I just heard from some friends that one of the leading newspapers in Croatia has published an interview with the German investor who wanted to build a polo course under the Motovun hill. He has been in the news as of late with many a story about corruption in Motovun and Istria as a whole (“Polo, Golf,” July 25, 2014). After some search, I found a copy of the newspaper. All I wanted to see was how many people from Motovun were mentioned by name. To my disappointment, the only two people who appear in the article are the former governor of Istria, Ivan Jakovčić, who is now a member of the European Parliament, and one of his closest business associates, Branko Curić, who used to lead both a public and a private company promoting golf on the peninsula (“Conflict of Interests Defined,” January 10, 2009). The German investor accuses them both of attempted bribery. He has even undergone a polygraph test about his claims. And in Germany, of all places. But the former mayor of Motovun, Slobodan Vugrinec, is nowhere to be found in the interview. The same holds for his closest associates from the municipality, whose names are best not mentioned at this stage. All the German investor had to say was that the leading people from the municipality and their closest friends were involved in a land scam surrounding polo development. That is almost verbatim what I had written about golf development many years ago (“Croatia Spells Conflict of Interests,” October 3, 2008). Golf and polo are the same in this regard, it goes without saying. Back then, Vugrinec and the entire municipal council took me to court for libel. I wonder whether they will take the German investor to court, as well. Since we are making exactly the same accusations against the very same people, they simply must. This is yet another challenge for Vugrinec and his stooges, no doubt.