Archive for March, 2008

Sibenik Night Club Rocked by Overnight Explosion for a Second Time

Zagreb, March 9 (CP) – The coastal town of Sibenik Inside nightclub was attacked by unknown assailants throwing explosive devices in the early hours of Sunday.
Croatian Radio Television (HRT) is reporting that this is the second attack on the club over the past year.
Police have said no one was injured in the blast and damage […]

An Oil Slick Pollutes the Drava River in Eastern Croatia after Vessel Sinks

Zagreb, March 9 (CP) – A ship owned by Osijek’s Koteks construction company has sunk on the Drava River with some 50 litres of fuel on board.
The tourist ship that was moored near the eastern Croatian town of Osijek on the Drava River had been empty with no crew or passengers on it.
Immediately after the […]

Former Croatian Foreign Minister Tipped To Become Croatia’s US Ambassador

Zagreb, March 9 (CP) – The former Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic may become Croatia’s Ambassador to United States, according to unofficial report by state-run Croatian Radio Television (HRT).
The unofficial report states that Grabar Kitarovic has been accepted by the US government and Kitarovic could head to the US by the end of March.
So […]

SDSS Deputy President Threatens His Party May Leave Coalition if Kosovo Recognized too Soon

Zagreb, March 8 (CP) – The deputy president of the Croatian Serb SDSS party, Milorad Pupovac has warned that the SDSS may leave the coalition government if Croatia recognizes Kosovo too soon.
Pupovac did say, however, that there was no danger of this happening at this point.
He reiterated the views of the Independent Serbian Democratic Party […]

Repeated Expert Analysis of Late Macedonian Pop Star Tose Proeski’s Car May Point To his Car Being Tampered with

Zagreb, March 8 (CP) – The repeated expert tests on the car in which Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski had died in a car crash in Croatia on October 16, 2007 has shown damage that could have resulted from the car being tempered with.
So far all the blame had been put on Georgi Georgijevski, Proeski’s […]

Croatia Demands Explanation from Sweden over Swedish Belgrade Ambassador’s Statement

Zagreb, March 8 (CP) – Croatia’s assistant Foreign Minister Neven Pelicaric has spoken to Swedish Ambassador to Zagreb, Lars Freden expressing concern over the statement of his colleague in Belgrade Krister Bringeus made on Thursday that Croatia and Serbia would joint the EU together between 2012 and 2015 and demanding an official position on this.
Ambassador […]

Croatian PM Sanader in Limbo over the ZERP or EU Dilemma

Zagreb, March 7 (CP) – After holding an emergency meeting with coalition partners, HSLS and HSS, PM Ivo Sanader said that the coalition had not dissolved over the issue of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) or the EU and stressed that it needed to be seen what was more important if Croatia cannot […]

Croatian Prime Minister Announces Croatia Would Decide on Kosovo Recognition During March

Zagreb, March 7 (CP) – Croatian PM Ivo Sanader has stated that Croatia would decide on officially recognizing Kosovo during March.
However, Sanader declined to speculate on any specific recognition date.
This comes following the call made by Serbian president Boris Tadic on Thursday for Croatia not to recognize Kosovo, as it may result in ’serious political […]

ICTY Gotovina, Markac and Cermak Trial Begins in The Hague

Zagreb, March 7 (CP) – The trial of three Croatian generals at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) begins today in The Hague.
The three are to be tried for war crimes committed during the 1995 operation Storm.
The three generals are accused of taking part in a joint criminal enterprise with the aim […]

Greek MIG Company Signs up for First Investment in Croatia

Zagreb, March 7 (CP) – Croatian Sunce Koncern and an international investment group Marfin Investment Group-MIG headquartered in Greece have signed an agreement on MIG purchasing 75 percent of the Sunce Koncern shares for €155 million.
Sunce operates and is the owner of 11 hotels on the Croatian coast and is also the owner of a land plot […]

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