Zagreb, April 8 (CP) – A weekly Croatia magazine is claiming in an article published that the newly acquired Mi-171Š Russian helicopters are already causing headaches for the Croatian military, as they keep malfunctioning.
The helicopters, bought by the Croatian air force as part of a clearing debt between Croatia and Russia have started breaking down […]
Zagreb, April 8 (CP) – Following the brawl of rival gangs and the death of a youth some three weeks ago in one of Zagreb’s most beautiful centrally positioned parks Ribnjak, the city authorities have decided to introduce a 24-hour watch of the park.
The job vacancies have already been put out and it is now […]
Zagreb, April 8 (CP) — Following seven months of wrangling over setting up the Osijek authorities the town is to have its city council formed today, based on a coalition agreement reached last week.
In line with the agreement Party of Rights member Gordan Matkovic is to become the Osijek mayor, while Anto Djapic, Party of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Zagreb, April 6 (CP) – Radimir Cacic has been elected to the post of Croatian People’s Party (HNS) president for the second time, the two other hopefuls Antun Kapraljevic and Josip Posavec capturing only a fraction of the vote taken by 1,378 delegates.
Cacic had been at the helm of the party between 1994 and 2000.
Cacic […]
Zagreb, April 6 (CP) – The Croatian People’s Party (HNS) is to elect a new leader to replace 8-year leader Vesna Pusic in Zagreb on Sunday.
The electoral convention of the Party is attended by 1,500 delegates who are to choose the new leader from three candidates.
Radimir Cacic the HNS central body president and Varazdin prefect […]
Zagreb, April 5 (CP) – The 10th Croatia Boat Show opened in Split on Saturday morning and is to remain open for the next week. Some 50 vessels from 20 countries are being shown.
A Sunseeker yacht measuring some 37 meters which costs some €15 million seems to be the start of this year’s show. The […]
