What is it like to become a member state of an organization like the European Union (EU)? Croatia, the EU’s newest member, since joining last week, is finding out. This is a letter addressed to “Dear Citizens” from Ankica Paun Jarallah, Director of the Croatian Department of Employment, dated June 21, 2013.
“As you know, July 1, Croatia becomes a full member of the EU, and will share the common employment market with other member states. Therefore, to facilitate the duties of employees of the Department of Employment, we kindly request that you attempt a job search in some of the richer EU countries. We wish you the best of luck.”
FULL LETTER
If this is any indication of things to come for the Republic of Croatia, it’s not going to be pretty. Now that the borders are open to Croatian citizens to the rest of the European Union, you would think state officials would put a plan in place to strengthen the Croatian core with its citizens instead of sending them to other nations. At this pace, they may as well come join us in Australia, Canada and the United States.
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@za E-U spremni,
The problem isn’t what you say, it’s that everybody pretends they didn’t see what you said – and that’s why what you said is probably going to happen. Kinda strange when a bunch of self-styled “fanatical Croats” don’t give a shit about a future Croatia. Let’s at least hope the people who live there (what ever it’s going to be called) in the future are the same RACE as us.
@Faux Cro, you havn’t answered my questions. The SILENCE is deafening.
Ziva Istina: “@matan……well said. I’ve always said there are way too many self-hating hrvati.”
This from the guy who hates his own race.
Matan – YOUR PARENTS HAVE NOT FAILED YOU!
@Matane
Well thought out and presented.
I shake my head how many times on this site you have people preaching how Tito and his yugo polictics were good and protected the Croatian people. 20,000 people are rolling in their graves.
@matan……well said. I’ve always said there are way too many self-hating hrvati.
Matane for the win!
What’s wrong with Croatia?
Historically: There are not enough people within the country that actually like (not love, like) the fact the country exists
Economically: People there think that super-market clerks should gross 2,000 Euros a month
Politically: Croatian politics don’t exist. It’s Yugoslav politics wrapped in Tudjman’s retool of the Croatian flag
Culturally: You’ve got two choices. Hoch Euro-snobbery (these same folks are usually Yugo-oriented – a paradox of itself) or Dinaroid redneck culture. Now, there are substrata of this divide, but I’m not going into it. Personally, I choose the latter. It’s honest.
So when PM Zoran Milanovic said that Croatia is a paradox and that the country was an accident, he was right! But he failed, of course, to mention that he and his type are precisely the reason why it’s a paradox and an accident!
20,000 Croats were killed in the 90’s so that in the new millenium the people could pine for Tito and the Serbian boot… piss off Angela Merkel and roll out the red-carpet for Vojvoda Nikolic.
Enjoy!
Good to see HAET is back.
This is the point where we all get sick of you until you resurface 2 months later.
Not much hajduk can really do with Elez to Lazio. He didn’t want to sign a pro contract with Hajduk.A few more months and Hajduk would not have received anything for him.
I blame Hajduk for not being able to sign him which would have avoided selling him in the first place.
Josip elez sold to lazio for €400k.
Dinamo’s business > hajduk’s business
Robert Kovac – Juventus, Mario Stanic – Parma and Davor Vugrinec (2 or 3 teams) also did well,
This is your Bosnia. Turkish suburb.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=78240
@Ziva
Right.
Also Rapaic in the late 90’s.
@Bobby V
Of course!!!
Trying to think of ones in the 2000’s though.
Juric had a decent career in Italy.
@Poglavnik – Zvonimir Boban, AC Milan legend
Tin finished his medical at Roma about an hour ago according to the Italian press.
Here is the link to the Halilovic article.
http://www.vecernji.hr/sport/vijesti/propao-posao-haliloviceva-obitelj-previse-trazila-spursa-clanak-582024
What’s funny is that they are quoting Italian media, instead of getting the story on their own.
@Ziva, don’t you think the term “half mujo” describing a white guy who’s half Croatian half Bosnian is offensive to Zach who’s half white and half black?
Oh I forgot, you once said “I don’t see skin color”. LOL!
But you can spot a “mujo” from a mile away!…..LOL!
Political Correctness is a religion, anti-whiteness is a disease.
I could be wrong about Jedvaj going to Roma. However, I hope I’m not. I don’t know everything.
I was very skeptical about Radosevic going to Napoli. I wanted to see him go to a weaker team in Serie A. I hope he gets loaned out this summer.
