were all getting along really well, we were always laughing, joking, enjoyed the good atmosphere and that can be seen in all our photos. I was aware that the majority of the colleagues were excellent team workers, the right people for both job and fun, and there were people who really surprised me – in a positive way. I am satisfied with the programme, our trainer (we used an endearment term – nursery school teacher), hotel, team. My only complaint is that these things could be organized more frequently and that they should last longer. All in all, I think we were the ideal team, and somebody from above could see that, so we were blessed with great weather.
Tanja Narancic, production manager
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October 27, 2008.
FHM Collection presented at the Belgrade Fashion Week
At the 24th BECK’S FASHION WEEK, the prestigious male magazine, FHM, presented the male FHM Collection for autumn/winter 2008/09.
Fashion editor of the magazine, Bojan Dragojlovic, has chosen the best known male brands to put together the fashion show entitled “Wake Up” aimed at modern men who know what they want and how to achieve it. “This fashion show illustrates the conditions of male fashion in Serbia. Once again, we have managed to display, in an original way, the absolute dominance of FHM Collection which is the only true male fashion magazine in Serbia. This fashion show has also been the great opportunity to introduce the next issue of the magazine,” Bojan Dragojlovic said.
Along with the models, as a special guest, the famous speaker and TV host on Pink television, Aleksandra Jeftanovic, walked down the runway. “I accepted the invitation to be a part of this fashion show as a great compliment. I immediately accepted it, because the idea of walking down the runway in male suit seemed extremely interesting to me. The fashion show had a great concept, and what is very important, different from others. I have spent an enjoyable evening, and I can reveal that I like to read FHM, because I believe that women can learn a lot about men from the true male magazine. Also, I am a great admirer of Bojan Dragojlovic’s work,” Aleksandra said.
“This fashion show has really accomplished the idea with which it was conceived. Bojan managed to provide answers to men unsure of their fashion sense – what to wear when they go to work, for a drink with friends over the weekend, to an important meeting, for playing sports…” famous photographer, Milos Nadazdin, the editor of photography at L’Officiel magazine, said.
Judging from the comments that could be heard at the VIP room after the show, it is clear that FHM Collection organized a very imaginative and inspirational evening for the invited guests
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October 13, 2008.
Executive editor of Hello! published a book on Pavle Vujisic
Aleksandar Đuričić
Aleksandar Djuricic, great editor of Hello! magazine, published a book “Knjiga o Paji”, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the death of our cult actor, Pavle Vujisic. On that occasion, last week, a gathering was held in the house in which this superb actor worked and lived.
With black-and-white movies, poems, river stories, bohemian recipes and drinks, friends and admirers of Pavle Vujisic applauded at the reading of the excerpts of Djuricic’s book. “Knjiga o Paji” is an anthology of acting and bohemian life and a story about a great love. Rich in photographs, the biography of the unavoidable figure of Yugoslav and Serbian cinema, reveals unknown details in the life of a man who left a mark in domestic cinema.
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October 7, 2008.
L’Officiel around the town
Citizens of Belgrade will have a chance to ride on a town bus with the logo of the most prestigious French fashion magazine in Serbian, “L’Officiel” in the following six months. Color Press Group company has decided to brand a bus on bus line 16 and by doing so, familiarize the readership with the magazine.
September 17, 2008.
Magazine JOY says: „It is easy to be trendy with Volksbank card 'Shopping Goddess'“
In „Grand Casino“, on September 15, 2008, Volksbank and JOY magazine presented a new credit card „Shopping Goddess“ which gives many opportunities to young women to quickly become „queens of shopping“.
In the magnificent ambiance of „Parada“ hall and „Grand Casino“, a fashion show, representing the latest from the collections of Max Mara and Zekstra, was organized for the elegant guests of the world of banking, fashion and media, and accompanied by delicious buffet and top service.
The host of the show was Luna Lu, and the president of executive board of Volksbank, Aksel Hummel spoke to the guests, and promised that he would enable more frequent presentations of their products, which would make them more suitable to the end-users. The representatives of JOY and Volksbank will continue their cooperation in the future and will organize joint events.
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September 16, 2008.
