Divided God Drago Pilsel

Drago Pilsel, born in , , 21 September, 1962.

Freelance Journalist for various Media, Correspondent and Columnist for the Croatian Daily Novi List, with the Sunday Column, „Democroacia“; Columnist for the magazine “Novi plamen”; Founder, Director and Lecturer of the School of Journalism of the Institute of International Relations, (IMO); ... Present Occupation & Activities: Freelance Journalist for various Media since 1995 Correspondent and Columnist for the Croatian Daily Novi List, with the Sunday Column, „Democroacia“ (www.novilist.hr) since 2007 Columnist for the magazine “Novi plamen” since 2004 Founder, Director and Lecturer of the School of Journalism of the Institute of International Relations, Zagreb (IMO) Main Focus: EU & NATO Integration since 2003 Correspondent for , the weekly paper of the Serbian Minority in since 2000 The National Defence Academy, Vienna and its Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management Member of the Study Group researching the management of the crisis in South East Europe since 2000 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Geneva Member of the Study Group researching the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Police and Security Sistem in Croatia Main Topics: Human Rights Issues Minority Rights Religion and Ethics Reconciliation and Justice Civil Society and Political Culture Political Theology and Ethics War Crimes – was one of the first journalists in Croatia to uncover and write about the severe war crimes and human rights violations committed by the Croatian Armed Forces against the Serbian minority after the “” (Oluja) in August, 1995 War Correspondent during the wars in Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and during the NATO- Campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999. Awards Croatian Journalists Association, Category „News“ 1996 for the article: „If Šarini is not Afraid of Chetnics, Why is He Afraid of Us Mothers?” 1997 for a series of articles covering the visit of Pope John Paul II to COPE, 1999 best foreign correspondent Career History & Education 1979 first experiences in journalism working for a local TV station in Comodoro Rivadavia, Patagonia, Argentina since 1979 in journalism with just a few interruptions 1980-1983 studied Mechanical Engineering, in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1981-1985 studied Journalism in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1982 overseer for construction work and the maintenance of off-shore oil platforms1986-1988 Studied Literature, Latin-American Political Thought in Buenos Aires, Argentina1986-1991 Franciscan Seminary in preparation for priesthood. A part of this time was spent in Brazil and Argentina and later in the seminary of the Archdiocese of , Croatia. During this time still active as a journalist. since 05/89 a resident of Croatia 1989- 1995 studied Philosophy and Theology in Rijeka, Zagreb and , Croatia 10/91-03/92 a soldier of the Croatian Armed Forces, IVth Brigade 1992-1995 Editor and Conductor of OTV, a local Zagreb television 1993-1997 One of the founders of the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Member 1996-1997 Vice-president of the Helsinki Committees for Human Rights 1996-1999 Freelance journalist for various media, Sarajevo 1996-2000 Vice-president of the Branch of Free-lancers of the Croatian Journalist Association (CJA) 1998-2000 Vice-president of the Croatian Journalists Association2000-2003 President of the Branch of Journalists of Electronic Medias of the CJA, „Forum 21“ Correspondent for Foreign Media: BBC Radio (Croatian Branch) Radio Free Europe, Prague (radio) El País, Spain (daily) Vida Nueva, Spain (weekly) COPE, Spain (radio) Osloboenje, Sarajevo, B-H (daily) NTV Studio 99, Sarajevo, B-H (TV) Novi Reporter, Banja Luka, B-H (weekly) Dnevnik, Slovenia (daily) Mladina, Slovenia (weekly) Monitor, (weekly) Danas, Belgrade (daily) Articles published in Croatian Papers: Vjesnik Nedjeljna Dalmacija Nedjeljni Vjesnik Erasmus Zarez Glas Koncila Kana Television and Radio: Editing and Leading: Zagrebaki radio, Zagreb Kanal RI, Rijeka (TV) OTV, Zagreb (TV) Membership: P.E.N. Croatia; Croatian Journalists Association (CJA); the Croatian Association of Writers, Society for Croatian Culture (of the Bosnian Croatians), HKD Napredak; the Association for Religious Freedom in Croatia, the Croatian Chapter of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, the International Association of Christian Journalists (GEGRAPHA); the European Movement Croatia; the Croatian-Israeli Association; and the Centre for Peace Studies Languages: Croatian: native speaker Spanish: native speaker Italian: fluent English: very good Portuguese: very good German: basic Teaching Experience 1994 Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb Journalism 96-99 Studio 99, Sarajevo Journalism, Mentor for younger colleagues 96-00 CJA Journalism Courses, Zagreb Journalism ethics 05-07 IMO Director and Professor of the School of Journalism Other Activities: Support of dissidents, independent journalists and Church activists for human rights in Cuba.

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