I was not excited about Vukusic going to Pecsara. It is difficult for many strikers to score goals in Serie A, let alone a young, inexperienced striker on a bottom of the barrel team (which focuses on defending and provides very little service to strikers). I don’t want him to go to Lazio either. I think he will ride the pine there. If that happens, it could ruin his career.
I was not excited about Kovacic going to Inter either. Many people didn’t expect him to do as well as he has been.
@Ziva
Good point about our players not doing much in Italy. Other than Kovacic who at this point looks like he could potentially play for any team in the world. Who we’re the last Hrvati to do well there? Tudor, Simic, Boksic, the list is pretty thin I think. The only player I’ve ever thought was well suited for Italy was Niko Kranjcar.
@ziva
Could be a lot of things. Could be that Italian and France clubs have a unilateral agreement, could be the savez has no balls, who knows. All I know is juve has started their training camp and pogba isn’t there. Maybe juve is more lenient than inter, Napoli and dinamo. Not really arguing that, just commenting that most if not all the other national teams are at full strength and Croatia isn’t.
It’d be great if Arsenal swooped in and took the deal, but I’m 98% sure that the whole Arsenal thing was just Mamic blowing smoke, trying to make himself seem important or pump up the value of the the two.
As Mate said above, these guys are still really young and some of these leagues are tough on young guys. I’d rather they go somewhere where the can get some time and develop, then get sold for the big bucks in 5 years or so. As long as the don’t rot on a bench somewhere. I don’t know that Italy is the league for them, I’m sure I’m wrong – because I don’t follow Serie A much, but I feel like once players go to Italy they don’t really leave unless they are stellar. Again, I’m sure that you can find 100 examples of why that’s wrong, but it’s just the impression I get.
Hot off the presses:
The €20M-Spurs offer for Halilovic and Jedvaj is off! Apparently the Halilovic family declined the contract offer.
Mamic and Levy have a very good relationship from what I have heard. This deal to Spurs for the two half mujos broke down because of Halilovic’s contract demands, if we are to believe the media reports. I am pretty sure Mamic is not representing Halilovic, so he had nothing to do with the breakdown. The transfer fee was already agreed to, just not the personal contract terms. Not the first time a transfer has fallen apart because of contract demands.
@Mate…….each club side has a different policy. Did Juve start with preseason camp yet??? Or do they usually allow their players to go?? Inter didn’t want Kovacic to go. From an Inter point of view, I would have done the same. Inter doesn’t benefit much from sending him to the youth WC. They have no plans to sell him this summer, so there is no need to expose him to the world in order for a transfer. Maybe Juve is more lenient on that policy than Inter.
@Faux Cro, Who said anything about being “overrun”?
I love how you politically correct fanatics lie thru your teeth.
Can you anti-white psychos ever give an honest answer? Where would you rather live Germany or Kenya? Russia or the non-white parts of Brazil? the White parts of England or Algeria?
To you there’s no difference at all if Croatia turns brown by “assimilating” w/ non-whites or stays white by assimilating w/ other whites?
Why is loyalty based on citizenship piece of paper A-Okay, but loyalty based on RACE is the worst thing in the world? Who told you to think like that?
@Jarac, why did you quote the word “white”? Surely you’re not retarded enough to believe that white people somehow don’t exist as a race? because you yourself said “white countries don’t give a shit about Croatia”, right?
Also, you might want to improve your reading comprehension skills: What I said IS white ‘people’ the world over WOULD “give a shit” about Croatia IF Croatia declared itself ‘for White people ONLY’. Get it now?
You think Jews would give a shit about Israel if Israel wasn’t a Jewish State (i.e. a “multicultural” state)?
Roma has quality players, but they’re nowhere near what they used to be as a team. At least Tin would have a better chance of PT with them then Tottenham.
The move is interesting though. I would really love to be a fly on the wall in the Mamic and Levy offices. Why did they try to package the two youngsters, even though Tin has only played a handful of games? Does this further deteriorate the deal between Tottenham with Halilovic? Does Arsenal come swooping in after losing efforts to get Suarez and Higuain.
This transfer period has seem some ridiculous transactions so far, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Tottenham deal falls apart all together.
I don’t think it has much to do with the Italian league but more to do with age which also has nothing to do with being Croatian. Selling a player that young is always going to be difficult on the player.
Mateo is a stud and was even a little lucky that inter blew this season so he could find his way into the squad.
Radosevic, livija and vukudic are not the same calibre as Kovacic.
Jedvaj is good but not sure if he is ready for Serie A.
I dont normally agree with Ziva, but the current “sample size” suggests that our guys tend to get lost in the Italian League, except for Kovacic.
