ZAGREB -- Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Šimonović said that there is no possibility that Serbia can pay reparations for damages incurred by Croatia during the war.
ZAGREB -- Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Šimonović said that there is no possibility that Serbia can pay reparations for damages incurred by Croatia during the war.
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Šimonović said that his stance is based on the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in which Serbia was "convicted" for not punishing or preventing genocide, but that the court said that financial compensation would not be appropriate in that case.
"Any possible reparations could be related solely to individuals, families of victims," the Croatian minister said, adding that the conditions have not yet been met for Croatia to drop the charges against Serbia.
Earlier this year, Serbia filed its own genocide lawsuit, also before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
According to the Croatian national television HRT, the material damage "would be worth about EUR 32.5bn", but the Croat lawsuit said that this was not the amount that Croatia is asking from Serbia, "nor is it an amount that can be asked for according to international law".
Šimonović said that the Serbian genocide countersuit filed last year was an effort to buy time.
He said that in order for Croatia's lawsuit against Serbia to be withdrawn, a vast majority of that country's national assembly must support the move. He said that Croatian President Ivo Josipović’s opinion will be important too, because he helped write Croatia’s lawsuit.
During the presidential election campaign, Josipović said that in order for the case to be dropped, "Serbia must punish all war criminals, solve issues related to missing persons and return cultural treasures to Croatia".
If Serbia cannot compensate Croatia for all the damage and killings, I think the best way is to pay what they can and give back our piece of Vojvodina west of Novi Sad.
(King Damir, 16 March 2010 18:16)
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compensation? You know how many people and countries across the world say they deserve compensation. That is like the US gov giving compensation to all black citizens. Lets be honest its not going to happen...give up Croatia stop crying. It's like your that baby on an airplane everyone is sick of hearing your constant whining.
(west, 23 March 2010 22:11)
The problem with a large number of Croats is they think that some owes them a “free ride” because they are Croats. The first lesson you have to learn as a new nation is there are no “free lunches” in life.
You whine and carry on about Serbs destroying Croatia, what about your Croat fathers and grandfathers in WW2 killing 800 000 Serbs alone? When are you going to compensate people for that crime? You guys only know about your losses. When you grow up and face your past them come to my door step and make demands.
The best thing that’s happened is Yugoslavia is gone and we Serbs no longer have to carry financially Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia or Macedonia. The other day an opposition leader on your Dnevnik program on HTV stated that Croatia owes 60 Billion Euros and the World Bank had to pay Zagreb a visit to ensure an austerity program is in place because they are in a worse mess financial than Greece.
800,000?
Please provided DOCUMENTED sources that prove the number to be this high.
(Luka, 23 March 2010 19:07)
quote:
When will the Croats pay for what they did in WWII?? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Krajina Serbs? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Republic of Srpska?? Its crazy that the Croats have been able to get away with stealing land off Serbs since WWII and the recent war, why wont the Croats give back all the land taken away from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia? Croats are the luckest people on earth I say, the butchered a whole people and stole everything they had, even gold teeth in WWII, and they werent punished, and the current Croatia finished their work in the 90's, and what is now left of the Serb population there is being destroyed daily, they want to get into the EU, joj where is the justice, how can one allow this - it must be that the EU doesnt beleive in Human Rights, because the Serbs have none in Croatia since 1941 and earlier. What about all the gold that the Vatican is holding in their banks, given to them by Ante Pavelic the 'poglavnik' of NDH (Croatia), taken by his Ustashe off the DEAD innocent Serbs of WWII, know one was ever punished for those crimes, where is the money Pope? I guess it might have been used in the latest war, for Croats to buy weapons!! The fact the Croats have the nerve to ask for money is beyond belief???…??
Please tell me how Croatia "stole land from serbs" when it was Croatian land since the year 700AD?
(Luka, 23 March 2010 19:05)
If Serbia cannot compensate Croatia for all the damage and killings, I think the best way is to pay what they can and give back our piece of Vojvodina west of Novi Sad.
