 December 7, 2013.
SPORT
Kovac awaits World Cup draw in Brazil.
ZAGREB: Croatian national football team coach Niko Kovac and the rest of the delegation went to Brazil to await the draw for the World Cup 2014 scheduled for Friday.Croatia is in the pot with European teams.
During the travel to Salvador where the draw will take place, Croatian delegation spent time in friendly talks with the delegation of the neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia has won its place at the World Cup thanks to a win over Iceland in the play off.(croatiantimes/HIC)
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 December 5, 2013.
Government to reduce privileged pensions by 10% .
As of 1 January 2014, privileged pensions are to be reduced by 10 per cent for all beneficiaries receiving more than HRK 5,000 per month, Labour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday and the government forwarded the proposal for the reduction to parliament.
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 19.11.2013.
Europe's budgetary surveillance moves into full gear.
by : europa.eu
BRUSSELS: On friday, 15th november, the European Commission presented a major package of budgetary surveillance announcements, covering 13 euro area Member States. Included three non-euro Member States, with a special focus also on the euro area as an economic entity in its own right. (more)
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 11.11.2013.
CROATIAN POETS
Luko Paljetak awarded Pushkin Medal.
Croatian poet Luko Paljetak has been awarded the Pushkin Medal by the Academy of Russian Literature in recognition of his outstanding artistic contribution to contemporary European culture and his active participation in Russian-Croatian cultural cooperation, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) said on Wednesday.
Paljetak, a member of the HAZU, was awarded the medal on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Paljetak and Italian novelist Umberto Eco were the first foreigners to be admitted to the membership of the Academy of Russian Literature in 2011.(tportal daly)
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 October 24, 2013.
COMPANIES
PLIVA opens new generic pharmaceuticals plant
ZAGREB: On Friday, 18th October, on Zagreb the Croatian pharmaceuticals company PLIVA inaugurated a new plant for the production of medicine earmarked (tablets ) for export to Europe and the US. PLIVA is part of the Israel-based multinational group TEVA.
The 80-million-euro investment is one of the largest in Croatia of the past few years and is expected to create 200 people more. The company is mainly focused on the production of generic pharmaceuticals and with the new plant PLIVA will be able to increase its production of pills and capsules by two billion per year: a 25 percent rise on current production levels.
Company directors have also announced that 15 million euros more will soon be invested for the development of sterile production. HIC
 October 24, 2013.
HOTELS IN ZAGREB
Celebration of the 10th anniversary of the hotel Aristos in Zagreb
ZAGREB:Hotel Aristos celebrated its 10th birthday and 10 years of successful business and being on the market on 2nd October 2013 with the appropriate party, good music, culinary delights and the presence of three hundred guests from the public and economic life of the diplomatic corps.
Hotel Aristos was opened in 2003, and after 5 years of successful business starts new investments and in April 2013 expands its capacity. With a total of 150 rooms,modern conference center, a Wellness center and other hospitality facilities has become known as city business hotel.
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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF
CROATIAN AMERICANS (NFCA)
NFCA president responds and condemns Bob Doylan's Statements !
WASHINGTON, DC: “We are very disappointed in Mr. Bob Dylan’s analogy and comparison of the Croatian People to Nazi’s and the KKK. The fact is that the Croatian people have never been aggressors or racists. (more)
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 16.11.2013.
NFCA:The new Co-Chairs for the Congressional Croatian Caucus.
WASHINGTON ,DC: The National Federation of Croatian Americans (NFCA) Cultural Foundation is pleased to announce the two new Co-Chairs for the Congressional Croatian Caucus. After much discussion and input from many Croatian Americans and Members of Congress, NFCA President Paul Tonsetic-Kunder announced that Representatives Janice Hahn (D-CA) of San Pedro and David Joyce (R-OH) of NE Ohio have agreed to serve as leaders of the Croatian Caucus in the 113th Congress. (more)
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 24.9.2013.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is ready to conduct a cenzus on October 1-15, 2013.
