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Zagreb, March 15 (CP) – A 3.3 magnitude quake with the epicentre near the Kornat, some 40 kilometres south of Zadar was recorded at 5:28 a.m. local time on Saturday morning.
The moderate tremor could be felt by residents of Kornat, Pasman, Dugi otok, Zadar and Biograd.
Four similar quakes were recorded in the area last year.

Zagreb, March 14 (CP) – The fourth day of the trial of three Croatian generals, Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac, a prosecution witness said she personally did not witness any crimes being committed, but heard of this happening.
The trial is to continue on April 7 after a 3-week recess.
The ICTY judiciary council has […]

Zagreb, March 14 (CP) – According to a GfK poll recently conducted among Croatian citizens some 61 percent are in favour of the country joining NATO.
The poll has also shown that some 21 percent are against joining the Alliance, while some 18 percent are unsure.
More support than from other groups has been given by those […]

Zagreb, March 13 (CP) – Zagreb is among the most boring cities in Europe, claims a British survey published on Wednesday.
In a Trip Advisor poll surveying more than 1,100 travellers Zagreb has come up only in the most boring European destinations category.
Brussels has been picked as the most boring city in Europe, but right behind […]

Zagreb, March 13 (CP) – It has finally been established that insulation mass is to blame for residents of Zagreb’s Vrbani III residential area not being able to drink their water due to high level of pollutants discovered in it.
The search for the culprit has been going on for more than a year after it […]

Zagreb, March 12 (CP) – A woman, 58,who attempted suicide on Tuesday evening by jumping into the cold Sava River in Zagreb was saved by a coordinated action by brave passers-by.
After the woman jumped, a man jumped after her preventing her to drown, while the other helped get them both out of the river pulling […]

Zagreb, March 11 (CP) The fishermen guild from the Zadar county has organised a peaceful protest in the Zadar port due to the government lacking decisiveness in the issue of the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Zone (ZERP).
It was stated that the fishermen were not against EU membership, but said Croatia cannot enter the EU without […]

Zagreb, March 11 (CP) – Attorney Ante Nobilo, a former ICTY lawyer for Tihomir Blaskic claims that no one in their right mind would deny that war crimes were committed during the war in Croatia and someone needs to be made responsible for them.
Nobilo said this commenting the course of the proceedings at the ICTY […]

Zagreb, March 11 (CP) — At the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague today, trial procedures begin in the case against Croatian generals Gotovina, Markac and Cermak.
The prosecution has announced that it intends to call 134 witnesses, while an unusual 209 working hours has been approved for their questioning.
The general’s attornies […]

Zagreb, March 10 (CP) – Just a few days before the start of the long-awaited trial of generals Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac, the Croatian government has decided to forward to The Hague Tribunal (ICTY) Interior Ministry documents dating from the time of the Storm operation.
The chief prosecutor in the Storm case, Alan […]