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Vladimir Paleček Croatian humanist and founder of "Hungry Child" international fund in Croatia 1969
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Vladimir Paleček: "A catastrophic earthquake hit Sicily in 1968 in which many men, women, and children lost their lives. Gibellina, Salaparuta, Santa Margarita, and Montevago were wiped off the map. ... When I walked through these places, when I saw hundreds of tents which had to replace warm homes, when I saw children without parents, when I saw children naked, barefooted, and hungry, who crowded around me, I came t
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Josip Krsul Croatian-American soldier at Iwo Jima at the age of 108 in 2019
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Josip Kršul is probably the oldest living veteran of the Iwo Jima battle, born in 1911, now at the age of 108 (in 2019). He has Croatian roots, and was born in the town of Selca on the Croatian coast, SE of the city of Rijeka. Hundred years since his birth, in 2011, he was back to Croatia again and to his native town of Selca. Several other Croatian heroes are known to have become a part of American history: Pete
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Photo of the Year and the Family of the Year for 2018
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As a photo of the year we have chosen a detail from spectacular return of Croatian national team to the city of Zagreb, with a bus reliably driven for several hours by a nice lady (on the photo) along impossibly stuffed streets, without any accident or any injury. This is a feat maybe even more amazing that the wins of Croatian national football team agains teams like Argentina (led by outstanding world class Me
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Artur R. Bagdasarov published an important book "Armenija - Noina zemlja" in 2018
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Artur R. Bagdasarov, an Armenian scholar living in Moscow, is an expert in Croatian language and history. His newest book "Armenija - Noina zemlja" is his fifth book in Croatian language, and the third dealing with Armenia. Among interesting novelties published in the book, we mention the name of an Armenian Vagan Melik-Karaganjan, a honory citizen of the city of Biograd, who built the first hospital in this Croatia
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Ante Glibota delivered a lecture at UNESCO, Paris 2018, on the occasion of 100 years since the First WW
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Ante Glibota, distinguished Croatian scholar, delivered a lecture at the International Conference "Hundred Years Since the First World War" organized in Paris by UNESCO, 21st September 2018. His lecture, delivered in French, was entitled "The Causes of the First World War and Its Impact on the International Relations in the 20th Century". Mr. Glibota is one of three vicepresidents of the European Academy of Sciences,
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World Cravat Day 18th October - the origin of the CRAVAT and of its universally known name is Croatia
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CRAVAT, the universaly known name of the necktie, has its origin in the name ov Croats. As an unavoidable fashion element, especially for representative pruposes, it can be met in the remotest parts of the Globe. It is without any doubt the most widespread fashion element in the world, bearing a national name. On the photo on the left is Ivan Gundulic (1589-1638), distinguished Croatian Renaissance writer from D
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Silver medal of diamond glitter for Croatia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup final with golden France
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Croatia celebrates on of the greatest successes in its sports history - the second place at the FIFA World Cup Tournament in Moscow. We mention the deserving players: Mandžukić, Rebić, Modrić, Perišić, Rakitić, Brozović, Vrsaljko, Lovren, Vida, Strinić, and the deserving coach Dalić. We believe that the Croatian team has shown the most attractive football play during the World Cup tournament. It is
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1139 years since the international recognition of Croatia and 26 years since its diplomatic recognition
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In the 9th century, more specifically, in 879 AD, Croatia obtained its first international recognition when Pope John VIII sent his letters to Croatian prince Branimir, in which he blessed him and his Croatian people. Croatia never lost its state continuity, even when it was a part of other empires, kingdoms and states. For example, Croatian Deit (Sabor) is one of the oldest in Europe, and in this sense, C
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Stjepan Radic 1871-1928 a great Croatian politician, humanist and martyr
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In 2018 we commemorate a tragic death of Stjepan Radić, one of the greatest Croatian politicians and humanists in history (on the photo with his grandchildren), assassinated in 1928 in the Belgrade Parliament. We provide an articl written by Dr. Ante Cuvalo, an information about a new street in the Prague bearing his name (and his wife Marija was a Czech schoolteacher), as well as an article about him written by a Dan
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