With miles of pristine beaches framed by dramatic mountains and impossibly clear Adriatic waters, more than a thousand picturesque islands ripe for hopping, and town upon ancient town bursting with faded Habsburg grandeur and dazzling Byzantine churches, Croatia provides a fascinating experience for any visitor.
Author: Andrej & Daniela Urem
Croatian sensations – Niko Micin and Petra Radovic at the University of Washington
Each year, thousands of students from around the country come to Seattle to start their college careers at the UW. Some come from small towns, some from big cities and some even come from other countries. Niko Micin (left) and Petra Radovic are two people who fall into the latter category.
Artist Vlatka Horvat will have three exhibitions in New York
Croatian born, New York based, Vlatka Horvat will be showcasing her art in three different galleries in the Big Apple. Spanning a range of media – from photography and video, to works on paper and projects with text – her work often focuses on an encounter between a person and a particular system, state, or physical space.
Croatian Aussie Stan Bilic: "Money won't make you rich inside"
Stan Bilic (left) moved to Sydney in 1970 at 22 and then settled in Melbourne. He is a leading figure in the Australian-Croatian community, runs a building company that specialises in residential homes and is the president of Melbourne Knights, one of the biggest and most prominent football clubs in the country.
David Diehl – Croatian among Giants – In N.F.C. Championship 2008
David Diehl is an American football player with Croatian and German background. He is an offensive lineman in the National Football League. Diehl is currently a starter on the offensive line for the New York Giants. See him playing for the N.F.C. Championship on TV, January 20th, 2008. Check Grb on his arm.
Zagreb School of Economics and Management offers studies in English
Zagreb School of Economics and Management is a private high education school with public rights. It was founded according to the Law of high education, with the aim to offer its students the best education which enjoys the same rights as the best schools in the world.
Tess Gallagher's speech at a presentation of Drago Stambuk's poetry in Pula
Once I heard Drago read to a Croatian immigrant audience in Vancouver, Canada. It was so tender, the timbre of his voice, that it was as if he were speaking to the listeners in a clearing in the woods, surrounded by mystery and wildness and beauty, but giving them comfort too… – Tess Galagher (left)
Croatian Film "All for Free" at The Museum of Modern Art Tonight, January 11, 2008
After the death of three of his friends in a petty argument in a bar, Goran sells his home and travels around Bosnia in a refreshment van, giving away free drinks. On his travels, he encounters Maja and the two fall for each other. Additional screening on January 20th, 2008
Organic agriculture in Croatia
Processors and traders from Western and Eastern Europe are increasingly looking for organic raw materials abroad. Croatia – an official candidate for EU membership since June 2004 – is considered a potential supplier of organic raw material in the medium term. In 2006, 5,000 hectares in total were being organically managed by 340 registered farms.
Japanese inspired art with a twist from Croatia
A Zagreb-based artist is reinventing the art of Japanese Manga cartoons. Nikolina Ivezic (left), is winning fans all over Croatia with a fusion of the Japanese art form and images that are distinctly Croatian.
Eduardo struck his sixth goal in four games to give Arsenal the advantage
Eduardo struck his sixth goal in four games to give Arsenal the advantage at half-time in their FA Cup third-round match at Burnley. The Croatia international seized on to a lofted pass over the top by Kolo Toure and held off Steven Caldwell before slipping the ball neatly past Gabor Kiraly.
Croatia Activates Protected Ecology and Fishery Zone
With the first seconds of 2008, the Protected Ecology and Fishery Zone went into force, and Croatia got a seat at the United Nations Security Council.
Compassionate player Vedran Corluka, BiH and Croatia's pride
‘Me and my family have had to fight for everything that we have ever had and I still have that attitude. It has played a big part in helping me deal with life and my profession.’ Raised in the small Bosnian village of Derventa, Corluka and his family fled to Croatia when he was six to escape a Serb onslaught that was to burn down the family house
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays 2008
Sretan Božić, Nova Godina 2008. Happy Hanukkah, Bajram Mubarek, Happy Kwanzaa
CROWN Croatian World Network Newsletter, December 24th, 2007
These pictures below speak for themselves. Number of incredible stories. People are Croatian strength and boy, do we have them. We are breaking world records and barriers constantly. We have an army of brilliant people here in our present time and on the horizon. We deeply appreciate your input and promotion of this page through your lives and interests.
Croatia ranked 10th in the world by FIFA
With few international matches played in the past month, the top 20 remain unchanged with Argentina on 1,523 points ahead of Brazil (1,502), world champions Italy (1,498), Spain (1,349) and Germany (1,298). The remainder of the top 10 are taken up by Czech Republic (1,290), France (1,243), Portugal (1,241), Netherlands (1,170) and Croatia (1,129).
No exaggeration: Croatia truly the 'Jewel of Adriatic'
I had read that Croatia was called the “Jewel of the Adriatic,” to which I had rolled my eyes thinking it another trite and exaggerated description. But it had become clear from the moment we got in our rental car in the marble streets of Zadar to begin our drive south that the description was in fact quite modest.
Abortion in Croatia is Down 90% Since 1989
Croatia has experienced a very dramatic drop in the abortion rate from 1989 when the nation’s 51,289 abortions were nearly equal to the number of live births. The latest statistics, from 2005, indicate there were 4,563 abortions – a drop of nearly 90% since 1989. Significantly the law on abortion has not changed.