{"id":14123,"date":"2021-11-25T15:26:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14123"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:26:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:26:38","slug":"president-milanovic-confers-order-of-duke-domagoj-with-ribbon-upon-anton-kikas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-confers-order-of-duke-domagoj-with-ribbon-upon-anton-kikas\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Confers Order of Duke Domagoj with Ribbon upon Anton Kika\u0161"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 decorated Anton Kika\u0161 with the Order of Duke Domagoj with Ribbon for the bravery and heroism he displayed in the Homeland War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat you have done for Croatia is public knowledge, but what the public doesn\u2019t know is why it took thirty years for Croatia to repay you by a minimal gesture. I don\u2019t think there was any evil intention, or any hidden motives, it was just simply so. You are getting the decoration you should have received long ago. It is a great honour for me that such actions are recorded and not forgotten. In the hardest of times for Croatia you collected funds, set out on a bold adventure that at first didn\u2019t end up good for you, it could have been fatal, but in the end Croatia showed that it cares for its people. And, thirty years later, this is a small belated gesture\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated when presenting the decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anton Kika\u0161 thanked President Milanovi\u0107 for the decoration and said: \u201cThis is a very special and joyous day for me for a number of reasons \u2013 not only because of the decoration \u2013 you can\u2019t describe it in words, and it will remain with me forever. Today is the thirtieth anniversary of my release from prison, the day when I saw light at the end of the tunnel, a very dark tunnel called the Belgrade military prison. In the past thirty years I have celebrated this day as a second birthday\u201d. He also thanked the Matica hrvatska national institution for proposing him for the decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 1991 Anton Kika\u0161 wanted to deliver weapons by plane to the Republic of Croatia that needed them to defend itself against the aggression. The airplane loaded with weapons was forced to land in Zagreb where Kika\u0161 was captured, and sent to a military prison in Belgrade in which he spent three months. After three months in prison, he was exchanged for a general of the former Yugoslav army and freed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accompanying Anton Kika\u0161 at the decorations ceremony were his family and friends: son Robert Kika\u0161, sister Olga Prusac, nieces Antoanela Milo\u0161 and Nevena Letica, nephew Ninoslav Kika\u0161, retired bishop Msgr. Juraj Jezerinac, and friend Jagoda Schon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 was the Head of the Office of the President of the Republic Orsat Miljeni\u0107, and the Special Adviser to the President for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Marekovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0280-1024x731.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0280-768x549.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0219-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0219-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0224-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0224-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0251-1024x731.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0251-768x549.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0161-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20211125_0161-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p>PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Ana Marija Kati\u0107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 decorated Anton Kika\u0161 with the Order of Duke Domagoj with Ribbon for the bravery and heroism he displayed in the Homeland War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14113,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-14123","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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