Archive for April, 2008

Serbian War Crimes Prosecution Indicts British Citizen Milorad Pejic for War Crimes Committed at Ovcara Farm

Zagreb, April 10 (CP) – The Serbian war crimes prosecution has indicted Milorad Pejic for war crimes committed at the Ovcara pig farm near Vukovar in 1991.
Pejic, a 39-year-old locksmith from Vukovar who has become a British citizen and lives in Britian is charged with taking part in the killings of 200 Croatian POWs at […]

Leaders of Two Croatia Telecom (T-HT) Unions Announcing Industrial Action

Zagreb, April 10 (CP) – Leaders of two Croatian Telecom (T-HT) unions have announced industrial action due to dissatisfaction with the salaries’ policy in the company.
They are saying that T-HT services would be slowed down following Labour Day with the aim of creating financial damage to T-HT, as the workers have had enough of the […]

Owner of Croatia’s Nacional Weekly Narrowly Escapes Death

Zagreb, April 10 (CP) – An unknown assailant has shot at the owner of Croatia’s Nacional weekly Ivo Pukanic just before midnight on Wednesday not far from Pukanic’s home narrowly missing him.
The attack happened as Pukanic was heading for his flat. The shots missed Pukanic and one of them ended up in a shop window. […]

European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Croatia

Zagreb, April 10 (CP) – The European Parliament in Brussels adopted a resolution on Croatia following Wednesday’s debate.
The resolution stresses that Zagreb could end its accession negotiations during the course of next year and is calling on the Croatian government and parliament to double their efforts in fulfilling the conditions for the opening of negotiating […]

Former Tennis Star Ivanisevic’s Split Villa on Sale at the Croatia Property Show

Zagreb, April 10 (CP) – The €8 million Split villa belonging to former tennis star Goran Ivanisevic is being offer for sale at the Split Croatia Property Show.
The villa is situated in the affluent Split neighbourhood of Meje.
The villa has been offered for sale following the Ivanisevic family moving to Los Angeles after a highly […]

Hannes Swoboda Says Croatia Will Enter EU by 2011

Zagreb, April 9 (CP) — A debate on the European Parliament resolution on Croatia concluded that Croatia had made good progress in accession negotiations and the solving of the ZERP issue enabled the faster completion of the accession process, if Croatia introduces all the necessary reforms.
If Croatia were to complete all the necessary reforms it […]

Families of Five Fire-fighters Dying in the Kornat Tragedy Win the Damages Court Case

Zagreb, April 9 (CP) – Five families of the fire-fighters that died last summer in the Kornat tragedy have won the damages court case against the Tisno and Vodice fire fighting centres and will have some 3.5 million kuna paid out to them.
The rest of the families are to be informed of the outcome of […]

Zagreb Police Chief Wife’s Car Broken into; Laptop Stolen

Zagreb, April 9 (CP) – The wife of Zagreb’s police chief Marijan Benko is left without her computer following her car being broken into and her laptop stolen.
Although it is a matter of common sense to place valuables out of sight of potential robbers when a car is parked, this bit of knowledge eluded the […]

Croatian President Responds to Announcement of Possible Slovene Referendum on Croatia’s EU Entry

Zagreb, April 9 (CP) – Following Monday’s announcement by Slovene PM Janez Jansa that a referendum could be held on Croatia’s EU entry if the open issues like the border issue are not resolved, Croatian president Stjepan Mesic reacted to the statement.
Mesic mentioned the Ljubljanska Banka savings accounts holders from Croatia who he said were […]

Writer Kiran Desai on a Tour of Book Promotion in Croatia

Zagreb, April 8 (CP) — The best-known Indian author Kiran Desai has arrived in Zagreb in a bid to promote two of her novels that have been translated into Croatian across the country.
This youngest ever Booker prize recipient which she was awarded at the age of 35 is to promote two of her novels Inheritance […]

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