(King Damir, 16 March 2010 18:16)
"I'm not surprised by Croatian demands.What I am surprised by is how Croatia talks of genocide but has never apologised for the insane bloodletting against the Serbs in 1941-44.
Armenia is still seeking redress from her genocide carried out by Turkey in 1915.
I am surprised the Belgrade regime doesn't push Croatia for this. "
What a shocker, news comes up that serbia wont pay a cent to croatia for war damage from 15 years ago. Then the commments start coming in about something that happened 65 years ago. Should I bring my grandfather back from the dead so he can pay you guys back? Or is it more realistic for you to ask your dad and uncles for some money for what they did 15 years ago.... OH yeah i must be dreaming.
Its funny you mention the armenians and the turks, because the armenians dont want money, they just want recognition from turkey of genocide commited against them. Croats have already recognized what happened at jasenovac. But serbs cant recognize what took place in places like Vukovar, Dubrovnik, Osijek, Karlovac, and Knin.
SJ always with the classic propaganda, croats love reading your comments, it reminds us what most serbs think of croats and croatia...
Last time I checked croatians make the most money in eastern europe. Dont hate the player, hate the game....
(marko, 16 March 2010 17:59)
'However in reality Serbia is the poorest country in Europe'.
Well, well Sin City with another anti Serb outburst. But, wait a minute, then you support Serbia on Kosovo, as you don't consider Kosovo a country?
Well, whilst we Serbians are wallowing in poverty, its nice to know that or brother Bosnians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and debt ridden Croats are doing so well. I must have been halucinating about all that Croatian money invested in attracting Serbian tourists!
Now excuse me whilst I look for the nearest refuge container, I need to make this evening's dinner...
(bganon, 16 March 2010 15:44)
I'm not surprised by Croatian demands.What I am surprised by is how Croatia talks of genocide but has never apologised for the insane bloodletting against the Serbs in 1941-44.
Armenia is still seeking redress from her genocide carried out by Turkey in 1915.
I am surprised the Belgrade regime doesn't push Croatia for this.
The fact is that the West seeks to transfer the blame for a gemocidal race on to the Serbs having been held by the Germans for the past 60 years which the Germans are quite happy to do hence the pressure to make Srbrenica a genocide caseThe Serb regime led by Tadic will do what it's told hence the Srebrenica case in Belgrade.
Croatian demands for compensation are in the same context as the Germans demanding compensation from Israal for any Germans killed as a result of the Entebbe raid in 1976 whilst never apologising for the Holocaust.
The Serbs should demand an apology from the Croatian State and compensation.
Led by our desperately weak leadership of Tadic I think its never going to happen.
(Nik, 16 March 2010 09:02)
The problem with a large number of Croats is they think that some owes them a “free ride” because they are Croats. The first lesson you have to learn as a new nation is there are no “free lunches” in life.
You whine and carry on about Serbs destroying Croatia, what about your Croat fathers and grandfathers in WW2 killing 800 000 Serbs alone? When are you going to compensate people for that crime? You guys only know about your losses. When you grow up and face your past them come to my door step and make demands.
The best thing that’s happened is Yugoslavia is gone and we Serbs no longer have to carry financially Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia or Macedonia. The other day an opposition leader on your Dnevnik program on HTV stated that Croatia owes 60 Billion Euros and the World Bank had to pay Zagreb a visit to ensure an austerity program is in place because they are in a worse mess financial than Greece.
(sj, 16 March 2010 08:29)
The sooner Serbs come to reality and accept the crimes they inflicted on their neighbours the better things will be for the whole region.
However in reality Serbia is the poorest country in Europe so its fair to say that Croatia unfortuantely wont see a dollar in compensation for all of the damage to done to homes, schools, hospitals, peoples lives, etc
(SinCity, 16 March 2010 02:12)
If compensation is to be paid, then everyone must be compensated even back from WWII. This is all I am saying. Good day brate :)
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 20:40)
How can issues from 65 years ago actually even be brought up as a realistic issue? That was many generations ago, there arent even that many people alive still from that era. I am not denying what took place back then but something that happened 65 years ago and something that happened 15 years ago are two way different things.
