Vienna Resident Tihana Babij is the New Miss Supranational Croatia
Vienna resident Tihana was selected as Miss Supranational from among the diaspora communities. She comes from a large family with roots in Plehan near Derventa.
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Extended Deadline for Toys at Heart Contest Applications
The Croatian Heritage Foundation in Zagreb, the Croatian Studies Foundation of Sydney, and the Croatian School of Boston have announced an extended deadline for the submission of works for the TOYS AT HEART contest inspired by Croatian traditional culture!
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Croatian Writers Visit Cuba
Writers Željka Lovrenčić, Tomislav Marijan Bilosnić and Marko Gregur took part in the twenty-second International Poetry Festival of Havana, an event staged in the Cuban capital since 1996.
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Budak’s Croatian History from 550 to 1100
This is the tenth of a planned twenty volumes in the Croatian History Series. At the presentation young historians Trpimir Vedriš PhD and Goran Bilogrivić PhD noted that this tome offers new interpretations and is the fruit of the latest research, some published here for the first time.
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May Issue of Matica Magazine Available
In the latest issue read all about the Branding Croatia conference, the Night of Books event, the All Together for the Best of Croatia festival in Vukovar, the Croatian folklore festival in Germany and much, much more.
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Croatian School Day in Hungary
On hand for the ceremony were Vesna Haluga, the Croatian general consul in Pécs, Ivan Gugan and Angela Šokac Marković, the president and vice president respectively of the Croatian self-government authority, long time former Croatian self-government authority president Mišo Hepp, the head of the Croatian language and literature department at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs and the director of the Hungarian Croatian Institute of Sciences Stjepan Blažetin, CHF deputy director Ivan Tepeš and Lada Kanajet Šimić, the head of our education, science and sports department.
Australian Painter Donates Her Paintings to Rijeka Museum
A native of Croatia’s Istria County, Gina Sinozich was seventy when she created her first painting, achieving international acclaim within a few years. Sinozich announced that several more of her works would be presented to the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral.
Novo Mesto Hosts 7th Croatian Culture Parliament
Welcome addresses were followed by performances featuring: the Novo Mesto Croatian Culture Association, the Međimurje Croatian Culture Society of Ljubljana, the Komušina Croatian Culture & Arts Society of Škofja Loka, the Međimurje Folklore Ensemble of Ljubljana, the Klapa Dalmari vocal ensemble of the Croatian Culture Society of Maribor, the Istra Croatian Culture Society of Piran, the Međimurje Croatian Culture Society of Velenje, the Pomurje Croatian Culture Society of Lendava and the Ljubljana Croatian Society of Ljubljana.
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Meeting of Italian Croatians in Padua
The Catholic holy mass was followed by a concert featuring the Libertas mixed choir from Dubrovnik conducted by Viktor Lenert and accompanied by pianist Ivana Jelača. On hand to welcome the gathered and thank the hosts for their hospitality were Duška Madunić, the president of the Croatian Community of the Veneto region, and Maja Mozara, the head of the Dubrovnik branch office of the Croatian Heritage Foundation.
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Cetin Exhibition in Split
The Eve exhibition was opened by Tonći Šitin. Joining the artist to speak at the opening was Gerard Denegri, the first honorary consul of France in Split.