During the summer 2021 two poster exhibitions were held in the premises of Italian communities in Cres and in Mali Lošinj, prepared by our member Jasminka Ćus Rukonić with the title “Venetian Traces at the Islands of Cres and Lošinj” held on the occasion fo 1600 aniversary of the establishment of Venece. They were held in the Italian Community […]
Category: Meetings
President Heimer at the 7th Czech National Congress of Vexillology, Frýdek-Místek
Czech National Congresses of Vexillology are held every four years since 1996 in another town in Czech Republic. This year the 7th Congress was held in the Moravian-Silesian city of Frýdek-Místek from 4 until 6 September 2020. The FIAV President addressed the Congress participants via vieolink within the Congress opening ceremony on 5 September 2020. […]
12th International Flag Art Festival Zagreb “Identity of Europe (Europe Intimately)” August 2020
The 12th International Flag Festival was held in Zagreb from 10 to 20 August 2020. With the support of the Tourist Board of the City of Zagreb and the City of Zagreb, 350 art flags from about 20 countries of the world, prepared for this year’s and previous festivals, are on display in the center. […]
17th Lecture on Flags in the KHDP cycles – On the Occasion of the Centenary of the Czech Flag, 23.06.2020
The Croatian-Czech Society, the Czech Beseda Zagreb, the Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies and the Croatian Heraldry and Flag Society marked the 100th anniversary of the Czech flag on Tuesday, June 23, at the Czech National House in Zagreb with a lecture given by Lietenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer, President of the Croatian Heraldry and […]
President Heimer at the Noth American Vexillological Association Annual Meetting, 13.06.2020
The 54th annual conference of the North American Vexillological Association – Association nord-américaine de vexillologie (NAVA), abbreviated NAVA 54, was held under special pandemic travel restrictions, using a “virtual meeting room” in WebEx. was hosted by the U.S. Library of Congress. The conference was opened by NAVA President Peter Ansoff, and as a special guest, […]
Earthquake in Zagreb and the COVID-19 Pandemic
16th Lecture of World Flags for KHDP – Ukraine, 27.02.2020
The Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies (KHDP) Tribune held on 27 February held the 16th lecture on national flags presented by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer.After two annual cycles under the title “Flags of European and World Countries”, held under the auspices of the President of Republic of Croatia, Mrs. Kolinda Grabar Kitarović,when 13 national […]
12th Annual Lecture for the Zagreb Classical Gymnasium Society, 24.2.2020
The Zagreb Classical Gymnasium Society (DZKG) and HGZD cherish fruitful cooperation for a number of years, since the time when HGZD held its regular Tribunes in the “Classicians” premises. It is a custom that HGZD annually, usually in spring, hold a lecture with heraldic and vexillological topics for the Classical auditorium. This year, on 24 […]
15th Lecture in the Cycle »Flags of European and World Countries« – Spain, 16.01.2020
The lecture cycle »Flags of European and World Countries« organized by the Coordination of Croatian Friendship Societies, under auspices of President of the Republic kolinda Grabar Kitarović, continued with its 15th lecture titled »Spanish Flags«, given by the HGZD president Heimer in the auditorium of the Coordination on 16 January 2020. After the lecture the […]
Book Promotion: The Flags of Israel
Text and photos Slavica Šarović, Portal for National Minorities of Croatia https://nacionalnemanjine.hr/promovirana-knjiga-zastave-izraela/ English translation: HGZD. The book Zastave Izraela/The Flags of Israel by Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Željko Heimer, LF, FF, promoted on 3 December at 19h in the Jewish Community of Zagreb auditorium, is particularly interesting because a Croatian author considers flags of another country, […]