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| Talent, honesty and brains. Talent, postenje i pamet. What is going on here. Croatia has been sold out. This letter is going to a lot of government officials and newspapers. Who can answer this question? Will Croatia be sold out under this administration? I personally do not know any details, but story after story, YOU are selling our Country. Am I wrong? Is it that I may not know enough? After these two administration we'll be left like banana republic. We who live outside of Croatia are pretty much taken care off, but it is too painful to see the ship sink so fast. There is virtually no production in Croatia. Do, president Mesic and premier Racan have any nerves (not to say balls) to answer any of these questions. President Mesic's website calls for cooperation. Is it just a good PR? They are doing to Croatia whatever they want. Nobody is challenging them. Centuries of dictatorships kicked out the talent, honesty and brains. My conclusion for the Croatians around the world is just one thing. We have to unite. CROWN is one way. At least I am putting my money and time where my mouth is. Leverage is powerful when you use it. Nenad Bach Editor-in-chief CROWN Sto se desava ovdje? Hrvatska se prodaje na drazbu. Da li itko moze ili hoce odgovoriti na ovu rasprodaju? Croatia Osiguranje? Ovo pismo ide na previse adresa, da bi se moglo reci da su svi promasili ovo pitanje. Da li je itko odgovoran i tko? Kad nova administracija ode, kao i prosla, ostati cemo kao banana republika. Mi koji zivimo izvan domovine imamo svoje osnovno zbrinuto, ali je pretesko gledati brod koji tone ovim tempom. Gdje je hrvatska proizvodnja. Imaju li predsjednik Mesic i premier Racan petlje odgovoriti na ovo pismo ili ce kao i do sada zabijati glavu u pijesak na ozbiljna pitanja. Predsjednikova web stranica poziva na suradnju. Je li to samo "public relations"? Vi kao hrvatska vlada cinite sto Vas je volja od drzave. Nemate nikakve izazove. Stoljeca diktatura su otjerala talent, postenje i pamet. Moj zakljucak za Hrvate izvan domovine je ujedinjenje. CROWN je jedan od nacina. Poluga je snazna kad ju se zna upotrijebiti. Nenad Bach Editor-in-chief CROWN cc: president Stjepan Mesic premier Ivica Racan ZAGREB, March 8 (Reuters) - Croatia is expected to shortlist bidders from among nine investors interested in insurer Croatia Osiguranje in 10 days time, the economy ministry said in a statement on Friday. It said it had received preliminary non-binding offers for a 51-percent stake in the country's largest insurance firm Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Croatia soon to shortlist bidders for insurer stake ZAGREB, March 8 (Reuters) - Croatia is expected to shortlist bidders from among nine investors interested in insurer Croatia Osiguranje in 10 days time, the economy ministry said in a statement on Friday. It said it had received preliminary non-binding offers for a 51-percent stake in the country's largest insurance firm from six foreign insurers and a consortium of local companies by the deadline late on March 7. Potential investors are Allianz of Germany, Austria's Grawe and Uniqa,U.S. Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK - news), Slovenian insurer Triglav and Dutch-based TBI-Holding. Also, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank expressed an interest in supporting its selloff by buying a minority stake, the statement said. Croatia Osiguranje controls some 52 percent of the local insurance market, which is poised to grow through a development of as yet little used life insurance and private pension schemes. Shortlisted investors will be invited to conduct due diligence of the company before submitting their final binding offers, probably early in July, the ministry said. Op-ed Talent, honesty and brains. Talent, postenje i pamet. What is going on here. Croatia has been sold out. This letter is going to a lot of government officials and newspapers. Who can answer this question? Will Croatia be sold out under this administration? I personally do not know any details, but story after story, YOU are selling our Country. Am I wrong? Is it that I may not know enough? After these two administration we'll be left like banana republic. We who live outside of Croatia are pretty much taken care off, but it is too painful to see the ship sink so fast. There is virtually no production