Celebrations for Chinese New Year in various countries

STORY: Celebrations for Chinese New Year in various countries SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: Zagreb/Belgrade/Valletta/Tunis CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations in Zagreb 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZELJKO REINER, Deputy parliament speaker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Croatian): DAVORKO VIDOVIC, Deputy parliament speaker 4. various of celebrations in Belgrade 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Serbian): TAMARA, Attendee 6. various of celebrations in Valletta 7. various of celebrations in Tunis STORYLINE: The Chinese embassy in Croatia on Tuesday held a reception for the Year of the Dragon. Two former Croatian presidents, Stjepan Mesic and Ivo Josipovic, attended the reception along with incumbent deputy parliament speakers Zeljko Reiner and Davorko Vidovic. Over 500 people from all walks of life across Croatia attended the reception. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZELJKO REINER, Deputy parliament speaker "Today, we celebrate new beginnings that will flourish in the year ahead but

Former Croatian president hails China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative

STORY: Former Croatian president hails China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative DATELINE: May 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2. SOUNDBITE (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President STORYLINE: Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has said that the China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative is very important as it "tends to connect people, different civilizations, different religions, and different societies." SOUNDBITE (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President "In this very critical moment for humanity, (there are) many crises all around the world, wars, disasters, diseases. It's very important that someone puts on the table an initiative that tends to connect people, to connect different civilizations, different religions, and different societies. And it's a very important initiative for globality. Globality is, I think, very important because these important challenges of humanity can be resolved just together. Different

CROATIA-ZAGREB-FORMER PRESIDENT-INTERVIEW

CROATIA-ZAGREB-FORMER PRESIDENT-INTERVIEW

(221013) -- ZAGREB, Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo shows former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic receiving an interview with Xinhua in Zagreb, Croatia. TO GO WITH "Interview: Building community with shared future for mankind a visionary concept, says Croatian ex-president" (Xinhua/Li Xuejun)

Former Croatian president hails 30 years of diplomatic ties between Croatia, China

STORY: Former Croatian president hails 30 years of diplomatic ties between Croatia, China DATELINE: May 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:37 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in Zagreb 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President STORYLINE: This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Croatia and China. Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic told Xinhua in a recent interview that this would inject new impetus into the development of bilateral relations and open up new possibilities for cooperation. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President "Today, I think we have very good relations, we don't have any open issues, probably we should be more intensively engaged in establishing more cultural and economical cooperation." The former president noted that bilateral contacts

Int'l experts attach great significance to China's "two sessions"

STORY: Int'l experts attach great significance to China's "two sessions" DATELINE: March 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: Athens/London/Washington/Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PELAGIA KARPATHIOTAKI, Greek scholar 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian president 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MASOOD KHALID, Former Pakistani ambassador to China STORYLINE: The forthcoming annual meetings of China's top legislature and national political advisory body, known as the "two sessions," will be closely followed overseas. According to some experts, decisions made at the gatherings will be very important to global economic recovery and world stability. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PELAGIA KARPATHIOTAKI, Greek scholar "China's two sessions that will be held in March 2022 for sure will attract global interest more than ever, a