Umro prvi Hrvatski veleposlanik u Sjedinjenim Drzavama Petar Sarcevic

RIJEKA – Prvi hrvatski veleposlanik u Sjedinjenim Drzavama Petar Sarcevic, koji je tu duznost obnasao od 1992. do 1996. godine, umro je u subotu u Zagrebu u 64. godini, objavilo je jucer Ministarstvo vanjskih poslova i europskih integracija. Prof. dr. Petar Sarcevic rođen je 26. travnja 1941. godine u Subotici. Diplomirao je na Pravnom fakultetu u Zagrebu 1965. godine, a postdiplomski studij prava, podrucje europskih gospodarskih integracija, zavrsio je na Europa Institute Sveucilista u Amsterdamu 1968. godine. Na Sveucilistu u Mainzu, doktorirao je 1973. godine, 1977. godine postaje docent za međunarodno privatno pravo za Pravnom fakultetu u Rijeci, a 1981. godine izabran je za redovitog profesora na Pravnom fakultetu u Rijeci. Od 1986. do 1988. godine dekan je Pravnog fakulteta u Rijeci, a od 1989. do 1991. godine rektor je Sveucilista u Rijeci.
Sarcevic je bio osnivac, direktor tecaja te predavac za međunarodno trgovacko pravo na Međusveucilisnom centru u Dubrovniku. Bio je profesor gost na pravnim fakultetima u Austriji, Belgiji i SAD-u. Od 1989. do 1994. direktor je za znanstveni rad u Association Internationale des Sciences Juridique sa sjedistem u Parizu. Clan je brojnih nacionalnih i međunarodnih strukovnih udruga te ravnatelj Centra za poredbeno zakonodavstvo Pravnog fakulteta Sveucilista u Rijeci. Objavio je brojne znanstvene radove u domacim i stranim casopisima i zbornicima na engleskom, njemackom, francuskom i kineskom jeziku. Urednik je sedam knjiga objavljenih na engleskom jeziku.
Prof. dr. Petar Sarcevic pozvan je zbog svojeg znanja i ugleda u hrvatsku diplomaciju 1992. godine, a obnasao je duznost prvoga veleposlanika Republike Hrvatske u SAD-u od 1992. do 1996. godine. Za svojega mandata postavio je cvrste temelje hrvatske diplomacije, sudjelovao u izgradnji zgrade prvog hrvatskog veleposlanstva te uspostavio mnoge vazne veze koje spajaju Hrvatsku i SAD. Drugi veleposlanicki mandat Sarcevic je proveo kao veleposlanik u Svicarskoj i Lihtenstajnu.
 

George Mikan the best basketball player in the USA

George Mikan (1924-2005), born in a Croatian family in Illinois (his both parents are from Vivodina near Karlovac), was the best basketball player in the USA in 1944. He was the first dominant "big man" in NBA, known as the "Gentle Giant". He was also one of the most effective scorers of his time, avareging 22.6 points per game over his nine years long professional career, with the then record of 11,764 points. The Associated Press voted Mikan the greatest basketball player of the first half of the 20th century. When Mikan's LA Lakers came to Madison Square Garden, the marquee simply advertized "Tonight George Mikan versus the Knicks!". How basketball was played at that time, is indicated by the following: he lost four teeth (in his first professional game), had two broken legs, three broken fingers, broken wrist, broken nose and dozens of stitches. Even some NBA rules have been changed because of his superiority. George Mikan was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1996 (on the occasion of 50 years of NBA), played four NBA all-star games, and is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

http://www.croatianhistory.net/

Randy donkey was a real pain in the ass...

July 02 2005 at 01:18PM

Zagreb - A randy donkey has been banished to a deserted island after harassing female donkeys at a Croatian national park. Aga the donkey used to badger his favourite females for sex as much as 16 times a day. Park officials acted after tourists complained that whenever they visited the park all the donkey seemed to be doing was trying to have sex.

