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Zagreb, March 1 (CP) – A motorist stopped by police in the early hours of Saturday in Zagreb bit a policemen who was running after him, after he tried to flee.
The incident happened in Zagreb’s Heinzelova street at night, when two policemen stopped a driver of a Renault vehicle and once they felt alcohol on […]

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 […]

Zagreb, February 29 (CP) – A coastal town of Zadar teenager and his 42-year-old drug addict mother have been found guilty of pushing drugs on Thursday.
The unlikely pair have been sentenced by the Zadar county court. The mother has been sentenced to five years in prison, while the son who is 19 years old will […]

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 […]

Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – An Austrian national has died in Thursday morning’s car crash near the town of Zabok on the Zagreb-Macelj road as she was heading in the direction of Zagreb and her mother, a Bosnia-Herzegovina national, suffered serious injuries.
The vehicle the 32-year-old was driving swerved off the road, the car catapulted from […]

Zagreb, February 28 (CP) – The Association of Croatian Travel Agencies has announced that the prices of package tours to Croatia will remain at last year’s levels with a small number of hotels increasing prices by about five percent.
It was stated that by scrapping tourism subsidies and slapping on a 10 percent VAT for accommodation […]

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 […]

Zagreb, February 26 (CP) – Due to a death toll of  600 on Croatian roads in 2007, a new proposal has been put forth in a bid to put a stop to such negative figures, changes to the legislation should be introduced.
One of the provisions is that any motorist with more than 1.5 blood alcohol […]

Zagreb, February 25 (CP) – A youth who attacked the Zagreb Gay Parade marchers in mid-2007 was sentenced to 14 months in prison and has been ordered psychiatric counselling that should last as long as the sentence, itself.
The 25-year-old Josip Situm is the first person to be charged under hate crime law provisions that Croatia […]

Zagreb, February 25 (CP) – The towns of Knin, Imotski and Metkovic measured 20 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the unseasonably warm weather announcing the approach of Spring.
The Croatian capital Zagreb has also enjoyed high temperatures and clear blue skies on Sunday with 19 degrees being the highest measures on Sunday.
Although such high temperatures are not […]