There*
Huge sample size their ziva
France v Ghana right now with Uruguay v Iraq on the other side. Pogba is playing for France just proving that most other national teams have their best players. Pogba should probably really be with juventus in their preseason warm ups. Funny how he could get out of it but Mateo couldn’t
Right, because going to Italy has worked for Radosevic, Livaja and Vukusic so far.
Tottenham has showed they will play croatian players, at least until they dip in form or want out.
Rumors: Jedvaj to Roma
I think this could be a good move for him and the repka. Much better than Tottenham.
@ Ziva
We have that car registered with local plates, buy insurance for it, and do the yearly inspections. This runs us about $700 to $750. The car is shared amongst family members. And some of us stay in Croatia for awhile, even going twice a year. So it works out for us.
Hopefully that new song will help jadan Hajduk but I doubt it.
@ ZIva – this women wants Vedran Corluka
http://www.vecernji.hr/zivot/hrvatska-mi-je-drugi-dom-a-vedran-corluka-idealan-muskarac-clanak-581584
For all Hajdukovci, we have a new song coming out. Checkout the link.
http://slobodnadalmacija.hr/Hajduk/tabid/83/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/215317/Default.aspx
Veliki Hajduk 😉
Ziva is retarded
@Klokan
Enjoy.
I guess all the Spur haters are happy now with this failed deal. Hopefully they end up somewhere in Italy or Germany.
drug ziva
ja sam umorna, proklet bio moj zivot! ovdje u splitu, mozete ili spavaju ili odjebe!
No deal! Spurs move for Halilovic & Jedvaj cancelled, allegedly due to family demands
http://is.gd/1lzpDV
@NK
I’m currently staying near Zadar, weather has been up and down for the past 2 weeks now. Finally starting to heat up again. Plenty of tourist around although the season truly starts from about the 15th of July…so I’m told by my cousins lol. So many fucken Germans around, man I can’t stand their language makes my ears sick!
Is that a softer, gentler HAET?
Some of your logic is still flawed.
I don’t want Croatia overrun by the English, Germans or Russians any more than I want it overrun by Algerians, Kenyans or Brazilians.
i kenw i said that but that is hardly a fucking insult jesus chris
if i wanted to insult somewhere i would say something a lot more than that
by my standards that’s acutually an expression of affection
@Iggy
He got you there shit for brains.
You insult a nation and have no clue about it. Lame-o
Respectful travel edicate works where ever you go.
Minus the materialistic superficial crap.I am more interested in a synergy between the Diaspora and the locals.
I have done some projects and they have been meaningful and rewarding.
I am taking my young kids to Croatia for the first time next summer. It is vital for them to know their roots as they are in them, as them, and for them.
@ faux Cro
Agree with you 100%.
I too feel that guttereal experience for Croatia. I appreciate my life in the USA and my ability to actualize who I am and provide for my family.
Going on 39 I am creating my own expression of what being Croatian means to me and my family.
Iggy says:
we’re gonna fucking SLAUGHTER CHILE !! WEEEEE FUCK YEADH da only good CHILLI is ones u eat !!
I rest my case you Drugged Up PILE OF DOG SHIT !!
Poor Guy is so drugged up he forgest what he says..
Jadan Covjek.. U desperately need help
i didnt insu;lt shit u bag of diarrhea raptore
yugoslavia looks better and better with each passing day dont it.
croatians are an endagered species and have been made more endagered with this new union.
You guys bag yugoslavia every chance you get but its defineitly the better option now.
Bring back tito, bring back yugoslavia.
ask urself this u dumbass, why would other “white” countries give to shits about croatia. Answer: THEY DON’T u dip shit
It’s funny too b/c Croatia’s motivation is the almighty dollar (or Euro in this case), and that’s exactly where they will be left behind. If Croatia had the same honest and honorable motivations as when they declared Independence from multiCULTism, except this time did it on a monumental global scale, then the money would flow into Croatia until Kingdom come.
Croatia is always going to be Europe’s poor little step child because you do “what everybody else does” -join the European Union and “embrace multiCULTism” -mommy professor’s latest fashion! Fucking pathetic.
I remember when Tudjman declared Zagreb “the new Jerusalem”. Jews make no qualms about calling their nation “a Jewish state”.
Croatians fought a war, lots of people died and were maimed, people are still suffering the affects of that war – the war was fought to escape multiCULTuralism!
And what does Croatia do? Sanction a new regime of multiCULTuralism, except a much much much worse kind – multi-racialism.