Serbs in another nation committed a horrendous crime in croatia which costs 20,000 people there lives not to mention major destruction throughout croatia, it is a slap in the face to all the victims of the war that never received anything but pain and suffering.
This is a sad reality for all those involved, it even hinders justice to serbs in krajina who should receive some form of apology and reimbursement for the destruction of they're homes. Not all serbs were murdering people in fact 1/10th of the croatian army was serbian or serbian mix. We are the same people at the end of the day, some people chose not to see it that way.
(jure, 15 March 2010 23:22)
When will the Croats pay for what they did in WWII?? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Krajina Serbs? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Republic of Srpska?? Its crazy that the Croats have been able to get away with stealing land off Serbs since WWII and the recent war, why wont the Croats give back all the land taken away from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia? Croats are the luckest people on earth I say, the butchered a whole people and stole everything they had, even gold teeth in WWII, and they werent punished, and the current NDH (Croatia) finished their work in the 90's, and what is now left of the Serb population there is being destroyed daily, they want to get into the EU, joj where is the justice, how can one allow this - it must be that the EU doesnt beleive in Human Rights, because the Serbs have none in NDH (Croatia) since 1941 and earlier. What about all the gold that the Vatican is holding in their banks, given to them by Ante Pavelic the 'poglavnik' of NDH (Croatia), taken by his Ustashe off the DEAD innocent Serbs of WWII, know one was ever punished for those crimes, where is the money Pope? I guess it might have been used in the latest war, for Croats to buy weapons!! The fact the Croats of NDH (Croatia) have the nerve to ask for money is beyond belief???…??
(Aleks, 15 March 2010 23:07)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Very true, but it was serbs and serbia that had the biggest part in destroying it. Its not unthinkable that they are eventually going to have to pay reparations for the destruction of vukovar and the failed attack on dubrovnik. Serbs want croatia to pay for the return and reconstruction of serbs and serb homes in krajina. But when croats ask for the same reinbursement for 5 years of rape, murder, and torture, it is seen as unthinkable to serbs. This is a major reason why many serbs and croats will never forgive or forget eachother's actions during the war. This generation is doomed to make the same mistakes as the last one.
(marko)
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Thank you for the response. Dont mistake yourself; the people what this over and done with, its the polital party's who are playing games with the people. My experience with croatians has always been pleasant, and I know this is the same for them, only certain arrogant nationalists will try to find reason for hate. If compensation is to be paid, then everyone must be compensated even back from WWII. This is all I am saying. Good day brate :)
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 20:40)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Very true, but it was serbs and serbia that had the biggest part in destroying it. Its not unthinkable that they are eventually going to have to pay reparations for the destruction of vukovar and the failed attack on dubrovnik. Serbs want croatia to pay for the return and reconstruction of serbs and serb homes in krajina. But when croats ask for the same reinbursement for 5 years of rape, murder, and torture, it is seen as unthinkable to serbs. This is a major reason why many serbs and croats will never forgive or forget eachother's actions during the war. This generation is doomed to make the same mistakes as the last one.
(marko, 15 March 2010 19:33)
Croatia received great sums of moeny to rebuild what was destroyed during the war. Now they want Serbia to pay as well. Like Ivan said that won't happen.
(The Truth, 15 March 2010 16:01)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Croatia, be warned. It is a slippery slope you will be taking if you pursue this suit. My advice would be to drop it asap and hope Serbia drops theirs in the name of good neighborly relations.
(Zeka, 15 March 2010 15:04)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Croatia, be warned. It is a slippery slope you will be taking if you pursue this suit. My advice would be to drop it asap and hope Serbia drops theirs in the name of good neighborly relations.
(Zeka, 15 March 2010 15:04)
Croatia received great sums of moeny to rebuild what was destroyed during the war. Now they want Serbia to pay as well. Like Ivan said that won't happen.
