Croatian Cultural Center of Greater Los Angeles is proud to present the new partner OKA Ltd.

OKA is a company that operates from Zagreb, Croatia and its mission is to help Croatian emigrants in dealing with their real estate issues in Croatia.

Please read on for more detailed information

OKA d.o.o. AND THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES

OKA limited company is a Croatian firm that was founded in Zagreb in 2005.

1. Real estate and documents

When the firm was set up, its activities were related to matters relating to real estate. However, we very soon found out that there was a large and unoccupied area that was of interest to Croatian expatriates in particular, but also to people domiciled in the country. Carrying out matters for our clients, particularly in the south of Croatia, we came into numerous situations where the places in which uncles and aunts and many other relatives lived were not known, people who had emigrated from the country many years earlier, but were still entered in the land registers as owners of real estate in Croatia. Nobody knew where they lived, whether they were alive, whether they had children, who their heirs were... This ignorance of the actual facts stood in the way of disposing of their real estate in Croatia, and led to numerous unnecessary complications and costs.

By Dr. Suzana Tkalcic

Director for Cultural Affairs

May 16^th, 2010. was the day when Croatian Cultural Center of Greater Los Angeles opened its doors to a wide audience for its “1st Annual Spring Concert of the Croatian Cultural Center of Greater Los Angeles”. In an attempt to bring Croatian cultural tradition to the area, the CCCGLA brought to San Pedro Mr. Tom Yeseta and his orchestra from downtown LA, and hosted many guests to present Croatian music and folklore to the public. The orchestra carried a 1.5 hr program effortlessly streaming through the strings of the old instruments. Croatian Cultural Center Children’s Choir lead by Mr. Nada Matulic and Dr. Suzana Tkalcic opened the program in cute folk costumes from Prigorje singing “Boze cuvaj Hrvatsku” and “Hrvatska mati me rodila”, brining tears to the eyes of the moved audience. Young soloists Emily Baltorinic and Ana Kunza showed their potential with their clear voices, as they sung some more popular folk songs. Croatian Cultural Center Singers presented Dalmatia and other regions of Croatia through their songs and costumes. A diverse program also included Mr. Chris Thomas on accordion and his band that brought showed us some polka.