Category: Opinions

  Nadamo da ima pametnijih ljudi u Hrvatskoj, koji necePostovani:Citajuci ovu zalosnu rubriku od Dra. Davora Sliskovica, ironicnim osmjehom sam se sjetio one nase stare poslovice: “Ispeci, pa reci”.Mislim u svakom slucaju…

Your OpinionsDear all,A quick comment on the real estate point brought up below.There is one way to attract the investment without selling the land outright to foreigners — which may not be…

I have been living in Croatia near on 2 years now Dear all, I have been living in Croatia near on 2 years now. I am Croatian and proud of it. I love living here even with all the petty problems we have in this country….and every day it is getting better…believe it or not….whether SDP is in government or HDZ its the same story. I feel our diaspora will miss the boat in investing in Croatia and then cry ‘not fair’. Regardless if you have 25 or millions to invest in Croatia, real estate or something else, there is something for everybody. And stop being sentsitive of being taking advantage of. From what I have seen first hand that is completely unfounded, Croatians here like to spread these rumours as it serves the purpose of keeping returning Croatians suspicious of returning home. They do have a hidden agenda…and I feel it is this…with more Croatians returning home…their inheritances will be smaller. Croatians are being Americanized by the media, etc etc and like American media reporting our reporters spend a spend a lot of time putting forward opinions about events, are overly critical and should focus more on factual reporting rather than offer their subjective opinions. Why do these journalists help positively by helping to produce a comprehensive vision of the future of our country as part of the in the EU, because there is no escaping it, unfortunately. Yes, under communision, or socialism, the first priority should be as is in American that each citizen deserves to own a home….let the media focus on something positive that can be done…figure out how FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC help homeowners and lobby the government for something similar. Ensure children are afforded their rights…pressure the government to respond to question of how to force fathers to pay appropriate levels of maintenance for their children. There are lots of areas that the media can focus on, that would be positive for Croatia. I am a daughter of a Croatian emigrant returnee, it is difficult here, but no more difficult when one understands the culture than anywhere else and opportunity abounds for those ready to invest time and effort to making a small difference by turning negativity into positive actions. I am in real estate full time now and I am ashamed to say that more EU people are buying apartments and homes in Zadar, Vir, Pag, etc than our own people, who don’t seem to get off the ground but prefer to sit around discussing how things should be rather than actively participating in the economic marketplace. Over time I have followed these discussions online and am partipating less and less. Lots of people offer opinions but few will make an effort, come back here, and truly understand and work to changing the bureaucracy, yet eager to criticize, so I am losing respect for those in the diaspora, but for a few like Hilda Foley. We who have been in the Diaspora and have returned to our homeland are the only ones making any real difference, or sacrifice personally, we are slogging it out, just as our forefathers did when they moved to an unknown country and started the process of networking and working together. Those people who continue to disect our past, policize about our future from afar, invest in Florida, forget it, you will continue to gain no credibility here. Given that Croatians at home and those in the far away countries are polarised, I see myself moving more and more to the thinking of those Croatians at home. If you profess you love your country so much, pack up and return home and face what we homeland Croatians face every day and try little by little to make a difference, get employed in your field and work consistently with smaller companies helping them adopt best practices…that is how to make a difference, start at the bottom, and expect that it will take time and patience. Your political observations, while astute, really do not help the economics and culture of this country one iota. I did not see Brenda’s film, but I do believe a documentary here and there is good work, and not disect its intentions. But lets leave it for what it is, not give it names, and let’s move on to topics that are important today…how to unpolarise Croatians abroad and those at home. What can we begin to do differently to move ahead together, without one feeling that the other has their own interests at heart. As far as I can tell the only few activities are moving in this direction and one that I know personally has spent more than 3 years pushing forward these ideas on a daily basis is Niko Soljak, and his group Hravska Svjetska Zajednica. I give the man great credit…they say slow and steady wins the race…so lets pray and hope for his group’s continued success…but it depends on everyone joining this organization and activiely working towards a future with all Croatian groups and individuals in and out of the country pulling and actively networking together. I agree with both Hilda and Mirna, more has to change, and respect them tremendously for their personal contributions. Jadranka Matesic Visit www.panadria.com for the latest listings in the Zadar region.

