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unusual facts about Vukovar, jedna priča



2013 Anti-Cyrillic protests in Croatia

At night from 20 to 21 November, Serbian forces on Ovčara killed 255-264 people, mainly Croatian soldiers and patients from Vukovar hospital.

Arrested decay

Recently, the authorities in Vukovar, Croatia, decided to keep the old water tower in the city as it is found today, and as it had become after the war — gnarled by artillery.

Blago Zadro

He commanded the 3rd Battallion of the 204th (Vukovar) Croatian Army Brigade during Battle of Vukovar, along with two of his sons, where he led actions against the JNA and local Serb forces.

Bobota

Bobota, Croatia, a village near Trpinja, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia

Croatian local elections, 2009

They made considerable gains in Dalmatia winning certain traditionally HDZ leaning cities such as Dubrovnik, Šibenik and Trogir and also managed to win Vukovar, a city that was almost destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence and was since a HDZ stronghold.

Croatian Party of Rights

The ruling HDZ cooperated with the HSP until the fall of Vukovar, after which the leaders of the HSP and HOS were imprisoned for "terrorist activities" and "obstruction of democratically elected government".

Eltz

During the Battle of Vukovar, the Eltz Manor in Vukovar was destroyed by intense shelling and the bodies in the Eltz tomb desecrated by Serbian forces.

In 1736 Archbishop Philipp Karl von Eltz had acquired the Lordship of Vukovar in eastern Slavonia (present-day Croatia) affiliated with the Hungarian nobility.

History of Croatia

The border city of Vukovar underwent a three-month siege – the Battle of Vukovar — during which most of the city was destroyed and a majority of the population was forced to flee.

HNK Mitnica Vukovar

HNK Mitnica is founded March 2008, it was founded by Croatian disabled homeland war veterans and Croatian war veterans from area of Vukovar's city district Mitnica.

Ivankovo

Ivankovo, Croatia, a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County of Slavonia, Croatia

Kačić

Igor Kačić (1975-1991), youngest victim of the Vukovar massacre

Ostrovo

Ostrovo, Croatia, a village near Markušica, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia

Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich

He acquired Vukovar in 1736, and went on to order the construction of Eltz Manor.

Social Democratic Party of Croatia

SDP recorded mayoral victories in a number of traditionally centre-right leaning coastal cities such as Dubrovnik, Šibenik and Trogir and also managed to win in Vukovar, a city that had been almost destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence and was regarded as HDZ stronghold ever since.

Stevan Moljević

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.

Tomislav Nikolić

In a May 2012 interview, Nikolić was quoted by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung to have said that ″Vukovar was a Serb city and Croats have nothing to go back to there″.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1120

The Croatian regions of eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium were governed by the United Nations mission, UNTAES.

Vukovar-Syrmia County

The Croatian Government has claims on the Island of Šarengrad and the Island of Vukovar on the Danube river, which are under Serbian control.

Vukovar, jedna priča

Writing for the Croatian daily Jutarnji list, Jurica Pavičić gave it a scathing review, saying the film was consistently promoting a false equidistance between the Croatian and Serbian nationalism in the war, that was especially irritating at the time when the Vukovar massacre had happened.

The film takes place in Vukovar, a city on the border between Serbia and Croatia, in a country which used to be called SFR Yugoslavia, on the eve of the country's breakup.

It is a typical love story, between a Croat woman Ana (Mirjana Joković) and a Serb man Toma (Boris Isaković), who marry one another with the blessing of both families right before the Battle of Vukovar.


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