Is BiH ready for first census in 22 Years!
WASHINGTON DC:After the meeting of EUROSTAT Director Pieter Everaers and BiH Minister of Transport and Communications Damir Hadzic, the International Monitoring Operation (IMO) gave a positive assessment of preparations for the implementation of the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 1-15, 2013. ( more )
Hrvatska u mom Srcu – Croatia in my heart and Vox Croatica
The radio program Croacia en mi Corazón - Hrvatska u mom Srcu – (Croatia in my heart) is conducted by Mr. Jure Papac. The program, in Spanish and Croatian, is broadcast by Radio Amplitud AM 660 from Buenos Aires live on Saturdays from 13:00 to 15:00 (Argentine time).
The program can be heard during the following week in www.voxcroatica.net. The program is re-transmitted several times during the week on our Internet radio, along with other Croatian material.
The Internet radio Vox Croatica transmits day and night, every week, in several languages.
Joza Vrljičak, Editor in Chief,
Studia Croatica and Vox Croatica
studiacroatica@gmail.com
voxcroatica@gmail.com
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 Decembre 7th, 2013
Hurricane Xavier hits Poland.
POLAND: Yesterday between midnight and 5 am local time,firefighters took part in 546 actions with the worst hit area being the West Pomerania region on the Baltic coast. They intervened 124 times in West Pomerania, and there were also high instances of problems in Wielopolska (63) and Silesia (59).
Four people were injured, including two in Silesia, one in Wielkopolska and one in Masovia. Meanwhile, twelve people in the Silesian town of Cieszyn had to be evacuated following damage to a gas line, and a six-person family in the vicinity of Zlotoryja, Lower Silesia also had to be moved. A power line that fell on a barn in Skotnik, West Pomerania, killed twenty-six cattle. Strong winds are expected to continue on Friday, accompanied by snow, and once again the Baltic coast is the most vulnerable area. Over 100,000 households were left without electricity on Friday morning as Hurricane Xavier lashed Poland. After the tree felt on the car in Pomerania region three people are reported to be dead.
Strong winds are expected to continue on Friday, accompanied by snow, and once again the Baltic coast is the most vulnerable area
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Decembre 7th, 2013.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President’s statement on the passing of Nelson Mandela.
KYIV, 6 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic issued the following statement today on the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela:
“I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former South African President Nelson Mandela. I send my sincere condolences to his family, friends, and the citizens of South Africa. Nelson Mandela is one of history’s greatest democratic icons. His legacy will continue to serve as a beacon of hope for generations of pro-democracy leaders, lawmakers, activists, and people around the world who strive for freedom and equality.
As someone who has witnessed the horrors unleashed by interethnic intolerance in the Balkans, I have long been inspired on a personal level by Nelson Mandela's quest for a more righteous world. Let us all – in the OSCE area and beyond – continue to emulate his courage and vision.” (OSCE press/ HIC)
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Decembre 7th, 2013
Nelson Mandala died.
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, non-violent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. In 1993, Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to dismantle the country's apartheid system. In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. In 2009, Mandela's birthday (July 18) was declared Mandela Day to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader's legacy. Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013, at age 95 (Mandela's biography)
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22.11.2013.
LATVIA
Grocery roof collapse in Riga,
32 dead
RIGA(Latvia):32 people died, including three firefighters, after an enormous section of roof collapsed at a Latvian supermarket in the country's capital, emergency medical officials said on Friday. The roof collapsed on Thursday evening (21st november).
The reason for the collapse during shopping rush-hour was still not known but rescue and police officials said that possible theories include building's design flaws and poor construction work.(AP/HIC)
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 29.10.2013.
POLAND
Tadeusz Mazowiecki died
A state funeral of the former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki (86) to be held on Sunday, November 3rd, at St. John’s Arch-Cathedral in Warsaw. The service will begin at 11.00 am local time. Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be buried in his family’s grave in Laski, near Warsaw.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki was a Solidarity activist and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe since the end of World War II.
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