Croatia’s Stolen Lipizzaners Dear Readers of CROWN, I have been a strong advocate for the return of the Croatian Lipizzaner horses, stolen by the Serbs during the Homeland war. ( In addition to the return of all Croatian national treasures and artwork.) Repeatedly I wrote to the Croatian governments of Tudjman, Racan and now Sanader without any results. Now comes an even worse shocker: According to the Croatian newspaper Vjesnik of July 12, and a commentary by Mr. Ivan Paj from Zagreb, the Ministry of Agriculture is not only allowing the stolen horses to remain in Serbia, but even more outrageous, it offers the thieves registration papers for the Lipizzaners’ offspring – and, as though this is not bad enough – as an extra favor it even offers to intercede on behalf of Serbia to be admitted as a member to the International Federation of Lipizzaner Breeders. Instead of demanding the return of all stolen Lipizzaners and their young, the Ministry is ready to give the Serbs legitimacy of ownership! Is there a sane person in this world who would agree with such perversion of simple justice and rule of law? Is there a Croatian who has forgotten that many of these animals were brutally slaughtered by the Serbs and the rest herded to Serbia? I hope your reaction will be as angry as mine and will prompt you to write a strong protest letter to the Croatian Government urging them to stop this outrage. Just who in the Croatian government is allowing this miscarriage of justice? Are they trying to impress the EU with their “forgiveness” – let me assure you that the Slovenes would never stoop so low if Croatia had their Lipizzaners. I am disgusted with this bootlicking. Sincerely, Hilda Foley

  Opinion about the EU hoopla   “without a clear vision of who Croatiansare and what they want”Dear Sanja, You could not have said it better! Exactly my opinion about the EU…

  A majority of Croatians do NOT want to join EU or NATOA majority of Croatians do NOT want to join EU or NATO. However, it is the government who will lead…

  I javnost i novinare treba zastititi od dezinformacijaPredlazem da pogledate: www.croinfo.com Otvorena je jedna nova Internet adresa na kojoj se moze procitati mnogo toga sto moze koristiti u pokretanju Hrvatske ponovnim…

  Thank God the UN didn’t exist when David faced GoliathVOICEOFCROATIA.NET, JUNE 7, 2004Croatian Heritage: Will You Be Nobody?Will you be Nobody – eating your heart out, fighting the Cyclops and weeping…

  Mare Adriatico   “De Michelis, kojeg dobro poznajem iz vremena kad mi je bio ljut protivnik dok sam se borio za medjunarodno priznanje nase Republike Hrvatske, nedavno je izjavio kako Hrvatsku…

  “Hrvatska glasna šutnja” I šišmiši su ptice u bezpjevnoj zemlji Dragi svi, Nize je clanak Djurdjice Lieb iz Glasa Koncila pod naslovom “Hrvatska glasna šutnja” Izdvajam: ————————————————————- Mel Gibson u razgovoru…

  Britanska politika je ostala istaA kad tamo, dragi Tony… Kome bi zapravo trebalo pisati da dobijemo taj “avis”? Jedno mišljenje o hrvatskoj spremnosti da se pokuša prikljuciti Europskoj uniji, koje je,…

  Pavkovic: Zasto Bresanu nije palo na pamet snimiti film o Ovcari, Skabrnji, Vocinu, napadu na Dubrovnik…Cetvrtak, 4. ozujka 2004. . http://www.index.hr/UDRUGA branitelja “Podravke” iznenadjena je kojom se propagandom prikazuje film Vinka…

  Predstavnici Hrvatske Dijaspore u Saboru. Sto sada? Postovani gosopdine Nenade,slobodan sam obratiti Vam se s namjerom upoznati Vas i od Vas trazitisudjelovanje (prijedloge, kritike, sugestije, suradnju te siriti i upoznatisto veci…

  Memorandum o razgovoru o projektu “Hrvatska Dijaspora”Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:06:06 -0800 (PST)From: marusic@socrates.Berkeley.EDU To: Ivan Bagaric, veral@tel.net.ba Memorandum o razgovoru o projektu “Dijaspora.”Ovdje bih htio sažeti i malo jasnije…

  Kako prastati nekome tko se uopce ni ne kaje?

  Cruising the Internet… Cruising the Internet danas, CroWorldNet was one of the many sites to tune in and read and visualize and get the latest info, what are the Croatians doing…