The talented boy from Krusevo – Tose Proeski, one of the best Macedonian vocalists ever, was born on 25 January 1981 in Prilep. Prior to his death, he was a student at the final year of the Skopje Music Academy, at the solo singing department. A personal friend, who loved Croatia and Croatians loved him back.
Category: In Memoriam
Josip Turkalj 1924-2007, a renowned Croatian American artist, died
On July 3, 2007, a renowned Croatian American artist, Josip Turkalj, died at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Besides being an exceptional husband and father to six sons, he was a brilliant sculptor, educator, wonderful man, and a friend to many of us.
Ovo nije kraj – In Memoriam for Croatian Firemen
Hvala Vam na pjesmi http://youtube.com/watch?v=BJ6Gd7rittA Formated for CROWN by Nenad Bach Distributed by www.Croatia.org This message is intended for Croatian Associations / Institutions and their Friends in Croatia and in the World. The…
Efforts to build the Church of Croatian Martyrs in Udbina
In September 9th, 2007 an invitation has been sent by Croatian Bishops from Udbina to continue with efforts to build the Church of Croatian Martyrs. The manifestation has been accompanied with a rich spiritual and cultural program.
Some can sing opera, Luciano Pavarotti was an opera 1935 – 2007
No one could inhabit those acrobatic melodies and words like him. He lived the songs, his opera was a great mash of joy and sadness; surreal and earthy at the same time; a great volcano of a man who sang fire but spilled over with a love of life in all its complexity, a great and generous friend
Day of Mourning in Croatia
In the aftermath of the deaths of firemen on Kornati, the Croatian government declared Monday, September 3, Day of Mourning.
Patriarch of the Nobilo wine family, dies at 94
Mr Nick Nobilo (left), who established the House of Nobilo wine label, died late on Wednesday night at a private hospital in Henderson, Auckland, with his family at his bedside.
The biggest known post-WWII execution site in Europe
In 1995, Serbian troops massacred 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Tezno grave in Slovenia (near Maribor) was found in 1999 during highway construction, with the number of post-WWII victims exceeding even that of Srebrenica.
Nela Eržišnik, a Croatian actress and entertainer, died
Nakon kratke bolesti u Voloskom umrla je 14. kolovoza 2007. u 84. godini Nela Eržišnik, hrvatska glumica, estradna umjetnica i najveća komičarka hrvatske scene.
Rudolf Arapović 1937 – 2007 In Memoriam
Rudolf Arapović of blessed memory died on August 3, 2007. He was an active parishioner of the Croatian Catholic Mission of St. Blaise in Washington, D.C., from its founding until his return to Croatia in 1997. We shall miss you very much! May God grant you eternal rest!
Umro kipar Josip Turkalj 1924-2007
Preminuo veliki hrvatski kipar, Josip Turkalj, 1924-2007 Umro kipar Josip Turkalj Josip Turkalj Hrvatski kipar koji je živio u Americi bio je mecena kulturnih ustanova i udruga hrvatskog naroda u iseljeništvu…
Umro Andjelko Vuckovic, alkarska legenda
Umro Alkarska Legenda Umro Andjelko Vuckovic, alkarska legendaVecernji list, 11.06.2007.SINJ – Nenadano u 65. godini zivota danas je preminuo Andjelko Vuckovic, alkarska legenda koji je osvojio pet alka, jednu coju i tri…
Ivica Raean 1944 – 2007
Croatia’s former prime minister Ivica Racan has died. He was 63. He passed away in hospital on Sunday morning after kidney cancer discovered in February spread to his brain. As head of the Croatian Communist Party in 1990, Racan allowed the country’s first free elections.
Andrija Mohorovičić and his MOHO discontinuity of the Earth
Among scientists studying seismology the famous Moho layer (or Moho discontinuity) of the Earth is well known. It was named after the great Croatian geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić (1857-1936), professor at the University of Zagreb. His discovery was essential for understanding the inner structure of the Earth and the behavior of seismic waves. This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of Croatian science.
Ivan Illich, 1926-2002
Ivan Illich, was one of the world’s great thinkers, a polymath whose output covered vast terrains. He worked in 10 languages; he was a jet-age ascetic with few possessions; he explored Asia and South America on foot; and his obligations to his many collaborators led to a constant criss-crossing of the globe in the last two decades.
Otto Lang, 1908-2006: Northwest icon founded first ski school at Mount Rainier
Otto Lang, a skiing pioneer and filmmaker, was a Northwest icon who had few equals in elegance, work ethic and zest for life. Lang, who touched the lives of neophyte skiers and Hollywood stars alike, died at his West Seattle home at the age of 98.
Albert Einstein's protest against the murder of Milan Sufflay in Zagreb in 1931
75 years since an appeal of Albert Einstein and Heinrich Mann to the League of Nations against the murder of Croatian scholar Dr Milan Sufflay in Croatian captial Zagreb in 1931 at the age of 52
Umro Dr. (R)ivko Anton Strika 1931 – 2006
Dr. Živko Anton Strika, 75 godina star internist i gastroenterolog, preminuo je u četvrtak 31-og kolovoza 2006, poslije kratke bolesti u Šibenskoj bolnici.
(E) Zeljka Suncica Matutinovic, Ph.D. 1966 – 2006
Zeljka Suncica Matutinovic, Ph.D. 1966 – 2006 Zeljka (Suncica) Matutinovic died Sunday, July 2, on Martha’s Vineyard. She was 41. While vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard, she was in a traffic accident…
(E,H) Ivan Nogalo 1950-2006
Ivan Nogalo 1950-2006 U Clevelandu (SAD), u petak 7. srpnja 2006., u 56. godini zivota preminuo g. Ivan Nogalo, jedan od osniva a Hrvatskoga bloka i lan Glavnog odbora stranke….