Top 100 Most Influential Croatians in the World

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New flights are set to be a crowd Pula

EDINBURGH Airport will offer flights to two more new holiday destinations this summer, including a first service to Croatia. City-based Flyglobespan has announced it will provide a weekly service to Mahon in Menorca, as well as the first flights to the increasingly popular Croatian resort of Pula. The service to the Balearic island will provide the first non-chartered flights to Menorca, allowing customers to book flights without them being part of a package holiday. The Croatia flights also add to the range of worldwide destinations on offer at the airport, and join other new routes announced this year, including Helsinki in Finland, Warsaw in Poland and Geneva in Switzerland. Flights to Mahon will start at ÂŁ35.99, while Pula fares begin at ÂŁ59.99, both including tax.
Both services begin in May and will run to October, taking the company's portfolio of destinations for this summer to 13. The low-cost operator, which launched in 2002 and is one of Britain's fastest-growing airlines, said that if demand for the flights was high, it would consider adding both to their list of year-round destinations.

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City gets more sunshine flights

FLYGLOBESPAN today unveiled new sunshine flights from Glasgow Airport. The Scots budget airline announced the city's first scheduled flights to the increasingly popular Croatian hotspot of Pula.
And it said it would also lay on budget scheduled services to family favourite Menorca. Both services will operate weekly from May to October to cater for the holiday trade. They bring the total number of destinations offered by flyglobespan from Glasgow this year to 20. One-way flights to the Menorcan capital Mahon will cost ÂŁ35.99, while Pula fares will be ÂŁ59.99, including taxes. Flyglobespan chairman Tom Dalrymple said: "These are two exciting new destinations for our customers.
"We've always had a strong presence in Majorca so adding a Menorca flight seems very logical.
"We are delighted to add Pula to our destinations. The Croatian holiday market is really booming and I'm sure these flights will prove popular."
Pula is at the top of the Adriatic, at the heart of some of Europe's most stunning coastal scenery.
Glasgow already has direct flights to Dubrovnik, further down the Dalmatian coast.
Flyglobespan said it would also offer the new routes from Edinburgh Airport.
And sales of its new daily flights from Glasgow to Orlando are continuing to boom, sparking talk in industry circles of more transatlantic services. Bosses at Glasgow Airport are eager for good news, as the airport lost its lifeline business link to Brussels last week. Its interim managing director, Alan Barr, said: "The addition of Pula is sure to attract even more interest in flights to Croatia. We're confident Mahon will also prove a popular family holiday destination."

Publication date 16/01/06

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Paerson wins downhill, Kostelic retains overall lead in World Cup
January 13, 2006

BAD KLEINKIRCHHEIM, Austria (Ticker) - Anja Paerson of Sweden won the second World Cup downhill race of her career, edging out Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister on Friday.

The 24-year-old Paerson, who trails Croatia's Janica Kostelic in the overall World Cup standings, won with a time of 1 minute, 37.70 seconds, just 0.04 seconds quicker than Dorfmeister.

After being quickest on the top section, Switzerland's Fraenzi Aufdenblatten finished third at 1 minute, 37.78 seconds and Kostelic was .01 seconds behind her for fourth.

It was the fourth victory of the season and first downhill triumph for the Swede. Paerson won slalom events in Aspen, Colorado on December 11 and Splindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic 11 days later. She took home a giant slalom championship in Lienz, Austria on December 28.

Kostelic, who has one win, four runner-ups and two third-place finishes, leads the overall standings with 782 points, 97 points ahead of Paerson, the reigning World Cup champion. Dorfmeister is in third place with 590 points.

Marlies Schild of Austria, who won each of the last three events

all slaloms - finished a disappointing 22nd and dropped to fourth in the overall standings with 519 points.
Lindsey Kildow of the United States finished ninth at 1 hour, 38.59 seconds and moved into fifth overall with 507 points. Kildow excels in downhill, having won events in Lake Louise, Alberta and Val d'Isere, France in December.