They also complained that the other donkeys were no longer so friendly and spent all their time hiding from Aga. The herd of wild donkeys had, until recently, been a major attraction for tourists in the popular Telascica National Park in southern Croatia. Park officials say the rest of the herd seems happier and healthier since Aga was caught and shipped off to the deserted island of Dugi Otok.

A spokesperson for the national park said Aga had plenty of food and water on the island, and would be kept there until he "calmed down". The spokesperson said: "The other donkeys in the park were hiding to avoid Aga and that meant they were not mixing with the tourists. But now that Aga has gone they have come out of hiding and are happily mixing with the visitors again." - Ananova.com

Op-ed

Now, if Croatian donkey can do that, you can just imagine what can Croatian man do?.. and if someone calls you donkey ...again, do not get offended. Take it as an compliment or just go to a deserted island, before they ship you there. Dugi is better than Goli.

nb

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1120222595615A551

Move ya sexy ass, donkey

A SEX-mad donkey has been banished to a deserted island after bonking females in a national park SIXTEEN times a day. Wardens said randy Aga’s antics had offended visitors and driven nervous members of his wild herd into hiding.

But they claim the donkeys have now recovered. A spokesman at Croatia’s Telascica National Park said: “With Aga gone, they’ve come out of hiding and are mixing with visitors again.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005300263,00.html

Wales hosts the whole story

Croatia's Jasna Held, who will tell stories of her life in Croatia during the war

Karen Price, Western Mail
Jul 2 2005

WHILE the Hay Literary Festival may be over for another year, Wales is now hosting its annual storytelling event.

Beyond the Border, which opened last night, features performances by writers such as children's favourite Cat Weatherill as well as a host of international names.

The event is dedicated to promoting understanding of the world's pre-literature and oral traditions.

Staged at St Donats Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Beyond the Border was launched in 1993 and was the centrepiece of a Wales-wide month of storytelling as part of the UK Year of Literature in 1995.

Since then, it has regularly attracted several thousand visitors each year from all over Wales and the world.

The main festival is accompanied by a programme of community outreach work, taking storytellers into schools, hospitals and community centres across South Wales.

Among this year's highlights are the visit from Weatherill, who has written a new children's novel, Barkbelly.

Storytellers who will be travelling to Wales especially for the event include Turkey's Serap Guven and Croatia's Jasna Held, who will tell stories of her life in Croatia during the war. There are also stage shows, music and puppets.

Beyond the Border runs until tomorrow. For further details, ring 01446 799100 or visit the website at www.beyondtheborder.com

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0900entertainment/0050artsnews/tm_objectid=15692010&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=wales-hosts-the-whole-story-name_page.html

Deceiving John Q. Public With a war of images and words
 

BY LOIS WADSWORTH
Eugene Weekly Review

WMD: WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION: Documentary directed and produced by Danny Schechter. Producer, Anna Pizzaro. Editors, Kozo Okumura, David Chai.Music, Nenad Bach. Cinema Libre Studio, 2004. NR. 98 minutes.

News is big business, and media critic Danny Schechter makes it his business to analyze what gets covered in print and electronically. In choosing to document coverage of the war in Iraq, Schechter shows there are essentially three different wars: the war we see and read about in the US, a commercial war; the war as it appears in Europe; and the war the rest of the world sees. His latest book is Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Failed to Cover the War on Iraq.

Schechter's conclusions don't come from the haphazard network crawling I did during the so-called war but rather from "embedding" himself in front of the television and watching wall-to-wall coverage. I did some of that during the first Gulf War, in part because a family member was in Saudi at the time, and I was worried about her. Although I was a graduate student in the journalism school at UO, I had trouble detaching emotionally from images and words spoken on the screen. Unlike my experience, Schechter's viewing of this war was methodological. He earned the authority to call the media's lopsided coverage of the war Weapons of Mass Deception.

"There were two wars going on in Iraq," he wrote. "One was fought with armies of soldiers, bombs and a fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda techniques."

