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Zagreb, June 1 (CP) – Although the details are still sketchy, the Croatian equality of sexes ombudsman Gordana Lukac Koritnik was beaten up in the centre of Zagreb on Monday.
Lukac Koritnik was attacked in front of her office by a group of men from a near-by café.
The police have allegedly arrested a man, but would […]

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 26 (CP) – Some 5 days of deliberations are underway at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, to determine whether or not the United Nation’s highest court has authority in a 1999 case, in which Croatia charged, what was at the time, Yugoslavia with violation of the convention on genocide.
A team […]

Zagreb, May 23 (CP) — The Hague Tribunal has decided not to prosecute the 10 Croatian journalists and editors who had published the secret annex of the indictment against Gotovina, Cermak and Markac.
The explanation is that just three days after the publishing of the annex, the ICTY had lifted the secrecy from the documents.
Among the […]

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 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 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 […]

A team of 32 policemen who are to be dispatched to keep law and order at the European Soccer Cahmpionships is to be presented to the public.
The 32-strong team is to assist their Austrian and Swiss colleagues in working and communicating with Croatian football fans at the championships.

Zagreb, May 8 (CP) – A large stash of ammunition and arms hidden in a well near the coastal town of Zadar was discovered by police on Thursday.
Among the stash were several hand grenades, a cluster bomb filling, mines and thousands of pieces of munitions.
The well is situated in Biljani Donji in the Zadar hinterland […]