Today's diplomacy is currently undergoing fundamental changes at an unprecedented rate, affecting the very character of diplomacy as we know it. These changes also affect aspects of domestic and international politics that were not once important for diplomacy. The Diplomatic Protocol establishes official and social rules in official diplomatic relations, defining special etiquette within diplomacy and serving as an objective guideline in diplomatic interaction between different actors in diplomacy. It is very important that the diplomatic protocol is respected during the reception of the members of the delegation of a state, because all this affects the mutual relations of the states and their diplomatic relations. Diplomatic protocol is used as a tool for mutual communication in order to minimize the possibility of diplomatic mistakes. The paper presents a media coverage of the visit of the French President of Croatia in November 2021. Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic was the official President of the Republic of Croatia on November 24 and 25, 2021, and during his stay he also met with the Croatian Prime Minister and the Croatian President.