The Dutch literary scene Nov 12, 2009
" Articles on 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine... Populist politics are on the rise in Europe. Ivan Krastev, G.M.Tams, Ralf Dahrendorf, Jacques Rupnik and others on democratic illiberalism. Cultural citizenship responds to the multicultural context of contemporary societies: texts by Ivaylo Ditchev, Charles Taylor, Rada Ivekovic... Are wars that are fought between nations a thing of the past, and are the future challenges more a case of ethnic strife and break-up of failed... (Harper's Magazine)
All Men are Liars: Oct 29, 2009
Answering criticism cricket fails to encourage ethnicity, Damien Bown, GM of game development for CA, cited current player Simon Katich, who is from a Croatian background and Jason Gillespie, who identifies as Aboriginal (and is retired). And that was it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
The Imaginary Pirate of Globalization, Antoine Garapon, Eurozine Sep 23, 2009
Common to new Croatian writing is the postwar experience, with marginal characters exploring tensions between individual and society. Katharina Raabe. (Harper's Magazine)
* World News Quick Take Aug 11, 2009
The pirates hijacked the Buccaneer on April 11 with a crew of 10 Italians, five Romanians and one Croatian and took it to a point close to Las Qoray, Somalia. The ship is now on its way to the port of Djibouti, escorted by naval vessels. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Serbs see new 'war crimes' tape Jul 29, 2009
Like the previous tape, Tuesday's video was apparently shot during Operation Storm in 1995, when Croatian soldiers recaptured parts of Croatia from ethnic Serbs who had declared independence ... In 2001, General Ante Gotovina was indicted by the Hague tribunal for alleged crimes committed by Croatian forces during Operation Storm ... Former Croatian General Ante Gotovina, who led the offensive, is being tried at The Hague in relation to the killing and forced eviction of ethnic Serb civilians. (Yahoo News -- Serbia & Montenegro)
Concern over Bhutan suicide rate Jul 2, 2009
Tornado strikes Croatian coast. Day three of Britain's heatwave. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Call for 3D Olympics screenings Jun 22, 2009
Tornado strikes Croatian coast. Examining footage from Iran. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cultural crossings Jun 22, 2009
Page last updated at 07:20 GMT, Monday, 22 June 2009 08:20 UK. Wales' culture crossing Atlantic. (BBC News -- UK)
Dental care changes report due Jun 22, 2009
Tornado strikes Croatian coast. Huge rally defies Ayatollah. (BBC News -- UK)
'This is home': Bosnian refugees come of age Jun 21, 2009
It looks like 22-year-old Dzevdana Ahmetovic, a teacher s aide for the House of the Good Shepherd, who still remembers the chill that stole her sleep in the concrete Croatian chicken slaughterhouse where she and 1,000 other Bosnian refugees hid for almost two years ... Dzevdana Ahmetovic was 8-years-old when war in Bosnia forced her, her mother and brother to flee without her father to a Croatian refugee camp ... And it looks like 30-year-old Isobel Abner Bliss, a costume designer at... (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Roslyn's Lithuanian heritage celebrated Jun 16, 2009
Barich, who is the first generation descendant of Croatian immigrants who settled in Roslyn, said there was a lot of history and emotion for him in the day s celebration ... Lithuanians in Cle Elum wrote on Jun 15, 2009 5:14 PM:" In a couple of remodeling jobs in my house I have come across some Lithunian language newspapers from 1939-1955 out of Chicago that have been buried in the walls or in the attic. You dont here as much about the Lithuanians as you do the Italians or Croatians in the... (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
Brown awaits reshuffle response Jun 6, 2009
Page last updated at 07:35 GMT, Saturday, 6 June 2009 08:35 UK. Brown waits on reshuffle response. (BBC News -- Europe)
Ian ThomsenINSIDE THE NBA Jun 6, 2009
Sunday will mark the 16th anniversary of the death of Petrovic, a 28-year-old Croatian coming off an All-NBA season when he was killed in a car accident in Germany. "He was a basketball hermit. He didn't have a lot of social life other than basketball," said Kenny Grant, the American agent who helped Petrovic break ground by entering the NBA in 1989. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Beyonce Offering Fans $20 Tickets For Her North American Concerts May 28, 2009
The artist kicked off the European leg of her world tour in late April with an electrifying sold-out performance in Zagreb, Croatia where more than 17,500 ecstatic fans -- the largest single audience for an international artist in Croatian concert history -- danced, sang-along and partied with the iconic superstar during a history-making two-hour show. Her first of four sold-out shows at London's 20,000-seat O2 Arena, Europe's largest in-door concert venue, inspired the to headline its review:... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Infotainment May 21, 2009
According to personnel screening documents obtained by the paper, one woman in the running for a job at a Croatian subsidiary of. Daily Times - All Rights Reserved. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Senior projects wrap up student careers May 13, 2009
The presentations took place earlier this month, involving a variety of subjects including timber falling, nursing, German cooking, Ellensburg s historical buildings and the Croatian language, to name a few ... Harkness, whose father s side of the family is Croatian, took the opportunity to learn about her culture by learning to speak Croatian ... Harkness split the project into two parts by studying both the national history of Croatia and the Croatian language. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
This Week: Arts and entertainment picks May 4, 2009
Croatian American Cultural Center, 60 Onondaga Ave., San Francisco. (510) 649-0941. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Reading the North Apr 5, 2009
The blurb: Yugoslav names are so identified with Alaska that they are not thought of as Croatian, Slovenian or Montenegrin ... Excerpt: "John Peratrovich, a Croatian-Italian fisherman called 'Dago John,' was born on the Dalmatian coastline about 1859. He jumped ship from the Dalmatian coast and landed in San Francisco. As an expert seiner, he began looking for work. Word got around the canneries that John Peratrovich knew how to mend seine nets. ... (When he) arrived in Klawock about 1876 ...... (Anchorage Daily News)
As tourism sags, Croats reach out to Serbs Mar 19, 2009
When tourism officials from two Croatian regions, Istria and Dalmatia, last month sent a delegation to a trade fair in Belgrade for the first time since the 1991-1995 war, people on both sides noted sardonically that economic doldrums were forcing Croats to turn to Serbs to help save them ... Croatian business people say tourism is all the more insecure because the Central Bank of Croatia, traumatized by the hyperinflation of the war years, has rigidly pegged the local currency, the kuna, to the... (International Herald Tribune)
Israeli documentary wins Croatian best film award Mar 1, 2009
BELGRADE, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli documentary "Lady Kulel Arab" on Saturday won the best film award in the international competition at this year's Croatian documentary film festival ZagrebDox ... The fifth Croatian documentary festival, which began on Feb. 23,screened 54 films competing for awards in the international and regional categories and concluded on Saturday evening with the award-giving ceremony. (Xinhuanet, China)
Staging the magic of Isabel Allende Feb 18, 2009
Born in Philadelphia to a Cuban mother of Spanish descent and an Argentine father with Croatian ancestry, she has often addressed issues of cultural identity and displacement in her work, from a distinctly feminist and Hispanic point of view. "I liked not only Caridad's feminist sensibility but also her poetry," Zayas said. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Today's Videos Feb 10, 2009
(04/07/08) Croatian journalist speaks. (04/07/08) Baseball: Purdue defeats Iowa. (Daily Iowan, IA)
