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Continue reading →: “Sing to Me” by Jelena CuricAn inspirational story of the search for truth and redemption “Sing to Me”, a readily captivating, well-written new and debut novel by Sydney, Australia-based Jelena Curic, an otherwise highly established and respected musician, presents the story set in 1980 in the Lika part of Croatia, as well as in Bosnia…
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Continue reading →: Croatian independence: path of vision, boldness, courage, sacrifice and progressOn 15 January 1992, 34 years ago, marked a key day for Croatia’s independent statehood. The Day of International Recognition of the Republic of Croatia is a confirmation of statehood and the full affirmation of the Croatian state within the international community, which led to Croatia’s membership in the United…
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Continue reading →: The Bell Tolls for 66 FranciscansCommunist crimes – New documentary film by Nikola Knez, Croatian Film Institute The unbearable agony of Široki Brijeg (Herzegovina) began on 7 February 1945 when the town was taken by the communist partisans…They came in the morning, and by the end of the day, they committed a grotesque murder against…
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Continue reading →: A Pause to Reflect and Strengthen Faith!Thank you all for your support. I will be taking time away from writing until mid-January 2026. Wishing you joy and peace this Christmas and may the New Year sparkle for you in all respects! “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and…
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Continue reading →: 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics – John Matthew Martinis of Croatian RootsHis father was a Croatian patriot from the island of Vis who fled Yugoslavia as a young man following the rise of communism there in the years after the Second World War; his mother was born in the United States of America and is said to also be of Croatian…
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Continue reading →: Croatia: anti-fascist fascism, dangerous games in transition from communism to democracy“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth,” is a law of sorts of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. Among psychologists, and I am one, something like this is known as the “illusion of truth” effect or illusory truth effect, which is the tendency to believe…
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Continue reading →: Cro Green Plan for Croatia to Boost Economy, Rural Population and Return from DiasporaOn November 20, 2025, a team of experts collaborating in the Marshall Plan for Croatia initiative presented the CRO GREEN strategic program, a program for the integrated and systematic revitalisation and development of the Republic of Croatia in the presence of Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Minister Ivan Sipic, as…
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Continue reading →: Glorious Discovery: Croatian – a leading international language in 16th and 17th centuriesDuring the past week we experienced a true and wonderful sensation laid out for the public in Croatia. Professor Dr. Stjepan Krasić, O.P., a Dominican friar from Dubrovnik, historian and theologian, has published an article in the scientific journal of the University of Split, ST-OPEN, titled: Croatian as an international…
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Continue reading →: BIG NEWS – IMMINENT SGNING OF DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE TREATY BETWEEN CROATIA AND AUSTRALIAAccording to sources first reported a few hours ago by SBS media sources, a historic double taxation avoidance agreement-treaty is set to be signed between Australia and Croatia, with a Croatian delegation headed by Croatian Finance Minister Marko Primorac. The agreement is said to eliminate double taxation and encourage new…
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Continue reading →: Understanding Croatia’s Mandatory Military Service 2026Croatia’s lawmakers voted late October 2025 to reintroduce mandatory military service in response to rising global tensions, including Russia’s war in Ukraine. The country previously abolished conscription in 2008. Croatian officials have argued the current global situation required the nation to boost its defence forces. This new law has caused…
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Continue reading →: I was wrong before; it was not a bone-crusher but a roller that was used to destroy evidence of mass killings in the WWII Jasenovac Camp Croatia brazenly invents Ivo GoldsteinOne of the good things that usually comes out from pursuit of truth is that one gets to expose the lies, the fabrications, and those who think them up or promote them as truths. That brings great personal comfort whether for some reason the wider world acknowledges the revelations or…
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Ina Vukic: I was born in Croatia and live Australia. I have been described as a prominent figure known for my contribution to the Croatian and wider societies, particularly in the context of Croatia’s transition from communism to democracy, as well as for my many years of work as a clinical psychologist and Chief Executive Officer of government-funded services for people with disabilities, including mental health services, in Australia. In 1995, the President of the Republic of Croatia awarded me two Medals of Honor, the Homeland War Memorial Medal and the Order of the Croatian Trefoil for her special merits and her contribution to the founding of the Republic of Croatia. I have been a successful blogger since 2011 and write extensively in the English-language on issues related to Croatian current affairs and democracy, as well as the challenges Croatia faced and still faces in its transition from communism. My goal is to raise awareness of these connections and issues worldwide.
Welcome to my blog.
Here I will bring to you a variety of topics covering the documented truth about that terrible war that Croatia had to endure during the period between 1991 and 1995 and about Croatian political history that shaped a wonderful nation of people.
Croatian people wanted independence for centuries, just as they had it until the twelfth century, but fate was not on their side – others wanted their beautiful land. In late 1980′s the will to break free from Yugoslavia which suffocated freedom and self-determination through harsh communist party rule finally bore the desired fruit.
In June 1991 Croatia declared its independence; soon after the aggressive war against Croatia broke out. The struggle of the Croatian people for self-determination was a just one. But I fear genuine justice has not been served as there have been, and there still exist, international covert and overt moves to equate victims with aggressors continue in attempts to change history. Truth often becomes obscured and lost and that is why I have chosen to write this blog, to concentrate on actual events and issues about Croatia – wishing it a bright and freedom-loving future.
It certainly was not easy to come out of the war that was fought on two fronts:
1. On the military front the world’s public has seen the indiscriminate bombardment of Croatian cities, towns and villages from land, sea and air; the destruction of civilian targets including homes, schools, hospitals, churches, factories and cultural monuments; the blockading and destruction of roads, bridges and ports; the blockading of power, water, food and medical supplies. What hasn’t been shown on our television sets is the forced clearing and evacuation of towns and villages, followed by looting, torture, rape and murder carried out by the Serbian forces, who were initially backed by the federal Yugoslav army that was largely constituted by Serb nationals; the transportation of multiple hundreds of innocent Croatian civilians from Croatia into concentration camps Serbia (Begejci, Stajicevo, Sremska Mitrovica… from October 1991, and later (1992) transferred into Serb-held camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Omarska, Keratern, Manjaca, Trnopolje).
2. The second front was the war of political propaganda centred on: misinformation about the rights of minorities in Croatia; portrayal of the Croatian people as Ustasha or Fascists; the representation of the Croatian defence forces as illegal paramilitary units; the representation of the Croatian and Slovenian republics as unreasonable secessionists who are unwilling to negotiate; a regurgitation of distorted facts about World War II.
Indeed, Croatia had an absolute right to defend itself and this is often forgotten if not often denied it.
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