Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Zagreb, March 19 (CP) – At Wednesday morning’s session of the Croatian government a joint declaration was agreed with Hungary and Bulgaria announcing the formal recognition of Kosovo’s independence.
It is expected that the three countries will formally recognize Kosovo during the course of the day.
Croatia’s recognition should come at a session of its inner cabinet during […]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — Croatia is currently experiencing severe weather changes, as after 20 degrees temperatures inland, Tuesday has seen snowfall and temperatures dipping to just a few degrees above freezing point.
A lot of snow has fallen in Delnice, while a little less in Gospic, Zagreb, Karlovac, Ogulin, on Mt. Sljeme and at Zavizan.
Winter […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic has refused to say whether Croatia would recognize Kosovo on Wednesday, but said the recognition would come about soon.
Mesic said that Kosovo recognition by Croatia was a logical move, as Croatia was in the same position as Kosovo a while ago.
Mesic said that Croatia was waging steady […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — Several Slovene fishermen equipped with open sea fishing equipment are demanding of their government to pay up damages for the lost profit due to not being able to fish in the Croatian Protected Ecology and Fisheries Zone (ZERP) since January 1.
Allegedly they were told by the Slovene Agriculture Ministry officials […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — In three months since it’s been displayed, the Chagall works’ exhibition was seen by 80,000 visitors in Zagreb.
On Valentine’s Day alone, when entrance was free, some 1,200 people saw the exhibition, while during the Night of Museums some 3,500 had visited the exhibit.
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — If the government formally recognizes Kosovo on Wednesday, which is being discussed unofficially, the Independent Democratic Serb Party of the SDSS will not support such a decision, said the deputy president of the Party Milorad Pupovac after meeting PM Ivo Sanader.
Pupovac explained following the meeting with PM Sanader that it […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — On the fringes of the entrepreneur’s day gathering on Monday, president Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader told the assembled media they would soon meet to discuss Croatia’s position on recognizing the indepdence of Kosovo.
Mesic said recognizing Kosovo was a decision of national interest, therefore, it would be made the moment […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – The latest Puls polling agency survey shows that 51 percent of those polled are in favour of Croatia recognizing Kosovo at a time most favourable for Croatia.
The poll, which included 600 Croatian citizens showed that 79 percent of them support Croatia’s recognition of Kosovo, but 51 are in favour of […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – A 51-year-old man sustained injuries to the head when his fridge exploded in his face.
The accident happened in Gornji Muc not far from the coastal city of Split on Monday, as the man was trying to fix the refrigerator and the appliance simply exploded.
The man was rushed to the Split […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – The Zagreb Stock Exchange index Crobex has experienced a drop of 5.22 percent on Monday, as a result of a drop in prices on world markets.
This has been the lowest Crobex has ever been since the establishment of the Zagreb Stock Exchange.
Although the Bourse recorded good turnover of about 138 […]
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