Syrian Student to €250m Company, 829 Croat Jobs

Who is the most impressive foreigner you have met in Croatia?
For me, none I have met comes close to this man. Due to study in Italy, he pass though Zagreb and stayed, a decision which led to more than 50 years in Croatia during which he achieved so much. This despite having his business plans ruined twice, on two different continents.
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[@RafoBobanZDS]

Great story! The fact that a lot of people didn't hear about it tells a lot about Croatian media.

[@PaulBradbury]

I am amazed how few people know the story

[@katjamihelic9368]

Wow, I love Jasenka, had no idea about the company's history. What a touching story.

[@PaulBradbury]

Great story, isn't it?

[@omnislashtuzla3654]

Sviđa mi se video,ne samo ovaj nego svaki što si uradio,nazalost pojedini papci neznaju koliko je Hrvatska lijepa.Samo nastavi.....svaka čast.

[@PaulBradbury]

Hvala!

[@tomislavslat8473]

Paul, thank you for the story and memory of this incredible man. I had the privilege to know him since he left Vukovar and worked with him until he left us. His passion, honor, care for people and wish to create a better world were outstanding. A rarely great person.

[@PaulBradbury]

It was my pleasure, and nice to see more people hearing about his deeds.

[@noemimarchiotti8851]

I knew him and I can only agree with this comment.

[@importedvixen]

You put tears in my eyes.. RIP to Jasenka’s husband 💜

[@PaulBradbury]

He was a great man.

[@importedvixen]

@@PaulBradbury thank you for making this tribute about him.

[@realtalk675]

Wow thats awesome ! Im croatian and my best friend is from syria aleppo too ! Thanks for sharing this respect to him

[@PaulBradbury]

Nice

[@jhutfre4855]

Thanks a lot for this video, me as a native Croatian never knew a thing about this and I am, even now, reading newspaper every day.

[@PaulBradbury]

You're very welcome! He was a very special guy.

[@NicolasCage88]

Been buying Yasenka products for years, had no idea. Loving the channel's uplifting theme!

[@PaulBradbury]

Despite his success, I have not so many people who know his story. Only met him twice but he was very humble.

[@anelkoopacak1462]

Lijepa priča. Dokaz da, mali kakvi već jesmo, moramo biti inkluzivni i prihvačati druge, tj. sve one kojima je Hrvatska u srcu.

[@PaulBradbury]

There is a lot which is amazing in Croatia, and it is healthy to reflect on that on occasion. At least in my opinion.

[@josipkatinic3349]

What you do for croatia is more than most do i thank you with my heart. Paul you are a champion for this nation Because of you people take notice of this small country thank you and your family God bless

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha thanks - lots more coming if you want to subscribe

[@FrankaRPrgic]

Thank you for the story.

[@PaulBradbury]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danielsantek189]

Thank you Paul

[@Bobby_S.S.]

Thank you!

[@PaulBradbury]

You are very welcome

[@funkyribar2301]

Cheers to you Sir! You are a great gentleman! Lovely story reminding us all, it truly is important being humble but dreaming big.

[@PaulBradbury]

Thank you kindly

[@crism.6632]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[@emptyfile9]

Touching story Paul, I could sit here all day and listen to you... in fact what do you know seems its 2 PM and I have been doing exactly that this whole day!!! Back to work LOL Lovely channel and everything else, keep up the great work. Love from Zagreb.

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha tx. Subscribe and u will never miss a video again or check out our new tiktok channel

[@noemimarchiotti8851]

Dear Paul, thank you for this wonderful tribute. I used to know Radwan and his lovely wife. I'd like to add that he was a philanthropist who donated lots of money and helped his community.

[@PaulBradbury]

You are welcome. A wonderful man.

[@galaxi6260]

Not the same thing. Don't compare THEN AND NOW... ✔👍

[@PaulBradbury]

So if a Syrian came in and did the same in 2023, it would be different how?

[@agontprevarator5214]

@@PaulBradbury I think he is trying to say that the syrian demographic that enters croatia today is not the kind that is capable or willing of achieving something like this.

[@dgmma992]

@@agontprevarator5214 Yeh and this guy came legally which cant be said for all these rats

[@josip1984]

One very interesting story. As a Croatian I have never heard of it. Thanks for this Paul.

[@PaulBradbury]

Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more coming if you want to subscribe.

[@fidemclam]

Hi Paul

[@PaulBradbury]

Hi

[@mariozaccaria1078]

he came because Jugoslavija was in the Non-Alignes movement and the African sent theire youngs to us and our companies received great infrastructural projects abroad. I think some croatian companies were involved in the construction of the Asswan barrier.

[@PaulBradbury]

Yes Croatian companies have a long tradition of construction in North Africa. I think Libya was the main market

[@importedvixen]

Asswan su gradili Izmedju ostalih Slovenci,Srbi i Hrvati..

[@RRiBAFIshhhhh]

Croatian expert??whaaaattt

[@abpast5319]

I still dont whant any of tham outside him.I dont whant to made croatia bosnia 2.0.

[@agontprevarator5214]

Unfortunately it would be bosnia 5.0. We got bosnia 2.0 from yugoslavia up until the war with hundreds of thousands of bosnians coming in. This time it would just make a huge jump of 3 points.