in Croatia. Do, president Mesic and premier Racan have any nerves (not to say balls) to answer any of these questions. President Mesic's website calls for cooperation. Is it just a good PR? They are doing to Croatia whatever they want. Nobody is challenging them. Centuries of dictatorships kicked out the talent, honesty and brains. My conclusion for the Croatians around the world is just one thing. We have to unite. CROWN is one way. At least I am putting my money and time where my mouth is. Leverage is powerful when you use it. Nenad Bach Editor-in-chief CROWN Sto se desava ovdje? Hrvatska se prodaje na drazbu. Da li itko moze ili hoce odgovoriti na ovu rasprodaju? Croatia Osiguranje? Ovo pismo ide na previse adresa, da bi se moglo reci da su svi promasili ovo pitanje. Da li je itko odgovoran i tko? Kad nova administracija ode, kao i prosla, ostati cemo kao banana republika. Mi koji zivimo izvan domovine imamo svoje osnovno zbrinuto, ali je pretesko gledati brod koji tone ovim tempom. Gdje je hrvatska proizvodnja. Imaju li predsjednik Mesic i premier Racan petlje odgovoriti na ovo pismo ili ce kao i do sada zabijati glavu u pijesak na ozbiljna pitanja. Predsjednikova web stranica poziva na suradnju. Je li to samo "public relations"? Vi kao hrvatska vlada cinite sto Vas je volja od drzave. Nemate nikakve izazove. Stoljeca diktatura su otjerala talent, postenje i pamet. Moj zakljucak za Hrvate izvan domovine je ujedinjenje. CROWN je jedan od nacina. Poluga je snazna kad ju se zna upotrijebiti. Nenad Bach Editor-in-chief CROWN cc: president Stjepan Mesic premier Ivica Racan Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Op-ed If they are loyal to war criminals NOW, what was happening during the war. That is the subject here. The whole arms embargo should be put on a table and examine. Do we have any team of lawyers who can start the ball rolling? Nenad Two interesting articles on the war criminal Karadzic: Ole Radovan was apparently tipped off by the French NATO contingent (again!): nothing like a reliable NATO partner! Tony Serbs Thwart U.N. War Crimes Hunt By George Jahn Associated Press Writer Friday, March 8, 2002; 9:41 AM CELEBICI, Bosnia-Herzegovina –– NATO says he was here. But even though Radovan Karadzic is wanted for war crimes, villagers in his reputed hide-out say they will never betray the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, and their loyalty is helping him to thwart international efforts to bring him to trial. Forty miles east of Sarajevo, Celebici, a cluster of buildings perched on a wind-swept plateau, languished in obscurity until a few days ago. That's when black-masked NATO troops swept into the village, blowing down doors and lifting carpets in their search for Karadzic. The operation appeared to reflect fears that time is running out in the hunt for him and other top war crime suspects, including Ratko Mladic, his general. Since Europe's bloodiest post-World War II conflict ended in 1995, the number of NATO-led peacekeepers in Bosnia has dropped from 60,000 to 18,000, and further planned cuts may soon leave NATO too weak to fulfill its mandate by catching top fugitives. But closure on the Bosnian war is impossible as long as Karadzic and Mladic remain free. Jacques Klein, the U.S. official who heads Bosnia's international police, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the pair's arrest is crucial to the country's stability and the reconciliation of its Muslim, Croat and Serb communities. Failure to bring them to trial before the U.N. war crimes tribunal "shows the impotence of the West in the face of evil," he said. NATO says it was acting on a tip in raiding Celebici. But Karadzic, indicted in 1995 for genocide and crimes against humanity, can count on a wellspring of backing that runs throughout the half of Bosnia inhabited by most of the country's 700,000 Serbs. "I love him, and I wouldn't betray him," declared elementary teacher Rada Puhalac, assigned to the decaying Celebici schoolhouse searched by the NATO raiders Feb. 28. To the west in Pale, the highland town that served as Karadzic's capital during his siege of nearby Sarajevo, flower vendor Zorana Vuksanovic proclaims: "God and the people are on his side." Even in Banja Luka, the down-at-the-heels power base of Bosnian Serbs most critical of Karadzic, many people say NATO should leave him alone. "They'll never get him," says Aleksandra Stupar, a shop assistant in Banja Luka, reflecting a widespread belief that "Raso" is too foxy to be caught. Bosnian Serb President Mirko Sarovic described Karadzic as "a symbol of freedom" for his people in comments televised Friday. The battle of wits feeds off a centuries-old conviction that whenever Serbs defend themselves, the outside world tars them as aggressors. