Tuesday, 3rd March, 2009
sent: Ante Cuvalo

Memorandum of the Croatian National Council of North America (1932)
MEMORANDUM
The Croat clings stubbornly to freedom which has been transmitted to him by his ancestors for so many centuries (more)

That mechanism has been known to scientists for a long time, but Djikic discovered receptors that make the process selective.
Djikic, a professor at the Institute for Biochemistry at Goethe University and CEF (Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt) Institute believes the discovery could be used to create more- successful medications.
An article about the discovery has been published in the well-known science magazine "Molecular Cell."
Djikic cooperated with Tromso University in Norway, the Israeli Weizmann Institute and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute in his research. (www.croatiantimes.com)

online stir through Facebook, Myspace and online blogs from last November.PUSH It were planning to launch their specially designed collection later this month, only to hold back after seeing the Ashish collection live in the audience at The Hippodrome.
The collection of Push It Bobble Basics was designed last June and showcased at small fashion events up and down the country. Which raises the question, aren't magazines supposed to be inspired by designers and the not the other way round? Breaking news/photo by catwalking.com/HIA

In her videos, photography, performances, and works on paper, New York-based artist Vlatka Horvat has explored absence, memory, and concealment by juxtaposing the component parts of a given system, such as the human body, against the backdrop of the world at large. For her first US solo exhibition, Horvat creates an uncanny environment of projected images, modified found objects, and architectural "propositions" in which the body and the space it occupies are presented as a sites of delusion, collapse, and fragmentation while still offering an alternative model for reinvention, resistance, and play. In addition, Horvat presents a new live performance, in which she stages a miniaturized action with a small ensemble of performers and live video. Drawing on a vocabulary of everyday gestures, the piece uses restrictive self-imposed structures to create an unexpected encounter between performers and audience.

This exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Dedalus Foundation, Inc., The Greenwall Foundation, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support provided by Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles /Doors Art Foundation/HIA/

Friday, 9th January, 2009
PUSH IT " magazin international style for eastern Europe
Monday 12th January 2009 sees the launch of PUSH IT Magazine - 
Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina's first international style magazine.
PUSH IT Magazine's motto is to educate, inform and promote the best of eastern European talent alongside up and coming international trendsetters, raising awareness to a region often neglected by the fashion industry. Initially launched online, PUSH IT Magazine will be a quarterly publication from issue 2, distributed through independent boutique across Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia.
"I couldn't be more excited about launching PUSH IT in an emerging market" says PUSH IT Magazine creator and Editor-In-Chief, Gabriel Opoku  "The launch of PUSH IT is targeted at meeting the needs of the fashion industry and fashion conscious alternative young people, which for some time has been lacking a reliable, educational, informative, quality high-fashion magazine"
The premiere online issue features interviews with PUSH IT's chosen up and coming 9 people to watch, an Art feature by Agatha A  Nitecka and Damir Ocko with fashion and beauty stories from some of the world's best up and coming fashion photographers. The PUSH IT TV channel will be launched in March with custom programming covering international Fashion Weeks and specially commissioned programmes /pushitmagazine/HIC/

What would be the cost of Bosnian Serbs seceding? Is it not just a bluff in order to maintain a strong political position? Possible implications for the region would discourage any leader in the country from such a move.
"Bosnian Serb prime minister Milorad Dodik, once the darling of the international community (and especially Washington) for his opposition to the nationalist Serb Democratic Party, has adopted that party's agenda without being tainted by their genocidal baggage. His long-term policy seems clear: to place his Serb entity, Republika Srpska, in a position to secede if the opportunity arises," said Paddy Ashdown and Richard Holbrooke in an article published recently. (more)

This comes shortly after the Romanian Parliament put forward a similar request for Associate Member status. These requests were presented before the Bureau at their meeting in Rabat, Morocco in early October.
In accordance with PAM Statutes, proposals are first sent to PAM's Secretariat in Malta, which transmits them to the members of the Bureau for their opinion. These requests are then put forward to the Assembly, where the final decision is made. Associate Members and Observers may participate in PAM
activities, where they may take the floor with the permission of the President, however, they have no voting rights.
The Plenary Session of PAM will be held in the Principality of Monaco between the 13 and 15 of November. Over 180 delegates from PAM Member States and international organizations will be present. The proceedings will be opened by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, followed by a message from the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban ki-Moon.
PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN / HIC

Two weeks ago, Sakoman launched her web site www.sviseti.com to offer people that unusual service. The site is aimed at all Croats who are living abroad and cannot visit the graves of their loved ones in Croatia.
Asked by the daily Jutarnji why she had started such a business, Sakoman said: "Some of my friends who moved to America asked me to visit the graves of their parents once in a while to see if everything was all right or if something needed to be fixed. I gladly did that, and I even sent them photos just to assure them that everything was all right. They told their friends, who called me and asked if I could do the same thing for them. It was no problem for me, because I felt as though I was helping someone. Besides, I love to visit Mirogoj cemetery."
Thanks to the references, Ljiljana has already become a small entrepreneur with 50 clients. She wants to expand the business. (www.croatiantimes.com)

Milovanovic is on the run. He fled only ten minutes before police broke into his flat in Doboj in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday, leaving behind numerous pieces of evidence, including the moped helmet.
Milovanovic was a member of the Serb "Red Beret" group that committed crimes in Zupanija County in Slavonia during the War of Independence. Interpol is also looking for him.
According to the media, he was also involved in the robbery of Delta Bank in Beograd in 2003. He managed to escape twice after being arrested.
Courts in Osijek, Beograd, Novi Sad and Subotica have issued warrants for Milovanovic's arrest on murder, robbery, theft and kidnapping charges.
Pukanic's murderers reportedly received 150,000 Euros for killing him.
Milovanovic was born in Beli Manastir in eastern Croatia and has both Croatian and Bosnian citizenship. (www.croatiantimes.com)

Jurasinovic sued Mesic because of his statement that the best thing for Jurasinovic to do would be to check himself into the Vrapce Psychiatric Institute in Zagreb when he came to Croatia.
Jurasinovic claimed that Mesic's statement had ruined his reputation in France and marked him as a "crazy attorney."
Jurasinovic also took the statement as a threat since he believed that many people were still being arrested in Croatia on false charges and confined in psychiatric institutes.
The bad-blood between Mesic and Jurasinovic began after he decided to represent Marin Tomulic, who had claimed that Mesic was linked to the Croatian mafia and involved in weapons-smuggling and kidnappings.
Mesic refused to comment on the verdict other than to say: "I think that Jurasinovic is a nice man and a lovely attorney."
Mesic's attorney Cedo Prodanovic has said that he will appeal the verdict. (www.croatiantimes.com)

Other than coumarin, the sanitary-inspection office has also measured the levels of other substances such as caffeine, aloin and ginkgo.
Out of 13 samples of products with ginkgo, four of them had the same quantity that was listed on their labels, but the ratios were inaccurate. That does not pose a health risk but is an instance of public deception.
All samples tested for aloin and caffeine passed inspection with flying colours.
(www.croatiantimes.com)

Ellen has been questioned by a Scotland Yard detective and, before that, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Interpol has refused to provide any further information. It is known only that the woman is 26 years old, stayed in the same hostel that Britt did and is a social worker.
Ellen has confirmed that she saw Britt on the night that she died. Ellen remembers that Britt was dancing and drinking at the Fuego night club and apparently was in a good mood. Ellen also says that Britt was not acting in an unusual or cheeky manner.
Ellen has also said she went back to the hostel with some acquaintances but without Britt at 3:30am.On their back to the hostel, they passed nearby Boninovo Bay, in which Britt's body was found on 6 October.  (www.croatiantimes.com)

In the last two years, Rijeka hospital has been the venue of around 50 of that kind of operation.
There is a need for 250 such operations annually in Croatian, and 150 children have been sent abroad for such operations this year alone.
Clinic for children's diseases chief Vladimir Ahel has said that children younger than one year old have been operated on for the first time this year.
Ahel added that they were extremely-difficult operations that had never before been performed in Croatia.
He also stressed the importance of founding a cardiac-surgery department for children, which would cost less than sending children abroad for operations.
The problem is that there is currently a lack of both doctors and financing. (www.croatiantimes.com)

The winners were announced last weekend in Fes, Morocco.
More than 120 tourist representatives (tour operator agencies, tourist boards and airline companies), publishers and of course the main editors and journalists' team from the Guardian & Observer attended the ceremony.
More than 17,000 readers returned questionnaires in the 22nd annual survey. CT