 "Join us on Facebook! Our new and improved site provides enlightened individuals with relevant updates on Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The FB site also raises important issues on advancing economic reforms, strengthening the rule of law, combating corruption and promoting the importance of accountable, open and transparent governments. It also provides intellectuals with insightful reports from partnering think tanks, op-ed pieces from successful reformers and brief videos on current issues in the region. I invite you to spread the word to your social and professional networks and join the discussion. Thank you!" Natasha Srdoc, Chairman and Co-Founder, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy


Photo: Courtesy Carnegie Endowment
Message from Natasha Srdoc, Co-Founder and Chairman, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy on "Mafia States"
New Video: Croatia - The Next Greece? 
Bosnia Marks 20 Years - Beginning of its War: Natasha Srdoc, Chairman, Adriatic Institute - "The Significance of Economic Freedom - a precondition to Political Freedom"
Novi video: Nataša Srdoč, Predsjednica Adriatic instituta za javnu politiku predstavlja rezultate Indeksa ekonomske slobode za Bosnu i Hercegovinu za 2012. godinu objavljenog od strane Wall Street Journala i The Heritage Foundation.
 Novi video: 2012 Indeks ekonomske slobode za Hrvatsku, Nataša Srdoč, Adriatic instituta za javnu politiku

Business New Europe: Croatia gears up for landmark graft case Media Group - Business New Europe Quotes Natasha Srdoc: "This case is a 'pin strike'..rather than an effective approach to tackle 'criminal Croatia's behemoth' and establish the rule of law and protection of property rights."
The Parlous State of Croatia’s Economy The 10 Most Glaring Problems Facing Croatia

Novi Video 
AI Chairman Natasha Srdoc and AI's Senior Leadership at Atlas Economic Research Foundation's Headquarters, Washington, DC, March 20, 2012
An Event on Croatia and the Balkan Region  From right: Atlas Economic Research Foundation's CEO Brad Lips and Adriatic Institute's senior leadership members, Natasha Srdoc, Co-Founder and Chairman, Boris Divjak, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Joel Anand Samy, Co-Founder and Trustee.
New Video Released, AI Chairman Natasha Srdoc: "Five Strategic Areas to Monitor in Croatia by Euro-Atlantic Institutions and Taxpayers" .jpg)
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Natasha Srdoc's Statement on the Attack of Montenegrin Journalist and Update on the Balkan Region's Weak Rule of Law, Assault on Individual Liberty and Media Freedom

Croatia: Corruption, Organized Crime and the Balkan Route A Report by Katelyn Foster, Research Associate, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy 
The Report: "This is demonstrative of the increasing number of women being trafficked through Croatia, as they are often misidentified as illegal immigrants if intercepted at the boarders. Perhaps more disturbing is the increased report of unaccompanied minors in Croatia that the IOM deemed often un-identified victims of human trafficking."
Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and AECR - International Leaders Summit, June 2011, Opatija, Croatia: (From left) Sandy Luff, Director, Legislative Affairs, Office of US Senator Jeff Sessions, Joel Anand Samy, Trustee, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy, US Senator Jeff Sessions, Ranking Member, US Senate Budget Committee, Natasha Srdoc, Chairman, Adriatic Institute, Maurice McTigue, Executive Advisory Board Member, Adriatic Institute, Ernest and Jan Taylor, Co-Founders, Awakening, Daniel Hannan, MEP, UK and Secretary General, Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists

Southeast European Times: Economic freedom retreats in Southeast Europe
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Ekskluzivno: Hrvatska po indeksu ekonomskih sloboda gora od Mongolije

HRVATSKA I DALJE OSTAJE “REPRESIVNA” U ČETIRI KATEGORIJE: VLASNIČKA PRAVA, SLOBODA OD KORUPCIJE, DRŽAVNA POTROŠNJA I RADNA SLOBODA
HRVATSKA JE PALA U SVJETSKOM PORETKU – NA 83. MJESTO OD 179 ZEMALJA, OSTAJE NA 35. MJESTU OD 43. ZEMLJE U EUROPSKOM REGIONALNOM PORETKU I SMATRA SE UMJERENO SLOBODNOM EKONOMIJOM
PREMA 18.-GOGODIŠNJEM INDEXU EKONOMSKE SLOBODE– U OBJAVLJENOM IZVJEŠĆU WALL STREET JOURNAL-A I THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