If you've been to Schechter's web site - Mediachannel.org - you may have read some of the gazillion words he's written to show a staggering similarity of coverage across media outlets. In WMD the film, reporters outside the mainstream media such as Peter Arnett add their voices to Schechter's. Once an MSNBC correspondent, Ashleigh Banfield was chastised by her bosses at NBC and dropped by the network the following year. Her crime: She told the audience during a speech at Kansas State University the war coverage was "sanitized."

Ooops!

Language control is a subtle but efficient way to limit an argument, a device by which to define the terms and claim the high ground. Using words calculated to put U.S. actions in the best light, the mainstream media knowingly or inadvertently helps the Bush administration get away with murder every day. Maybe Schechter can wake up people who take literally words written thousands of years ago, but I doubt it. It takes an open mind to see how the public is manipulated by what Schechter calls the "militainment" of the post-journalism era.

This film tracks the media war through the summer of 2004. It opens at the Bijou on Friday, Feb. 18 and deserves your support and attendance. Highly recommended.

http://www.wmdthefilm.com/mambo/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=31

BOJE HRVATSKE - Ivo Pervan
Ivo Pervan - COLORS OF CROATIA

28.06.ove godine povodom Dana drzavnosti, u organizaciji Ministarstva vanjskih poslova i Veleposlanstva RH u centru Varsave otvorena je nova foto izlozba Ive Pervana pod nazivom BOJE HRVATSKE. Postav je cinilo 27 fotografija potpuno novih motiva, dimenzija 110 x 80 cm. Svecanom otvaranju nazocio je velik broj uzvanika, posebno strani veleposlanici. Nakon Varsave , postav putuje u Krakow, te ce ostati u Poljskoj citav mjesec dana.

Colors of Croatia is the title of the new exhibition by famous Ivo Pervan, our Croatian photo-legend. 27 of the completely new photos (110x80 cm) will first be exhibited in the center of Warsaw and then in Krakow, Poland as part of the celebration of Croatian Independence Day, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Croatian Embassy in Poland.

Op-ed:
If you think you can organize such an exhibition in your town, contact Alenka Demikeli at.
studio-pervan@net.hr

www.IvoPervan.com

DIFF, 3rd International Film Festival in Dubrovnik 2005 hosts Christopher
Walken, Emily Watson, Peter Medak and John Hurt among other notable guests

DIFF Festival Awards
Two outstanding awards of the festival LIBERTAS AWARD were given to
Christopher Walken and Peter Medak, in a spirit of extraordinary
achievement and ARGOSY AWARD which was given to Emily Watson for
outstanding individual in the realm of filmmaking.

The essential goal of DIFF Dubrovnik International Film Festival 2005,
25-29 of May, is independent film screening and among all, presentation of
film talents. Even though, its only 3rd year of its existence, City of
Dubrovnik is presenting the festival as the part of one cultural and
historical festival summer events. Dubrovnik in Croatia is well known in
world for its cultural and historical venues. Tradition and culture in this
beautiful little coastal town, perfectly fits into the everyday life. So,
what does this festival distinguishes from all other, beside its
international character?
The festival offers an exquisite opportunity to meet celebrities and
relevant names and of course promotes cinema of ex Yugoslavia and nowadays
Croatia. Naturally, City of Dubrovnik and Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Croatia supports this important international cultural event in
order to increase international awareness of the festival, set in this
beautiful little town, Dubrovnik. Within this information, the Dubrovnik’s
film club is reformed now by younger generation of local filmmakers, in
order to promote art and interest of filmmaking.

DIFF Festival Program
DIFF Dubrovnik International Film Festival, started with “Ladies in
Lavander� directed by Charles Dance with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, and
has been closed with action film by Breck Eisner “Saharaâ€? starring with
Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz. Festival program included, out of
competition “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxyâ€? by Garth Jennings and “The
Woodsman� by Nicole Kassel starring with Kevin Bacon. Beside an official
program of the feature and documentary films in the competition, festival
held official program of feature, animated and Croatian films out of the
competition and Vatroslav Mimica Retrospective of films from 60s, as an
important part of formal Yugoslavian film opus.

