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Natasha Srdoc, Chairman and Co-Founder, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy

Croatia's Government Admits to "One Million Surplus" Voters in December 2011's Parliamentary Elections For a Nation of Four Million

Croatia's Rampant Electoral Fraud Should Raise Concerns in Western Capitals and within NATO and the EU Sending
Taxpayer Funds and Loans to Croatia

Foreign Affairs Magazine and Carnegie Endowment Highlight a Timely and Relevant Analysis: "Mafia States - Organized Crime Takes Office

"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."

Zbog čega se građani Hrvatske odriču ekonomske slobode?

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.

A Report by Katelyn Foster, Research Associate, Adriatic Institute for Public Policy

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

POLITIKA EKSKLUZIVNO: Otvoreno pismo Josipoviću - John Blundell > Deset važnih pitanja o EU

Adriatic Institute Chairman Nataša Srdoč Opposes the Avalanche of New Taxes Proposed by Croatia’s Finance Minister Slavko Linić, SDP - Croatia's former Communist Party

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

"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."

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.

(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)

New Facebook site highlights the principles of Croatia's new political party founded by Nataša Srdoč.

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.

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

In Partnership with the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy and the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists

Video: Adriatic Institute's Chairman Natasha Srdoc interviewed by Branko Vuksic (Courtesy of RiTV)

Vjezbanje Demokracije - Uspjesni mehanizmi za borbu protiv korupcije.mov

"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.

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Hrvatska nije spremna za EU, premijerka samo želi dobiti izbore

‎"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

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EU Observer: "Hrvatskoj zaustaviti pretpristupna sredstva dok se ne obračuna s korupcijom!" - Vijest

NEISKREN pristup u rješavanju hrvatskih problema prijeti kredibilitetu Europske unije i njezinoj politici proširenja, stoji u tekstu Adriatic Instituta.

HRVATI moraju inzistirati na punim ekonomskim slobodama kako bi mogli imati političku slobodu, smatra Srdoč.

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.

"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

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.

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.

Croatia's Government Admits to "One Million Surplus" Voters in December 2011's Parliamentary Elections For a Nation of Four Million

Croatia's Rampant Electoral Fraud Should Raise Concerns in Western Capitals and within NATO and the EU Sending
Taxpayer Funds and Loans to Croatia

Foreign Affairs Magazine and Carnegie Endowment Highlight a Timely and Relevant Analysis: "Mafia States - Organized Crime Takes Office

Zbog čega se građani Hrvatske odriču ekonomske slobode?

POLITIKA EKSKLUZIVNO: Otvoreno pismo Josipoviću - John Blundell > Deset važnih pitanja o EU

Adriatic Institute Chairman Nataša Srdoč Opposes the Avalanche of New Taxes Proposed by Croatia’s Finance Minister Slavko Linić, SDP - Croatia's former Communist Party

TPortal.hr: SRDOČ O NOVIM POREZIMA

Prijedlog HDZ-a i oporbe uništit će hrvatsko gospodarstvo!

Vjezbanje Demokracije - Uspjesni mehanizmi za borbu protiv korupcije.mov