Marcus Hanke
[PuristSPro Moderator]
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A warm welcome, dear friend!
Traditionally, my country has tight relations with Coratia, and therefore it is not surprising that Austrians consider it rather normal, and a logical step that Croatia is entering the EU; we are only puzzled that it took so long ...
On the other hand, we Austrians are also very critical, somtimes overly sceptical about the EU, which I consider a problem. During the Cold War, we were protected by the danger of a nuclear war between the big military blocks, so we did not have to take care for ourselves. Now this is different and Austria has difficulties to accept that actions always have consequences.
However, the EU has proven to work - basically. it is similar to an old marriage, where everyday conflicts might appear to be the rule, but underneath is a deep and solid understanding that we belong together and alone would be in a much worse situation.
I am looking forward to welcome Croatian Erasmus students in my lectures!
Best regards,
Marcus
28th Star
In less than hour my country will join European Union. It is for the first time in our history that we are entering some association by free will of majority of people living in Croatia. Today was festive in City The security was never seen before due to ...
I am happy to see my Croatian Friends to be part of The European Community...
But I heard many of them not being mad about this idea... Well, times are not exceptional, to say the least, in Europe. I am happy to know that now, we'll not have to wait hours at the border. :) Superb pictures, Damjan, especially of Svevo Marko! All the...
Well, if all th prices increase, it will not necessarily be the fault of the Manufactures.
For once... ;) Best, Nicolas
Congrats!!
What a Beautiful Country and thank you for sharing your Historic Moment with Us :-) S
Congratulations on your membership
I hope everything will smooth out for your country in the near future. I've been wanting to visit Croatia; maybe it will happen soon. Best to you and your lovely family. Cheers, Frederick
I hope it will happen
very soon dear Frederick and as always thank you very much for your kind words Yolurs truly Damjan
Beautiful city
Congrats on the membership! Paris will be your new playground! And sincere wishes to you and your family!
Very kind of you flamenco
hope you'll have time to drop by Playground...I'm afraid we broke it last time :) Best Damjan
Border that is no longer border
always pleasure to see Thank you Nilo for input I really wasn't hoping this is news in Brasil Best D
What a beautiful Country.
Congratulations and all the best with the many changes. JerryW
Beautiful pictures Damjan, very nice architecture....
congratulations and I hope that the European Dream will not just be a Dream but becomes a prosperous, healthy, smart and peaceful reality. All the best Damjan Cheers Francois
:) and "en passant" by the ears of the "elected people"...:)
Cheer dear Damjan Francois
Congratulations and what a beautiful city...
We are planning a trip to Lovran, Kvarner Bay in the fall. Maybe we will have to make a little side trip to Zagrab. It seems to me we drank some very good red wines from the Zagreb region the last time we were in Lovran. Best, Don
i do hope your government dont live to regret it as we do
possibly the worst thing to happen to the UK other than Tony Blair, but it has taken nearly 40 years to regret it. if we had entered the euro at the beginning when it was 62p to the euro i would be a wealthy man, but now we should have a referendum, get o...
My kind of response dear Graham :))
Mutual feelings here All the best D P.S. The referendum to joining wasn't 100% for ;)
Destiny ...
My dear Damjan, as we were talking about Croatia last week while driving through Paris, a couple of days later i was wondering if Croatia was a EU member ... i really had no clue and later on the day i forgot about it. The morning after i got into my car ...
Absolutely!
Great wise words dear countryman So you have no excuse any more you can come here using only your ID...I think that 8 hours by car is enough for you :) Sincerely Damjan P.S. If politicians decide to use money on hard working people then we are..... :( :) ...
HONESTLY ?
I'm not sure if the whole Europa 'thing' has been that great ... but would it have been otherwise without Europe ? People will always be people .. and as you know some people are animals and that will never change .... power !power ! power ! profit ! prof...
True true
and some people are just criminals Sorry I'm slow today Honestly? about what Damjan
About the visit ...
... sounds great ... net year ??? ... i'll send you a PM !!! Filip
fantastic photos...
especially the last.. of a country that I would love to visit someday... congrats on joining the EU..
So happy for you....
.. all your pics reminds me of the days we spent there - such fun, ever-lasting joy to have stayed in your country and have met you. May the days in EU for you be blessed. Best, Ken
We should do it again
but this time for much longer Promise? Best and thank you for your kind words dear Ken Yours truly Damjan
I wish for you...
...and your countrymen, peace and prosperity from this decision. Hopefully, the best days for Croatia are yet to come. Cheers, Daos
A warm welcome, dear friend!
Traditionally, my country has tight relations with Coratia, and therefore it is not surprising that Austrians consider it rather normal, and a logical step that Croatia is entering the EU; we are only puzzled that it took so long ... On the other hand, we...
Dear Dr. Hanke
I think the appropriate word is finally! We always considered ourselves as foremost part of Europe and than Austro-Hungarian Empire ;) Putting us in Balkans was insult for us...always has been and still is. What took us so long...shortest answer...high po...
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Is it good ? All your pictures remind me of my trip last Oct, lovely country
Does this mean . . .
. . . rakija and Coke will be Europe's next cocktail sensation? :-)
The city looks fantastic
Reminds my of Sydney for the 2000 Olympic Games - all spick-and-span. I imagine this was the end of a long journey for Croatia - and hopefully the start of a prosperous period. I trust it brings all the best in terms of security, education and employment ...
Dear Andrew
thank you very much for your kind words Only future will tell but I'm really hoping for the best. All in all only way is up from where I stand ;) Best Damjan