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The Prime Joker
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Croatia’s Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic is actually a very funny bloke. Although he mostly doesn’t mean to be funny, every now and then he makes the nation laugh. The Prime Joker, that’s who he is. Considering that he’s elect...
I’m back, Arnie style!
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No, dear reader, I won’t annihilate anyone, I’m just back to the blogosphere. To make a long story short, last few months were pretty chaotic, draining all the energy out of me so I’ve temporarily quit writing this blog. It wasnR...
Prime Minister insulted by the U.S. Visa Application Form
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Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic found himself insulted by the U.S. Visa Application Form. Even though this sounds funny – apparently, Prime Minister was even considering not going to the NATO summit in Chicago because his ego was deeply...
Easter gives us hope we desperately need
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Christians from all over the world celebrate Easter, the greatest day among the followers of Christ. His resurrection has given the mankind a drop of hope that everything we do on this Earth isn’t meaningless. Living in times of severe politica...
Bosnian Minister of Foreign Affairs caught editing the News
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Bosnian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Social Democrat leader Zlatko Lagumdzija has been caught instructing the public TV station’s News editor on what to say on air about the official visit of Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic to their...
ACTA The Ominous
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There aren’t many acronyms that have filled the news so vigorously as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement also known as ACTA. I won’t go into basics of it, which are pretty much well known by now through the media reports or simply th...
Euro crisis: Five minutes to twelve
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While winter slowly releases the grip around Europe, the crisis of the Euro is unrelenting. With mere weeks before mother nature begins another rebirth phase of the never-ending cycle, it seems that the winter is planning to make a permanent home for...
Croatia will adopt new fiscal rules
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During his visit to Brussels, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic stated that Croatia will adopt new fiscal rules even before than it will be obligated to do so. Milanovic’s government is trying to cut the Croatian budget deficit regardless...
Batman on break in Serbia?
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Serbia is host to 2012 European Men’s Handball Championship. Croatia, a handball giant, participates in the championship and plays a big role as usual. Our national team has attracted a few thousand fans to travel abroad and cheer the team on i...
Serbian Batman takes a break?
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Serbia is host to 2012 European Men’s Handball Championship. Croatia, a handball giant, participates in the championship and plays a big role as usual. Our national team has attracted a few thousand fans to travel abroad and cheer the team on i...
Why are we boarding the Titanic?
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It’s quite fashionable to compare the EU to Titanic these days. Maybe it won’t sink, but the European project is not attractive as it once was, that’s for sure. That’s why many international analysts and bloggers just can̵...
EU referendum: Don’t know – don’t care
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The results of the referendum are clear – Croatia has chosen Europe! Two thirds of Croatian voters voted ‘YES’ in today’s referendum on country’s EU accession. Exactly 22 years after that historical day when Croatian del...
Gotovina’s ‘YES’ in the referendum
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Retired Croatian army general and a war hero Ante Gotovina will vote ‘YES’ in the EU accession referendum. This information was passed down to Croatian media by his solicitor Luka Misetic earlier today. Although many find this shocking be...
Worshiped like Gods
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Few days before the referendum on Croatia’s EU accession I found myself thinking about the interesting scenario. Despite my decision to vote ‘yes’ on the referendum, it would be rather exciting to witness Croatia’s ‘no&#...
Croatia marks 20th anniversary of international recognition
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15 January 1992 was the big day for Croatia which had declared its independence from Yugoslavia only few months earlier. While the country had already been pretty much occupied and destroyed, Europe’s solution of the crisis was something that a...
Schadenfreude – Croatian export
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Granted, schadenfreude is not originally a Croatian concept. But we did stew it to perfection, much like the Japanese tend to perfect a product. Neighboring nations in the Balkans helped quite a bit as they are also experts on the matter. Croats tend...
It’s going doooooown!
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Croatian support for joining the EU has fallen 0.5 percentage points on the start of January and now, 15 days before the referendum, only 55.1 percent of Croatian citizens would vote ‘YES’ on the upcoming referendum. Also, 33.3 percent ar...
Minimal State of Croatia. Possible?
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For the last few days I’ve often found myself thinking what would it be like if Croatian political and economic system was adopted by a bigger state. It’s sometimes funny and tragic at the same time when you look at the way a little count...
The road to EU is paved with manipulation
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Today is the ‘big day’ on which the new wave of pro-EU propaganda will be released in Croatian media. Nevertheless, a small amount of that epic bull has already hit the air. As Mario Profaca, a famous Croatian journalist, noticed and publ...
New Year 2012: More of the same?
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New Year’s Eve. Special time of the year. Time marches on relentlessly through the only day of the year that has a countdown. Countdown to a snake shedding like process for many people in which they try to discard their old habits,bury them dee...