CKM and FHM at Football Fair
From September 5 – 7, third hall at Belgrade Fair was „coloured“ with football. „Lav“ football fair 08 is the sports event of the year, which takes place in 20 cities of the world. Our capital is one of them. The participants are companies and clubs like Nike, Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, Čukarički, FK lokomotive, mini-maxi league, fair play league and many others.
Magazines of „Color Press Group“, CKM and FHM, were presented at the stand of „Legea“, sports equipment company. The last day of the fair was the hottest, and the most beautiful girls gathered to pass around the issues of the best male magazines in the country to football lovers.
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July 31, 2008.
Our Olympic Sportsmen Escorted by “Color Press Group” and Olympic Committee
Company “Color Press Group” and The Olympic Committee organized the celebration party in the summer garden of OCS on Wednesday, July 30th, in the honor of our sports team that will participate at The Olympic Games 2008. For that occasion, special edition of “LEPOTA I ZDRAVLJE” magazine was promoted and committed to the Olympic Games and our sportswomen, representing our country in Beijing. Only a few days remained till the beginning of the Olympic Games, and Serbia will participate independently after 96 years with 92 participants under the colors of our national flag.
Ivan Ćurković, the president of the Olympic Games Committee, and the president of “Color Press Group” Robert Čoban, gave a speech in front of invited guests. Ivan Ćurković expressed his gratitude to the media sponsors of OCS for the successful cooperation, especially to our company and he also mentioned the special edition of „Lepota i zdravlje“, published in honor of our sportswomen.
Robert Čoban said that the sportsmen and sportswomen have been the only ones who showed a brighter side of Serbia in the past 18 years, and he also mentioned his fellowcitizen Danilo Ikodinović who is about to win his most difficult life struggle, hoping that he will meet his colleagues returning from the Olympic Games with medals on their chest. After that, the fashion show of „Zekstra“ models was organized since this firm is the official sponsor of the Olympic team.
In the relaxing atmosphere of the summer garden of The Olympic Committtee of Serbia, situated in Dedinje, a large number of guests gathered, starting from Snežana Samardžić Marković, the Minister for the Sport and Youth to the ambassador of People’s Republic of China in Belgrade, Nj.E.Li Guobanga as well as our Olympic sportsmen who were still present in Belgrade.
There were many guests from the public life such as Mira Adanja Polak, Svetlana Ražnatović, Aleksandra Zeremski, Vesna Jugović, Leontina Vukomanović, Ognjen Radivojević, Verica Rakočević, Aleksandra Vulina, Lena Bogdanović, Branka Nevestić and others.
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July 16, 2008.
„Sunce radosti“ (Sun of Joy): a free issue for the children with special needs!
In June, „Color Press Group“ published a free issue of „Sunce radosti“, dedicated to the handicapped children, as well as the ones with special needs
June 25, 2008.
„L'Officiel“ exhibition in Novi Sad
After the exhibition in French Cultural Centre in Belgrade, L'Officiel represents the exhibition entitled „French fashion photography from 1921 until today – a retrospective“ in French Cultural Centre in Novi Sad as well.
From June 23 – 28, 2008 in Novi Sad, an exhibition entitled „French fashion photography from 1921 until today – a retrospective“ will be held in French Cultural Centre, on ocassion of the launch of the first issue of French fashion magazine „L'Officiel“.
Glamorous cocktail accompanying the exhibition was held on June 24, 2008 at 7 P.M., in French Cultural Centre in Pasiceva street 33. The cocktail was attended by the editorial team of the magazine, media from Vojvodina, members of French Cultural Centre and friends of the publishing company „Color Press Group“.
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June 13, 2008.
Jack Daniel’s barbecue
Traditional journalistic barbecue contest organized by “Jack Daniel’s” took place on June 27, at ski slope in Košutnjak, in Aleksandar café. The winner among ten Belgrade’s media newsrooms was the team of “Sale&Pepe” magazine, specialized in cooking. The contestants from Hello! Magazine, Jelena Đokić, assistant editor and journalist Milan Vuković prepared a very delicious barbecue thanks to their secret ingredient – rosemary. The host of the programme that accompanied the barbecue contest was Slobodan Šarenac, and actresses Mirka Vasiljević and Bojana Stefanović, as well as the director Miroslav Momčilović were the members of the jury. With the band that played rock ‘n’ roll classics, the party lasted until the small hours.
