Zagreb, February 5 (CP) — The most renowned European fire expert Domingos Xavier Viegas is visiting Sibenik in a bid to together with several other experts try to find out how the 12 fire-fighters died in August 2007 in Kornat, after they were called up to put out a fire on the island.
He had already […]
Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – A Promocija Plus polling agency survey conducted in January has shown that some 71.6 percent of Croats want to see a NATO referendum staged.
The 1,300 surveyed have said that they would rather have a referendum, than the decision on whether Croatia should become a NATO member being made solely by […]
Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – An explosive device went off underneath a car in a car park in the coastal resort of Dubrovnik at around 3 a.m., local.
The Audi A6 was parked in front of a family home, the explosion also damaging three other cars and the metal fence.
No one was injured in the explosion […]
Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – A European Parliament delegation led by Croatia rapporteur Hannes Swoboda is arriving in Croatia on Wednesday.
Swoboda and members of the delegation are expected to meet with president Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader and visit the parliament.
In his latest draft report to the European Parliament foreign policy committee, Swoboda claims that […]
Zagreb, February 5 (CP) — The Croatian Telecom (HT) shares ended up at 311 kuna per share at the Zagreb Stock Exchange, which is the lowest price of the share since it was floated on the market in October 2007.
The Crobex index has lost more than two percent in value and sank to the lowest […]
agreb, February 5 (CP) – The wife and brother of Croatia’s former Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul are being investigated for embezzlement amounting to several million kuna, reports the Vecernji List daily.
The two have been suspected of making negligent business deals and misuse of position and authority regarding the business dealings of the now defunct Sloboda textiles […]
Zagreb, February 4 (CP) – Four NGO’s Centar za mir from Osijek, Documenta, Civilian Commission for Human Rights and Croatia Helsinki Committee (HHO) have put forward their report on war crimes trials in Croatia.
It was said that most of the trials were not below the standard level of fair procedures.
The report calls for the strengthening […]
Zagreb, February 4 (CP) – Speaking at the session of the Croatian Democratic Union’s (HDZ) presidency party leader and PM Ivo Sanader indirectly accused Slovenia of blocking accession negotiations of Croatia and the EU.
He said that there had been no official blockade of the talks, but rather unofficial ones spearheaded by a certain EU member, […]
Zagreb, February 4 (CP) – According to a Gfk Hrvatska poll, some 70 percent of Croatian households are not making enough money.
An average household made about 6,370 kuna (€887) per month in 2007 with those in the Lika area, Kordun and Banovina making €688 and those in Zagreb managing €1,089.
Compared to 2006, the segment of […]
Zagreb, February 4 (CP) – The government has issued a total of 13.6 billion kuna in guarantees during 2007, of which 8.3 billion was earmarked for the transport sector and 5.7 billion for the economy sector, mostly for shipyards, which received guarantees in the amount surpassing 4.6 billion kuna.
According to a report of the Finance […]
