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Zagreb, February 4 (CP) – Speaking at the session of the Croatian Democratic Union’s (HDZ) presidency party leader and PM Ivo Sanader indirectly accused Slovenia of blocking accession negotiations of Croatia and the EU.
He said that there had been no official blockade of the talks, but rather unofficial ones spearheaded by a certain EU member, […]

Zagreb, February 4 (CP) – The government has issued a non-paper on the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) in the Adriatic forwarding it to all EU members.
In this unofficial document it explains its stance on the controversial implementation of ZERP in the Adriatic, reports Jutarnji List daily, quoting diplomatic sources that confirmed the existence […]

 Zagreb, February 3 (CP) – The Justice Minister Ana Lovrin has said speaking to Croatian Television (HTV) that in line with the Convention on the Law of the Sea and the relevant law adopted – the Maritime Code, Croatia has the right to protect its natural wealth in the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) […]

Zagreb, February 3 (CP) – Due to an oversight by the Justice Ministry everyone can fish in the recently implemented Protected Ecology and Fishery Belt (ZERP) in the Adriatic.
Prior to ZERP being implemented on January 1, 2008 all ministries in Croatia were tasked with checking legislation from their area in order to make sure there […]

Zagreb, February 2 (CP) – The Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic agreed with his Slovene counterpart Dimitrij Rupel during a phone conversation to meet at the fringes of the Munich Conference on Security Policy held on February 8 – 10, 2008.
Both expressed eagerness to hold an open conversation on all issues that have of late been […]

Zagreb, February 2 (CP) – The Slovene European Parliament member and rapporteur for Serbia, Jelko Kacin told Deutsche Welle and Slovene Television that Croatian PM Ivo Sanader needs to face up and tell Croatians the truth about the relations between Croatia and Italy.
Kacin is claiming that Italy is demanding the reconsidering of maritime borders between […]

Zagreb, February 2 (CP) – According to the Jutarnji List daily, cabinet ministers have been tasked with outlining to PM Ivo Sanader on Monday what they will be doing in each of their fields to speed up Croatia’s EU accession negotiations.
It seems that the Justice Minister Ana Lovrin will be feeling the heat most, as […]

Zagreb, February 1 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic and his Slovene counterpart Danilo Tuerk have met at the Otocac castle on Friday, this being their first unofficial meeting since Tuerk took office in December 2007.
The two have agreed that other Croatian and Slovene senior politicians should follow in their footsteps in an attempt to resolve […]

Zagreb, February 1 (CP) – The three basic food items’ prices are to be rolled back today to what they cost before a wave of price increases at the start of 2008.
Fresh milk, some types of bread and cooking oil prices will be cut following an agreement between large retail chains, the government and the […]

Zagreb, February 1, (CP) — The Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel has said he was ready to meet the new Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic as soon as a suitable time is agreed to.
He said that one of the reasons for mounting unresloved issues between the two countries was the fact that last year there […]