Zagreb, February 13 (CP) – Some nine people arrested on Monday after a clamp down on corruption by the USKOK anti-corruption agency who were providing falsified documents to individuals wanting to secure disability pensions have faced the investigative judge at the Split county court on Wednesday.
The police demanded the extension of their custody by 24 […]
Zagreb, February 13 (CP) – A family, father, mother and daughter were robbed in broad daily light at a motorway roadside near the Croatian capital Zagreb, as they attempted to change a flat tyre.
The robbery happened as the man parked his car at the side of the road in an attempt to change a flat […]
Zagreb, February 13 (CP) – The Croatian Privatisation Fund (HFP) is to publish a tender for the sale of the KIM dairy based in Karlovac.
The postponement of the tender has been justified by the holding of the recent parliamentary elections and the forming of the new government.
However, the delay has resulted in a number of […]
Zagreb, February 13 (CP) – Hrvatski Potrosac, the consumer protection organisation has reacted to the latest announcement of bread prices being increased by as much as 50 percent in the wake of fertilizer prices going up by 19 percent.
The Farmers’ Organisation has announced that in July a loaf of bread would cost 10 kuna, as […]
Zagreb, February 12 (CP) — The central bank governor Zeljko Rohatinski has stated that inflation needs to be curbed and a combination of monetary, fiscal and other policies’ measures should be introduced.
After meeting with PM Ivo Sanader he called on the government to support the curbing of inflation with measures that are not popular, but […]
Zagreb, February 12 (CP) — Some 500 years after they were written, all works by William Shakespeare have now finally been translated into Croatian.
This huge effort was completed by translator Mate Maras and published by Matica Hrvatska.
All of Shakespeare’s 38 tragedies, comedies and romances, as well as 154 sonnets have been translated.
Zagreb, February 12 (CP) — After five days of the Crobex share index dropping on the Zagreb Stock Exchange, it grew on Tuesday by 4.06 percent to 4.180,88 points with most of the traded shares’ prices growing.
However, the value of Croabex compared to the start of 2008 is still about 20 percent down. The Laguna […]
Zagreb, February 12 (CP) – The 11th Croatian army ISAF Afghanistan peace mission contingent is to travel to the area on Tuesday.
At the moment there are some 200 Croatian Soldiers in Afghanistan and there are no plans to increase this number, despite some speculations denied by PM Ivo Sanader that Croatia was asked to increase […]
Zagreb, February 12 (CP) – A joint police and the state anti-corruption and organized crime office (USKOK) action has resulted in the arrest of 14 individuals taking bribes and issuing fake documents on PTSD and disability.
The 14 have been arrested in operations conducted on Monday in the southern city of Split and eastern town of Osijek. […]
Zagreb, February 11 (CP) –The drop in prices of most traded shares has continued at the Zagreb Stock Exchange with the Crobex share index dropping by 2.20 percent to 4.017,87 points.
This is the fifth trading day that Crobex has continued its drop and at some point on Monday it dropped below 4,000 points, matching the […]