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic used the myth of "Serbs against the world" to stoke the Balkan wars and now is exploiting it at his trial before the U.N. tribunal. Karadzic hammered at the same theme in launching the Bosnian conflict when the republic declared its independence from Yugoslavia, arguing that Serbs there were only defending themselves against the threat of Muslim and Croat massacres. The shaggy-haired 56-year-old Serb is a physician, psychiatrist, poet and author of children's books. But to the war crimes tribunal he is a key culprit in the atrocities of the Bosnian war, including the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica. In Celebici and beyond, however, his image is of a leader who saved the Serbs from destruction and who now makes fools of his pursuers. Fact and fiction are also hard to separate when it comes to where – and how – he hides. Normally reliable Serb sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, say he travels only by night, mostly in remote edges of eastern Bosnia close to borders, allowing him to slip over to the Yugoslav republics of Serbia and Montenegro, his birthplace. The sources say wavy-haired lookalikes travel about to confound the searchers, while the real Karadzic is disguised and surrounded by an inner circle of well-armed bodyguards, as well as two outer layers of residents of whatever area he's in, who act as informants. "We really think we were very close," said a senior NATO official, who demanded anonymity, describing the attempt to snatch Karadzic at Celebici. "But he enjoys a very high level of support among the population over there and has a well-developed information network." That popularity is evident in the eastern part of the Bosnian Serb republic. "We will defend our brother Radovan until death, until doomsday," proclaim freshly photocopied posters hastily pasted over U.S. State Department offers of a $5 million reward for his capture. Bosnian Serb television now refers to the indicted war criminal as "our first president," and a newly launched Web site to promote "the truth about Radovan Karadzic" proclaims his innocence. A song often heard on Bosnian Serb radio urges Karadzic to "come down from the mountains in your Mercedes" and save his people. March 04, 2002 FROM THE MARCH 4TH, 2002 LONDON TIMES: Phone trap for French 'traitor' who saved Karadzic By Daniel McGrory NATO chiefs are investigating claims that a French Army captain tipped off sympathisers of Radovan Karadzic that special forces were launching a raid on his mountain hideout last week. It is said that the betrayal by the French officer in a telephone call to a senior Bosnian policeman gave the war crimes suspect and his entourage just enough time to escape as US Special Forces were closing in. British Intelligence reportedly monitored the conversation between the French captain, who has not been named, and the senior police officer based in Foca, who passed on the warning immediately to one of Dr Karadzic’s bodyguards. As a Nato enquiry began yesterday, the role of some in the French contingent was under scrutiny amid longrunning allegations that officers with pro-Serb sympathies have compromised previous attempts to arrest the 57-year-old former Bosnian Serb President, who is wanted on charges of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Last year a French Army officer was jailed for treason for passing Nato secrets to the Serbs during the Kosovo War. This latest accusation will cast further doubt on Nato’s ability to capture Dr Karadzic and his wartime military commander, General Ratko Mladic. The French captain is alleged to have telephoned his Bosnian Serb ally at 6.26am on Thursday morning, just as helicopters carrying the American troops were taking off from their base at Tuzla and armoured vehicles belonging to the Nato-led peacekeeping force were sealing off all routes leading to Celebeci, where Dr Karadzic was said to have been hiding in a lumber factory. Security sources