{"id":8530,"date":"2021-03-31T13:39:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8530"},"modified":"2021-03-31T13:39:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T11:39:11","slug":"president-milanovic-lays-wreath-at-memorial-to-josip-jovic-first-croatian-police-officer-killed-in-homeland-war","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-lays-wreath-at-memorial-to-josip-jovic-first-croatian-police-officer-killed-in-homeland-war\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Lays Wreath at Memorial to Josip Jovi\u0107, First Croatian Police Officer Killed in Homeland War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the occasion of the 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of \u201cOperation Plitvice\u201d at Plitvice Lakes, the President of the Republic laid a wreath at the Memorial to Josip Jovi\u0107, the first Croatian police officer to have been killed in the Homeland War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThirty years have passed since the death of Josip Jovi\u0107 and of a display of courage bordering with insanity at the time making everything else fade. A small group of young people, who weren\u2019t professionals or skilled with weapons, came here aware that they could confront a much more powerful enemy, stay here forever and never go back to Zagreb. As time goes by, this courage is greater, it simply outshines us and it\u2019s even harder for me to comprehend today than at that time. Eternal glory and thanks to our fallen Josip Jovi\u0107 who didn\u2019t live to see the Croatian freedom they fought for here, for freedom, for the Constitution, for democracy, for Croatian affiliation to Europe and probably nothing else at that moment\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated in his address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverything else is history, and this is where history begins\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also attending the wreath-laying ceremony with the President of the Republic was the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Admiral Robert Hranj, the Commander of the Croatian Army Major General Boris \u0160eri\u0107 and the Special Adviser to the President of the Republic of Croatia 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\/03\/DSC_1352.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_1352.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\/03\/DSC_1277.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_1277.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\/03\/DSC_1293.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_1293.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\/03\/DSC_1248.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_1248.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\/03\/DSC_1228.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_1228.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\/03\/DSC_1155.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DSC_1155.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\u00a0 \/ Marko Beljan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of \u201cOperation Plitvice\u201d at Plitvice Lakes, the President of the Republic laid a wreath at the Memorial to Josip Jovi\u0107, the first Croatian police officer to have been killed in the Homeland War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8525,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-8530","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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