Archive for March 20th, 2008

Croatian Squad Footballers Wish To Keep their Coach Bilic

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) – Members of the Croatia football team would like for Slaven Bilic to remain at the helm of the national soccer squad.
This comes after Bilic received an offer from the German HSV club for a coach position.
After HSV made its hefty offer to Bilic it was discovered that the Croatian Football […]

Slovenia Announces Croats with Old Identity Cards Will Not Be Let over the Border

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) – The Slovene Foreign Ministry has informed the Croatian Foreign Ministry that as of Friday, March 21 Croats holding old identity cards will no longer be allowed over the border into Slovenia.
The Slovene Foreign Ministry explained the old identity cards no longer match the EU security standards.
Croatian nationals holding a valid […]

The Body of Missing Fisherman Adam Vlacic Found after a Month

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) – A fishing boat crew stumbled upon the body of 40-year-old fisherman Adam Vlacic from Labin who went missing near Rabac off the Istrian coast on February 18.
The police have as yet not confirmed the identity of the body, but his wife has told the police it would most probably be […]

Slovenia Sends Protest Note to Croatia

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) –Officials from the Slovenian Agricultural and Forestry Land Fund yesterday tried to conduct an inspection south of the river Dragonja, but were prevented from entering Croatia by Croatian border police.
The Croatian Ambassador to Slovenia, Mario Nobilo has received a protest note from the Slovenian government. This is the latest incident in […]

HFP Announces Sales of KIM Dairy and Damages To Be Paid to Hypo Alpe Adria Bank

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) — After a 6 month break, the Croatian Privatization Fund held a meeting of its board of directors today, announcing a public tender for the purchase of just under 67% of shares in the Karlovac based dairy producer KIM.
The starting price given is 15.8 million kuna, 75% of the estimated value […]

Preparations for Bush’s Visit to Croatia on April 4 and 5 under Way

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) — The US president G.W. Bush is to visit Croatia on April 4 and 5 together with his wife Laura. Also accompanying the US president will be State Secretary Condoleezza Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.
This was announced by the state secretary at the Foreign Ministry Bianca Matkovic, who is […]