Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – After exactly two weeks of a fire erupting on a Turkish cargo ship off the Croatian coast, the vessel has been finally towed to a Trieste shipyard.
The Turkish ship has been waiting for clearance from the Italian authorities to be let into Italian territorial waters and once it was allowed […]
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – Following the decision of the Telecommunications’ Agency (HAT), citizens with low income will now have the opportunity of enlisting for the so-called ’social landline tariff’ offered by T-Com.
The Agency has given T-Com the green light to offer a social package that will cost these eligible some 30 kuna per month, […]
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) — Two fairs open at the Zagreb Fairground today, the 17th International Sports and Boat Show and the International Fashion and Sports Clothing Fair.
According to organizers this year’s boat show will be the largest yet with over 512 exhibitors from 30 countries participating.
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) — The Italian police have arrested Sreten Peslac who had an arrest warrant issued for him for committing war crimes in Croatia and being sentenced in absentia by the Sibenik court to 10 years in prison.
Peslac was a member of a Serb paramilitary group which forced Croats out of their homes […]
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) — Croatian parliament is holding its first regular session since being set up, which is expected to last until the end of March.
Some 27 laws from the European package are to be adopted and the 2008 state budget is to be approved.
Two parliament deputy speakers will be chosen from the opposition […]
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – Croatian Defence Minister Branko Vukelic has said speaking in Washington that Croatia would be invited to join NATO at the Alliance’s summit in Bucharest in April 2008.
Vukelic said this following a meeting at the Pentagon with defence ministers of the countries-signatories of the US-Adriatic Charter with US Defence Secretary Robert […]
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) – Former Croatian top tennis player Goran Ivanisevic is to be questioned by police after he attacked a paparazzi in front of his Zagreb home on Monday.
The attack on a tabloid magazine photographer was reported to police and Ivanisevic has promised to speak to the police once he returns to Croatia, […]
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) — The Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory to its citizens travelling to Serbia to avoid gatherings, rallies and protests.
The same warning has been issued for travel to Kosovo.
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) – An arrest warrant has been issued for Nenad Bizic from Darda, a convicted murderer jailed in Lepoglava prison who has failed to return to the penitentiary after completing his work shift outside prison.
The medium-height, browned haired murderer has been serving a nine-year prison term for murdering his neighbour in 1997.
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) — The Turkish vessel that caught fire in Croatian waters nearly two weeks ago has only been towed as far as Savudrija.
Although it was to arrive in Trieste on Monday, the go-ahead of the Italian maritime authorities is awaited for it to travel further.
The Italian authorities wish to get guarantees from […]
