Zagreb, July 15 (CP) – The Tourism Minister Damir Bajs has downed a whole small bottle of wine containing 7.5 decilitres at the opening of a Krizevci fair at the same time warning the public to drink in a responsible manner.
The deputy PM Damir Polancec who was also at the opening failed to drink that […]
Zagreb, July 14 (CP) – The Croatian government has established a new police body The Police National Office for Quashing Corruption and Organised Crime, the operation carried out in secret.
The new national organisation, mimicking that of the US FBI should become an effective means for more in-depth investigation into organised crime and corruption.
Once the new […]
Zagreb, June 14 (CP) – The law on banning smoking in public areas and workplaces is to be debated by parliament next week.
Once the law is scrutinized and passed smoking will no longer be allowed in all public and work places, but small cafes may be exempt from the ban.
Smoking will only be allowed in […]
Zagreb, June 13 (CP) – The failure of Ireland to support the Lisbon treaty during a referendum held on Friday is not to endanger Croatia’s entry into the EU, as it is guranteed under the current rules.
Early returns from the Irish referendum show that 53.4 percent of the voters voted against the treaty.
The result may […]
Zagreb, June 13 (CP) – A 43-year-old Irish citizen was robbed of his video camera on Thursday in the central Dalmatian coastal town of Zadar.
The video camera went missing from his bag as he walked down a Zadar street.
The stolen camera is valued at about 7,000 kuna.
Zagreb, June 12 (CP) – The Croatian Ambassador to the United States, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic had ended up being better at target shooting members of a Croatian delegation held at the national guard camp Camp Riple.
Grabar Kitarovic ended up being better than the rest of the Croatian delegation comprising high ranking Croatian army officers and […]
Zagreb, June 12 (CP) – The Croatian economy loses about six billion kuna annually due to corruption.
The head of the anti-corruption agency USKOK Dinko Cvitan called on all state institutions and not only the police to report on corruption within their ranks even when they have not valid evidence, but only suspect corruption.
The president of […]
Zagreb, June 12 (CP) – Following the recent news of the IKEA furniture and accessories store possibly arriving in Croatia soon the latest indications are that this may only happen after 2010.
IKEA had bought a land plot near the Croatian capital Zagreb back in 1992, but later sold it, as it decided to postpone its […]
Zagreb, June 11 (CP) – The Dubrovnik Libertas Rixos hotel has been ordered to bring down the noise produced by its air conditioning system within 24 hours of face paying a 100,000 kuna fine.
The ruling of the Dubrovnik court was incredibly fast following complaints lodged by neighbours living in nearby streets, the document signed by […]
Zagreb, June 10 (CP) – The captain of the Croatian handball team Petar Metlicic has suffered a meniscus injury and is looking at surgery that may endanger his form at the upcoming Beijing Olympics.
The news of Metlicic having to undergo surgery to repair his meniscus has dampened the good spirits that the team was in […]
