Cannot display MySQL latin2_croation_ci characters in Python script (no replies)

I am trying to apply MySQL records in a Python script. The fields I am concerned with use latin2_croatian_ci collation characters. When I try to print out the following characters,

Karadžić
Stanišić & Simatović
Boškoski & Tarčulovski
Đorđević
Ražnatović, Željko

I get only,

Karadži?
Staniši? & Simatovi?
Boškoski & Tar?ulovski
?or?evi?
Ražnatovi?, Željko

I have tried numerous strategies from both MySQL and Python. In MySQL I have tried both CONVERT and CAST in various combinations. In Python I have tried applying the unicode() function. Nothing seems to work. In Flash, I had to set the embedding to "latin extended A" to solve a similar problem. In the old MySQL Query Browser, I have the same display problems when a try to display the records.

Any and all tips and or clues would be appreciated.