If Croatian had any balls and had any brains, they would declare Croatia a ‘White Race State’. This way white people would pour money into Croatia the way Jews pour money into Israel.
But instead we have dipshits like Bitno who no nothing but to call other white people names such “Cedos”.
And don’t give me this retarded shit like “oh, blacks never did anything to us” – that’s because they don’t live next to us and don’t have the power to do anything. Germany fought France and Poland and Poland fought Germany and Russia because those countries border each other retards – that doesn’t justify turning white countries non-white (white race genocide). DUHH!
@Bobby V
A bit late buddy, all that info and discussion on chile was posted a few days ago around the time the U 20 game against chile was taking place.
Most already knew chile had a huge percentage of Croats living there and the ones that didn’t ziva grilled them on it.
Before the internet provided every sporting event in cro for us to view, some of us relied on Cro radio and listened to some of the bigger events.
One of the radio hosts died today……RIP Ivo
http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/otisao-je-reporter-ali-ostaje-njegov-glas-umro-je-ivo-skopljanac-jedan-od-simbola-kultne-emisije-sport-i-glazba-/687983.aspx
Hey guys, its time to give up on the whole croatia thing. you’re holding onto a sinking ship. croatian people won’t really exist in probably 50 to 100 years
1) Croatia already has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, which will leave its population shrinking considerably in the coming years.
2) Open EU borders will cause croats to seek employment outside of croatia, creating another form of shrinking population, that will leave most likely marry non-hrvats
3) With E-U borders, you’ll also see more non-hrvats into croatia as well.
In terms of whatever genetic uniques croatians might have as an ethnic group, that will likely be washed away. its just fact
@Croatia vs. Antwerp……you mentioned that you have an older model car in Cro. I assume you shipped it over. Any issues registering it year after year? I got so pissed off paying the annual registration/inspection and insurance (between $700-$900) that I got rid of the car. Instead, I just rent now. If I am there for a month, it comes out to being the same amount.
@super splican…….sinko, dizi se. Nemoj spavat cili dan.
Never had a problem with anyone in Cro and what they thought of me being a diaspora Croat.
I think a lot of the stories on here are either exaggerated, or maybe North America has made us just a little too sensitive.
That is the key. The less people flaunt or show off, the more they will be accepted in Cro. I always laugh at the loud mouths from NYC (why is it always them) who show up. You can spot them right away for some reason.
I’ve seen native Croatians get annoyed at the Diaspora when they come and visit. Particularly when they flaunt money, get drunk, act foolish, can’t speak Croatian, and then start telling them how things should be done.
People respect me because I speak fluent Croatian. And I understand their ways and don’t annoy them.
I realize life is hard over there. So I don’t flaunt money or talk about it. Hell, I have an beat up ’98 Sentra that I drive in Croatia, so I’m pretty low key. I grab an Ozujsko with locals and shoot the shit, so people are cool with me.
@Bobby V
I was talking about the chilean connection a few days ago when Iggy insulted their whole nation
Chile have had many Croats in their past squads & so called playmakers playing for their number 1 team Colo Colo, even our Good old Home Grown Mirko Jozic coached Colo Colo back in the early 90’s, he even won the Copa Libertadores with them, the only time for chile
more Croats in Chile then there is in Canada & Aussie land, i have plenty of Chilean friends, & most of them didn’t know until they visited Chile
I am from Cro. We don’t work – we are just professional sleepers, ask my great great friend Ziva Istina!! he know!
^ ^
@Faux Cro
i agree with everything political you’ve said!
You should read a book called “Collapse” by Jared Diamond in regards to fracking.
It’s scary to think that some of the greatest civilizations, and societies collapsed due to underestimating the environmental damages they were doing.
@Poglavnik:
The problem is I don’t identify with either American political party.
Both are symmetrically evil.
haha
@Jarac:
My cousins start talking politics. One will always trash Bush and praise Obama and I try to change the subject.
I tried to get him to come to the US for a rude awakening but he was afraid that my father would forcibly cut his long hair.
I got a few tips for some of ya’ll. One, u need thick skin in croatia. Croatians are what u call “honest” aka another word for dick. They tell u ur hair cut sucks, u look fat, to bag ur own shit at the grocery store, act like ur nuts when u want them to work hard. U need to have thicker skin. Now the issue of dissing the diaspora. U need to understand that these people view diaspora as number one wealthy and two arrogant. From my observance they are pretty much dead on. So, when mr diasporo comes thru and starts telling them why there country sucks and what is wrong with it, and that the USA is better and blah blah blah. They start to dislike u. So, dont discuss politics with people, like nije bitno said, unless u know the people real well. U dont go into someone elses country and tell them it sucks, that is except if ur from the US and u go to CANADA. (haha just a joke my canadian brothers)
@Ziva:
I have benefitted financially as well. Capitalism is great when responsible moral people are at the helm.
