Heroes Who Surprised, Worried, Amused, and Horrified Us in 2015… (Part 2)

The year we have left behind brought some significant serious events that we previously reported on in the Lider weekly, but in the past 365 days, there were also many small events that remained recorded only on the margins of public interest.

You can read all about the pearls of the year in the holiday double issue of Lider, and here we will present to you in the coming days 50 heroes of the year from the ‘distorted’ perspective of newspaper editors. On Saturday, you could read the first 10, now we bring you the continuation.

11. The Last Mohican – Božo Prka
The head of PBZ has survived as the last long-serving banker after a generational shift in which Franjo Luković from Zaba, Zdenko Adrović from RBA, and Petar Radaković from Erste Bank have left.

12. Mother Teresa Recognition – Zdenko Adrović
The new head of the Banking Association, along with a statement about cartel cooperation, wondered how the banking sector, in which 74 percent of employees are women, can be accused of heartlessness.

13. Special Charter of the Franc – Boris Lalovac
The author and chief advocate for the conversion of loans in Swiss francs has drawn the ire of eight banks and one governor for eight billion reasons.

14. Golden Ginkgo – Tomislav Horvatinčić
He does not remember the yacht accident in which two people died, nor that he sued the family of the deceased Italians for 250,000 euros in damages on his yacht.

15. Diamond Ginkgo Forte – Boris Vujčić
The governor of HNB recalled between two trips that as early as 2005, as vice-governor, he warned about loans in Swiss francs; and he did nothing, just like today.

16. Yearly Assessment – Branko Grčić
Milanović’s on-duty macro-optimist persistently claimed that investments would pull the country out of recession. He waited, waited, and finally saw that it was exports that pulled GDP out of the mire.

17. Grčić’s Super Grčić – Mirando Mrsić
He predicted that the average pension with full working experience would amount to nearly 9,000 kuna. Ultra-turbo-optimistic even for a long-term outlook in 2040.

18. Donation of All Donations – Branko Roglić
One of the richest Croatian businessmen cannot seem to get over 20,000 kuna. With that expense, he became the largest donor to Most. And he must have a few wrong investments as well.

19. Favorite Fugitive – Zolt Hernádi
The head of MOL is slightly on the red Interpol wanted list due to the alleged bribery of Sanader, and slightly not. He spent most of the year in Hungary, but also visited Vienna and Berlin.

20. Golden Disappearance – Božidar Gorup
The businessman from Zagorje allegedly ‘fled’ to the Philippines via Belgrade and Doha. He left the company in debt and in pre-bankruptcy, and now the initiation of bankruptcy has also been proposed.