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Janica on the top again

Janica Kostelic of Croatia celebrates after winning an Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill, in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006.(AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)


Nike Bent of Sweden (L), Janica Kostelic of Croatia (C) and Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria celebrate on the podium after the women's Alpine Ski World Cup Downhill race in Bad Kleinkirchheim January 14, 2006. Kostelic won the race in a time of one minute 37.96 seconds ahead of Bent and Dorfmeister. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Croatian Al Miller on Indy 500

This photograph taken on Indiannapolis Motor Speedway in 1967 will  probably make every Croat's heart skip a beat, until they realize it can't be *that*. Well, can't it?

 

This is car is Gerhardt-Ford entered by Walter 'Willy' Weir for Indy 500
in '67, sponsored by Cleaver-Brooks. The car was never a contender but
Weir nevertheless invited Italian Grand Prix driver Lorenzo Bandini to
drive it for him (as he explained it his reason was "These foreigners know
how to drive these rear engine cars."). Unfortunately Bandini lost his
life in Monaco Grand Prix six days before he was to qualify for the Indy
race and his place was taken by Al Miller. He qualified 31st and last- his
effort deprived Jim Hurtubise a place on the grid (that would have been
the last appearance of a roadster at Indy 500). Nevertheless, he was in
the good company in the last row on the grid- Austrian Jochen Rindt (Grand
Prix World Champion in 1970) and Graham Hill (two times World Champion, in
1962 and 1968, winner of Le Mans in 1972 and Indy 500 in 1966) were there,
with Sir Jackie Stewart (triple World Champion, in 1969, 1971 and 1973)
only a row in front of them. Miller retired the car on 73rd lap of the
race with an oil leak.

Al Miller was born on 23 Nov 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, and died on 28 Jul
1978 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. His real name was Albert Krulock,
although the family's old name was Krulac, before it was Americanized. He
was definitely of Croatian origin (from the Spanico area), and that might
explain the checkers of historic Croatian coat of arms on his car.

The 'author' wishes to thank experts and enthusiasts at The Nostalgia
Forum @ AtlasF1 Bulletin Board for supplying most of the information
herein (I merely enqured them about this photo and instantly recieved most
helpful information I presented here).

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Kindest regards,
Tomislav Petricevic

Ovo je fotografija automobila Al Millera (pravim imenom
Albert Krulock, sto je amerikanizirano iz Krulac), naseg porijekla koji je
1967 nastupio na 500 milja Indiannapolisa. Inace je taj auto trebao voziti
(pretpostavljam da onda ne bi bio tako lijepo obojan) poznati talijanski
vozac Lorenzo Bandini, koji je nazalost tragicno poginuo na Velikoj
Nagradi Monaca nekoliko tjedana prije kvalifikacija za Indy.

Naljljepsi pozdravi,

Tomislav Petricevic

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Janica winning Super G, makes history

Croatia's Janica Kostelic claimed her first World Cup super-G victory on Sunday to become the first woman with wins in six different disciplines on the skiing circuit.

Janica Kostelic of Croatia celebrates in the finish area after winning an Alpine Ski World Cup Women's super-g race, in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006.(AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Janica Kostelic of Croatia competes in the women's Alpine Ski World Cup super-G race in Bad Kleinkirchheim January 15, 2006. Kostelic won the race in a time of one minute 9.41 seconds, ahead of Austria's team mates Michaela Dorfmeister and Alexandra Meissnitzer. REUTERS/Calle Toernstroem

Winner Janica Kostelic from Croatia, center, is flanked on the podium by the two second placed Austrians Michaela Dorfmeister, left, and Alexandra Meissnitzer, right, after the women's super-G skiing World Cup race in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, on Sunday, Jan 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Gert Eggenberger)
 

Janica Kostelic makes history with World Cup super-G win

Kostelic bests Bent in women's downhill. Croatia's Janica Kostelic claimed her first World Cup super-G victory on Sunday to become the first woman with wins in six different disciplines on the skiing circuit.

Kostelic conquered the course in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, in one minute 9.41 seconds. She finished .10 seconds ahead of Austrians Michaela Dorfmeister and Alexandra Meissnitzer, this season's top two super-G racers who tied for second place. Allison Forsyth of Nanaimo, B.C., tied for 17th in a time of 1:10.46. Emily Brydon of Fernie, B.C., was 25th. Kostelic' previous best result in the super-G was in 2002 when she won Olympic silver and was second in Aspen. "It's funny. I feel like laughing, like crying – it was my goal," said Kostelic, one of the favourites for the upcoming Torino Games. "It's the dream of all skiers to win every discipline."

