Archive for January 31st, 2008

Croatian-Slovene Friendship under Threat

Zagreb, January 31 (CP) — President Stjepan Mesic has said that if Slovenia continues to slam Croatia regarding the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt and Croatia is prevented from entering the EU because of this, that would be the end of the Croatian-Slovene friendship as we know it.
Mesic said this prior to a meeting in […]

EU Commission Head of Delegation Warns of Potential Freezing of EU Negotiations

Zagreb, January 31, (CP) – The head of the European Delegation mission in Croatia, Vincent Degert has warned president Stjepan Mesic of the possibility of Croatia’s EU accession negotiations being frozen due to problems like Croatia’s implementation of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt in the Adriatic against EU countries Italy and Slovenia.
Degert also mentioned […]

Belupo Purchases Sarajevo-based Farmavita

agreb, January 31 (CP) –The Belupo pharmaceuticals has purchased a majority share in the Farmavita company from Sarajevo. This will enable the increase of the number of registered medicines, better supply of medicines on the market, which will help end consumers.

Swoboda: Croatia Needs To Back down

agreb, January 31 (CP) – European Parliament  MPs Social-Democrat Club deputy president MPs and Croatia rapporteur, Austrian Hannes Swoboda has said that he thinks Croatia should at least in part take back its decisions regarding the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) and give responses to Slovenes on unresolved issues.
He said there existed a danger […]

President Mesic To Meet Slovene Counterpart Tuerk on Friday in Slovenia

Zagreb, January 30 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic will be meeting with his Slovene opposite number Danilo Tuerk on Friday in the Slovene town of Crnomelj.
This will be the first meeting of the two presidents’ since Tuerk assumed office in November 2007. The meeting is said to be of an unofficial nature, but the two […]

Teenager Admits to the Brutal Killing of Zadar Taxi Driver

Zagreb, January 31 (CP) – The Zadar police have arrested a suspect in the brutal killing of a taxi driver in Korlat near Benkovac.
The detained suspect is a youth in his 20’s and allegedly has a speech impediment, which helped in his identification.
The taxi driver Igor Custic’s body was found burned in his car, which […]