(The Truth, 15 March 2010 16:01)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Very true, but it was serbs and serbia that had the biggest part in destroying it. Its not unthinkable that they are eventually going to have to pay reparations for the destruction of vukovar and the failed attack on dubrovnik. Serbs want croatia to pay for the return and reconstruction of serbs and serb homes in krajina. But when croats ask for the same reinbursement for 5 years of rape, murder, and torture, it is seen as unthinkable to serbs. This is a major reason why many serbs and croats will never forgive or forget eachother's actions during the war. This generation is doomed to make the same mistakes as the last one.
(marko)
-
Thank you for the response. Dont mistake yourself; the people what this over and done with, its the polital party's who are playing games with the people. My experience with croatians has always been pleasant, and I know this is the same for them, only certain arrogant nationalists will try to find reason for hate. If compensation is to be paid, then everyone must be compensated even back from WWII. This is all I am saying. Good day brate :)
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 20:40)
The sooner Serbs come to reality and accept the crimes they inflicted on their neighbours the better things will be for the whole region.
However in reality Serbia is the poorest country in Europe so its fair to say that Croatia unfortuantely wont see a dollar in compensation for all of the damage to done to homes, schools, hospitals, peoples lives, etc
(SinCity, 16 March 2010 02:12)
When will the Croats pay for what they did in WWII?? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Krajina Serbs? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Republic of Srpska?? Its crazy that the Croats have been able to get away with stealing land off Serbs since WWII and the recent war, why wont the Croats give back all the land taken away from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia? Croats are the luckest people on earth I say, the butchered a whole people and stole everything they had, even gold teeth in WWII, and they werent punished, and the current NDH (Croatia) finished their work in the 90's, and what is now left of the Serb population there is being destroyed daily, they want to get into the EU, joj where is the justice, how can one allow this - it must be that the EU doesnt beleive in Human Rights, because the Serbs have none in NDH (Croatia) since 1941 and earlier. What about all the gold that the Vatican is holding in their banks, given to them by Ante Pavelic the 'poglavnik' of NDH (Croatia), taken by his Ustashe off the DEAD innocent Serbs of WWII, know one was ever punished for those crimes, where is the money Pope? I guess it might have been used in the latest war, for Croats to buy weapons!! The fact the Croats of NDH (Croatia) have the nerve to ask for money is beyond belief???…??
(Aleks, 15 March 2010 23:07)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Very true, but it was serbs and serbia that had the biggest part in destroying it. Its not unthinkable that they are eventually going to have to pay reparations for the destruction of vukovar and the failed attack on dubrovnik. Serbs want croatia to pay for the return and reconstruction of serbs and serb homes in krajina. But when croats ask for the same reinbursement for 5 years of rape, murder, and torture, it is seen as unthinkable to serbs. This is a major reason why many serbs and croats will never forgive or forget eachother's actions during the war. This generation is doomed to make the same mistakes as the last one.
(marko, 15 March 2010 19:33)
I'm not surprised by Croatian demands.What I am surprised by is how Croatia talks of genocide but has never apologised for the insane bloodletting against the Serbs in 1941-44.
Armenia is still seeking redress from her genocide carried out by Turkey in 1915.
I am surprised the Belgrade regime doesn't push Croatia for this.
The fact is that the West seeks to transfer the blame for a gemocidal race on to the Serbs having been held by the Germans for the past 60 years which the Germans are quite happy to do hence the pressure to make Srbrenica a genocide caseThe Serb regime led by Tadic will do what it's told hence the Srebrenica case in Belgrade.
Croatian demands for compensation are in the same context as the Germans demanding compensation from Israal for any Germans killed as a result of the Entebbe raid in 1976 whilst never apologising for the Holocaust.
The Serbs should demand an apology from the Croatian State and compensation.
Led by our desperately weak leadership of Tadic I think its never going to happen.
(Nik, 16 March 2010 09:02)
The problem with a large number of Croats is they think that some owes them a “free ride” because they are Croats. The first lesson you have to learn as a new nation is there are no “free lunches” in life.
You whine and carry on about Serbs destroying Croatia, what about your Croat fathers and grandfathers in WW2 killing 800 000 Serbs alone? When are you going to compensate people for that crime? You guys only know about your losses. When you grow up and face your past them come to my door step and make demands.
