Archive for February 16th, 2008

EU Gives Final Approval for its 2000-strong Kosovo Mission; Croatia To Contribute 15 Men

Zagreb, February 16 (CP) – The European Union has approved the sending of 2,000 members of the judicial and police as part of the EU-LEX Kosovo mission, their task being to protect minorities and assist Kosovo authorities in establishing a legal state, fight organised crime and corruption.
Not a single of the 27 EU members was […]

Foreign Minister Jandrokovic: ZERP Has Stalled Negotiations on Croatia’s EU Membership, but we’ll Tough it out

Zagreb, February 16 (CP) – The Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic has said speaking about Croatia’s accession negotiations with the EU and NATO that both memberships were close to becoming reality.
Jandrokovic admitted that the implementation of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) in the Adriatic had resulted in the EU membership negotiations slowing down […]

Killer Keeps Dead Body for Five Days in his Home in Eastern Croatia before Getting Rid of it

Zagreb, February 16 (CP) – A 57-year-old man had spent five days with a corpse, after he stabbed his friend during a fight on January 9, the stabbing resulting of the friend dying of his wounds.
The murder took place in the eastern Croatian town of Donji Andrijevci and the killer decided to move the body […]