Draxblog III

Croatian blogging recommendation

One of the rare blogs which I follow with some sort of regularity these days is Croatian pollitika. It is political blog modelled after Daily Kos, but it has ideologically more diverse set of contributors.

Taking the Fifth

This year's blogging starts on a positive note.

This post lists me as one of Croatian A-list bloggers. Of course, Draxblog III (or Draxblog IV) don't have anything to do with it.

All the Best in 2007

One year ago I wrote:

I don't think that this blog in 2006 is going to be much better than it was in 2005.

That prediction proved to be right.

I don't predict, but sincerelly hope that 2007 in general is going to be better than 2006. And, just as I did one year ago, extend this wish to all readers of this blog.

Vibby Is Back

Vibor Kalogjera, young Croatian diplomat who had lost his job over too much indiscretion in his blog, has returned to Croatian blogosphere. His new blog Xpolitika offers views on many current issues (CIA flights, war crimes affair in Osijek etc.).

Still Quoted

In these dark days of blog draught, it is comforting to know that you are still being quoted in blogosphere.

Blogging Update (Long Overdue)

A lot has happened since the start of the year. You may judge that by the scarcity of posts since the start of the year.

Silvio Berlusconi has lost an election. Vesna Škare-Ožbolt (Vesna Skare-Ozbolt)got booted from her post of Croatian justice minister only to have her vengeance by depriving HDZ of victory at Velika Gorica local elections. Severina Vučković (Severina Vuckovic) won the right to represent Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest. Vazmenko Pervan, the winner of Survivor Croatia, began writing his own blog.

Even before 2006 started, I had began writing for this site.

This explains why I don't have as much time for updating this blog as I had before.

I'll nevertheless try to make some kind of semi-regular updates on weekly or (more likely) bi-weekly basis.

Another Draxblog

 

I started another Croatian blog.

Stipe Juras Interviews Ivana Radovniković (Ivana Radovnikovic)

Again I interrupt my long blogging pause with a news related to Croatian blogosphere.

Stipe Juras, young journalist from Zadar has interviewed young and talented singer Ivana Radovniković (Ivana Radovnikovic) for his blog.

The interview - apart from Ms. Radovniković's admission of being "honoured, but otherwise unaffected" in the hypothetical scenario of Janica Kostelić's (Janica Kostelic's) romantic advances - reveals that the Zadar chanteuse used to prefer alternative music to mainstream pop in her early days.

2nd Satin Pajamas

This year Draxblog finished last among the five blogs nominated for Satin Pajamas award for Best Southeastern European blog.

Considering the current state of my blogging activities, I don't find that surprising. Each of four entries was more deserving of an award than this blog.

Vibby Is Back

Again I interrupt my blogging pause in order to inform my faithful readers about another important development in Croatian blogosphere.

Velibor Kalogjera a.k.a. Vibby, former Croatian diplomat and one of the first Croatians to lose job because of blog, has started another blog.

(I apologise if the link doesn't work. Blog.hr apparently has another of those days.)