International migration can lead to significant social benefits for migrants and their families, and for their countries of origin and the receiving country if measures are implemented for better migrant flow management and to facilitate emigrant monetary transfers, says the annual World Bank report, which opens a challenging perspective for Croatia because our educated emigrants usually engage in two forms of monetary transfers to the homeland: investment into real estate and human resources.

When a Greek girlfriend recently came up to Sydney to visit me, my friend Maria and I found ourselves constantly needing to translate words to her. We never realised just how much of the Croatian language had seeped into our everyday banter. It got me thinking....

Born on the fifth of April in 1960, in Split, Nenad Vetma's rise from accomplished professional athlete to booming baritone singer is one of the most interesting stories in Croatian music history. With his family hailing from Klis, Vetma nevertheless lived his entire life in the coastal Split suburb of Bacvice, opposite a tennis court, where his first passion began.

After analyzing a 'Galeb', and shedding tears for 'Mojoj majci', this month's feature song looks at arguably the most iconic song of the 1980's, which this year celebrates its 20th birthday....

Whether we like it or not every country is known for its little quirks. Australia, for instance, is the epitome of beach-bronzed babes lazing about on golden yellow sand: beer in one hand, Akubra hat protecting us from the scorching sun. Britons are known for their stuffiness, Swedes for their thrill at being nude, Asians for their studious nature and Arabs for their hot-temperedness.