who have heard the brief conversation say that the Bosnian policeman sounds suprised and somewhat indignant at being telephoned so early at home in Foca and asks the Frenchman, who he clearly knows: “What do you want? Why are you calling me?” The captain, who is in Bosnia as part of the Sfor stabilisation force, quickly replies: “You should pay attention to Foca.” Clearly puzzled by the remark, the policeman asks why and is told: “You know Foca is always of interest to us.” The hilltop town, 40 miles southwest of the capital, Sarajevo, remains a bastion of support for Dr Karadzic and others on the run from the war crimes tribunal. The former child pscyhiatrist is believed to regularly use hideouts in Foca. The Bosnian policeman is then heard muttering his thanks to the French traitor and immediately telephones one of the leaders of Dr Karadzic’s private army of bodyguards. His entourage were staying just six miles away in Celebeci, a remote hilltop village, where Intelligence sources say that Dr Karadzic and around 80 of his staff and his armed minders had arrived late on Tuesday night. They had appeared in a fast-moving column of 4 x 4 vehicles, with Dr Karadzic in a Range Rover with blacked-out windows. It is thought that they had slipped across the border from his native Montenegro, where his mother still lives and where he now spends most of his time. A Nato spy in Celebeci reported “eye contact” with Dr Karadzic and two hours before the helicopters took off on their mission there was “hard Intelligence” that he had not moved. The revelation that the police chief in Foca could so easily contact Dr Karadzic’s camp is evidence of why Nato forces have repeatedly failed to bring the wartime leader to justice, with leaks within its own ranks and collaboration with local security authorities. Security sources say that after the tip-off, bodyguards pushed Dr Karadzic into one of three indentical vehicles, which set off in different directions across mountain tracks as they were not sure how close Nato troops had reached. Others stayed behind and there are reports of them fighting a long battle with US Special Forces as they escaped through the forests. One of Dr Karadzic’s senior bodyguards boasted at the weekend that they were also able to monitor Nato’s radio transmissions, which helped them to pick which route to use for their leader. Western security sources doubt that claim and say that it was solely the treachery of the French officer that was to blame. For the past 48 hours Nato chiefs have been investigating the intercepted telephone call to decide if this was “an accident or betrayal”. One Nato source said: “It could have been a courtesy call from the French officer to warn a local police chief not to be surprised by the sight of lots of Nato armour and the fact that a couple of minutes after this call, all the phones would be cut off as well as power and water. “But after careful analysis it does seem this was betrayal. The question we have to ask is why the officer did it and we stop it happening again.” A Nato inquest was already under way after some in the alliance criticised US military chiefs for taking so long to react to the tip-off that Dr Karadzic was in Celebeci and then insisting that only American troops should have the glory of making the capture. Last night Nato would not say where the French suspect was being held or what would be done with him. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| SANADER U WASHINGTONU RAZGOVARAO S HYDEOM WASHINGTON, 8. ozujka (Hina) - Predsjednik HDZ-a Ivo Sanader i predsjednik kongresnog Odbora za medunarodne odnose Henry Hyde razgovarali su u cetvrtak u Washingtonu o prilikama u Hrvatskoj i regiji, bilateralnim odnosima Hrvatske i SAD, pristupu NATO-u, te radu i suradnji s Haaskim sudom. Sanader je u posjet Washingtonu dosao na Hydeov poziv a na Capitol Hillu se sastao i s kongresnikom hrvatskog podrijetla Georgeom Radanovichem. Poziv i razgovore s americkim duznosnicima Sanader tumaci kao potvrdu da americki politicki krugovi HDZ prihvacaju kao ozbiljnog politickog partnera i mogucu alternativu sadasnjoj vlasti, te kao izraz potpore politici novog HDZ-a. Sanader je u ime svoje stranke izrazio zelju za prosirenjem suradnje s Republikanskom strankom, te ukazao na potrebu uspjesnije i sadrzajnije suradnje SAD i Hrvatske. Zelju da se bilateralni odnosi unaprijede na svim poljima izrazio