If profits trump everything including Western Christian values capitalism shows its weaknesses.
This fracking technology seems valid on a number of levels, but the companies do not properly compensate private citizens whose land and livelihood are ruined.
In Croatia,politicians would be assassinated for similar betrayals.
@Matesic Method:
Last time I was in Croatia, I ran into a NYC Croat in the Zadar airport.
He was acting like a complete bitch. He kept telling the ticket agent (in awful NY English) that he is from Hell’s Kitchen and he doesn’t put up with this or that.
I was embarrassed for him, and even more nervous being the guy after him in line. I mustered up my best Croatian when talking to the same agent moments later.
Honestly, I don’t feel like fish nor fowl.
I feel more of a guttural connection to Croatia that is hard to put into words.
Lijepa Nasa stirs my emotions while I can not say the same for the The Star Spangled Banner. I do not have ill will for the US, but I see it more of a place to make money.
If finances were different I would make sure my kids went there every year, but my parents are getting older and I don’t feel comfortable leaving the kids with them for such an extended period of time. The kids would be fine, but it would not be fair to my parents.
I have many great buddies I used to ball with back in the day all around Rijeka. And during the Euro boom many came to visit me in NYC.
But in Dalmacija half the village lives in NYC and rolls up flaunting all their success and the other half resents it. That shit goes on brother to brother.
My point is that the idiot from NYC and the goat should heal that beef.
In or out there is only 8 million of us walking this planet.
Ofcourse I am a New Yorker and when I am in Hrvatska, but the thought I am not Croatian is provincial at best. Wtf am I then?
You get to a point in life when you let people know who you are and they get what they get.
Even on this site I have been accused of being a Tito lover because I believe in being of service to the greater community.
Croatian has a identity crisis at the level of its soul. We need a new vision for Croatia that honors the best of our past and the promise for our future.
Like it or not we are all a part of this process.
Sve najbolje!
@Faux Cro…..well aware that big business and lobbyists run the show in the US. It sucks from a neutral perspective. But, from a selfish and personal perspective I have benefitted from it. Big Business (Fortune 100) companies have been and are clients.
@Faux Cro
I think it’s time everyone got into “left leaning stuff.”
The American dream is dead!
I have never had a problem back home as well. I have voiced my opinion and they have theirs and we both listen and make our arguments. Never have i been disrespected for leaving the country at the age of 2 in 1990. I speak and read it fluently and am extremely proud of where i am from and all my roots. I also try to go back every 2-3 years and give back to Croatia, i.e giving family money and spending on small businesses and tourist attractions. My biggest way that i give back from here in the states(D.C) is promoting the tourism and beauty of Croatia. Wherever i go i talk to some American about them hearing how beautiful it is and how they want to go, and i tell them how to go and where to stay and to research it all online. I promote it to everyone here thru sports, pictures, history, shows, famous people, anything i can to start something off.
Like Karlovac said all of us that left because of the war left because of a greater future. at least my parents did. We wanted to come straight to the capital and have a better life. And then you learn that the roads are not paved with yellow brick gold. That all the movie delusions arent really, that Hollywood really knows how to make a darn good movie. And thus it becomes hard for alot of us to go back, since we get used to the life here for one and the other its not more stable living there financially.
So now i forgot my point or where this was going but basically my mentality is to be a optimistic as can be and as proud as i can be to represent my Croatia to full extent every single day and to hope for growth and success with our accession into the E.U.
If there is resentment towards the diaspora, then let there be, fuck it. But you do have to see things from “their” perspective and understand that although it may not be totally justified, it is somewhat normal. When I go to Cro I do everything in my power not to seem like I have cash galore (and actually I don’t). I struggle here in N.A. as well, working side jobs, etc., but they don’t see that nor would they believe that. They see us on vacation. When my cousin sees me, he’s just finished a 10 hour shift at a shitty job and I’ve just gotten back from the beach. He may want to stab me, I don’t know. We just do have to be cautious of others’ situations.
America has excessive legislation. I sold a business about 10 years ago and am still dealing with litigation from some dirtbag who is looking for a nuisance settlement.
On principle, I am fighting it and have already spent $10k.
I also have a patent pending that greatly reduces the installation cost of small wind or solar, yet I am having a difficult time even getting a meeting with corporations who could implement my design.
