{"id":17249,"date":"2022-05-17T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17249"},"modified":"2022-05-17T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:37:34","slug":"president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in \u0160ibenik today a special session of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly on the occasion of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day. President Milanovi\u0107 extended congratulations to the citizens on County Day, and told them they have the resources and people who are quick learners, tough, adaptable and intelligent, calling on them to continue preserving nature and their heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the development of \u0160ibenik, President Milanovi\u0107 said that the city\u2019s progress is evident. \u201cThere\u2019s a better quality of life here, and the city adapts to its fate. No longer does heavy industry employ hundreds of poorly qualified workers with a relatively small added value. Today you venture more ambitiously into fields where more money is earned\u201d, the President noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of demographic renewal, he said that for him it means \u201cnumbers, i.e. how many we are, and what we are capable of doing\u201d. He stressed that there are enough Croats to make Croatia and \u0160ibenik-Knin County a place enjoyable and desirable to live, for what people will envy us. \u201cSince there is something here to be envious of. People from Central and Western Europe don\u2019t come here in large numbers for no reason just to revel in the sun and the sea but in something special. Also, because the area is unburdened, and the natural resources have been preserved. Therefore, preserve nature, but don\u2019t make an ideology out of it, and a new religion. Nurture people to people relations. The war period has been difficult in this area, and relations between the Croats and the Serbs cannot be ideal, but it\u2019s up to us Croats to make these relations normal\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Milanovi\u0107 also referred to the absorption of European funds. \u201cIf we don\u2019t make use of European funds, then we are complete losers, and should ask ourselves what we\u2019re doing in the European Union because everything else is giving, or rather taking from us. Billions of euros are being offered to everybody especially to the poor. The objective is to take all the money or as much as possible, not to be the weakest like we are now, and to slowly realign ourselves for the time when we won\u2019t need the money anymore since we\u2019ll be rich\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 noted, emphasizing that we\u2019re taking too little from the European funds, but that it\u2019s not the responsibility of this government or previous ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is reality, we have to keep this reality in mind, and manage in areas of interest because nations and states act on the principle of selfishness. As a nation we should not be ashamed to be selfish as long as we\u2019re not malicious, evil or perfidious. Let\u2019s focus on our own interests \u2013 that\u2019s the only way for a small nation to survive and prosper\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated. He concluded his address by saying that now it\u2019s time to fight for some things as Croats, as a national state, and not to act as if we\u2019re not interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the celebration of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day were the President of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly Stipe Petrina, \u0160ibenik-Knin County Prefect Marko Jeli\u0107, Deputy Prime Minister and envoy of the Prime Minister Anja \u0160impraga, and member of the Croatian Parliament and envoy of the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Branka Lu\u010dev-Martin\u010dev. Annual recognitions and awards were presented to the most deserving citizens and associations of \u0160ibenik-Knin County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 were the Head of the Cabinet of the President Bartol \u0160imuni\u0107 and the Adviser to the President for Human Rights and Civil Society Melita Muli\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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0025-1024x768.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0025-768x576.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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0035-1024x768.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0035-768x576.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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0097-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0097-768x432.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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0149-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0149-768x432.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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235-768x512.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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0329-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0329-768x512.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\/2022\/05\/DSC_0369-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0369-768x432.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 \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in \u0160ibenik today a special session of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly on the occasion of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day. President Milanovi\u0107 extended congratulations to the citizens on County Day, and told them they have the resources and people who are quick learners, tough, adaptable and intelligent, calling on them to continue preserving nature and their heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17244,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-17249","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"he President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in \u0160ibenik today a special session of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly on the occasion of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day. President Milanovi\u0107 extended congratulations to the citizens on County Day, and told them they have the resources and people who are quick learners, tough, adaptable and intelligent, calling on them to continue preserving nature and their heritage.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-17T13:37:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4096\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2731\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/\",\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/DSC_0235.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-17T13:37:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-17T13:37:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/DSC_0235.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/DSC_0235.jpg\",\"width\":4096,\"height\":2731,\"caption\":\"The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in \u0160ibenik today a special session of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly on the occasion of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vijesti\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","og_description":"he President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in \u0160ibenik today a special session of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly on the occasion of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day. President Milanovi\u0107 extended congratulations to the citizens on County Day, and told them they have the resources and people who are quick learners, tough, adaptable and intelligent, calling on them to continue preserving nature and their heritage.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/","og_site_name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","article_modified_time":"2022-05-17T13:37:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":4096,"height":2731,"url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/","name":"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-17T13:37:30+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-17T13:37:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_0235.jpg","width":4096,"height":2731,"caption":"The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 attended in \u0160ibenik today a special session of the \u0160ibenik-Knin County Assembly on the occasion of \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-sibenik-knin-county-day-celebration-nows-the-time-for-us-as-a-state-to-fight-for-ourselves\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vijesti","item":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"President Milanovi\u0107 at \u0160ibenik-Knin County Day Celebration: Now\u2019s the time for us as a state to fight for ourselves"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/","name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/17249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-cat?post=17249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}