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Forums are LIVE!

Forums are LIVE!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for, and bugging me about has arrived.  I wasn’t sure the forums would ever come back. I have since decided that they are an integral part of communicating as a community, and that is what Croworld is really about. The forums will unfortunately be fresh, meaning no old posts [...]

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Gotovina et al. Closing Arguments to be heard from Monday 30 August to Thursday 2 September 2010

Gotovina et al. Closing Arguments to be heard from Monday 30 August to Thursday 2 September 2010

Closing arguments in the case of Ante Gotovina, Ivan Čermak and Mladen Markač will begin on Monday 30 August at 9:00 in Courtroom III and will last until Thursday 2 September. The Prosecution has been allotted six hours to deliver its closing arguments, and the three Defence teams will each have two and a half [...]

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Mississauga: Community Picnic / fundraiser

Mississauga: Community Picnic / fundraiser

There will be a community Picnic / fundraiser for the newly reconstructed pool at Croatian Park- Father Kamber to take place on Sunday, Aug 29th. Come out and support your local park with musical entertainment provided by T.S. Frajeri and Mladen Zalac & Grupa Bravo. Sponsored By:   Croatian Parish Toronto & Mississauga, Park Management- Community park [...]

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St Catharines: 47th Annual Croatian National Soccer Tournament

St Catharines: 47th Annual Croatian National Soccer Tournament

September 4,5 2010 Host: “Hrvat” St. Catharines Website: www.hrvatstcatharines.com Contacts: dpolich@cogeco.ca,      mojan@cogeco.net MAP TO ALL EVENT & HOTEL LOCATIONS Friday September 3 8:00pm – Meeting of all Federation members and team delegates Location: Quality Hotel – Headquarters for Tournament Saturday September 4 9:00am – Tournament Start / Matches Begin – Ridley College 12:00pm [...]

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Will Croats protest against Ceca’s proposed Australian tour?!

Will Croats protest against Ceca’s proposed Australian tour?!

Well known Serb folk singer and widow of Željko Ražnatović Arkan, the commander of a paramilitary group known as Arkan’s Tigers has once again stepped into the spotlight as she plans to tour Australia. The potential organiser of Ceca’s Australian tour, Adnan Mundžić of Sydney (known as a concert organiser under the name ‘Pop-Rock Maraton’) [...]

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Zvonko Busic on the purpose of Croatian life

Zvonko Busic on the purpose of Croatian life

Zvonko Bušić (hakave.org) Translated by Pave Jusup Good evening. From the bottom of my heart I’d like to thank you for coming this evening. It’s really heartening to see such a great number of you here, especially because most of you are still in your youth. It’s true, this evening’s proceedings were aimed at students, [...]

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What is the point of Croatian diplomatic missions in Australia?

What is the point of Croatian diplomatic missions in Australia?

Asking this question in such a negative tone already indicates that there is something not quite right about how Croatian diplomatic missions are functioning in Australia with respect to the community which they serve. The Croatian community has had its fair share of bad General Consuls and Ambassadors, some even embroiled in thieving furniture from [...]

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Toronto: Croatian Students might lose their identity

Toronto: Croatian Students might lose their identity

UofT has had a Croatian program for many years running.  Helping our Kids learn about our culture, language and traditions.  This program has been a great success until now.  Some controversy has risen with the institution of a new Serbian professor.  The program has been changed for the upcoming year which has merged the slavic [...]

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Buying farmland in Croatia

Buying farmland in Croatia

At the end of 2008, the Croatian Parliament passed a new Agricultural Land Law. But, in February 2010 this law was altered, and on the basis of these changes, some legal provisions, important for all those involved in buying and selling land in Croatia, will start to be applied from July 1, 2010.

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Canadian Croatians thank PM Stephen Harper

Canadian Croatians thank PM Stephen Harper

Recently, Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, visited Croatia for the first time and had kind words to say about Croatia.  Canadian Croatian leaders sent a thank you letter for his kind words.  Stephen Harper is the first Prime Minister to visit Croatia since it’s independence.  Read more to see the letter.

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