Archive for February 23rd, 2008

Two Injured in Light Plane Crash in Northern Croatia

Zagreb, February 23 (CP) – Two people suffered serious injuries when their light plane crashed in Northern Croatia’s village of Nedelisce near Cakovec on Saturday afternoon.
The Cessna Apollo first hit a house, then got caught into some cables and finally crashed into a van parked near the home the plane had initially hit.
The details of […]

Croatia Striker Eduardo Suffers Horrific Ankle Injury but Prognoses Better than Initially Thought

Zagreb, February 23 (CP) – Arsenal striker and member of the Croatian national team Eduardo da Silva suffered a sickening ankle injury during a clash with Birmingham City’s Martin Taylor in the 3rd minute of the Premier League game.
The Brazilian-born Croatian international’s injury was so grave that no replays of the incident were shown on […]

Croatian President Pays Tribute To Late Former Slovene President Drnovsek

Zagreb, February 23 (CP) – Croatian President Stjepan Mesic paid tribute to former Slovene president Janez Drnovsek who died overnight at his home some 20 kilometres from the capital Ljubljana.
Expressing his condolences to the current Slovene president Danilo Tuerk, Mesic described the late Drnovsek as a politician whose legacy has been the relatively easy transition […]

Croatia Enjoyed Extremely Warm Weather during 2007

Zagreb, February 23 (CP) – According to Croatia’s meteorological institute’s report for 2007, Croatia enjoyed an extremely warm 2007 with an average temperature of 13.6 degrees Celsius, the second highest average temperature during the 1861 to 2007 observation period.
During the July 19 to 22 heat wave, towns like Pazin (40 degrees), Rijeka (40 degrees), Daruvar […]

Founder of the Third Strongest Croatian Political Party Quits HSLS

Zagreb, February 23 (CP) – The founder of the third strongest party in Croatia Drazen Budisa has applied to be scrapped as its member.
Budisa, the man who had founded the Croatian Social Liberal Party  (HSLS) in 1989 and who headed it for 12 years has decided to leave.
There are speculations that Budisa decided to leave […]