Milan Mladenovic, 1982. Milan Mladenović was one of the most important Yugoslav rock musicians. Born in 1958 in Zagreb, he lived and studied in Sarajevo and from 1970 until his death in 1994 in Belgrade. As a frontman of a cult group Ekatarina Velika, his name became synonymous with Yugoslav Art-Rock And it inspired many … Read more

Haris Džinović (born September 26, 1951 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian-Serbian singer of folk and pop-folk music, singer-songwriter and composer. He is one of the most famous performers of the Balkan scene. He achieved his first public success in the early 1980s as an ensemble leader sar e Roma, and has continued his independent career … Read more

Ivan Penava (born December 31, 1974 in Vukovar) is a Croatian professor of kinesiology and a politician who was the mayor of Vukovar from 2014 to 2025. After returning to Vukovar, he worked as a physical education teacher at the School of Economics, and after eight years he became the director of that school. In … Read more

Sandra Benčić (born January 28, 1978 in Zabok) is a Croatian politician and civil rights activist. She graduated from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb (Master of Law, 2014), and since 2019 she has been active in the ecological-left platform We can! – First as a member, and since March 2023 as one of the … Read more

Karolina Vidović Krišto (Vukovar, December 29, 1975) is a Croatian journalist, politician and former member of parliament. She is the founder and president of a political party Determination and righteousness (OIP), which she founded at the end of 2022. Krišto Vidović became especially known to the public as an editor and presenter at Croatian Radio … Read more

Vladimir Kočiš Zec (Zagreb, May 7, 1948) is a Croatian musician, composer and singer-songwriter, best known as guitarist and singer of the legendary ‘Novi fossils’. He started his career in his school days – he founded his first band pearls and performed at performances in elementary school. With his energy and musical talent, he quickly … Read more

Vili Beroš is a Croatian politician and neurosurgeon, who was the Minister of Health from 2020 to 2024. He was born on December 13, 1964 in Split, and completed his education on the island of Hvar (primary and secondary school in Jelsa). He studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zagreb and … Read more

Oleg Butković (born in 1979 in Rijeka) is a Croatian politician who has held the position of Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure since 2016. Since 2022, he has been one of the vice-presidents of the Government of the Republic of Croatia. He is a member of the HDZ, and since 2020 he also … Read more

Renata Burić is an enterprising and versatile woman from Zagreb whose passion for cooking leads to new life chapters. The public met her as a finalist of the socially responsible project Start Croatia, thereby confirming that gastronomy is her real life calling. After years of business and private challenges, she found new strength and decided … Read more

Filip Horvat (born August 13, 1994 in Zagreb) is one of the most promising young Croatian chefs. He showed his love for cooking even as a child: he prepared his first tomato and pasta sauce at the age of ten. At the ‘Pavlek Miškina’ Elementary School at Sveti Duhu, he stood out for his dedication, … Read more

Ante Vukadin (28), originally from Tomislavgrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, became the seventh winner of the show Masterchef Croatia (2024). As a student of electrical engineering, he stood out in the grand finale of the culinary show – the jury concluded that his final menu was better than the menu of another finalist, Sanja Cukon. … Read more

Srđan Jandrić (born 1993/1994 in Novi Sad) is a local chef who became known as the winner of the fourth season of the popular show Masterchef Serbia (2025). During the final episode, he won the main prize of €50,000, and in an emotional moment, right before the announcement as the winner, he proposed to his … Read more