The best thing that’s happened is Yugoslavia is gone and we Serbs no longer have to carry financially Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia or Macedonia. The other day an opposition leader on your Dnevnik program on HTV stated that Croatia owes 60 Billion Euros and the World Bank had to pay Zagreb a visit to ensure an austerity program is in place because they are in a worse mess financial than Greece.
(sj, 16 March 2010 08:29)
'However in reality Serbia is the poorest country in Europe'.
Well, well Sin City with another anti Serb outburst. But, wait a minute, then you support Serbia on Kosovo, as you don't consider Kosovo a country?
Well, whilst we Serbians are wallowing in poverty, its nice to know that or brother Bosnians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and debt ridden Croats are doing so well. I must have been halucinating about all that Croatian money invested in attracting Serbian tourists!
Now excuse me whilst I look for the nearest refuge container, I need to make this evening's dinner...
(bganon, 16 March 2010 15:44)
If compensation is to be paid, then everyone must be compensated even back from WWII. This is all I am saying. Good day brate :)
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 20:40)
How can issues from 65 years ago actually even be brought up as a realistic issue? That was many generations ago, there arent even that many people alive still from that era. I am not denying what took place back then but something that happened 65 years ago and something that happened 15 years ago are two way different things.
Serbs in another nation committed a horrendous crime in croatia which costs 20,000 people there lives not to mention major destruction throughout croatia, it is a slap in the face to all the victims of the war that never received anything but pain and suffering.
This is a sad reality for all those involved, it even hinders justice to serbs in krajina who should receive some form of apology and reimbursement for the destruction of they're homes. Not all serbs were murdering people in fact 1/10th of the croatian army was serbian or serbian mix. We are the same people at the end of the day, some people chose not to see it that way.
(jure, 15 March 2010 23:22)
"I'm not surprised by Croatian demands.What I am surprised by is how Croatia talks of genocide but has never apologised for the insane bloodletting against the Serbs in 1941-44.
Armenia is still seeking redress from her genocide carried out by Turkey in 1915.
I am surprised the Belgrade regime doesn't push Croatia for this. "
What a shocker, news comes up that serbia wont pay a cent to croatia for war damage from 15 years ago. Then the commments start coming in about something that happened 65 years ago. Should I bring my grandfather back from the dead so he can pay you guys back? Or is it more realistic for you to ask your dad and uncles for some money for what they did 15 years ago.... OH yeah i must be dreaming.
Its funny you mention the armenians and the turks, because the armenians dont want money, they just want recognition from turkey of genocide commited against them. Croats have already recognized what happened at jasenovac. But serbs cant recognize what took place in places like Vukovar, Dubrovnik, Osijek, Karlovac, and Knin.
SJ always with the classic propaganda, croats love reading your comments, it reminds us what most serbs think of croats and croatia...
Last time I checked croatians make the most money in eastern europe. Dont hate the player, hate the game....
(marko, 16 March 2010 17:59)
If Serbia cannot compensate Croatia for all the damage and killings, I think the best way is to pay what they can and give back our piece of Vojvodina west of Novi Sad.
(King Damir, 16 March 2010 18:16)
The problem with a large number of Croats is they think that some owes them a “free ride” because they are Croats. The first lesson you have to learn as a new nation is there are no “free lunches” in life.
You whine and carry on about Serbs destroying Croatia, what about your Croat fathers and grandfathers in WW2 killing 800 000 Serbs alone? When are you going to compensate people for that crime? You guys only know about your losses. When you grow up and face your past them come to my door step and make demands.
The best thing that’s happened is Yugoslavia is gone and we Serbs no longer have to carry financially Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia or Macedonia. The other day an opposition leader on your Dnevnik program on HTV stated that Croatia owes 60 Billion Euros and the World Bank had to pay Zagreb a visit to ensure an austerity program is in place because they are in a worse mess financial than Greece.
800,000?
Please provided DOCUMENTED sources that prove the number to be this high.