DIFF Festival Screenwriting Panels
Beside other events, screenings and press conference DIFF Dubrovnik Film
Festival held two very important Screenwriting Panels on a subject of film,
literature and publicity: Books Into Films held by panelist John Hurt well
known British actor, Dr. James Ragan, the Dean of the USC Master of
Professional Writing Program, Hugh Linchean an entertainment editor of the
Irish Times, Marvin Siegel New York Times editor, Hilary Heath UK film
producer, Oren Jacoby, Peter Medak film director (Negatives, A Day in the
Death of Joe Egg, The Ruling Class, The Krays, Let Him Have It, Romeo is
Bleeding), Daniel Rosenthal editor of Variety International Film Guide “the
best annual guide to world cinema� by The Observer and film and theatre
critic, also moderator of all panels, discussions and press conferences of
the festival. Another screenwriting panel A Look at European and American
Storytelling was held by Dr. James Ragan, Gregory Widen well known film
director and writer (Highlander, The Prophecy, Backdraft, Tales from the
Crypt), Andrew Dean (Joan of Arc, Miracles, See Spot Run, Whispers in the
Dark) television and film producer of Industry Entertainment and Mile
Rupcic the winner of Hartley Merrill International Screenwriting Prize. The
discussions were debating the difference between European and American
Storytelling and their meeting points and getting Books into Films, about
the best ways to adopt book into film.

DIFF Festival Jury
The selection of films and entire cinema program of the festival reflects
consciousness of a film current in the past few years. Within its rather
small festival international character, (Dubrovnik International Film
Festival) DIFF’s selection of the films goes for about 15 countries, couple
of film cooperation including: UK, USA, China, Germany, Italy, Macedonia,
Sweden, Poland, Chile, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Australia and Croatia.

Regarding the fact that Dubrovnik International Film Festival is a small
festival in small country, I think we should consider DIFF Jury for feature
film: Mark Shivas UK TV and film producer, Sheamus Smith producer and
former Film Censor of Irish Film Board, Gregory Mosher producer, Director
of Columbia University of US Arts Initiative, Andrew Dean, film producer,
manager, partner in LA Industry Entertainment, Regina Dantas CEO of USA
Bossa Entertainment of New York, Maya Gregl from Croatian Television and
Maryte Kavaliauskas, the film director.
Jury for documentary film: Kiril Raylogov and Gregory Widen film director
and scriptwriter from USA. Also in the jury of the festival, Croatian
winner of Hartley Merrill International Screenwriting Prize, among 23 other
countries in the competition, Mile Rupcic, Foundation’s Board of Directors
Dina Merrill, Dr.James Ragan the Dean of USC Master of Professional
Screenwriting Program and Founding Member of Foundation Ted Hartley.
Founding members of The Hartley Merrill Foundation are: Ted Hartley, George
Kirgo, Dina Merrill, Nikita Mikhalkov, Lord David Putnam, Robert Redford,
Lina Wertmuller, Sir David Williamson.


Out of films presented in Competition of DIFF, 3rd Dubrovnik International
Film Festival, the International Jury awards are:

FEATURE FILMS
BEST FILM: ‘Frozenâ€? : Directed by Juliet McKeon (UK)
BEST DIRECTOR: ‘Zhoorekâ€? Directed by Ryszard Brylski (POLAND)
BEST SCREENPLAY: “Oprosti za Kung Fuâ€? Written and Directed by Ognjen
Svilicic (CROATIA)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Frozenâ€? Cinematography by Philip Robertson (UK)

DOCUMENTARIES
“Sve petâ€? Directed by Dana Budisavljevic (CROATIA)
SHORT FILMS
“Phaidâ€? Directed by Chris Frey (USA)
AUDIENCE AWARD
“Golemata vodaâ€? Directed by Ivo Trajkov (MACEDONIA)
Special Mention:
“Sve petâ€? Directed by Dana Budisavljevic (CROATIA)

LIBERTAS AWARDS
Chistopher Walken
Peter Medak
ARGOSY AWARD

Emily Watson


DIFF Festival Competition Films
In the official competition of the festival, these films won:

“Frozenâ€? by Juliet McKeon & Jayne Steel
UK, (2004)
DIFF’s Best Film Award.


