Despite efforts of Pittsburgh Croatians to buy the closed church and convert it into a shrine. St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church, built in 1901 and worshipped in until it was closed in 2004, could soon be bought by the Follieri Group.

President Bush Gives Sanader Firm Date of 2008 for NATO Membership. "It's a historic day in the bilateral relationship of the United States and Croatia," Sanader told well over 200 guests on October 17 assembled for evening reception held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel