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8 unusual facts about Osijek


Adam Curle

He helped set up the Centre for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights, an NGO based in Osijek, Croatia during the Croatian War of 1991-1995.

Croatian local elections, 2009

HDZ lost Split and Osijek, the second and the fourth most populous cities in the country respectively, but held Zadar.

Croatian local elections, 2013

In Slavonia's largest city, Osijek, mayor Krešimir Bubalo (HDSSB) won 36,3%, and faced independent (backed by SDP&...) Ivan Vrkić, who gained 27,8%, in a run-off which was won by the latter.

Ethnikos Achna FC

After eliminating the Albanian team KF Partizani Tirana (winning at home 4–2 and losing away in Albania 2–1), they faced the Croatian team NK Osijek and tied both matches, the first leg in Osijek 2–2 and the second 0–0, becoming the only Cypriot team to advance to the third round of the Intertoto Cup.

FK Kikinda

in the Second round they also played Croatian club NK Osijek, and the game played at Kikinda stadium.the result was 1-0 for host

Jasenovac

Jasenovac, Osijek-Baranja County, village in the Kneževi Vinogradi municipality in Croatia

Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia

There are parishes and missions in Zagreb, Osijek, Tenja, Sibenik and Mitrovica, Altogether there are three parishes and one mission in Croatia and there are two mission churches in Serbia in Belgrade and Sremska Mitrovica the Serbian churches are the Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Serbia.

Spiros Vondas

His Croatian identity is Kirko Skaddeng and he is ostensibly a medical assistant from Osijek (note, however, that both the first and last names "Kirko Skaddeng" are not typically Croatian, or South Slavic in general).


Branimir Glavaš

Glavaš attended gymnasium in his home town of Osijek and graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Osijek.

Bubalo

Krešimir Bubalo (born 1973), Croatian politician of the HDSSB party, and Mayor of Osijek, his home city

Croatian language

There are eight Croatian language universities in the world: the universities of Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Pula, and Mostar.

Dragan Perić

He passed the 19-metre barrier in 1988 with 19.92 metres, achieved in August in Osijek, and the 20-metre barrier in 1988 with 20.42 metres, achieved in September in Kranj.

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Katarina Kruhonja

She is a director of the Centre for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights, an NGO based in Osijek, set up with the support of Adam Curle.

LGBT rights in Croatia

The campaign included city light billboards in four cities (Zagreb, Split, Pula, and Osijek), handing out leaflets to citizens in those four cities, and distribution of leaflets to police stations throughout the country.

Milan Matulović

By the 1980s and beyond, his tournament victories had become less frequent, but included Osijek 1980, Borovo 1980, Helsinki 1981 and Vrnjacka Banja 1985.

Slaven Bačić

In Croatia, in 2002 he doctorated on Faculty of Law in Osijek.

Stevan Moljević

One must take the opportunity of the war conditions and at a suitable moment take hold of the territory marked on the map, cleanse it before anybody notices and with strong battalions occupy the key places: Osijek, Vinkovci, Slavonski Brod, Knin, Šibenik, Mostar, Metković and the territory surrounding these cities, freed of non-Serb elements.

The Serbian unit was to include Bosnia, Mostar (Herzegovina), parts of Croatia (Metković, Šibenik, Zadar, Ploče, Dubrovnik, Karlovac, Osijek, Vinkovci, Vukovar), as well as Pécs (Hungary), Timişoara (Romania), Vidin and Kyustendil (Bulgaria), the entire Macedonia and North Albania.

Supertalent

Supertalent has five big auditions in the Croatian cities of Split, Rijeka, Zadar, Zagreb, and Osijek.

Vjekoslav Kramer

Vjeko Kramer was born in Travnik but moved to Osijek where he completed both elementary and high school.


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