Archive for April, 2008

Austria Bans Concert by Croatian Singer/Songwriter Marko ‘Thompson’ Perkovic

Zagreb, April 25 (CP) – The Austrian authorities have decided to ban the concert planned for June 7 by Croatian singer/songwriter Marko ‘Thompson’ Perkovic.
The concert planned to be held in St. Andrae in south Carinthia, prior to the start of EURO 2008 was deemed as a heightened risk to public security, as it could spark […]

Post-mortem of Zagorje Killer Korade Shows He’d Committed Suicide

Zagreb, April 25 (CP) – The results of the post-mortem on the Zagorje killer and former Croatian army general Ivan Korade have shown that he had committed suicide after he had killed five people.
The police spokesperson Krunoslav Borovec has confirmed that the results of the autopsy had confirmed Korade had killed himself, but would not […]

Croatian Journalist Pukanic’s Wife Tests Positive for Cocaine

Zagreb, April 25 (CP) – The wife of journalist Ivo Pukanic, Mirjana, who is in a bitter dispute with her husband over him attempting to place her in a mental hospital in hope of getting her certified has tested positive for cocaine.
Meanwhile, a test on Ivo Pukanic showed he did not use the drug.
The couple […]

Croatian Parliament Expected To Scrap the Zero Alcohol Tolerance for Motorists

Zagreb, April 25 (CP) – The Croatian parliament is to debate the zero alcohol tolerance provision of the Transport Law and scrap the provision.
The ineffective provision is to become history as of June 1 and the provision on the return of 0.5 blood alcohol will be reintroduced.
However, the 0.5 would be in effect only if […]

Croatian Striker Eduardo Might Be Back in the Game by September

Zagreb, April 24 (CP) – The Italian media are claiming that Croatian striker Eduardo da Silva may be back on the football pitch by September, two months prior to previous plans.
Eduardo is currently undergoing physio in his native Brazil, where he is being cared for by the Brazilian national squad physician Jose Luis Runca and […]

OIB or Protected Personal Number To Weed out Corruption in Croatia

Zagreb, April 24 (CP) — The Croatian government has adopted the protected personal number law and forwarded it to parliament.
The tax number or OIB will enable easier tracking of the citizen’s incomes, tax payments and real estate purchases.
The tax numbers will be awarded to citizens as of Jan. 1, 2008 and will not contain any […]

Three Protected Age Categories for TV Viewers in Croatia

Zagreb, April 24 (CP) — In order to protect young viewers, the Council for Electronic media has presented its set of rules that includes TV stations introducing special ratings for TV content divided into three categories: 12, 15 and 18.
The watershed for 18 labelled content will be 11 pm, the 15 will have a 10 […]

Purchase Half of a Croatian Island for $ 15.8 Million

Zagreb, April 24 (CP) – An ad has come out in Croatian papers for the sale of half of the Piskera island situated in the heart of the Kornati national park offered for $15.8 million kuna.
The 586,000 land plot on which there are two homes of 100 and 120 square meters lies right across the […]

HT Shares Value Drops to an all Time Low

Zagreb, April 23 (CP) — The HT shares at the Zagreb Stock Exchange have dropped to an all time low in value of 281 kuna.
HT gained in value on Monday, so the Tuesday’s decrease can be attributed to the pessimistic sentiment by investors.
Investors are still waiting for the payment of the dividend and on Monday […]

Croatia’s Undiscovered Corruption Worth about Six Billion Kuna

Zagreb, April 23 (CP) — Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic said speaking at a gathering on Wednesday that the state institutions, with the exception of the Interior Ministry, are not effective in discovering corruption, something criticized by the European Commission.
It was stated that the functioning of institutions as one of the major determinants in fighting […]

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