(Luka, 23 March 2010 19:07)
quote:
When will the Croats pay for what they did in WWII?? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Krajina Serbs? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Republic of Srpska?? Its crazy that the Croats have been able to get away with stealing land off Serbs since WWII and the recent war, why wont the Croats give back all the land taken away from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia? Croats are the luckest people on earth I say, the butchered a whole people and stole everything they had, even gold teeth in WWII, and they werent punished, and the current Croatia finished their work in the 90's, and what is now left of the Serb population there is being destroyed daily, they want to get into the EU, joj where is the justice, how can one allow this - it must be that the EU doesnt beleive in Human Rights, because the Serbs have none in Croatia since 1941 and earlier. What about all the gold that the Vatican is holding in their banks, given to them by Ante Pavelic the 'poglavnik' of NDH (Croatia), taken by his Ustashe off the DEAD innocent Serbs of WWII, know one was ever punished for those crimes, where is the money Pope? I guess it might have been used in the latest war, for Croats to buy weapons!! The fact the Croats have the nerve to ask for money is beyond belief???…??
Please tell me how Croatia "stole land from serbs" when it was Croatian land since the year 700AD?
(Luka, 23 March 2010 19:05)
compensation? You know how many people and countries across the world say they deserve compensation. That is like the US gov giving compensation to all black citizens. Lets be honest its not going to happen...give up Croatia stop crying. It's like your that baby on an airplane everyone is sick of hearing your constant whining.
(west, 23 March 2010 22:11)
If Serbia cannot compensate Croatia for all the damage and killings, I think the best way is to pay what they can and give back our piece of Vojvodina west of Novi Sad.
(King Damir, 16 March 2010 18:16)
===…==
Croatia, be warned. It is a slippery slope you will be taking if you pursue this suit. My advice would be to drop it asap and hope Serbia drops theirs in the name of good neighborly relations.
(Zeka, 15 March 2010 15:04)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
The sooner Serbs come to reality and accept the crimes they inflicted on their neighbours the better things will be for the whole region.
However in reality Serbia is the poorest country in Europe so its fair to say that Croatia unfortuantely wont see a dollar in compensation for all of the damage to done to homes, schools, hospitals, peoples lives, etc
(SinCity, 16 March 2010 02:12)
When will the Croats pay for what they did in WWII?? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Krajina Serbs? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Republic of Srpska?? Its crazy that the Croats have been able to get away with stealing land off Serbs since WWII and the recent war, why wont the Croats give back all the land taken away from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia? Croats are the luckest people on earth I say, the butchered a whole people and stole everything they had, even gold teeth in WWII, and they werent punished, and the current NDH (Croatia) finished their work in the 90's, and what is now left of the Serb population there is being destroyed daily, they want to get into the EU, joj where is the justice, how can one allow this - it must be that the EU doesnt beleive in Human Rights, because the Serbs have none in NDH (Croatia) since 1941 and earlier. What about all the gold that the Vatican is holding in their banks, given to them by Ante Pavelic the 'poglavnik' of NDH (Croatia), taken by his Ustashe off the DEAD innocent Serbs of WWII, know one was ever punished for those crimes, where is the money Pope? I guess it might have been used in the latest war, for Croats to buy weapons!! The fact the Croats of NDH (Croatia) have the nerve to ask for money is beyond belief???…??
(Aleks, 15 March 2010 23:07)
Croatia received great sums of moeny to rebuild what was destroyed during the war. Now they want Serbia to pay as well. Like Ivan said that won't happen.
(The Truth, 15 March 2010 16:01)
If Serbia cannot compensate Croatia for all the damage and killings, I think the best way is to pay what they can and give back our piece of Vojvodina west of Novi Sad.
(King Damir, 16 March 2010 18:16)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Very true, but it was serbs and serbia that had the biggest part in destroying it. Its not unthinkable that they are eventually going to have to pay reparations for the destruction of vukovar and the failed attack on dubrovnik. Serbs want croatia to pay for the return and reconstruction of serbs and serb homes in krajina. But when croats ask for the same reinbursement for 5 years of rape, murder, and torture, it is seen as unthinkable to serbs. This is a major reason why many serbs and croats will never forgive or forget eachother's actions during the war. This generation is doomed to make the same mistakes as the last one.
