April 6, 2020 – He was the star of the recent Croatian Presidential campaign, and now erstwhile presidential candidate and Zagreb mayor namesake wannabe Dario Jurican, aka Milan Bandic is back with a new show – and the world is suddenly a better place.
Even though life is brutal at the moment with my own corona economic realities, coupled with the need to work 15-16 hours a day to mitigate the disaster, I can honestly say that I have never been more challenged or fulfilled professionally.
Trying to deliver the content so many non-Croatian speakers are looking for at this time of crisis is TCN’s priority, and I am so proud of our little team who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in the last few weeks.
Everyone’s world has been turned upside down, and I find that it has levelled the playing field in a number of ways. People I would perhaps never associate with are now great online friends.
I am having the most sensational daily exchanges, for example, with the man who is doing more than most to advise our leaders on how to save our species from extinction – eminent Croatian scientist, Igor Rudan. TCN editor Lauren Simmonds is translating much of Igor’s work, and I somehow get to be a fly on the wall in their daily chats, and sometimes feel brave enough to make a comment or two.
I am also in daily contact with legendary documentary maker, Rober Tomic Zuber, whose new R+ video channel is proving to be an absolute hit. I am learning a LOT from the master.
And so it was perhaps fitting to get a message from Robert this evening that he had a new contributor on his new channel – another hero of mine who has been in touch with me recently. Dario Jurican, aka Milan Bandic, whose brilliant anti-corruption campaign as a Presidential campaign was one of the highlights of 2019.
And if you expected Dario Jurican to go away quietly…
Director Dario Jurican on Wednesday, 8th April 2020 will air the first episode of his new series titled “Let’s steal!”.Director Dario Jurican on Wednesday, 8th April 2020 will air the first episode of his new series titled “Let’s steal!”.
“The first episode is called #Bundekfest and thematizes USKOK’s indictment of “acting” on the 2014 Bundekfest and Advent 2013 festivities. The aim of the series is to educate an ordinary man on how to steal!
I dedicate the first episode to the Cinema Europa, which was closed without any real plans by the mayor Milan Bandic, the biggest pest in the city of Zagreb, with partners who support it – HDZ and Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.
Of course, one should not forget the role of the perpetrator and the political misfit: Davor Bernardic called Badger and Zvana Brumnic called Hero.
8th April was chosen as the premiere date because on that day, Cinema Europa was opened.
Cinema Europa Happy 95th Birthday!
Dario Jurican, Mayor of the Universe”
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