Ante B:
Very amusing. Line of the week.
@Ante & Ziva:
I agree about the starting and running of businesses. The US has many great attributes but big business runs the show.
You can open up a business in 7 days in the US. In Cro you can’t even spell business in 7 days.
@jure
I don’t live in the USA. So fuck all those commies and Tito lovers.
@Faux Cro…….is there corruption in the USA??? sure. But, the difference betweeen Cro and the USA is that an average person has a far better chance of making it in the US through hard work than in Cro. Try opening a business in the US and in Cro. And see in which country you have obstacle after ostacle.
@FauxCro
It’s not just big oil. It’s corporations in general. With the help of the media, they’ve been able to brainwash everything you should and will think. And if you go against what they tell you, then something is wrong with you.
Land of the not so free, and home of the brainwashed.
My 3rd grade peasant Croatian is awful and I know it and I do catch some shit when I do make it back.
Typically from the same people who lived in the US for 30 years and have a poor grasp of the English language.
Some family members think money grows on trees and try to shake me down but others don’t seem to do that.
@Ziva:
You complain about Croatian corruption, but American is far worse.
Just watched the Gaslands documentary. I am not usually into left leaning stuff, but BIG OIL/GAS is doing a number on tons of Americans.
They even showed Australians going through the same nonsenses with Fracking.
If you feel that way about communism, and you live in the United States, you better figure out a new place to move.
fuck those communists and tito lovers
@karlovac74…..agreed. The commie mentality is a problem, but our parents grew up in it as well and had the power to get up and leave.
This is regarding Croatian’s looking down on the Croatian Diaspora. When visiting I’ve always went out of my way to help my family financially and the economy. When I went to a bar I would treat family and tip exceptionally well. I do this in Canada and when I visit Croatia I have the same attitude. I don’t do this to show off or to pretend I’m better its because my parents taught me to be extremely generous and giving. I’m sure many children of Croatian immigrants were taught the same. Thus I believe when we all go to visit, we try to give back to are relatives and the country. The problem isn’t the Croatian Diaspora. If it wasn’t for us. Croatia would be in even more trouble then it already is. I believe that many of us can all agree that are parents left Croatia to get away from Serbian domination and the stupidity of communism. I’m sure all are parents talked about getting rich overseas and eventually moving back but later realized that it was to expensive or to hard because of the roots they established. The real issue is that the Croatian’s that had been living under the Yugoslavian regime were raised to be lazy with no work ethic. When your society is based on the communistic idea that there’s no reason to work hard because everyone is paid equally then it causes a mentality that is poisonous to the nation. If you look at all the ex soviet union countries they are as equally corrupt and dysfunctional. My father and I went to Cro a few year’s back and he was so upset that no one worked the farm fields and that everyone had become so lazy. I don’t blame Croatians for this because like I said its incredibly hard to move from communism to democracy but I’m angered by there attitude toward us. I feel they are extremely jealous toward the Diaspora instead of appreciating are efforts. They are mad and offended by are parents success and act like children. The only thing that I agree with is when they get upset with the notion that we think we are full Croats. We don’t live there so it’s understandable for them to be offended in that sense. Anyway I just wanted to get that off my chest. Feel free to agree or disagree.
CousinBilo and Colin,
Thanks for the warning. I was beginning to call it quits because it’s starting to suck. I’ll stick it out until Season 3. Just watched a hot chick get it on with the Asian dude in the pharmacy after they pulled the zombie out of the well.
The funniest trade I’ve seen so far
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4160/extra-time/2013/07/09/4104008/extra-time-cash-strapped-costa-rican-clubs-trade-player-for
Yeah I actually gave up on Walking Dead during season 2. The main character got a little annoying.
Krapjlanin*
Believe it or not I never had any issue stating my opinion on Croatia with the Croatians living in it. I always said what i had to say and they never spoke to me back in the way you all have been spoken back to. I don’t talk to random people about it but i do with my fellow islanders and its always i nice debate no diaspora this or that. Seems like either you guys hardly went over there and or your not really close with the people over there. When I’m there they treat me as if i was born and raised there no BS. They all say I’m a Kraplanin a ne amerikanac. I grew up with them i was one of the lucky ones to go every summer and many winters as a child even back in the 80’s. It’s the past 5 years that i haven’t been going so often…
Ante B – Season two drags on forever. Almost stopped watching it. Season three ruled though.
