Archive for February 28th, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) — The Hague Tribunal’s (ICTY) chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz has stated following a meeting with Justice Minister Ana Lovrin in Zagreb that there was no doubt that the good cooperation between Zagreb and the ICTY would continue in the same good manner as before.
The two discussed future cooperation modes, particularly regarding […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – An Austrian national has died in Thursday morning’s car crash near the town of Zabok on the Zagreb-Macelj road as she was heading in the direction of Zagreb and her mother, a Bosnia-Herzegovina national, suffered serious injuries.
The vehicle the 32-year-old was driving swerved off the road, the car catapulted from […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) — The Croatian Telecommunications (T-HT) has published 2007 business results stating net profit of 2.47 billion kuna, up 11.6 percent from 2006.
Nearly all of the profit is to be paid out to shareholders at 29.56 kuna per share, bringing the dividend to be received by citizens who bought T-HT shares during […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – The Association of Croatian Travel Agencies has announced that the prices of package tours to Croatia will remain at last year’s levels with a small number of hotels increasing prices by about five percent.
It was stated that by scrapping tourism subsidies and slapping on a 10 percent VAT for accommodation […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – The new chief prosecutor of The Hague Tribunal (ICTY) Serge Brammertz is arriving for his first working visit to Zagreb.
Brammertz will be meeting with senior Croatian officials including Justice Minister Ana Lovrin.
The former Belgian chief state prosecutor has announced close cooperation with all the countries investigating war crimes and sees […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic has captured her sixth win this season in German town of Weinheim by clearing 205 centimetres.
Blanka had to make a two-week break from training due to injuries and a cold.
Her closest rival in Germany was German Ariane Friedrich who improved her personal best result and […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – Only top seed Ivan Ljubicic and unseeded Croatian player Mario Ancic made it to the quarterfinals of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, while Roko Karanusic, Lovro Zovko and Marin Cilic were beaten by their opponents.
Ljubicic beat fellow countryman Lovro Zovko, further reducing the number of Croatian players left in the tournament.
Ancic […]
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