je i Hyde. Predsjednik HDZ-a je utjecajnom americkom kongresniku potvrdio da u Hrvatskoj postoji opca suglasnost oko pristupa NATO-u i Europskoj Uniji, te naglasio da u HDZ-u smatraju strateski vaznim prijateljstvo dviju zemalja. Hyde je Sanadera upoznao s nedavnom raspravom o radu ICTY-ja, a dodatno se zanimao za prilike u BiH. S tim u vezi Sanader je podsjetio da BiH predstoje ustavne promjene i upozorio da to moze biti prekretnica za položaj tamosnjih Hrvata. Sanader ce u petak odrzati predavanje na washingtonskom Institutu za svjetsku politiku. Govorit ce o politickim stajalištima HDZ-a, prilikama u Hrvatskoj i vanjskopolitickim ciljevima, te potvrditi privrženost svoje stranke demokraciji, vladavini prava i slobodnom trzistu. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| "Hrvatsku nema tko govornicki i pismeno predstavljati u svijetu" Vjesnik, 6.3. 2001 http://www.vjesnik.hr/pdf/2002/03/06/10A10.PDF Vjesnik (Stajalista) Mr. Lezaja/K. Fijacko HRVATSKE SLIKE U BIJELOM SVIJETU Tomislav Sunie O slici Hrvatske u stranim medijima najvazniju ulogu igraju predodzbe - bez obzira odgovaraju li one stvarnosti ili utvaranju. Politicka stvarnost moze biti drugacija, ali kut gledanja igra vaznu ulogu. Prava je rijetkost nakon 1995.g. naci opzirniji opis Hrvatske u stranim medijima. I ono malo zto je Hrvatska uspjela uciniti do 1995.g. u smislu svog "imagea" vize je splet geopolitickih okolnosti. Proaktivna promocija Hrvatske u inozemstvu ne postoji. Kod povrsnih stranih promatraca, rijec "Hrvatska" pretezno se povezuje sa nekolicinom sportasa i jadranskim ljepotama. U lijevim intelektualnim krugovima "Hrvatska" pak slovi povremeno kao nositelj fasizma. U nesluzbenim konzervativnim sredinama to je znalo biti prednost tijekom nedavnog rata, ali iz objektivnih razloga, nije se javno isticalo. U stranim medijima cak i hrvatski grb i drzavna ikonografija slove ponekad kao fasisticka obiljezja. Ali nije tocno domace rasireno nesluzbeno uvjerenje o nekim "konspirativnim" silama ili nekoj a priori mrznji Zapada protiv Hrvatske. O Hrvatskoj se i onako malo u inozemstvu razmislja, a jos manje govori. Sve teorije o zavjerama oblik su intelektualnog provincijalizma ili alibi za neznanje i neucinkovitost. Stalna fiksacija na navodne zapadnjacke zle namjere, odgovara povijesnoj fiksaciji na anti-srpstvo kao oblik hrvatskog negativnog legitimiteta. Po takvom stavu Hrvatska ne smije postojati, ako nema svog negativca. U kvalitetnoj promidzbi Hrvatske, vazno je detalje stavljati u svjetsku perspektivu, a ne drzati se granica Hrvatske. Osim u sportu, Hrvatska je nepoznata. Po nekim davnim njemackim popularnim predajama, Hrvati su vjekovima bili dobri za "drekarbajt", bilo za vrijeme Tridesetogodisnjeg rata u Luksemburgu ili pak djelomieno u Staljingradu i Kursku, 1944. Nesluzbeno, broj njemaekih medijskih ljudi i politieara stavlja Hrvate i Srbe u istu kategoriju "Balkanesera". U ozbiljnim akademskim knjigama i monografijama u Austriji, gotovo da nema jedne pune stranice o Hrvatima. Kosmati i brkati barun Trenk vize slovi kao zaljivdzija nego kao ozbiljan eovjek. Hrvatska inteligencija, prvenstveno iz kompleksa manje vrijednosti, uvijek se bojala parirati zapadnjaekim primitivcima. Amerieki diplomat, Leroy King, u svojim mnogobrojnim analizama poslatih u Ameriku 1919.g., sa terena novonastale Jugoslavije, pize da su "..Jugoslaveni inferiorni i retardirani, i veoma daleko od prosjeenog zapadnog civiliziranog eovjeka," (cf. Miro Kovac, La France, la creation du royaume "yougoslave", 2001). Na francuskom govornom podrucju, tijekom bivse komunistieke Jugoslavije, osim donekle emigrantske promidzbene kultur-poltieke uloge knjizevnika Antuna Pinteroviea i Christophea Dolbeaua, Hrvati su nepoznanica. Ironijom povijesti, svojevremeno je jugoslavenski Hrvat Predrag Matvejevie, znatno bolje promicao kulturno blago Zadra, odnosno Hrvatske, nego cijela diplomacija slobodne Hrvatske. Nerad i neznanje stvaraju mit da "Hrvate uvijek netko mrzi". Odatle i krivo uvjerenje, da "Francuzi rade za Srbe i da ne vole Hrvate", premda se zaboravlja da su pomagatelji i prijatelji Ante Paveliea bili nekolicina francuskih pravnika. A i sam Francuski kulturni institut radio je tijekom NDH. Razvikano krlezijanstvo i Miroslav Krleza, potpuno su nepoznati u knjizevnim krugovima Zapada. Strancima, koji nezto znaju o Balkanu, Jugoslaven, Ivo Andrie puno je originalniji, jer Andrie opisuje