Category: Politics

http://www.worldpress.org/Europe/641.cfm  From the August 2002 issue of World Press Review (VOL. 49, No. 8)Croatia: New Math Katarina Subasic World Press Review correspondent  A Croation woman holds aloft a picture of late Croatian…

  Ivica Račan Croatian Prime Minister ResignsBy Snjezana Vukic ZAGREB, Croatia. Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan resigned Friday in a political maneuver apparently aimed at forcing a rival party out of his…

  President MesićCroatian president says he plans to visit Libya  ZAGREB, Croatia – Croatia’s president said Monday that he has accepted an invitation from Moammar Gadhafi to visit Libya sometime in the…

    CroatiaCancels Deal With IranThe Associated Press, Wed 19 Jun 2002     ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Following aU.S. request, Croatia has canceled a $12 million deal with Iran to buildamphibian military patrol…

    EVENING NEWS 26.6.2002.  PM and Deputy Express Opposite Views on Krsko Agreement Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan expressed dissatisfaction  with the statement made by the Croatian Social Liberal Party  (HSLS)that…

Remembering the War in Dubrovnik. Hrvatski Vjesnik (Australia) New Generation Supplement No. 922 21 June 2002 Brian Gallagher I recently visited Croatia, taking the time to visit Dubrovnik. The city was as beautiful as ever. What caught my eye was a paperback book entitled Dubrovnik in War, published by Matica Hrvatska – Dubrovnik. This was the 2001 imprint of a book printed during the war and contains a number of essays on the war, but primarily carries many shocking photographs of war damage. Another item that caught my alert eye was an excellent thirty minute video on the same topic was also prominently available. It simply showed scenes from the war on Dubrovnik, without narration. The video clearly showed the attacks for what they were: Barbaric attacks on a defenceless city. Simply put, war crimes. The book and video were prominently on display in a number of shops on the Stradun, along with other similar material. This is a good thing. There is a great effort to try and forget the war and create an illusion of “equal guilt”, as opposed to the truth of Serbian expansion effectively backed by certain Western nations. The book and video would no doubt be regarded by some as “relentless propaganda”. That was a term recently used by a notorious extreme left wing Croat journalist- whose Yugo-nostalgic lifework appears to be to create the illusion of equal guilt – to describe why Croats are suspicious of Serbs, and vice versa. The book and video clearly show why some people may still be suspicious of Serbian intentions. Indeed, given Dubrovnik’s – and Croatia’s – role in European history, such suspicion should be shared by all, not just Croats. No doubt many tourists who purchased these items will have been shocked by the photographs and footage of the war; incontrovertible evidence of who the aggressor was and that these events really did happen. Such events should not be forgotten for political convenience. It is a testimony to the independent spirit of Dubrovnik that such items are on prominent display; right in the faces of any visiting international officials who promote the “all sides equally guilty” line, extreme left-wing journalists and those that supported Serbian aggression. Neither item was expensive; I recommend the purchase of both to anyone visiting Dubrovnik. (c) Brian Gallagher

  NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson right, talks with Croatian President Stipe Mesic during the RegionalStability and Co-operation meeting of NATO, Croatia and south-eastern Europe, held in the Croatian capitalZagreb, Monday June…

  Carol S. Marinovich, Mayor of Kansas City www.wycokck.org/mayor/ mayor2.html    Carol S. Marinovich is the Mayor of Kansas City, KS. Population 146,866 Phone (913) 573-5010 Mayor’s e-mail address: myrcarol@toto.net  city’s web site: http://www.wycokck.org By Melanie…

NATO welcomes Croatia as 10th candidate for membership Tue May 14,10:15 AM ET REYKJAVIK, Iceland – NATO (news – web sites) foreign ministers Tuesday accepted Croatia’s request tobecome the 10th candidate on the waiting…

  Chinese, Croatian Presidents Hail Bilateral Ties Jiang Zemin and Stjepan Mesic Xinhuanet 2002-05-16 23:12:05BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhuanet) — Chinese President Jiang Zemin held talks in Beijing on Thursday with visiting Croatian President …