Zagreb, May 31 (CP) – Milan Spanovic, a Croatian Serb sentenced in Croatia for war crimes committed in the Glina area during the Homeland war is to be extradited to Croatia by the U.K., ruled a London court on Friday.
Spanovic, who fled Croatia and lived in the U.K. since 1998 working as a locksmith had […]
Zagreb, May 30 (CP) – The two Croatian army generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac indicted by the ICTY for crimes committed during the Medak pocket operation have heard the court ruling which has acquitted Ademi and sentenced Norac to seven years in prison.
Judge Marin Mrcela explained that while Ademi had not had full commanding […]
Zagreb, May 30 (CP) – According to research done using data provided by 100 Croatian hotels ranging between three and five stars and which account for 40 percent of the Croatian hotel business has shown that only 40 percent of Croatian hotels operate with a profit.
Once all the business costs are squared not even the […]
Zagreb, May 29 (CP) – The Croatian Helsinki Committee (HHO) has expressed dissatisfaction with the organising of a concert by fascist-insignia promoter Marko ‘Thompson’ Perkovic in Zagreb’s main square on Friday.
They have expressed concern over the fact that Thompson was reluctant to do away with the promotion of fascist insignia and chants.
The concert is being […]
Zagreb, May 29 (CP) – There are indications, writes Zagreb’s Jutarnji List daily that the Croatian government is thinking of exchanging some 14 percent of INA oil company shares from its portfolio with Hungarian MOL’s shares.
This will allow MOL control of more than 40 percent of INA shares.
The agreement on this is to be worked […]
Zagreb, May 28 (CP) – Croatian international and Portsmouth soccer player Niko Kranjcar is rumoured to have got engaged to long-term girlfriend Simona Fistric.
The couple are expected to tie the knot at the end of 2008 in a private ceremony.
Kranjcar has been playing for Portsmouth for the past few years and the couple have been […]
Zagreb, May 28 (CP) — The first edition of the Mediterranean Film Festival Split opened last night in the coastal city.
The new Vinko Bresan film Will Not Stop There will be shown as well as 24 other movies until Saturday, the last day of the event.
Zagreb, May 27 (CP) – The deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec has said speaking to a Zagreb daily that the final decision on the increase in the price of electricity called for by the Croatian Electricity Board (HEP) would be decided on on June 15.
Polancec stressed that the government would try and agreed an increase […]
Zagreb, May 27 (CP) — The Croatian Electric Company, HEP, has announced that it will be raising the price of electricity from July the 1st. HEP is waiting for the government to determine later this week new electricity costs, however, an increase of 10 to 20% is expected.
In the meantime, the price of petrol has […]
Zagreb, May 26 (CP) – The organisation committee of Zagreb Pride which is to go under the You Have the Courage motto is to be held between June 25 and 28.
The organisation committee has announced that this year’s Pride is to be closely monitored by international human right organisations and European institutions.
For the first time […]
