Word: franjo
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Regarding Berislav Marusic's opinion piece "The Croatian George Washington," (Opinion, Dec. 20) there are some rather simple answers to the question, "Why has there been such a cold response from the West [to the death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman...
...Friday night, December 10, 1999, the first president of modern Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, died. He was elected three times by an absolute majority of the Croatian people. Croatians consider him the father of their nation. Consequently, a BBC series documenting his life bears the title "Franjo Tudjman--The Croatian George Washington." I would like to take the occasion of Tudjman's death to reflect on his achievements. This seems especially important given the cold attitude of the Western media towards his death...
...achievements are difficult to assess. Saved lives cannot be counted. Freedom cannot be quantified. Nevertheless, his achievements are also among the most significant ones in the history of Croatia. They are the foundations for a democratic and prosperous future. Franjo Tudjman has laid out these foundations, and for those he will be remembered...
...DIED. FRANJO TUDJMAN, 77, Croatian President credited with gaining his country's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991; in Zagreb, Croatia. His nationalist policies fueled wars with Bosnian Muslims and the Serbs...
Slobodan Milosevic wasn't at the funeral Monday of his fellow president, Croatia's Franjo Tudjman; they were sworn enemies as a result of the Bosnian war. But even as tens of thousands of Croats turned out to mourn the former Yugoslav army general who led them through a bloody war for independence, the Serbian strongman may have felt the loss of his nemesis - after all, Tudjman and Milosevic were the very best of enemies. "Tudjman probably wouldn't have been elected in 1990 if most Croats hadn't felt threatened by Milosevic's nationalism," says TIME Central Europe bureau...