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Interview with Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia

FrontPage / Naslovna, NewsBy Marin Knezović 2. March 2023.

In an exclusive interview for Matica magazine, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, talks about the importance of Croatia’s entry into the euro area and Schengen, looks at the position of Croats in the European neighborhood and highlights the significantly increased budget funds for strategic projects of the Central State Office for Croats Abroad for the needs of our entire emigrant population, including incentives for repatriation under the I Choose Croatia! scheme.

Josip Novaković from Canada was presented with the Fr Lucijan Kordić DHK award

FrontPage / Naslovna, NewsBy Marin Knezović 21. November 2022.

The award of the Croatian Writers’ Association (DHK), named after the famous poet of Croatian modernism in exile Fr Lucijan Kordić, was presented on November 16 in the hall of the Croatian Writers’ Association in Zagreb to the American-Croatian writer with a current residence in Canada, Josip Novaković, for the collection of storis “Honey in…

The most beautiful girls of Croatian roots at the Cultural fashion show in Tomislavgrad

FrontPage / Naslovna, NewsBy Marin Knezović 22. July 2022.

The 9th traditional clothing fashion show and the selection of the most beautiful Croatian woman in traditional national costume outside the Republic of Croatia, organized by the Stećak Association and co-organized by the Croatian Heritage Foundation, has ended. On July 8 in Tomislavgrad, Drina Jelena Dujmić from Canada, whose mother has Duvno roots, was declared…

June Matica Issue

NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 14. July 2022.

n addition to the usual columns, June Matica issue also brings articles about the Statehood Day of the Republic of Croatia, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Franjo Tuđman and the humanitarian concert of the “Prsten” Association.

Matica Magazine: May Issue

NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 25. May 2022.

In addition to the topics of mother tongue and culture, this year’s Croatian Emigrant Almanac by longtime editor Vesna Kukavica exclusively brings the topics of the birth of our public diplomacy in the diaspora, which is related to the celebration of the 30th anniversary of international recognition of the Republic of Croatia

Happy Easter wishes to Croats around the world

FrontPage / Naslovna, NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 13. April 2022.

For more than 70 years, CHF has been helping to preserve our community, regardless of the thousands of kilometers often separating individual Croatian groups. During the Easter holidays, we are aware of this more than usual. We are convinced that we will continue to help preserve and enhance the sense of closeness of our entire nation

Matica magazine: The March Issue

NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 13. April 2022.

The cover and articles of this issue are a tribute to Croatian Language Month. From the Bosnia and Herzegovina edition of Večernji list newspaper, we “borrowed” an interview with Jelena Nadinić, PhD, from Buenos Aires, one of the participants in the 5th Croatian Emigrant Congress to be held in Mostar

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Matica Magazine: Double Issue

NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 2. March 2022.

Figures and events in focus include Chile’s president-elect Gabriel Boric Font, the life and work of recently deceased eminent Croatian historian Ivan Čizmić, Vladimir Peter Goss’ excellent review of Božo Skoko’s Strateško komuniciranje država (“Strategic State Communication”), and a look at the work of artist Slavko Kopač, currently featured at a Zagreb exhibition.

Antonio Sammartino Posthumous Recipient of 2021 Metron Prize

NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 2. March 2022.

A seven member panel met on 16 February to award the Metron Croatian Centre’s culture prize for 2021. The panel unanimously voted to award the Metron prize posthumously to Antonio Sammartino, an activist from the Molise Croatian enclave in southern Italy.

Željka Lovrenčić’s Latest Book

FrontPage / Naslovna, NewsBy Diana Šimurina Šoufek 2. March 2022.

Much of the book is dedicated to essays that treat literature created abroad by people of Croatian extraction, on which her work as a researcher is focused. Among these are German authors such as Nela Stipančić Radonić and Adolf Polegubić, Ljerka Toth Naumova of North Macedonia, Australians Drago Šaravanja and Vladimir Jakopanec, Adrian Vuksanović from Montenegro, and Chileans Andrés Morales Milohnić, Sergio Vodanović, Eugenio Mimica Barassi, Guillermo Mimica and Vesna Mimica.

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