Zagreb, May 21 (CP) – The Croatian border police have arrested a Serb drug lord on a border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, who has been sought after by the Serbia police for arranging the production and trafficking of amphetamines.
Jovan Lukic had been arrested based on an Interpol warrant issued by Serbia on suspicion of dealing […]
Zagreb, May 20 (CP) – The Podravka Concern CEO Darko Marinac is to step down from his positions after eight years, claim unofficial sources.
The news comes as a surprise as there was no indication of such a move and Marinac always maintained he would complete his mandate, which expires in 2010.
Marinac was supported by both […]
Zagreb, May 20 (CP) – A German national suffered serious injuries during takeoff while attempting to fly a paraglider on the Kamena hill on the northern island of Krk on Monday.
The 44-year-old man who was not named was together with a group of paragliding enthusiasts when he attempted to take off and crashed into the […]
Zagreb, May 20 (CP) – A Germanwings plane flying between the Croatian port of Split and German city of Stuttgart had to make an emergency landing after a bird got caught in its engine on Monday.
The incident happened at 2:20 p.m. on Monday when the plane carrying 82 passengers and crew members had to make […]
Zagreb, May 20 (CP) — Croatian national carrier Croatia Airlines has added a new plane to its fleet on Monday after two of its planes suffered technical problems on Monday.
Croatia Airlines has added a new Dash-8 Q400 to its fleet, which is to gradually replace the ATR-42 planes it currently uses.
A total of four planes […]
Zagreb, May 19 (CP) – Three boys of whom the oldest is just eight years old are living in awful conditions without water and electricity and a mother who is unable to care for them due to a mental condition in a hut near the coastal port of Sibenik.
The hut, which serves as the children’s […]
Zagreb, May 19 (CP) – Following an initiative from the association of veterans from Pakrac and Lipik charges were filed against 11 persons believed to have had commanding responsibility in the establishment of the Bucje prison camp during the Homeland war.
Some 250 detainees from the West Slavonia area had been kept there.
The documents for the […]
Zagreb, May 19 (CP) – A shop assistant in the coastal city of Split had suffered a terrible shock and had a lucky break, when she opened a box of bananas only to find a snake in it.
The grey and brown snake, which is some 30 centimetres long, had fled from the box as soon […]
Zagreb, May 18 (CP) – A 23-year old Canadian citizen of Chinese origin was beaten up by a group of shaved head youths in the centre of Croatian capital Zagreb on Saturday.
The man was found curled up in a ball in Zagreb’s old city by a passer-by who called for help after she had discovered […]
Zagreb, May 18 (CP) – A freak accident grounded helicopters flying to and from Split on Saturday and Sunday after a plastic bag got caught in the propeller and rendered a taking off helicopter unsafe to fly.
The indicted forced the officials to close down the heliodrome until Sunday.
The accident happened as a search and rescue […]
