In the latest issue read all about President Grabar-Kitarović’s tour of the Croatian communities of Canada, the CHF’s Croatian Minorities Forum, Zagreb’s Interliber book fair, the CFU tamburitza festival in Pittsburgh and much, much more.
This year’s Christmas issue of Matica magazine was released in mid December, as usual featuring many fascinating articles from the homeland and around the world. The cover features Zagreb’s St Mark’s church in a Christmas setting from the feature article on Advent in Zagreb. Also in the latest issue read all about President Grabar-Kitarović’s tour of the Croatian communities of Canada, the CHF’s Croatian Minorities Forum, Zagreb’s Interliber book fair, the CFU tamburitza festival in Pittsburgh and much, much more.
Dear Matica magazine readers around the world, it is in your interest and ours that our monthly records every notable event from the places you live. We invite you, therefore, to work with us. Write us news items and send photos—work with us in creating the content of Matica magazine, by writing about what you would like to read about. Let’s make Matica a real bridge of Croatian unity.
At the end of the year the Matica editorial staff wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Content
Vukovar commemoration
President Grabar-Kitarović with Canadian Croatians
CHF: Croatian Minorities Forum
Beatification of Janjevo Croats
Changes in foreign pension taxation
Zagreb: Interliber book fair
Karlovac: round table on demographic trends
Kaniža: Croatian Day in Hungary
CFU TamFest in Pittsburgh
Croatian Night in Frankfurt
Zagreb: round table on Croatian and Serbian minorities
An interview with Božo Skoko
Germany: folklore review in Filderstadt
Advent in Zagreb
Argentina: Buenos Aires Celebrates Croatia
Croatian Catholic mission in Nice
Croatian culture review in Sweden
Vienna: round table on Lujo Tončić-Sorinj
A new book by Tuga Tarle
Hungary: Koljnof literary meeting
In memory of Tania Raguž
Sydney: a play on the cravat
Columns
Global Croatia (Vesna Kukavica)
Movement/Aberration (Šimun Šito Ćorić)
Our Towns & Cities (Zvonko Ranogajec)
Dates In History (Željko Holjevac)
The apostolic work of Croatian nuns abroad (Jozo Župić)
Let’s Talk Croatian (Sanja Vulić)
Croatia From the Air (Davor Rostuhar)
Text by: Hrvoje Salopek