Last Friday, December 7, 2018 was a seminal day in a lot of ways, but mainly because it was a clear example of how democracy has finally died in this country. It started off like any other day, except for the fact that on this particular Friday morning, Dr. Roman Leljak – historian, author, investigator…
Last Monday night at a gala presentation held at the University of NSW in Sydney, 13-year old Croatian language student Lara Miletic was awarded a NSW Minister’s Award for Excellence in Student Achievement in the ‘commended’ (senior) category. The award, which recognised and rewarded both effort and achievement for Croatian language study was not the…
RTL commissioned the 11th season of “Ljubav je na selu” aka “Farmer wants a wife” and it is international. This is the first time ever to do this kind of show in Croatia. TV teams of RTL had started the pre production and we have already contacted some single Croatians all over the world. Female…
Croatian Army and Croatian Defence Council General Zeljko Glasnovic, Member of Croatian Parliament for the diaspora was the first Croatian official guest to lead a Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. On Thursday, September 20, 2018, the Parliamentary Representative Glasnovic solemnly laid the wreath during this ceremony in Canberra, in honor…
The eagerly awaited tour of Australia organised by Croatian Diasporan Voice, named “Croatia Uncensored” with the very strong politician, scientists and historians who have spent decades in battling for a communist heritage free Croatia made a strong start in Geelong and Melbourne this past weekend. General Zeljko Glasnovic, Member of Croatian Parliament for the Diaspora,…
It’s Wednesday 11 July 2018. I’m sitting in Zagreb, Croatia. Only hours to the FIFA World Cup Semi-final match where Croatia plays against England! The whole of Croatia is geared up to watch the game and celebrate. It’s an atmosphere that takes ones breath away with the glory of patriotic love and pride. In the…
When at the end of the first week of May 2018 the Australian national football team coach Bert van Marwijk announced his extended Socceroos squad for the World Cup, one name stood out. 22-year-old defender Fran Karacic is undoubtedly the least known member of the 32-man squad, plying his trade in Croatia with Lokomotiva Zagreb….
Sorting out or summarising in “Plain English” the information available on the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia for foreigners who wish to stay or work in Croatia, as current in April 2018, has smartly and aptly been carried out by The Dubrovnik Times and it’s well worth reposting the information here as the bureaucratic paths to…
Paragraph 175 of the Appeals Chamber, The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), dated 11 April 2018 found the Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj guilty of crimes against humanity in relation to his public speeches actions targeting persecution and forcible deportation of Croatians living in Vojvodina province in Serbia. Seselj did not attend the…
Heraclitus (535BC-475BC) the early Greek philosopher developed the “doctrine of flux” within the context of the Delphic precept to “know thyself”. A thorough examination of change shows the central transitions: night to day, summer to winter, sleeping to waking, life to death. The most famous surviving fragment of his writing is the statement that ”you…
