Croatia Odd Stories News

Croatian Dog Owner Saved from Burning Home by Barking Pet

Zagreb, February 10 (CP) – A dog saved his owner’s life by alerting her to a fire raging in her home in Sesvete, near Croatia’s capital Zagreb, by barking.
The 50-year-old owner was sleeping in her home when she was woken up by the dog barking, The dog would not let up before the woman was […]

A Young Man’s Prank Ends up as a Published Interview with Croatian PM Sanader

Zagreb, February 10 (CP) – A young man’s prank ended up as a published interview in the Jutarnji List daily on Saturday stirring up the cabinet office and resulting in the paper’s apology to readers and the PM.
The unusual highly embarrassing mishap took place as the Jutarnji List daily editor Davor Butkovic relied on an […]

Turkish Freight Ship Catches Fire near Croatian Coast

Zagreb, February 6 (CP) — A freight ship sailing under a Turkish flag has caught fire in the Northern Adriatic not far from the resort of Rovinj where Croatian territorial waters are meeting the Protected Zone.
A mayday call was received this morning by the maritime search and rescue centre.
All the crew members and passengers, a […]

Former Constitutional Court Judge Vice Vukojevic To Be Tried for Rape

Zagreb, January 30 (CP) – The trial of former Constitutional Court judge Vice Vukojevic suspected of raping a young Bosnian Moslem woman at the Vojno prison camp near Mostar in 1993 is to begin in spring.
The raped woman, now living in the United States is prepared to travel to Croatia in order to testify in […]

Passer-by Killed by Scaffolding

Zagreb, January 28 (CP) — An elderly man from Metkovic was killed on Monday morning, as he was hit by a plank that fell off scaffolding at a building site.

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