Croatia: Speakeasy Lingers At Local Government Elections

photo: www.lokalniizori.com

According to the Croatian Electoral Office 46.96% of eligible voters in Croatia turned up to vote at the Local government elections Sunday 19 May. One may well conclude that, although not as high as the 54.32% turnout at December 2011 parliamentary elections, such a turnout is pretty solid, but not as solid as one would […]

Let’s Create the Europe of Good

Dr. Slobodan Lang headed the list of candidates for the Joint Movement of Good that ran for the European Union Parliament elections in Croatia last month. Although the group of candidates did not succeed in achieving seats in the EU Parliament the underlying election platform of the group lives on, in the hope that future […]

Croatia: Glorification of Communist Crimes as anti-Fascist Achievement

Jasenovac: 68th anniversary of breakout of inmates of
concentration camp  Photo: Nikola Culuk/Pixsell

Even if, after thoroughly studying the victims of the Holocaust (some 11 million, 6 million of which were Jews) and the victims of WWII and post-WWII communist crimes (some 100 million), one concludes that the Nazis and their collaborators were worse criminals than the Communists, that still does not justify the massive size and inhumanity […]

Croatian Economy: The Gangrene Must Out

Porto Portugal Cartoon: www.incartoons.wordpress.com

“The beginning of 2013 was marked by stagnating movements in economic activities. Significant drop in exports came as well, coupled, though, with concurrent strengthening of domestic demand under the influence of increased government’s investment activities,” said the Croatian National Bank’s (HNB) analysis of the economic movements in Croatia on 8 May. “In such conditions, the […]

Croatian Government: “… pure sabotage, manipulation through fear …”

Prof. Dr. sc. Davor Pavuna

As an introduction, he put his hands together and said: I love you. He then suggested to the audience in the filled hall to close their eyes and think of someone with whom they’d like to realise a better relationship and to tell them with their inner voice: I love you.  An unusual introduction to […]

Croatia: Stop Listening To Serbia – Listen To The Victims Of Her Aggression!

Borovo Selo Memorial Wall: "He Who Dies In Honesty - Lives Forever"

The events in Croatia during the past week should have marked the diary pages with pride, piety, dignified grieving for the lost lives, and a determined step forward in the direction of achieving final justice for the multitudes of war crimes’ victims, victims of the times of Serb aggression, and which justice includes due pursuits […]

Croatia – Electoral Law Groundhog Day

croatia revolution

31.5% of Dubrovnik’s eligible voters came out to vote at the Referendum (for or against the proposed development of area Srdj [Srđ] above the city into an elite golf course and apartments) last Sunday. Not a big turnout, but some 80% of those that did vote voted against the development. While the referendum initiators (those […]

Not for Turning: Margaret Thatcher and Croatia/Bosnia

Not for Turning Robin Harris

Reblogged from Croatia Business Report: By Brian Gallagher With the recent death of Margaret Thatcher,  a couple of biographies of her have been published. One is ‘Not for Turning’ by Robin Harris. Harris, of course, was one of her top advisers and thus uniquely placed to discuss her life. Further, he is an expert in […]

Egg on Tim Judah’s and BBC’s faces – pursuing the truth of Franjo Tudjman

Tim Judah BBC article original edition 23 April 2013

Regardless of the fact that BBC (with Tim Judah’s help?) changed the wording in the relevant part of Tim Judah’s article “Croatia: From isolation to EU Membership” there is still egg on Judah’s and BBC’s faces. You simply cannot cover-up the fact that you’ve written lies by qualifying them – or adding adjectives and other […]

Sick and Tired of BBC Perversions

Franjo Tudjman   Photo: http://www.tudjman.hr

It’s a real shame that someone at BBC doesn’t think twice and actually stops someone else (or self) at BBC from publishing lies, half-truths or perversions of truth about Croatia (in the context of former Yugoslavia particularly). But then again, such material is evidently tailored to deceive and maintain afloat a certain negative (or even […]