“The Great Waterâ€? by Ivo Trajkov
Macedonia(2004)
Audience’s Award .
Film is set in post II World War Macedonian orphanage home whose real
purpose was not looking after of children, but their political
indoctrination. This is the official submission of Macedonia to the Academy
Awards, and its about 12 years old orphan Lem, who was captured by
partisans and brought to an abandoned factory where orphans of people who
were against communism were kept. Locked up with hundreds of kids, he
barely comprehended the militaristic socio-communist regimen exercise.
Surrounded with dogma and cruelty Lem felt close to a new boy Isaac who
shined with beauty, dignity and preternatural calm. Soon enough Isaac and
Lem are getting involved with tragic chain of events among orphans, caused
by cruelty of dogmatic political convictions of the adults.
- Entire film shines on poetic visuals and very strong performances of
characters, which create unbelievable dreamscape.



“Zhoorekâ€? by Ryszard Bryiski
Poland (2004)
DIFF’s Best Director Award.

“Sve 5â€? by Dana Budisaljevic
Croatia(2005)
DIFF�s Best Documentary Award. Documentary about Lidija a prostitute and
porn star, a fascinated story about life of girl from small Catholic
society, from small Dalmatian town, to the sex shops in Amsterdam and porn
films, back to her small town…


“Phaidâ€? by Chris Frey
Australia (2005)
Best Short Film Award.

“Sorry for the Kung Fuâ€? by Ognjen Svilicic
Croatia (2004)
DIFF’s Best Screenplay Award. A young girl comes back from Western Europe
to Croatia pregnant to her conservative family in Dalmatinska Zagora. Her
parents are trying to find her husband in order to avoid the shame.

Izlozba paske cipke u Muzeju Appenzell

U Muzeju Appenzell (Museum Appenzell, Hauptgasse 4, 9050 Appenzell, karta grada), odrzava se od 30. lipnja do 15. kolovoza 2005. izlozba paske cipke. Zajedno s Muzejom Appenzel izlozbu je priredio Etnografski muzej Zagreb u suradnji s Veleposlanstvom Republike Hrvatske u svicarskoj te uz pomoc Ministarstva kulture Republike Hrvatske.

Izlozba se moze razgledati dnevno od 10.00 do 12.00 i od 14.00 do 17.00 sati.

Izlozba ce biti svecano otvorena u srijedu, 29. lipnja 2005. godine, s pocetkom u 19.00 sati. Ocekuje se da ce izlozbu otvoriti visoki predstavnici kantona i grada Appenzella, ravnatelji muzeja u Appenzellu i Zagrebu, kao i veleposlanik RH u svicarskoj dr. Mladen Andrlic. U programu otvaranja sudjeluju: "Chorus Croaticus" iz Berna i Hrvatsko glazbeno drustvo "seva" iz St. Gallena.

