Archive for April 7th, 2008

Slovene PM Jansa Speaks of Possible Slovene Referendum on Croatia’s EU Accession

Zagreb, April 7 (CP) – The Slovene PM Janez Jansa has said that Slovenia may hold a referendum on Croatia’s EU accession, especially if by that time the unresolved border issues between the two countries remain open.
Jansa said this speaking to RTV Slovenija adding that Croatia’s EU entry was in Slovenia’s interest, as many of […]

Croatia To Increase Financial Assistance to Roma by more than 600 Pct

Zagreb, April 7 (CP) – Prior to marking the International Roma Day on April 8, a government representative stated that Croatia had increased the finances meant for Roma between 2005 and 2008 by 630 percent.
It was stated that the number of Roma children attending pre-school has doubled during the past three years, while at the […]

ICTY Trial of Croatian Generals Continues in The Hague

 Zagreb, April 7 (CP) –The trial of Croatian generals Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac resumed this morning at the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague with a closed session to protect the identity of a prosecution witness.
Defence teams for the generals objected to holding a closed session.
The trial of general Gotovin, […]

Croatian Commercial and Passenger Vessels Older than 25 Years No Longer Allowed To Sail

Zagreb, April 7 (CP) – The Tourism Minister Bozidar Kalmeta has ordered that commercial ships in Croatia can be no older than 20 years, while passenger ones should be no older than 25.
Also, ships making it into the fishing vessels register for the first time cannot be older than 15 years.
The measures introduced are part […]