Croatia Politics News

Croatian Deputy PM Uzelac Claims Time Is not yet Right for Croatia To Officially Recognize Kosovo

Zagreb, March 2 (CP) – Speaking to Banja Luka’s Nezavisne Novine paper, deputy PM Slobodan Uzelac said that the time had not yet come for Croatia to recognize Kosovo.
Uzelac said in an interview that bad judgement on the issue could hurt relations between Croatia and Serbia.
Speaking about the status of Serbs in Croatia, Uzelac said […]

Croatian Football Fans Gather in Vukovar in Protest of Sudent Dorms Demolition by Alleged Crvena Zvezda Belgrade Supporters

Zagreb, March 2 (CP) – Some 2,500 Croatian football supporters have gathered in the eastern town of Vukovar on Sunday in protest against the demolition of the student dorm in Vukovar some two weeks ago when hooligans wearing Crvena Zvezda Serbian football club insignia trashed the dorms.
The protestors have arrived from across Croatia and gathered […]

Croatia May Offer a Compromise on ZERP

Zagreb, March 1 (CP) – The parliament speaker Luka Bebic has revealed to the media the compromise solution that Croatia is ready to offer Italy and Slovenia regarding the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP). Bebic said that Croatia would offer both Italy and Slovenia to fish in ZERP for a fee.
This is the solution […]

HRT Claiming that US President Bush Will Be Visiting Zagreb at the Start of April

Zagreb, February 29 (CP) – US president G.W. Bush is to pay an official visit to Croatia in April, claims Croatian Radio Television (HRT).
Bush is to arrive in Croatia prior to the NATO Bucharest summit during which Croatia should be officially invited to join the Alliance.
The government has recently decided that NATO membership will not […]

Buje Municipality Confirms Selling Land in South of the Dragonja River, Claiming the Plots Were Croatian

Zagreb, February 29 (AP) – Following the Slovene media report that the Croatian municipality of Buje had been selling land that is owned by Slovenia and leased by Slovene Josko Joras, the Buje municipality officials have confirmed the sale saying the sold land south of the Dragonja River was Croatian land.
Three owners were sold 16,000 […]

Slovene Kanal-A TV Reports on Possible Huge Dispute with Croatia

Zagreb, February 29 (CP) — The Slovene Kanal-A television has reported that it had proof that some land plots in the Buje municipality, the ‘disputed territory’ south of the Dragonja river, were sold by the Istrian authorities to new owners, although the land is owned by the Slovene state fund of agricultural land.
The TV station […]

ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz Describes Cooperation with Zagreb as Good

Zagreb, February 28 (CP) — The Hague Tribunal’s (ICTY) chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz has stated following a meeting with Justice Minister Ana Lovrin in Zagreb that there was no doubt that the good cooperation between Zagreb and the ICTY would continue in the same good manner as before.
The two discussed future cooperation modes, particularly regarding […]

New ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz Visiting Croatia

Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – The new chief prosecutor of The Hague Tribunal (ICTY) Serge Brammertz is arriving for his first working visit to Zagreb.
Brammertz will be meeting with senior Croatian officials including Justice Minister Ana Lovrin.
The former Belgian chief state prosecutor has announced close cooperation with all the countries investigating war crimes and sees […]

Slovene EP Member Abstaines from Voting on Croatia Progress Report

agreb, February 27 (CP) — The EP Foreign Policy Committee voted in favour of the progress report on Croatia’s EU accession with 52 votes of support and a single abstention, that of its Slovene member Borut Pahor.
Pahor believes that in the compromise amendment the Croatian view that ZERP was a bilateral issue and not between […]

Slovenia Agrees to Quadrilateral Meeting on ZERP

The PM Ivo Sanader has said Slovenia had responded positively to the proposal made by Croatia that the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Zone in the Adriatic (ZERP) be debated by Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the European Commission in a meeting.
The possible date for the meeting has been proposed as March 13 and 14.
Sanader commented on […]

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