(marko, 15 March 2010 19:33)
I'm not surprised by Croatian demands.What I am surprised by is how Croatia talks of genocide but has never apologised for the insane bloodletting against the Serbs in 1941-44.
Armenia is still seeking redress from her genocide carried out by Turkey in 1915.
I am surprised the Belgrade regime doesn't push Croatia for this.
The fact is that the West seeks to transfer the blame for a gemocidal race on to the Serbs having been held by the Germans for the past 60 years which the Germans are quite happy to do hence the pressure to make Srbrenica a genocide caseThe Serb regime led by Tadic will do what it's told hence the Srebrenica case in Belgrade.
Croatian demands for compensation are in the same context as the Germans demanding compensation from Israal for any Germans killed as a result of the Entebbe raid in 1976 whilst never apologising for the Holocaust.
The Serbs should demand an apology from the Croatian State and compensation.
Led by our desperately weak leadership of Tadic I think its never going to happen.
(Nik, 16 March 2010 09:02)
If compensation is to be paid, then everyone must be compensated even back from WWII. This is all I am saying. Good day brate :)
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 20:40)
How can issues from 65 years ago actually even be brought up as a realistic issue? That was many generations ago, there arent even that many people alive still from that era. I am not denying what took place back then but something that happened 65 years ago and something that happened 15 years ago are two way different things.
Serbs in another nation committed a horrendous crime in croatia which costs 20,000 people there lives not to mention major destruction throughout croatia, it is a slap in the face to all the victims of the war that never received anything but pain and suffering.
This is a sad reality for all those involved, it even hinders justice to serbs in krajina who should receive some form of apology and reimbursement for the destruction of they're homes. Not all serbs were murdering people in fact 1/10th of the croatian army was serbian or serbian mix. We are the same people at the end of the day, some people chose not to see it that way.
(jure, 15 March 2010 23:22)
The problem with a large number of Croats is they think that some owes them a “free ride” because they are Croats. The first lesson you have to learn as a new nation is there are no “free lunches” in life.
You whine and carry on about Serbs destroying Croatia, what about your Croat fathers and grandfathers in WW2 killing 800 000 Serbs alone? When are you going to compensate people for that crime? You guys only know about your losses. When you grow up and face your past them come to my door step and make demands.
The best thing that’s happened is Yugoslavia is gone and we Serbs no longer have to carry financially Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia or Macedonia. The other day an opposition leader on your Dnevnik program on HTV stated that Croatia owes 60 Billion Euros and the World Bank had to pay Zagreb a visit to ensure an austerity program is in place because they are in a worse mess financial than Greece.
(sj, 16 March 2010 08:29)
"I'm not surprised by Croatian demands.What I am surprised by is how Croatia talks of genocide but has never apologised for the insane bloodletting against the Serbs in 1941-44.
Armenia is still seeking redress from her genocide carried out by Turkey in 1915.
I am surprised the Belgrade regime doesn't push Croatia for this. "
What a shocker, news comes up that serbia wont pay a cent to croatia for war damage from 15 years ago. Then the commments start coming in about something that happened 65 years ago. Should I bring my grandfather back from the dead so he can pay you guys back? Or is it more realistic for you to ask your dad and uncles for some money for what they did 15 years ago.... OH yeah i must be dreaming.
Its funny you mention the armenians and the turks, because the armenians dont want money, they just want recognition from turkey of genocide commited against them. Croats have already recognized what happened at jasenovac. But serbs cant recognize what took place in places like Vukovar, Dubrovnik, Osijek, Karlovac, and Knin.
SJ always with the classic propaganda, croats love reading your comments, it reminds us what most serbs think of croats and croatia...
Last time I checked croatians make the most money in eastern europe. Dont hate the player, hate the game....
