MELBOURNE - During his lightning quick visit to Australia last week, where he attended the FIFA international congress in Sydney before jetting off to Budapest to take in the Croatia-Hungary friendly, the president of the Croatian Soccer Federation took time out to exclusively talk to the 'Croatian Herald' about a range of issue, ahead of the looming Euro 2008 Championships.

It's official! As if there was any doubt. The rumours are true - Croatian girls are truly HOT! Last week, 21-year-old Australian Croatian beauty, Laura Dundovic, proved she is one of Australia's finest, having taken out the Miss Universe Australia 2008 title at a lavish ceremony in Melbourne. She even made the front page of last week's 'Vjesnik'!

The production line that is North Geelong Soccer Club is showing no signs of slowing down in its ability to produce quality players as its latest product, Ante Cicak, is destined to follow in the footsteps of other successful club graduates such as Josip Skoko, Joey Didulica, Matthew Spiranovic and one-time Socceroos captain Steve Horvat.

In a relatively short period of time, Croatian pop group 'Dalmatino' has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the heights of pop music. Popular in both Croatia and in the Diaspora for their unique blend of Dalmatian inspired pop-rock music, the band has enjoyed two extremely successful debut albums, ''Cukar i sol'' and ''Dobro jutro''.

Milan Cindric, the Chairman and only Melbourne based member of the CCCU Board, currently finds himself in a rather difficult situation.