[@bernardokrolo2275]

Nije li napomena o tome da Hrvati nisu zeljeli te ljude ovdje pretjerana ,netocna i nepotvrdjena,to jest generalizacija bez pokrica a pri tom i ne pogadja bit onoga sto je migrantska kriza u to vrijeme bila...video ti je izuzev toga Paul dobar kao i uvijek

[@PaulBradbury]

No i dont think so. It was very much the sentiment as the time from my observation in the media and comments at the time. And even in a comment about this video.

[@bernardokrolo2275]

@@PaulBradbury Paul...pricatio o tome da je dugo tijekom svih previranja politickih vezano za stjecanje neovisnosti hrvatske u ratu i poslije njega vecina Hrvata imala negativan stav prema britanskoj politici i izvuci iz toga stav o tome da mi ne zelimo ovdje tebe je pretjerano..isto tako je pretjerano izvlaciti ili sugerirati da mi ne zelimo ovdje nekog drugacijeg na osnovu previranja s migrantskom krizom..osim toga..nije poanta sto smo pisali u medijima ili internetu..bitno je kako smo se ponasali

[@kani9284]

@@PaulBradbury I agree with you. I remember comments especially in Social Media from people not wanting migrants here. They were going to Germany and Northern Europe anyway but many Croatians were worried that they'll stay here.

[@vladoivis6217]

Croats mostly stoped believing in God. That's problem with Croatia nowdays. Their grandfather's did and that made Croatia big and populated with good people. Since they passed away they forget about them and their own history. 😢

[@antel704]

Guite mayority have strong faith in Alive Jesus Lord going to Church or not. Mainly problem is bad minimal wage, young people dont have job secure with good sallary for living we have no inaf own manufactury, and thats reason why they are in depression and going in west, but time will slowly change. And imigrant mayority passing throu Croatia too with same reason, we are not economic interest to them.

[@KnezBranimir879]

​@@antel704 if majority really believed in God, they would not elect the corrupt politicians into government.

[@sretnazvijezda400]

People have no choices to choose It's all about money. Whole world is like thiss. 😢

[@kairos_fluent]

So you're point is that Croatia should accept non-European immigration ?

[@PaulBradbury]

It already - see link. No, I was just paying tribute to a remarkable man www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/66577-whitest-country-in-the-world

[@anitapetrovic8705]

Your point 🤓

[@kairos_fluent]

@@PaulBradbury What do you think will happen if the trend continues on into the future , then can you conclude if it's a good or bad thing ?

[@abpast5319]

​@@PaulBradburyas I saw all of tham are cheap labor workers that are doing some cringe people of color jobs.Pakistanis drive glovo in split i dont think they will stay here

[@abpast5319]

​@@kairos_fluentto su ovi radnici nisu to za stalno pise ti gahahas.Za stalno je opituranih po onime 40 turaka 9 egipcana 40 filipinaca(sugar dady 70 godina nece imat dicu sa njon ,kad on umre vraca de na filipine) i ovih ostalih ispod 100.

[@sasaseparovic9777]

Zijad? Or Radwan? I had experince with them during my time as manager at Pfizer. Brilliant man. One have to love him..or them

[@PaulBradbury]

I bow to your superior knowledge on the subject

[@sasaseparovic9777]

@@PaulBradbury no need. We were in same industry..he was even our distributor. Knew him well. Very honest man

[@noemimarchiotti8851]

@@sasaseparovic9777 this specific video is about Radwan

[@dzokovicpaic]

You see, we do have black people! it's just they don't turn up in public (except one tv host, one comedian and one football player) 😂

[@iadertina]

And we do love them. Color is realy not the isue, life style is (Rome ne volimo ne zbog boje, religije itd, nego načina života. Kad su ok, svi ih rado podrže)...

[@dgmma992]

@@iadertina A sta mislis kakvi ce bit crnci kad se nakote 10x gori od cigana pa pogledaj zapadnu europu i ameriku nisu ni cigani ni balkanci nego crnci ti koji se u daleko vecem postotku bave najgorom vrstom kriminala provale,silovanja,droga,otmice gdje u americi crnci cine oko 14% stanovnistva a zaduzni su za preko 56% kriminala u americi

[@sretnazvijezda400]

Golden people are lovely and classy More optimistic and can surprise you with knowledge.

[@zdenkopecirep2812]

Without hdz political party, it is comlpitely impossible make something in Croatia. They love money very much, more than anythibg else . Try to do any busines,dear Paul, and yu will see. such a pretty things...That is about 76 th reason on my list of hundred, why clever and young people must leave,,,

[@PaulBradbury]

Well I have been running a business for 20 years here and have no affiliation to HDZ or any other political party and I am still alive.

[@zdenkopecirep2812]

@@PaulBradbury very good. there is nothing 100 % .....

[@dujkopetric5895]

@@zdenkopecirep2812 ne triba ti hadeze ako oćeš stvorit nešto, oni su više za satrat, uništit opljačkat....

[@antel704]

@@PaulBradbury sorry Paul I must answered this horse.

[@dzokovicpaic]

Paul, try to build a hacienda five meters from seaside. Then you'll see what HDZ means😂