sukob razlieitih civilizacija na Balkanu. Tematski i stilski Krleza je imao na desetine boljih suvremenika u Francuskoj i Njemaekoj. Sa svojim kvazi nihilistiekim monolozima i opisa gradske dekadencije, nikako Krleza nije mogao oslikati pravu Hrvatsku, koja u njegovo doba ima 60 posto seljaekog stanovniztva. Ali ni do dan danas sluzbena Hrvatska nije si dali truda da promovira Krlezu i da napravi nova izdanja njegovih knjiga u inozemstvu. I isto vrijeme brojni srpski pisci ukljueujuei i njihovi politieki lobiji veoma profesionalno i grazanski nastupaju u Francuskoj, u Americi i Hagu. Ponovno i vrlo uspjezno medijski i elektronski prodaju na Zapadu hagiografske jasenovaeke priee iz davnine. U sluzbenoj praksi Hrvatske nitko na to ne zna reagirati. Puno su Hrvati mogli medijski iskoristiti svog bivzeg nacional-boljzevika i kasnijeg nacionalistu, pisca Antonu Ciligu, koj je nekoe bio obvezno zapadnjaeko ztivo u studiju komunistieke svijesti. I tu je hrvatska promidzba zakazala. Zabrinjavajuea je einjenica da Hrvati nemaju publiciste na Zapadu zirokih svjetskih okvira, kao zto je to slueaj sa Srbima. Osim par strogo specijaliziranih struenjaka, Hrvatsku nema tko govornieki i pismeno predstavljati u bijelom svijetu. U Hrvatskoj se vuee staro kadrovsko partizansko pravilo da se krivi ljudi nalaze na pravim mjestima. Nakon 1945., veliki dio obrazovanih Zagrepeana po komunistiekim dekretima odlazi na radno mjesto u gudure Dinarskih alpi ili nizine Vardara, doeim guturalno-glasnogovorni torbari i dozkolovani skojevci hrle u velegradove. Ta hajdueka praksa i dalje se nastavlja. Ako se hrvatskom kulturpolitiekom promidzbom u inozemstvu i razvojnim programom bave osrednji struenjaci za slijepo crijevo i propali samoupravni ekonomisti, onda ne treba euditi da cijela hrvatska politika u oeima stranaca djeluje hemeroidalno i anarhoidno. Tezko je strancima grafieki prevesti na njihove jezike sijaset prostota i poztapalica koje i mladi i stari Hrvati rabe u javnom zivotu na sav glas. Niti Srbi niti Hrvati ne trebaju korijenski i Vukov pravopis za dobro prostaeko mezusobno razumijevanje. Od morbidnih prostota iz podrueja nekrofilije, zoofilije ili obiteljske genealogije, obiean strani prolaznik moze zakljueiti da u Hrvatskoj ima posla sa seksualnim manijacima. Ako se pak uzmu stalne administrativne promjene i stalna izvanredna stanja u Hrvatskoj, onda se postavlja svrha opstojnosti samostalne drzave. TOMISLAV SUNIC Autor je publicist iz Zagreba. Dr Tom. Sunic http://www.watermark.hu/doctorsunic/ Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. 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| In New York City, Eve Ensler's new play "Necessary Targets" is becoming a forum for the discussion of women and war. On Sunday March 10th at 3:00 PM there will be a special performance of Eve's new play "Necessary Targets" for participants in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, followed by a panel discussion, "The Urgency of Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325." Cora Weiss, Hague Appeal for Peace, will moderate the panel discussion. General public is welcome, for reservations contact Judy Corcoran (212) 315-2449. Location: Variety Arts Theater, 3rd Avenue at 14th Street, New York City. The play, "Necessary Targets" is based on interviews with numerous people who survived the Serbian attack on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The "Necessary Targets" provides a timely reminder of the effects of war and the need to arrest the war criminals Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic. Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| www.rootsofpeace.org Dear Nenad, What a wonderful meeting we shared in NYC this week...always amazing how these "coincidences" from heaven line up! I am serving as your "Croatian Ambassador" on the West Coast next week, as I will be hosting a booth on Croatia during "Multi-Cultural Week" where representatives from countries around the world will display information about their featured country for hundreds of Marin County School Children to attend and LEARN! I have ordered an official Croatian Costume and Croatian Speaking Teddy Bear from Melissa, with the hopes of elevating the interest in culture represented by your beautiful country! It seems as though you have already connected with Melissa...it's such a small, small world! Fondly, Heidi