Hungarian map of “maimed Croatia” sparked outrage in NATO member’s government
Gordan Grlić-Radman, the foreign minister of Croatia, was outraged to learn that Hungary’s Ambassador to NATO, István Balogh, gifted the National Atlas of Hungary series as a year-end gift to his Croatian and other NATO member colleagues. Mr Grlić-Radman believes the atlas is “disputed” and contains maps that support Hungary’s alleged “pursuit” to change its borders. He even said he would discuss that with his Romanian, Slovakian and Slovenian colleagues.
Hungarian gift map sparks outrage in Croatia
Even leftist 444.hu was surprised to learn that Gordan Grlić-Radman, Croatia’s foreign minister, was outraged about the National Atlas of Hungary. The atlas was given to Croatia’s Ambassador to NATO by István Balogh, his Hungarian colleague, as a year-end gift.
Mr Grlić-Radman wrote in an X post that the Hungarian atlas is “controversial”. He added that some maps and texts were also controversial. The atlas contains maps depicting the entire Carpathian Basin due to purely professional reasons. You can check it out HERE because all three volumes (State and Nation, Natural Environment, Society) are available online. There will be a fourth one about the Hungarian economy.
There are historic maps
Of course, some topics contain historic maps or depict the entire Carpathian Basin. For example, the chapter “History of Population” has multiple maps about the population changes of the Carpathian Basin between the 11th century and 1910.
The Croatian foreign minister did not explain what content he categorised as irredentist. He only admitted that there is no explicit mention of “Greater Hungary” in the atlas, but some maps and texts are disputed. He also wrote that he would start discussions with his Romanian, Slovenian and Slovakian counterparts about the issue.
“… today’s geopolitical challenges and security threats call for more dialogue and cooperation between European and Transatlantic allies”, he concluded his tweet.
In 2022, Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Rastislav Káčer was horrified to see PM Orbán in a scarf with the map of Greater Hungary, which he called disgusting.
A country symbol
“A national atlas, like the flag, coat of arms or the national anthem, has always been an important symbol for any country in the world”, the National Atlas of Hungary wrote on their official website where the atlases are available.
“A national atlas is usually a series of maps complemented with textual explanations and various illustrations, which show the given state’s natural, economic and social features through logically and proportionally constructed maps using a well-defined scale and fairly uniform cartographic iconography. It is intended for the country’s inhabitants as well as for interested foreigners. The national atlases issued so far all share the principal feature that they refer to the given state’s territory”, Károly Kocsis, the President of the Editorial Board writes in the foreword of the first volume, State and Nation.
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Croatia will also cry over spilt milk. Big deal. Croatians lost their sense of humor.
What is it nowadays with the egos of public servants? Instead of addressing the multiple issues in their country, the go cry about a gift received. Acting like a spoiled little child over nothing. No one should be in politics unless directly voted in by the public. Then all those bitter men with big egos will not bother us anymore and the world will be a better place. Thousand of urgent issues to be addressed in Croatia, but no lets spend time money and resourses on this, and lets bother Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania because there also are no urgent issues to be addressed.
Good gosh, Croats really are something else.
They broke up Yugoslavia because they didn’t want to be “dictated to” by Belgrade. They wanted to be independent, with their own borders, currency, etc. They fought a bloody war to achieve it.
Instead of Belgrade, they’re now controlled by Brussels, they lost their own currency, and they have disputes with literally every neighbor. They whine about this atlas gift here while allowing their borders to be invaded by tens of thousands of hostile illegal alien, as commanded by Brussels.
Great going, Croatia!
Croatia always in the wrong side of history. The butcher Ante Pavelic is an example of that