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Zagreb, March 28 (CP) – Actress Mira Furlan, a native of Zagreb who has after forging a great career in ex-Yugoslavia moved to the US and become a successful actress there has won a court battle with the city of Zagreb finally returning her home after 16 years.
Furlan has been awarded back her flat in […]

Zagreb, March 26 (CP) — Friends, colleagues, and fans will pay their last respects to Croatian actor Boris Dvornik today at a ceremony to be held at the Croatian National Theatre in Split at 1pm. Dvornik passed away in Split last Sunday at the age of 69. Funeral services will be at the Lovrinac cemetery […]

Zagreb, March 24 (CP) – The Islamic community in Croatia held is 3rd convention on Saturday at the Zagreb Islamic centre.
Those gathered discussed a report on the work of the Community during 2007 submitted by the Islamic leader in Croatia Sevko Omerbasic. The relations with the state bodies have been described as good and in […]

Zagreb, March 24 (CP) — Croatian theatre and movie great Boris Dvornik died aged 69 in a Split hospital on Sunday following a stroke.
His long career included 40 feature films,  numerous roles in TV dramas and series, as well as theatre roles.
Dvornik had suffered a stroke a few years ago.

Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — In three months since it’s been displayed, the Chagall works’ exhibition was seen by 80,000 visitors in Zagreb.
On Valentine’s Day alone, when entrance was free, some 1,200 people saw the exhibition, while during the Night of Museums some 3,500 had visited the exhibit.

Zagreb, May 17 (CP) – A new synagogue opened in the centre of Croatia’s capital Zagreb on Sunday in the presence of senior Croatian officials, as well as numerous rabbis from Europe and the U.S.
The main rabbi in Croatia Kotel Dadon stressed that the new synagogue represented an important step in securing spiritual life for […]

Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – British singer and guitarist Chris Rea has arrived in Zagreb where he will be staging a concert on Saturday.
Rea’s career began in 1978 his popularity hitting the peak in the late 1980’s and early 90’s.
Those gathering at the Zagreb Fair Hall will be able to hear his most famous hits […]

Zagreb, March 6 (CP) – Croatian actress of Bosnian descend Semka Sokolovic Bertok known for numerous film roles has died aged 72 in Zagreb.
According to members of her family, the actress suffered a stroke a few days ago and died in a Zagreb hospital on Tuesday night.
Sokolovic Bertok played character roles in nearly 80 movies […]

Zagreb, March 4 (CP) – Zagrebacko Kazaliste Mladih (ZKM) theatre is to stage a play, which is to be accompanied by subtitles in English once a month as of March.
The effort is to expand the cultural offer of the Croatian capital, enabling those who do not have the command of the Croatian language to have […]

Zagreb, March 3 (CP) — The Croatian movie “The Living and the Dead” by director Kristijan Milić has been voted the best of eight films in competition in the “Europe out of Europe” program of the 36th Belgrade FEST film festival.
The panel of judges chose Milić’s anti-war film for it’s precise direction, distinguished acting and […]