Archive for June 7th, 2008

Croatian Soccer Team Coach Slaven Bilic Refuses To Speak English at Press Conference

Zagreb, June 7 (CP) – At a press conference held prior to the start of Croatia’s matches at the EURO2008 in Austria, the Croatian football coach Slaven Bilic refused to respond to an English speaking journalist’s question in English saying he would do the same as other coaches and speak in his mother tongue with […]

Croats Paying Fines in Sloveni for Masting Croatian Flags on Cars

Zagreb, June 7 (CP) – The Slovene border police and Croatian football fans on their way to the EURO2008 in Austria are squabbling over the small Croatian flags that the Croats are flying on their cars.
The Slovene police have decided to blindly follow the word of law which stipulates that apart from protocol vehicles none […]

Dubrovnik Inundated by Visitors, as Four Mega Cruisers Sail in

Zagreb, June 7 (CP) – The ancient port of Dubrovnik in Croatia’s southern coast has been swarmed by as many as 12,000 guests travelling on four mega cruisers that had sailed into its port.
The cruisers MSC Musica, Zenith, Costa Serena and Emerald Princess all came in so that extra policemen had to be called in […]