Just over one week into the London Olympic Games 2012 and emotions run high with joy in Croatia!
Sandra Perkovic – Women’s discus throwing London 2012 gold medalist Photo:AFP
Croatian men’s rowing team – David Sain, David Martin, Valent Sinkovic and Martin Sinkovic – Silver medal London 2012 Photo: Igor Kralj/Pixsell
What a superb bonus in waking up to Croatia’s big day – 5th August – “Day of Victory and Homeland Gratitude” and “Day of Croatian Defenders” – we remember those that fell in 1995 Operation Storm that liberated Croatian territory from Serb occupation but more than this, we remember that 5th August 1995 was the end of horrors and the end of the terrible war Croatian people had to endure (1991 – 1995) simply because they voted at referendum for democracy and freedom from communism and Yugoslavia. Ina Vukic, Prof. (Zgb); B.A., M.A.Ps. (Syd)