BBC on Croatia: "Democracy is suspect." BBC Leads the Way in Raising Troubling Issues of Croatia's "Democratic Deficiencies" - Absence of an Independent Judiciary and Rampant Election Fraud: 917,323 illegal votes Determining Croatia's Election

Repeatedly Rigged Elections in Croatia and
The Lessons of Georgia's Revolution in 2003
Video: UK MEP Daniel Hannan on Political Arrest in Croatia
Speech Delivered in The European Parliament's Chamber 
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Natasa Srdoc, President, Croatia 21st Century and Chairman Adriatic Institute for Public Policy, Honorable Edwin Meese III, US Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan's Administration, Monica Macovei, Member of the European Parliament and former Justice Minister, Romania, Joel Anand Samy, Co-Founder, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy

 Croatia, the Next Greece
"Hence, the HDZ has branded her “an enemy of the state.” Nearly two dozen of her party’s members and supporters have been harassed and intimidated by HDZ and leftist officials. Recently, Aleksandar Radovic, a candidate for Croatia 21st Century and a well-known anti-corruption author, was arrested by government authorities. His crime: He had extensively documented the vast illicit wealth and corruption of Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko - a thug who uses the police as his personal henchmen. Mr. Radovic is rotting in jail, a political prisoner in a supposedly democratic country."

Former British Ambassador Charles Crawford:
Croatia - fit for EU Membership?

Croatia in the EU: A Disaster Waiting to Happen
Forbes' Columnist Richard Levick focuses on Croatia's economy at risk fueled by rampant corruption and the strategic efforts of Adriatic Institute for Public Policy in addressing Croatia's weak rule of law, trampled property rights and economic woes.

Zagreb-Based Media Group - Croatia Review Publishes: Croatia - An Economy at Risk Co-authored by Hrvatska 21. stoljeća - Croatia 21st Century's President Nataša Srdoč and Adriatic Institute's Joel Anand Samy
Croatia's Fraudulent Elections: 700,000 Illegal Votes in a Nation of 4.2 Million - Undermines Freedom, Democratic Principles and Citizens' Electoral Rights 
T-Portal.hr Article - English Text: Nataša Srdoč, Chairman, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and President Hrvatska 21. stoljeća - Croatia 21st Century (H21) Responds to the New Tax Hike for Businesses Proposed by ruling HDZ and opposition (socialist coalition of SDP and HNS)
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State of the Economy:
Croatia's Third Year of Economic Malaise - While Neigboring Nations Grow

(August 15, 2011) An update by Nataša Srdoč, Co-Founder and Chairman, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy - Adriatic institut za javnu politiku, Rijeka, Croatia and President, Hrvatska 21. stoljeća - Croatia 21st Century (H21)
Hrvatska 21. stoljeća - Croatia 21st Century 

http://www.facebook.com/Hrvatska21.stoljeca.Croatia21stCentury New Facebook site highlights the principles of Croatia's new political party founded by Nataša Srdoč.
The Washington Times - Croatia's Iron Lady 
Croatia may be on the verge of a seismic political earthquake. A new patriotic-populist movement is being born. If it comes to power, it will transform the country - reverberating across the region and impacting the European Union.
A Successful International Leaders Summit - Regional Conference in Partnership with Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and Alliance of European Conservatives 
US Senator Jeff Sessions, Ranking Member of the US Senate Budget Committee and Senior Member, US Senate Armed Services Committee, delivers a keynote address in Opatija, Croatia at the International Leaders Summit - A Regional Conference in partnership with Adriatic Institute and Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists