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27. june 2008.
Yearly Forum on Communications
“Ekonomist media group” organized a first yearly forum on communications in “President” hotel in Kovilovo. It addressed the majority of important issues in the domain of the media, public relations and marketing. Srđan Bogosavljević, director of “Strategic Marketing”, Borislav Miljanović, director of “McCann Erickson PR”, Vladimir Krulj, general manager of “Pristop”, Ivan Stanković, president of “Communis” agency, Aleksandar Timofejev, editor-in-chief of “Studio B”, Veran Matić, director of TV B92 and other leading people from the most significant media attended the forum. After the panel and presentations, PR, marketing and media team participated in shooting clay pidgeons contest. They also attended an evening cocktail party at the swimming pool and enjoyed the performance of Serbian team in synchronous swimming. PR Milica Milić, attended the forum on behalf of “Color Press Group”.
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30. june 2008.
Singers Boban Rajović and Darko Radovanović in the Home for handicapped children and adolescents
The last day of June will be remembered by the children from the Home for handicapped children and adolescents because they spent some quality time with singers Boban Rajović and Darko Radovanović. This month, the first part of humanitarian action by “Color Press Group”, was organized at “Alimento” restaurant, where experienced cooks participated in the contest of making the most delicious salty pie. Being great gourmands, our guests, Darko and Boban, were delighted to accept the role of the jury, bite by bite. They decided to give the award “hostess of the month” to Valentina Đorđević, who also won a valuable financial prize. After the contest, we visited the Home for handicapped children and adolescents in Veternik. Children were delighted by many gifts provided by the sponsors, “Minaqua” and “City Records”, but were even more delighted by spending time with their favourite stars. After a fabulous party, children received Boban’s and Darko’s latest CD, so that they could listen to the new hits.
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21.05.2008.
LEPI & UBAVI
Color Press Group Company launched Serbian lifestyle magazine with the highest circulation Lepota&zdravlje at the Macedonian market, entitled “Убавина&Здравје”. The magazine will be issued monthly and will cost only 60 denars.
The first issue of the magazine was launched on May 16, in Duomo restaurant in Skopje, an event attended by numerous business partners and public figures who had supported the whole project. Editor Vera Andrejčin promised that she would do everything to make L&Z a worldwide brand.
Judging from the success of previous issues of Lepota at the territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia which became a huge success after only a few months, Macedonian У&З awaits the same destiny. Also, CPG plans to launch its most prestigious issue at the Croatian market.
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April 30th 2008
The Launch party for the first issue of L’Officiel
Color Press Group company released the first issue of L'Officiel, the oldest and the most prestigious French fashion magazine in French Cultural Centre (Centre Culturel Francais), which will published in Serbian language starting from this month. Apart from the covers of this famous fashion magazine, the editorial Gabrielle from the first Serbian issue of L’Officiel was presented at the exhibition entitled “French fashion photography since 1921 until today". A great team lead by the editor-in-chief Verica Rakočević participated in the creation of the new page of Serbian fashion history. The cocktail was attended by numerous celebrities, journalists, friends and associates of our company, who were greeted by the deputy director of FKC, Mr Sneider, magazine editor and Marie Sousskind Jalou, the president of Les Editions Jalou company. The president of the French publishing house declared that aging isn't nice, however, she wished L'Officiel old age in Serbia. The editor of the Serbian edition admitted that she was very proud that she was granted the position of editor-in-chief and that she would justify the hopes of people who had confidence in her and Mr Sneider expressed his delight that the release of the magazine was organized in French Cultural Centre (Centre Culturel Francais). Danica Drašković, Bata Spasojević, Vesna Da Vinča, Biljana Ristić, Nenad Radujević, Lena Bogdanović, Nebojša Grnčarski, Milica Milša and Žarko Jokanović, Danijela Vranješ, Vuk Brajović, Jelena Ivanović, Marijana Matthaus, Katarina Radivojević and many others enjoyed the view from the first row seats.
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