(marko, 16 March 2010 17:59)
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When will the Croats pay for what they did in WWII?? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Krajina Serbs? When will the Croats pay for what they did to the Republic of Srpska?? Its crazy that the Croats have been able to get away with stealing land off Serbs since WWII and the recent war, why wont the Croats give back all the land taken away from the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia? Croats are the luckest people on earth I say, the butchered a whole people and stole everything they had, even gold teeth in WWII, and they werent punished, and the current Croatia finished their work in the 90's, and what is now left of the Serb population there is being destroyed daily, they want to get into the EU, joj where is the justice, how can one allow this - it must be that the EU doesnt beleive in Human Rights, because the Serbs have none in Croatia since 1941 and earlier. What about all the gold that the Vatican is holding in their banks, given to them by Ante Pavelic the 'poglavnik' of NDH (Croatia), taken by his Ustashe off the DEAD innocent Serbs of WWII, know one was ever punished for those crimes, where is the money Pope? I guess it might have been used in the latest war, for Croats to buy weapons!! The fact the Croats have the nerve to ask for money is beyond belief???…??
Please tell me how Croatia "stole land from serbs" when it was Croatian land since the year 700AD?
(Luka, 23 March 2010 19:05)
compensation? You know how many people and countries across the world say they deserve compensation. That is like the US gov giving compensation to all black citizens. Lets be honest its not going to happen...give up Croatia stop crying. It's like your that baby on an airplane everyone is sick of hearing your constant whining.
(west, 23 March 2010 22:11)
The problem with a large number of Croats is they think that some owes them a “free ride” because they are Croats. The first lesson you have to learn as a new nation is there are no “free lunches” in life.
You whine and carry on about Serbs destroying Croatia, what about your Croat fathers and grandfathers in WW2 killing 800 000 Serbs alone? When are you going to compensate people for that crime? You guys only know about your losses. When you grow up and face your past them come to my door step and make demands.
The best thing that’s happened is Yugoslavia is gone and we Serbs no longer have to carry financially Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia or Macedonia. The other day an opposition leader on your Dnevnik program on HTV stated that Croatia owes 60 Billion Euros and the World Bank had to pay Zagreb a visit to ensure an austerity program is in place because they are in a worse mess financial than Greece.
800,000?
Please provided DOCUMENTED sources that prove the number to be this high.
(Luka, 23 March 2010 19:07)
'However in reality Serbia is the poorest country in Europe'.
Well, well Sin City with another anti Serb outburst. But, wait a minute, then you support Serbia on Kosovo, as you don't consider Kosovo a country?
Well, whilst we Serbians are wallowing in poverty, its nice to know that or brother Bosnians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and debt ridden Croats are doing so well. I must have been halucinating about all that Croatian money invested in attracting Serbian tourists!
Now excuse me whilst I look for the nearest refuge container, I need to make this evening's dinner...
(bganon, 16 March 2010 15:44)
Every part of Ex-Yugo participated in the destruction on Yugoslavia. Everyone must come to compromise on this fact. No one is solely guilty everyone participated, PERIOD.
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 15:07)
Very true, but it was serbs and serbia that had the biggest part in destroying it. Its not unthinkable that they are eventually going to have to pay reparations for the destruction of vukovar and the failed attack on dubrovnik. Serbs want croatia to pay for the return and reconstruction of serbs and serb homes in krajina. But when croats ask for the same reinbursement for 5 years of rape, murder, and torture, it is seen as unthinkable to serbs. This is a major reason why many serbs and croats will never forgive or forget eachother's actions during the war. This generation is doomed to make the same mistakes as the last one.
(marko)
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Thank you for the response. Dont mistake yourself; the people what this over and done with, its the polital party's who are playing games with the people. My experience with croatians has always been pleasant, and I know this is the same for them, only certain arrogant nationalists will try to find reason for hate. If compensation is to be paid, then everyone must be compensated even back from WWII. This is all I am saying. Good day brate :)
(trudsaam, 15 March 2010 20:40)
If Serbia cannot compensate Croatia for all the damage and killings, I think the best way is to pay what they can and give back our piece of Vojvodina west of Novi Sad.
(King Damir, 16 March 2010 18:16)
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