The Croatian Diaspora

Part VI of A Dairy for Puse continues on February 11, 2016, the latest installment of a mother's diary to her daughter from 1919 - 1953, capturing a moment of Dalmatia and Dalmatian exile in history.

Part V of A Dairy for Puse continues on February 7, 2016, the latest installment of a mother's diary to her daughter from 1919 - 1953, capturing a moment of Dalmatia and Dalmatian exile in history.

...or how Croatians started to mingle in the Cork county.  Lidija Ivanek SiLa's look at the Croatian experience in contemporary Ireland continues on February 6, 2016.

...begins with a single step (to paraphrase the quote of Lao Tzu). 1555 miles or 2500ish km is the distance between Croatia and Ireland. Lidija Ivanek SiLa continues a look at life in Ireland for the Croatian diaspora after her opening piece on Feburuary 1, 2016.

Croatia's diaspora is spread all over the globe, with the largest concentration in the United States. One of its most prominent members, Dr. Steven Zivko Pavletic, was recently interviewed by TCN on a range of topics concerning the Croatian diaspora.

After the debacle of SkyGreece last summer, direct flights from Canada to Croatia are once more back on. 

The Croatian diaspora spans the globe, but new trends are developing quicker than official statistics can track them. After TCN's article Where is the Croatian Diaspora Located, we were contacted by Croatian Cork resident Lidija Ivanek SiLa about Ireland's exclusion from the list. There has been a large Croatian influx into Ireland in the last couple of years, and Lidija reported back on her findings and observations about Croatia in Ireland on February 1, 2016. Great article, and welcome to TCN, Lidija!

With its 130 indigenous grape varieties - including the original Zinfandel - Croatian wine is attracting interest around the globe, but how easy is it to sell Croatian wine in the Zinfandel heartland of California? TCN interviewed Frank Dietrich and his team from Blue Danube on January 31, 2016, who are doing exactly that. And with great success. 

In search of information to solve a 19th century mystery on the island of Brac.

Young Croatian Chef Nikola Marijanović and his boss Filipe Fonseca Pinheiro from restaurant Hôtel de Ville Benoît Violier, win the gold medal Bocuse d'Or Suisse.