Articles by Giovanni Vale

Oluja, the story of Nikola

06/10/2023 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

Nikola was just a few months old when, in August 1995, his family – together with the other 200,000 people of Serbian nationality, left Croatia in a hurry. After living in Serbia for fifteen years, he returned to Croatia where he attended high school and where he still lives and works. We met him

Nepalesi di Croazia, una piccola rivoluzione migratoria

15/09/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

Da quando la Croazia ha deciso di abolire il regime delle quote per i lavoratori stranieri, il loro numero è aumentato notevolmente e in particolare quello dei nepalesi. Dopo l’emorragia migratoria degli ultimi anni, i nuovi trend rappresentano per Zagabria una piccola rivoluzione

The Žitna lađa, traditions along the Kupa

31/08/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

Through entrepreneurial initiative, Ana and Jasmina have managed to bring back to life a story – that of river navigation – which involves different territories. The last episode of our report dedicated to the Kupa

Marco Polo, homo adriaticus in spite of everything

28/08/2023 -  Giovanni Vale Korčula

Where was Marco Polo born? What is his native country? A question that made little sense in the 13th century – everything was under the control of the Republic of Venice – is nowadays a source of debates, especially between Croatia and Italy. A new project tries to overcome them

3MesiDi: Croazia tra turismo, tempeste e cambiamenti

22/08/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

Nei mesi estivi in Croazia si discute ampiamente dell’andamento della stagione turistica, la prima post pandemia. Ad influire su questa i cambiamenti climatici, con incendi e tempeste. Ed anche dal punto di vista politico non mancano le tempeste

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Croatia, the new media bill is dangerous

27/07/2023 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

“I don't know who wrote this bill, but I suspect that the main intention was to divide the Croatian media, creating havoc in the sector”, said Hrvoje Zovko, the president of the Association of Croatian Journalists (HND). We met him in Zagreb

David Pejić, “Best European organic farmer”

24/07/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

David Pejić, born in 1990, won the European Commission award for "Best European organic farmer" last September. David is at the helm of the oldest organic farm in Croatia and his is a very unusual story that crosses agriculture and philosophy

La grecità della Calabria

31/05/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

A partire dall’VIII secolo a.C. nella Calabria ionica si stabilirono i primi coloni greci, fondando quella Magna Grecia che coinvolse nell’arco di tre secoli quasi tutto l’attuale Sud Italia. Cos’è rimasto oggi di quell’esperienza storica e che ruolo ha nella narrazione contemporanea di questi luoghi?

Rivers of the Balkans: the Kupa of Karlovac

23/05/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

Few cities can boast of being crossed by four rivers. Karlovac is one of them. Kupa, Dobra, Korana, and Mrežnica. A river city that saw its golden age towards the end of the eighteenth century. Our reportage continues along the Kupa River

3mesiDi: Croazia, nuove e vecchie abitudini

20/04/2023 -  Giovanni Vale

L’ingresso nell'area Schengen, l’adozione dell’euro, sostituzioni di ministri e scontro aperto tra presidente e capo del governo. Senza dimenticare gli abusi della polizia croata, ormai ben documentati, nei confronti dei migranti. Il primo trimestre del nuovo anno in Croazia tra luci ed ombre

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Croatia, the Euro and the treble

10/01/2023 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

For the Croatian government, 2022 was the year of the objectives achieved: entry into Schengen, the single currency, and the Peljesac bridge. But if the Croatian authorities celebrate the treble, the population looks with concern at the arrival of the single currency

Croatia joins Schengen

23/12/2022 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

Croatia will enter the Schengen area from January 1st. As the president of the European Commission and the Croatian Prime Minister focus on celebrations, humanitarian organisations fear an increase in violence and pushbacks against migrants

Rivers of the Balkans: the Kupa and barbed wire

21/12/2022 -  Giovanni Vale

Second episode of our reportage along the Kupa. The shock of the border in 1991, the shock of barbed wire in 2015. Yet, some are not giving up

Rivers of the Balkans: the Kupa

07/12/2022 -  Giovanni Vale

We dedicate the second chapter of our report on the rivers of the Balkans to the Kupa. The journey will lead us to talk about natural parks and migrations, borders and declining industry, barbed wire and sustainable tourism

Croatia hits the gas

18/10/2022 -  Giovanni Vale

Croatia is preparing to become a regional gas supply centre thanks to the regasification plant inaugurated on the island of Krk in 2021. The Plenkovic government rejoices over Zagreb's renewed strategic-energy role, but environmentalists disagree entirely

Elezioni in Bosnia Erzegovina: cosa accadrà dopo il 2 ottobre?

27/09/2022 -  Giovanni Vale

Il prossimo 2 ottobre si terranno elezioni politiche e presidenziali in Bosnia Erzegovina. Vi sono alcune sfide significative che tengono in sospeso il paese

Europride in Belgrade, 10,000 in march

23/09/2022 -  Giovanni Vale

Despite government bans aimed at limiting the LGBT demonstration in Belgrade, over ten thousand people marched through the streets of the capital on Saturday 17 September. Can we therefore speak of a success? Yes and no, as explained by Goran Miletic, director of the Europe and MENA Office at Civil Rights Defenders and one of the Europride organisers

Croazia, lo scandalo INA

31/08/2022 -  Giovanni Vale Zagabria

È una delle più grandi imprese pubbliche della Croazia ed è oggetto di uno scandalo di dimensioni enormi: il più grande della storia del paese. Una truffa colossale da 130 milioni di euro gestita da un gruppo di persone tra cui un ex manager dell'INA e il presidente della camera croata degli avvocati

Zagreb: "Zicer", where startups grow up

21/07/2022 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

In 2017, "Zicer" was born in Zagreb, the Center for Innovation, a municipality space designed to develop and support innovative companies. Zicer is now home to about eighty companies and is the flagship of the city. We talked about it with director Frane Sesnic

Maja Sever, the first woman to lead the EFJ

01/07/2022 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

Quickly resolving the economic issue relating to journalists, fighting harder against SLAPPs or gag complaints, using the rule of law to improve media conditions. These are the keywords of Maja Sever, the first woman to lead the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)