It's been an amazing three-week period for the 24-year-old, who won three gold medals at both the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and last year's world championships. Kostelic won her first World Cup downhill race on Saturday and her first giant slalom on the tour three weeks ago.

She now has 24 World Cup victories, including wins in all five main disciplines: the giant slalom, downhill, slalom, super-G and combined. Only two other have accomplished that feat: Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg and Austria's Petra Kronberger.

Unlike Wiberg and Kronberger, however, Kostelic also has a victory in the new super-combi race. She won the first-ever race in the new discipline last February in San Sicario, Italy.

With her victory on Sunday, Kostelic tops this season's overall standings with 982 points. Dorfmeister is in second with 730. Sweden's Anja Paerson is third at 685.

Despite her brilliant form as of late, Kostelic isn't taking gold-medal success in Turin for granted.

"It's hard to say. I'm in good form now, but I want to concentrate on the World Cup," Kostelic said. "We'll see at the Olympics."

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/alpineskiing/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/01/15/Sports/superg_kostelic.html

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to je uvjerilo svijet da i hrvati nakon tolikih stoljeća imaju pravo na samostalnu dr~
avu. Dakle, hrvat i Hrvatska kao francuz Francuska, njemac i Njemačka, poljak i Poljska...etc ! Zapravo to je najznačajniji dan naa
e novije povijesti, pogotovo kad znamo da mnogi narodi, nacije ostadoa
e etnikumi jer ih svijetski moćnici nisu prepoznali i priznali kao narod i prostor dostojan pojma DR}
AVE !!!
To je ujedno i dan kad su povijest, sadaa
njost i budućnost postali cjelina: skoro da bismo mogli zapjevati 'Cijela naa
a domovino...'
Kao a
to memorija Baa
čanske ploče čuva spomen na kralja Zvonimira i određuje vrijeme i mjesto njenog nastanka, potrebno je i nama danas i za povijest iz budućnosti, ostaviti traga u prostoru i vremenu. Zato sam osmislio i dizajnirao NOVU 'Baa
čansku ploču' sa novom porukom i u novoj tipografiji, koja se duhovito zove Can you read me ? ( Mo~
ea
li me pročitati ), i na kojoj je napisano: 'priznajemo povijesno pravo hrvatskog naroda na samostalnu dr~
avu.' a u potpisu stoji 'slobodni narodi Europe i svijeta' i naravno vrijeme'anno domini 1992.' !
Nova Baa
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ava koje su nam dale pravo da se u svijetskom okru~
enju predstavimo kao HRVATSKA, CROATIA, CROATIEN, CROAZIA etc. Baa
čanska ploča iz 11. stoljeća je smjea
tena u auli Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti kao izlo~
ak koji se čuva, proučava, i javno koristi joa
od 1936 godine...replike raznih dimenzija su postale souvenir u Hrvatskoj i izvan nje. Nova 'Baa
čanska ploča' je isklesana iz Bračkog kamena, u ljeto 2003 u likovnoj koloniji LOBOL u Bolu na Braču. Mo~
da bi i ona mogla postati souvenir (n)ovog vremena (!?) jer to je hrvatska povijest u suvremenosti. Naravno, to ne umanjje vrijednost stare Baa
čanske ploče, već naprotiv potvrđuje naa
u opstojnost.

Boris Ljubičić

Op-ed:

U krvi isklesana.
 

Croatia to invest in Kish Free Zone

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) -– Croatia’s Ambassador to Iran, Marjan Kombol, expressed her country’s interest to invest in Kish Free Zone (KFZ). The statement was announced in a meeting with Majid Shayesteh, the executive director of KFZ organization, on the sideline of the 4th International Free Zones Exhibition held in Kish Island, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Sunday.
“Possessing required infrastructures, attracting foreign investment is one of the major goals of Kish,” he stated, adding that pleasant climate of the island is also a potential magnet for turning the zone into a tourist hub as well as offering suitable camps for various Croatian sports clubs.

The Republic of Croatia, home to 4.8 million and an area of 57,000 square kilometer, has 15 free trade zones and is among the top four in shipbuilding industry in the world. The country attracts over 10 million tourists annually earning $7b in foreign revenues.

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