Croatia Society News
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Zagreb, March 23 (CP) – A member of the Bad Blue Boys (BBB) Dinamo Zagreb soccer club supporters, an 18-year-old youth has been arrested after police searched for him for a whole day following an incident in Zagreb’s main square when he rammed a TV cameraperson, giving him a bloody nose and knocking over his […]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Zagreb, March 22 (CP) – Although it was to be a quiet protest against being blamed for attempting to organise clashes with social groups to vindicate the death of their fellow Bad Blue Boy a week ago, one of the Dinamo soccer supporters managed to run into a Croatian Radio Television camera and push it […]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Zagreb, March 19 (CP) – Former Croatian tennis player Goran Ivanisevic has decided to move his family to the States after being found out of cheating on his partner Tanja Dragovic with a local model.
It has been reported that Ivanisevic, his partner and two children arrived in Los Angeles on Tuesday, greeted by a hoard […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – The latest Puls polling agency survey shows that 51 percent of those polled are in favour of Croatia recognizing Kosovo at a time most favourable for Croatia.
The poll, which included 600 Croatian citizens showed that 79 percent of them support Croatia’s recognition of Kosovo, but 51 are in favour of […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – The Croatian Ministry of Defence has issued a statement on Monday denying claims in the media a NATO base may be erected on the Peljesac peninsula.
However, the MOD has confirmed that in the long-term development plan, the maritime port south is to be erected for the future use by the […]
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
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 […]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Zagreb, March 16 (CP) – An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death in a mass brawl in a Zagreb park near a popular night bar on Saturday evening.
The incident happened just minutes before midnight and the 18-year-old had suffered three stab wounds inflicted by a sharp object, most probably a knife.
The brawl began as a […]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Zagreb, March 16 (CP) – A group of masked assailants attacked two Serb nationals overnight while they were sleeping in their car bearing Novi Sad number plates at the Tifon service station on the Zagreb-Split motorway.
The attack occurred around 4 a.m. and there are reports of the car being damaged.
The Ogulin police have as yet […]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Zagreb, March 16 (CP) – Some 20 bicycles were stolen between Wednesday night and Thursday morning from a top Croatian hotel in the northern coastal resort of Porec.
The robbers broke through the chained metal cages where the bikes belonging to German and Austrian riders competing in the Istria Spring race that was held there at […]
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Zagreb, March 16 (CP) – The coordination of Croatian non-parliamentary parties comprising 15 parties of different political affiliations held a protest gathering in Zagreb’s main square on Saturday sending a demand to parliament to call a referendum on Croatia’s NATO membership.
It was stated that if 10 percent of the voters in Croatia sign a petition […]
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