Archive for April, 2008

US President Bush Leaves Croatia for Russia

Zagreb, April 5 (CP) – US President G.W. Bush and his entourage departed Croatia in the afternoon hours of Saturday, ending his 23-hour stay in the Croatian capital Zagreb.
During his stay, Bush met with president Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader, had dinner organised in his honour by president Mesic with some 60 important Croats […]

Speaking in Zagreb Bush Announces Possibility of Visa Regime Relaxation for Croats

Zagreb, April 6 (CP) – During talks with PM Ivo Sanader on Saturday morning in Zagreb, US president G.W. Bush announced that the US coulw continue cooperating with Croatia on relaxing the visa regime for Croats wishing to visit their relatives in the US.
Bush said that he was not making big promises, but said that […]

Croatian PM Ivo Sanader and US President Bush Meet in Zagreb; US Fighter Jets Guard Bush and Create Constant Noise Pollution in Zagreb’s Airspace

Zagreb, April 6 (CP) – PM Ivo Sanader and US President George Bush met at 9:30 local Zagreb time at the PM’s office situated in Mark’s Square, where Bush is scheduled to address the Croatian people once the talks with the PM end.
People with valid passes including reporters and performers, as well as regular citizens […]

Policemen Stumble upon Dead Body as they Guard the Route between Airport and Zagreb on Bush’s Arrival

Zagreb, April 5 (CP) – Police officers stumbled upon a decomposing dead body of a man as they were guarding the route that US president Bush’s motorcade was to pass between the Zagreb airport and city.
The police have said that the decomposed body of a man was discovered some 20 meters from the road leading […]

Citizens of the Republic of Kosovo To Need Visas for Entering Croatia as of May 1

Zagreb, April 4 (CP) – As of May 1 all Kosovo citizens will have to obtain visas in order to enter Croatia.
Croatia has recognized Kosovo on March 19 and has been placed on a visa regime, as it has still not adopted basic legislation on citizenship and passports, so that most of its citizens are […]

Former Croatian Constitutional Court Judge Jadranko Crnic Dies at 81

Zagreb, April 4 (CP) – A former Constitutional Court president Jadranko Crnic has died at the age of 81.
He had become a judge of the Constitutional Court in 1984 and its president in 1990.  He was awarded another Constitutional Court president 4-year mandate in 1995.

The Zero Alcohol Tolerance for Motorists To Be Scrapped as of June 1

Zagreb, April 4 (CP) – The cabinet has agreed that as of June 1 the zero alcohol tolerance for drivers be scrapped and returned to 0.5 tolerance.
However, this will not be true for all motorists, as professional drivers like ambulance, taxi drivers and the like will have to stick to old rules including young drivers […]

US President G.W. Bush Touches Down in Croatia

Zagreb, April 4 (CP) – US president George Walker Bush has arrived on Croatian soil, the Airforce One blue and white plane touching down in Zagreb at exactly five minutes to 3 p.m., local time.
The US president is arriving in Croatia to give his support to the country for its reform efforts and to acknowledge […]

Croatia Receives NATO Invite

Zagreb, April 3 (CP) — Croatia has been extended an official invitation to join NATO in Bucharest, at the NATO summit which commenced on Wednesday evening.
The announcement was made by the NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
Scheffer said that countries that have been invited have the right to feel proud at their achievement, as […]

Soccer Player Hrvoje Custic Dies of Head Injury Sustained on Field

Zagreb, April 3 (CP) — The Zadar team soccer player Hrvoje Custic, 35, who sustained a head injury in Saturday’s first division game with Cibalija held in Zadar on Saturday.
Although he was expected to fully recover after surgery and the medicinally induced come, he succumbed to an infection.
The young athlete had slammed into a concrete […]

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