I have to call bullshit. I will always be viewed as an Amerikanac hrvatskog podrijetla to them and here I am a Croatian born in America which is fine; I’m putting it to rest. My heart bleeds for both and asking me to pick one is like choosing which kid I love more. My hand goes on my heart for both Lijepa Nasa and the Star Spangled Banner. The only time we’re good to the Domovina Hrvati is when they need money, need a goal scored for their national team or need to free their generals from the Hague who sent their by their own people in the first place.
Now I’m done. Time to watch something important like streaming The Walking Dead on Netflix. Started watching it and after season 1, I’m hooked. Season 2 is awesome thus far.
Where are you in Croatia now? You mention the weather is shitty. What is it? Rain, bura.
How is the tourism?
@Klokan……that pretty much sounds like what I deal with when I am over in Cro. In some ways, I can’t real argue with them. I don’t talk much politics when I am there because who am I to tell the locals how they should vote on political issues when I don’t live there throughout the year. I even have mixed feelings about the diaspora voting in elections. The older I get, the more I think they should not allow the diaspora to vote. While, I do not agree with the way the country is run and led, I have yet to here a good reason why the diaspora should be allowed to vote on internal issues. Maybe restrict it to property-owning diaspora, since we are inching closer and closer to a property tax being implemented in Cro.
@Klokan, i’m in the same boat as you, nice to hear what our people think about us, maybe not nice but good to hear feedback and i hope they do allright!
You wont notice much difference. You will still deal with customs. Your US passport doesn’t change anything with Cro entering the EU.
It’s pretty interesting how the hrvati view the diaspora. I’m in Hrvatska at the moment and I went to catch up with a friend of mine who lives in Zadar the other day. We started talking about the diaspora that come back to Croatia and he said that he doesn’t view the diaspora as “real” hrvats, he said we don’t live here and we don’t pay taxes so therefore were not real Croats. By the way I’m an Aussie born and bred in Australia, both my parents were born in Croatia and I speak fluent Croatian. At first I was pretty offended at his statement, my blood is as pure as his going back generations. But then I started thinking he does have somewhat of a point, I personally have never lived or worked in Croatia but to say I’m not a “real” Hrvat that’s a bit far! Like Ziva said before its the diaspora that come to Hrvatska that can’t speak a sentence of Croatian and go around the cafics flaunting their money that tarnish the reputation of the WHOLE diaspora. Oh we’ll, I’m here for another month time to live it up! Too bad weather is pretty shit at the moment. 🙁
So I’m heading over there in about two weeks or so. What can I expect to be different now that Croatia is part of the EU? Are there going to be price differences with the Euro? Is it going to be easier going through customs with my US passport?? What’s up?
is TNA more popular than WWE now?
I watched from Australia wwe, didn’t like him when i was 10 then found out 20 years later it was a Hrvat fighting Hulk Hogan!
He has part Croatian.
I read once that Nikolai Volkov the Russian from the 80s was a Croatian living in America
@Armada87
The WWE has had a lot of hot women over the last 10 years. I dont think Sandra could make it there.
I think Sandra has a promising career in the WWE after her track career is over…
@ ARMADA87, Alright, I guess I’ll let you know how it is!
Sandra Perkovic will beat the sit out of you if you bad mouth her!
He may one day be a decent GK. I just never saw any reason why a team like Chelsea would take a chance on him. And I was even more puzzled why people on this website thought he was the goalie of the future for Cro after never seeing him play. That’s what i mean to “take off the homer glasses”.
Am I happy he is a “flop”??? I don’t care either way. Again, I rarely root for individual athletes unless they give me a reason to root for them. I don’t simply root for a person just because he is a hrvat. I know and have met a good number of croatian athletes who are major league assholes.
@Ziva, you seem too happy to prove this bloke was a flop, hope you feel happy that yoiu were right.
The best croatian goalkeeper in the last 50 years explains why our goalies stink.
http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/kate-hrvatski-golmani-nemaju-skolu-i-zato-svi-ubrzo-nestanu-322847
BobbyV, 45,000 in Brazil to greet us!
@ Gambino
To be honest, I’ve visited Kantrida but have yet to catch a game there… Shame, I know. My family has failed me.
@ARMADA87………..because we are happy when meeting another hrvat, especially outside of Cro. It is just a different mentality back in Cro. The people view us a American (Canadian, Australian) born with croatian blood. While many of us view ourselves as hrvati born in America (Canada, Australia).
@nije bitno…….His name was mentioned a few months ago after he had a multi-goal game (Olic and Mandza skill level goals). He hasn’t done much else, but he is young.
Regarding our U19 hoops squad singing Ceca tunes with their Serb counterparts. It’s just one source, so I don’t know if i buy it, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Hell, half the national team in soccer enjoys Ceca.