US Senator Jeff Sessions, Ranking Member, US Senate Budget Committee and Congressman Paul Ryan, Chairman, House Budget Committee US Senator Jeff Sessions, Ranking Member, US Senate Budget Committee and Senior Member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee to Deliver Keynote Address at The International Leaders Summit - A Regional Conference   
In Partnership with the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
Croatia Review Magazine - Editorial Boris Divjak, Senior Fellow, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy: "EU Accession: Has the Time Come to Let Croatia In?" 
Adriatic Institute Co-Founders Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy's Editorial Focuses on a New Approach Concerning Croatia's Forthcoming Elections Croatia Review - An Independent Publication "Principled Leadership - A Historical Imperative" 
Video: Adriatic Institute's Chairman Natasha Srdoc interviewed by Branko Vuksic (Courtesy of RiTV) 
Vjezbanje Demokracije - financijska kriza Topic: Financial Crisis 
Vjezbanje Demokracije - Potpore i PDV.mov Topic: Focusing on subsidies, shipbuilding and VAT 
Topic: Successful Mechanisms in Combating Corruption
The Financial Times Quotes Adriatic Institute's Co-Founder Natasha Srdoc
UK MEP Roger Helmer's Open Letter to Croatia's PM Jadranka Kosor
Brussels-Based Media Group EUobserver Features Op-Ed Co-Authored by Adriatic Institute's Co-Founders - Croatia Needs More EU Pressure on Justice and Fundamental Rights "The nation's recent display of a few politicians arrested for corruption has not led to final court rulings. It demonstrates the severity of Croatia's problem with a majority of former and current politicians accused of corruption, untouched." 
Jadranka Kosor Osnivači Adriatic Instituta Nataša Srdoč i Joel Anand Samy napisali su komentar za Euobserver u kojem su se osvrnuli na pristupne pregovore između Hrvatske i EU koji su ušli u finalnu fazu. Kritiziraju aktualnu premijerku Jadranku Kosor i njen plan dovršetka pristupnih pregovora s EU na uštrb implementacije bitnih reformi. "Ništa se nije promijenilo od prošlog studenog kada je izvješće EU o napretku Hrvatske isticalo nedostatak sudskih presuda u slučajevima korupcije i konkretni rezultati u istragama visoke korupcije", dodaju autori komentara NEISKREN pristup u rješavanju hrvatskih problema prijeti kredibilitetu Europske unije i njezinoj politici proširenja, stoji u tekstu Adriatic Instituta.
Croatia's Independent Media Communications Group Index.HR Posts Adriatic Institute Co-Founder and Chairman - Natasha Srdoc's Commentary
How can Croatia become an economic tiger? 
HRVATI moraju inzistirati na punim ekonomskim slobodama kako bi mogli imati političku slobodu, smatra Srdoč.
Arab revolts spread to Europe - Washington Times March 10, 2011 - The Arab freedom wave has now hit the shores of Europe and in the most unlikely of places: the Balkans. Croatia, an Adriatic nation that straddles the civilizational fault line between Central Europe and the Balkans, has been seething with public unrest and protests.
The Washington Times:
"Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor says she is different from her predecessor, Mr. Sanader. She vows to clean up the political cesspool and kick-start the sluggish economy. And she claims to have a silver bullet: EU membership. Ms. Kosor is wrong. She is a venal, vacuous politician, desperately clinging to power. She must call national elections by the end of this year or early 2012 at the latest. Every poll shows the HDZ will get trounced. She wants to complete the EU accession negotiations and then portray the HDZ as the “party of Europe.”
Yet this strategy represents the final betrayal of Croatia. Mrs. Kosor has been intimately involved with the ruling HDZ clique - its corruption, state-sanctioned theft and vast nomenklatura. She is not a modernizer or moderate reformer; rather, she is a power-hungry apparat-chik who seeks to preserve the HDZ’s parasitical regime. Mrs. Kosor and her party have bled Croatia white. They now hope to devour the billions they believe will be coming in future EU subsidies. It is larceny masquerading as foreign policy." Full text
Advancing Free Enterprise - A Leading Light Continues Strategic Endeavors in Empowering a New Generation Matt Sertic, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and Adriatic Institute's Founding Leadership Board Member
WSJ: An inspiring story of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founding board member of Adriatic Institute for Public Policy - Matt Sertic who launched a company in Sisak, Croatia. Mr. Sertic brought Sisak's youth to Silicon Valley, USA for training. Today, over 25 Croatian young people work at the company in Croatia. A leading light, Mr. Sertic advances reform initiatives through Adriatic institut za javnu politiku.
Adriatic Institute's Brief Commentary on Croatia's Economy - February 27, 2011 Croatia continues to decline economically. Based on the preliminary data released by Croatia’s Bureau of Statistics, Croatia’s GDP fell by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2010. Hence, GDP dropped by 1.4% in 2010. With the exception of Romania, Croatia was the only country in southeast Europe with GDP falling for two consecutive years. The unemployment rate in January 2011 reached 19.6% which was the highest rate since March 2003. |