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By Dario Prebeg
Just under eight years ago, on January 29, 2018, Inter Miami was founded — a “project” club of its owner David Beckham, the legendary footballer of Manchester United and Real Madrid, whose goal was clear: to gather today’s stars and take the club to the top of MLS.
The club struggled in…
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By Matija Šerić
“The Polar Express” (2004)
This American animated fantasy-adventure hit was released 21 years ago but remains a true favorite. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by William Broyles Jr., it is a timeless work of art of remarkable quality, based on the 1985 children’s book The Polar Expressby Chris Van Allsburg.…
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By Matija Šerić
Worldwide, 25 million families earn their living from coffee. When the number of family members is taken into account, this means that up to around 100 million people today depend on the cultivation, distribution, and sale of coffee. In Brazil, which produces nearly one third of the world’s coffee, more than five…
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In the 14th episode of the Actualitica Podcast, the guest is professor of social pedagogy, founder of the NLP community in Croatia, and podcaster Saša Tenodi.
The topics of this episode are communication and the world of business. What is the best definition of communication? Does every form of contact (verbal and non-verbal) between two…
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By Matija Šerić
After 1945, widespread rural poverty in Latin America, along with equally pervasive exploitation of workers on coffee, banana, sugar, and other plantations, fueled left-wing (socialist) activism. During the “hot” phase of the Cold War, Washington—fearing the influence of the Soviet Union in its “own backyard” and seeking to protect the financial interests…
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By Matija Šerić
We are in the midst of the Christmas shopping frenzy happening across much of the world. But the biggest shopping mania, of course, is nowhere else but in the United States. Americans, this year like every year, are buying Christmas trees, ornaments, lights, various other decorations, as well as high-tech products such…
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In the 13th episode of the Actualitica Podcast, the guest is the distinguished Croatian Catholic theologian, historian, and political-social analyst Goran Šarić.
The topics of this episode include Christianity, society, and geopolitics. Our esteemed guest explains the striking contrast between humanity’s technological progress and the widespread evil manifested on the level of states and…
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By Matija Šerić
Natural resources have a major impact on the development of humanity. Everyone immediately thinks of oil and gas, whose use has fundamentally changed the world; however, there are other commodities that have had a decisive influence on global political, economic, and social development. One of these commodities is certainly coffee. Over the…
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By Matija Šerić
Amid the medieval Crusades, on the muddy and blood-soaked battlefields of the Middle East, an unusual group of Catholic knights found their place. The Hospitallers—known in Croatian as ivanovci—were a knightly order whose value far exceeded that of ordinary soldiers fighting for Christianity with swords, armor, horses, and cannons. Originally founded…
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By Matija Šerić
The State as a Corporation
Ivan Ilyin held conservative monarchist beliefs rooted in Slavophile thought. Beginning with his 1918 thesis on Hegel’s philosophy, he published numerous works on political, social, and religious topics concerning Russia’s historical mission. He sought to answer the question of what drove Russians to launch and carry out…
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By Matija Šerić
After numerous terrorist attacks by Chechen extremists, such as the Beslan school crisis in the fall of 2004, as well as the Orange Revolution in Ukraine at the end of the same year, the Russian Federation found itself in an uncomfortable position. Although the state had largely stabilized after the grim 1990s,…
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By Matija Šerić
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989)
This cinematic work has turned 36 years old, yet it never gets outdated. Directed by Jeremiah Chechik, the film is perfect for watching every holiday season. It is a comedy full of misadventures and other crazy antics, both outdoors on snow and ice and indoors in warm…
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Friendly Fire: A Problem of Modern Wars
By Matija Šerić Friendly fire represents an extremely serious aspect of armed conflicts. It refers to situations in which military forces—members of the same army or allied troops—unintentionally open fire on one another. The United States Department of Defense has formally defined friendly fire as “a circumstance in which members of U.S. or allied military…
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Friendly Fire: A Problem of Modern Wars
By Matija Šerić Friendly fire represents an extremely serious aspect of armed conflicts. It refers to situations in which military forces—members of the same army or allied troops—unintentionally open fire on one another. The United States Department of Defense has formally defined friendly fire as “a circumstance in which members of U.S. or allied military…
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