{"id":19772,"date":"2022-10-31T09:49:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=19772"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T08:49:14","slug":"president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the occasion of the 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 paid tribute today to the fallen Croatian defenders and civilians in the Homeland War at a wreath-laying and candle-lighting ceremony held at the Memorial Cross in Boninovo cemetery in Dubrovnik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe liberation of Croatia\u2019s south was a large-scale operation of the Croatian Army tantamount to Operations Storm and Flash, in certain aspects even greater because it took place three years earlier in conditions of an international semi-isolation of Croatia, without weapons. It lasted for months and close to three hundred of our soldiers perished. This important event should have been marked on a national level, it should have been a central state celebration or one organized by the state, and not by local authorities, the County. The County didn\u2019t even exist in 1992, but unfortunately it fell into the hands of the local group, and the Prime Minister had more important work. That\u2019s how it turned out\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated for the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The headquarters of the southern battlefield headed by General Janko Bobetko was formed in April 1992 when the Operation for the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south was launched. Thanks to the military and police operations in 1992 the siege of the City of Dubrovnik ended and 1,200 kilometres of occupied Croatian territory were liberated. In October 1992 Croatian units liberated Cavtat and Konavle thereby defending and liberating Croatia\u2019s south. In the battles on the south battlefield more than 270 Croatian defenders and 19 civilians perished, and more than 900 members of the Croatian Army and the Ministry of the Interior sustained light or serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Milanovi\u0107 lit a candle at the tomb of the Commander of the defence of Dubrovnik in the Homeland War in 1991 General Nojko Marinkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 were the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sini\u0161a Jurkovi\u0107, Commander of the Croatian Army Lieutenant General Boris \u0160eri\u0107,&nbsp;Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the CAF Lieutenant General Boris Zdilar, Commander of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence Brigadier General Michael Kri\u017eanec, Deputy Commander of the Croatian Navy Commodore Damir Dojki\u0107, Deputy Commander of the Croatian Defence Academy Brigadier General Bla\u017e Beretin, First NCO of the CAF Dra\u017een Klanjec, Mayor of Dubrovnik Mato Frankovi\u0107, President of the City Council Marko Potrebica and retired Major General Luka D\u017eanko.<\/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\/10\/DSC_1512-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1512-768x432.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\/10\/DSC_1524-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1524-768x432.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\/10\/DSC_1535-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1535-768x432.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\/10\/DSC_1563-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1563-768x512.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\/10\/DSC_1574-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1574-768x512.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Filip Glas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 paid tribute today to the fallen Croatian defenders and civilians in the Homeland War at a wreath-laying and candle-lighting ceremony held at the Memorial Cross in Boninovo cemetery in Dubrovnik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19761,"template":"","news-cat":[],"class_list":["post-19772","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Milanovi\u0107 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims - 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-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 paid tribute today to the fallen Croatian defenders and civilians in the Homeland War at a wreath-laying and candle-lighting ceremony held at the Memorial Cross in Boninovo cemetery in Dubrovnik.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-31T08:49:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1512.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4227\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2378\" \/>\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=\"3 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-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/\",\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims - 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-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/DSC_1512.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-31T08:49:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-31T08:49:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/DSC_1512.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/DSC_1512.jpg\",\"width\":4227,\"height\":2378,\"caption\":\"On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 paid tribute today to the fallen Croatian defenders and civilians in the Homeland War at a wreath-laying and candle-lighting ceremony held at the Memorial Cross in Boninovo cemetery in Dubrovnik.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\\\/#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 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims\"}]},{\"@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 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims - 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-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Milanovi\u0107 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","og_description":"On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 paid tribute today to the fallen Croatian defenders and civilians in the Homeland War at a wreath-laying and candle-lighting ceremony held at the Memorial Cross in Boninovo cemetery in Dubrovnik.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/","og_site_name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","article_modified_time":"2022-10-31T08:49:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":4227,"height":2378,"url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1512.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/","name":"President Milanovi\u0107 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims - 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-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1512.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-31T08:49:11+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-31T08:49:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1512.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC_1512.jpg","width":4227,"height":2378,"caption":"On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Croatia\u2019s south, the President of the Republic and Commander in Chief of the Croatian Armed Forces Zoran Milanovi\u0107 paid tribute today to the fallen Croatian defenders and civilians in the Homeland War at a wreath-laying and candle-lighting ceremony held at the Memorial Cross in Boninovo cemetery in Dubrovnik."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-dubrovnik-pays-tribute-to-homeland-war-victims\/#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 in Dubrovnik Pays Tribute to Homeland War Victims"}]},{"@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\/19772","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\/19761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-cat?post=19772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}