www.rootsofpeace.org Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Ivan Talijancic, a Croatian-born actor in the performance. http://www.nytimes.com/guests/nytoday/bin/event?st=event&eid=1015360074738 Yoshiko Chuma NYToday Pick, Modern/Ballet/Jazz 03/14/02-03/31/02 Thu-Sat 10 p.m., Sun 5:30 p.m. $15 La Mama Experimental Theater East Village 74A E 4th St New York, NY (212) 475-7710 In 1999, choreographer Yoshiko Chuma went to Sarajevo with The School of Hard Knocks, the collective of modern dance choreographers and artists she directs. While there, they performed "Footprints of War" at the Sarajevo International Theater Festival. That was the easy part. Getting the set from Sarajevo to New York for performances scheduled at the Joyce was a two-and-a-half month ordeal of emails and miscommunications that is the subject of her newest piece, "Pi=3.14: Hiroshima-New York-Belgrade-New York-Sarajevo-New York-Kabul." Chuma, who says the title represents "endless, continuous circles of life and war," has put together spoken word and choreography into this work that pulls together themes of war, displacement and Chuma's own childhood in postwar Japan. The performers each have experiences with war, such as Tea Alagic, who is from Mostar, a city in Bosnia and Herzergovina; Ivan Talijancic, a Croatian-born actor, Jim DiBiasio, an American actor who has experienced three wars, and Wazma Osman, an Afghan woman who walked over the Pakistani border to freedom in 1980. -- Laura Shin Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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| Last night (March 7), a new episode of the NBC-TV show ER focused on Luka Kovac, Goran Visnjic's character, and three of his collegues for practically the entire hour. The show had some psychological undertones. During the show, Luka Kovac noted that he was in the Croatian Army, that his father is a conductor of a tram in Zagreb but an amatuer artist (in actual life, Visnjic's wife is an artist) and that as a young man he had studied acting and had played Shakespere. There is then a scene where he and Dr. Carter (played by Noah Wylie) recite Hamlet's soliloque. Carter remembers only the first half, Luka finishes it in Croatian! There is also a scene where Carter and Luka are getting on each other's nerves. Luka says that the group should come to Croatia to which Carter replies: "Who would want to go to the Balkans to get themselves blown up?" Luka replies: "It's a beautiful country, Zagreb, Dubrovnik . . . ." A later scene has them fencing against each other (it's too difficult to explain how this happened). The fencing gets very rough and they begin fighting. When the fighting breaks up, Luka begins to curse in Croatian (I won't tell you what he says - but as my wife noted it's cool to understand it knowing that no one else knows what he's talking about!). Bravo Goran Visnjic! You deserve as many gold medals as Janica! John Kraljic Op-ed I am not sure if all of you do understand the power of the word, but Goran did it. Just to hear our own language and also to be so legitimized, as a nation, as a language. Where is our ministry of Tourism? What are they waiting? Remember the shrimp and Hogan (Australia). What is our country doing? Does anybody have any sense of what it means to be the most watched show in America and not use this for the promotion? Visnjic in a role as Ante Kostelic? Just name it. Anything. Kukoc played for three rings, every game in front of 50 million people worldwide. No systematic promotion whatsoever. Just blew it like this. Bono from U2 spoke words from Ivan Gundulic (I suggested it and rehearsed with him till he learned it - O, lijepa, o draga o slatka slobodo. O, beautiful, o precious, o sweet liberty) and it is on the CD sold in 2 million copies. On the same CD I recited part of "lijepa nasa" (national anthem) as a narrative part in "Can We Go Higher?" (in video done by John Malkovich). Language is identity. Bravo Goran! I am amazed! Nenad Bach Distributed by www.CroatianWorld.net. This message is intended for Croatian Associations/Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The opinions/articles expressed on this list do not reflect personal opinions of the moderator. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please delete or destroy all copies of this communication and please, let us know! |
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