@Bobby V….I think Tudjman and Ciro both said that.
Some good info – knew about the Argentine connection but not the Chilean.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_diaspora
@Nije bitno
Fuckin disgusting. Problem some of these kids learn from their parents. Makes you shake your head in disgust.
@ziva – Did you also read that letter that one of the fathers who paid the $2500 (which promissed his him and his son a meeting Messi) wrote? I think the link is contained in the article itself. Your now famous jock-sniffing posts was the first thing that came to mind.
I totally agree with you.
When I cheer for the national team, it’s not directly for
the players. I cheer for the unifying feeling that victories bring to fellow Croats around the World – especially the old and young. It brings us together like nothing else can.
Didn’t Tudjman, Blazevic, or someone else say that what the 98 World Cup squad did for the people of Croatia was just as important as our armed forces did a few years earlier?
Thank you for speaking some sense ARMADA87!
p.s. goin to HRV beginning of August, I noticed Osijek play Rijeka at Kantrida Aug. 9th. Worth going? I never been to a game at Kantrida. Is it child friendly?
I know Travolta can dance but after that raging bull film, fuck!
Jhon Travolta is playing a cetnik chasing RobertDeNiro in a new film, Bobby will finish him!
He may be another Ibrahimovic as well (coming from Sweden)
Sounds like another Setric….
Our under 19 basketball team singing Ceca song with the Serb U 19 basketball team. These kids will never learn…..
http://www.24sata.hr/kosarka/mladi-kosarkasi-srbije-pjevali-smo-cecinu-pjesmu-s-hrvatima-322835
@ nije
I think he turned down our U-21’s already..
anybody hear of this croatian player from Sweden or know anything about him?
http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/sljedeci-stimcev-pick-branimir-hrgota-prvi-napadac-borussije-m/687811.aspx
@ the diaspora thing
I get it, but then I don’t.
Most of us on here speak the language (or at least attempt to learn/speak the language), embrace our heritage/culture, visit the homeland as often as possible – hell, genetically we’re the same as folks in the domovina. But due to the fact we were born in another (usually Western) country, the folks back home don’t show no love. Meanwhile, when I have cousins visit or bump into a random Croatian tourist, I’d open up my doors for them, treat them cordially, etc.
@Bobby V……..I just read the Yahoo article on the Messi exhibition mess. I can only imagine the jock sniffers (all wearing Messi jerseys) who paid the $2,500 fee for a private meet-and-greet with Messi and were left with nothing but a plastic soccer ball. This is why I warn people not to hero worship athletes and other celebrities, and stand there begging another adult for a photo/autograph. These people are the definition of losers.
@MatesicMethod…….agreed, heavy resentment is directed at the diaspora. It doesn’t help when some (not all) of the diaspora show up flaunting cash and unable to speak the language, but that is a different story.
Jeboga, it is what it is now. Hope some sort of leadership emerges in Cro to guide the country, but that is wishful thinking on my part.
The Diaspora are the ones who did find jobs in “richer” nations. So it is natural that we know what it takes.
The not so subtle beef/jealousy/resentment with the Diaspora has to be healed. That misplaced anger and frustration is stifling growth and development.
Well to be honest all I see are more Gays running around.
Serbia – Croatia to be played at Maracana – home of Crvena Zvezda. There was talk of the game being played at Partizan Stadium.
Cavani going to PSG for 63 Million Euro. Raul coming back to Real Madrid.
Anybody go to the Messi & Friends charity scam in Chicago?I heard that the game in LA was cancelled a day before the match and the game in Chicago featured 5 players from Northwestern University because some of the stars did not show up.
@Bobby
Even if the letter is fake it still has some truth to it. Unemployment rate in Croatia is awful with no prospects for the young unless you leave the country.
Relax – the letter is obviously a fake – nice try though
Does this mean that Sammir can bring his cousins to Croatia to find work?
The Diaspora are the ones who did find jobs in “richer” nations. So it is natural that we know what it takes.
The not so subtle beef/jealousy/resentment with the Diaspora has to be healed. That misplaced anger and frustration is stifling growth and development.
Now we have to go from age 18 to 38 years old overnight. From the euphoria of 1995 to the harsh reality of 2013.
Time to strap it on and get to work.
Ironic how the Tuesday funnies can bringing up deeper themes?
Idiots!
Well this is what they wanted. They are going to find out the hard way.
The blind leading the blind.
Sadly the voted for it and they will get what they voted for. Yet again, the Diaspora was correct and they will find out sooner rather than later.