Nakon sto je bila izlozena u nekoliko gradova u svijetu, među kojima prosle godine u kraljevskom renesansnom dvorcu Écouen nedaleko Pariza, a pocetkom ove i na Svjetskoj izlozbi cipke u gradu Noverdate u Italiji, ovu vrijednu izlozbu imati ce prigodu vidjeti svicarci, ali i Hrvati, koji zive i rade u svicarskoj.

cuvena paska cipka, biser sredozemnog tekstilnog rukotvorstva, nastala je u drevnoj Mikeni i u anticko doba trgovackim putovima dosla do otoka Paga, gdje se zadrzala sve do danas. O dugoj tradiciji paske cipke govori i podatak da je prvi puta sluzbeno izlozbom predstavljena 1880. godine, a bila je izlozena i na Svjetskoj izlozbi 1939. godine u New Yorku. Carica Marija Terezija je na beckom dvoru drzala pasku cipkaricu, koja je sivala cipku za potrebe dvora. cipka je sivana iglom, a svojom se kvalitetom ravnopravno nosi s cipkarskim proizvodima zemalja istoga kulturnoga kruga, istovremeno se razlikujuci od njih svojom originalnoscu i osobitoscu. Plod je duge tradicije stvaranja vrijednih ruku zena s otoka Paga, kojom su se ukrasavale narodne nosenje, dijelovi namjestaja, ili zidovi, na koje se jos i danas vjesa kao slika.

Paska cipka je autohtoni hrvatski suvenir i uvrstena je među proizvode koji nose naslov "izvorno hrvatsko".

Lj. Novosel

http://www.croatia.ch/veleposlanstvo/050627d.php

Celebrating Croatia
 

Top Stories

    The Croatian Fest Committee is busy with preparations for the 19th annual fest. It will be Saturday, July 30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 922 West State St., Centerville. The committee gets a jump-start each year when they prepare lunch on Father's Day for a tour group from Iowa Wesleyan College. Each year the group of 30 to 40 comes to Centerville on their tour of Iowa and the committee prepares ethnic food, dress in ethnic costume, present a program on Croatian history of Appanoose county and sing Croatian songs for the group.

    Croatian immigrants contributed much to the growth of the Appanoose county area. A few migrated from Yugoslavia (now Croatia), settling first in Pennsylvania where they worked in the steel yards. Eventually, some came farther west to work in the coal mines. When word reached relatives that jobs were plentiful in the United States, many more immigrants followed. The countries they left were very poor, but they had dreams of making a better life for their families in a new country.

    The immigrants came to wherever they had relatives living: Rathbun, Cincinnati, Mystic, Sunshine, Streepy and other towns near Centerville. Because of this, the area is rich in Croatian history. Each year in July, the heritage is celebrated with colorful ethnic costumes, music, dancing and entertainment, as well as home cooked ethnic dishes prepared by the Croatian Fest Committee. This year the celebration will be held Saturday, July 30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 922 West State St., with opening ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will be served from 11:00 to 1:00. The menu includes steak and polenta, pigs-in-a-blanket and kraut and the very popular Croatian nut roll.
    The Jerry Beauchamp Band will entertain from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.. They will then provide the music for a polka mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church at 5:30 p.m. Organizers of the event say they would like to invite everyone to join them for the polka mass, and then come to the Knights of Columbus Hall for a dance from 7:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. The band plays all types of music. A sandwich plate special will be served at the dance.
    Croatian Fest is a wonderful time to share in the Croatian heritage, they say, and also a time to remember the community's heritage. They add that whatever nationality are residents are, it is important to talk to children and their children - "Once the information is lost, it is lost forever."

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14800168&BRD=1284&PAG=461&dept_id=179799&rfi=6

Spain and Croatia sign tax deal

Croatia and Spain recently signed a deal on avoiding double taxation, a move expected to strengthen the two countries’ bilateral cooperation.

The agreement was signed by the Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar- Kitarovic. Zagreb was Moratinos’ last stop on a Balkan tour which also took in Bosnia and Serbia. Moratinos said that the Spanish government wants close cooperation with Croatia, and moreover, wants to help Croatia on its path towards European Union membership.

In March the EU decided not to start accession talks with Croatia because of Zagreb’s failure to extradite former army general Ante Gotovina, whom the UN war crimes tribunal has charged with war crimes. “We are convinced that Croatia will be able to remove the last obstacles,â€? Moratinos told reporters in Zagreb.

http://www.portalino.it/nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11940