The first international meeting of Slovenian and Croatian stakeholders in the Drava River area, which took place on Thursday, November 8th, 2018, at the Kulturni dom (Cultural Centre) in Miklavž na Dravskem polju.

The Partnership for the Drava Cycling Route, in cooperation with the Initiative for Drava, is organizing an international event titled "DRAVA AS AN OPPORTUNITY", which aims to connect organizations and individuals, who are working in the area of sustainable tourism development and Drava River preservation in Slovenia and Croatia.

Due to the longer climb between Podvelka and Fala, we recommend for some cyclists to take the train (adapted for cyclist), which runs every day, Monday to Friday and Sunday. During the summer months a cycling train is scheduled on Saturday. The train has space for up to 23 bicycles. The ride takes 17 minutes.

On World Tourism Day, which is celebrated this year in the European Week of Sport, we will cycle along the Drava Cycling Route. We will meet on Thursday, September 27th, 2018 at 11 am in front of the Old Vine House in Lent, Maribor.

In the municipality of Muta, in August 2018, the construction of a 1.5 km long section of the Drava Cycling Route between Spodnja Muta and Tuš and the connection to the Vuzenica bridge began. The main investor of the project is the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI).

In cooperation with the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI), the Podvelka Municipality in August 2018 rearranged 900 m of separated paved cycling route in Brezno. This section is a new planned part of the Drava Cycling Route, which will take place directly along the Drava River.

The construction of the first 2 km section of the Drava Cycling Route in the Municipality of Ruše, whose main investor is the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI), is almost finished.

The Drava Cycling Route has a new, 30-kilometre long section between Maribor and Ptuj, which runs along the right river bank through Miklavž, Starše and Hajdino. The new stage is a more gradual and more traffic-friendly alternative to the existing section that leads through Malečnik and Duplek.

The new section, which runs through the municipalities of Miklavž na Dravskem polju, Starše and Hajdina, will be presented and put into use - to cyclists, on Thursday, July 12th, 2018, between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm on the platform at NK Rošnja - Loka.

Today from Pliberk we started a 6-day biking trip, with which we conclude the 3rd Drava Festival.

The 3^rd Drava Festival, which will last until July 15^th, 2018, will offer more than 70 educational, environmental and recreational-tourist events organised by various associations and organisations on and along the Drava River. The entire festival programme can be found at www.dravafestival.si.

The new King of the Drava turned out to be ornithologist Dr. Damijan Denac, Director of DOPPS-Birdlife Slovenia and LIVE DRAVA project manager, who, together with his partners, contributed to the restoration of the river ecosystem of the lowland part of the Drava River in Slovenia.

Until March 31^st, 2019, in the settlement of Markovci, the Markovci dam will be completely closed due to the placement of a new layer of road. The detour for cyclists is arranged through the centre of the village of Markovci.

Minister of Infrastructure, Dr. Peter Gašperšič, visited the Drava Cycling Route on April 6^th, 2018, during regular visits on the field by bicycle, at which Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI) this year finished setting up new information boards.

In the Municipality of Ruše, the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI) started building a 4.5 km long cycling route between Maribor and Ruše as part of the Drava Cycling Route.

In 2018, the Drava Cycling Route became 7 km richer with a new route. Cyclists can now cross the Fala HPP and cycle on the Apple Trail (Jabolčna pot) in Selnica ob Dravi and further towards Ruše. This new part is an extremely attractive route that allows the cyclist to ride over the Fala HPP, a landmark unique to Slovenia.

In the settlement Dravče due to the placement of new layer of road, there is a complete roadblock until May 22^nd, 2018. Detour for cyclists is arranged through Gortina and Muta.

Due to repairs, the bridge across Drava in Vuhred is closed until 30 May 2018.

At the end of 2017, the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency replaced the signposts along the 145 kilometre Slovenian section of the Drava Cycling Route between Austria and Croatia. In total, over 400 signposts were either replaced or newly placed, thus ensuring high-quality directions for cyclists along the Drava Cycling Route.