Zagreb, February 16 (CP) – The European Union has approved the sending of 2,000 members of the judicial and police as part of the EU-LEX Kosovo mission, their task being to protect minorities and assist Kosovo authorities in establishing a legal state, fight organised crime and corruption.
Not a single of the 27 EU members was […]
Zagreb, February 16 (CP) – A 57-year-old man had spent five days with a corpse, after he stabbed his friend during a fight on January 9, the stabbing resulting of the friend dying of his wounds.
The murder took place in the eastern Croatian town of Donji Andrijevci and the killer decided to move the body […]
Zagreb, February 15 (CP) – The Varazdin mayor Ivan Cehok has met with the San Marino Cassa di Risparmio CEO Gilbert Ghiotto, the two announcing the opening of the San Marino consulate in Varazdin.
The consulate is to assist the strengthening of economic relations.
The Cassa di Risparmio bank has begun business cooperation with Banka Kovanica bank […]
Zagreb, February 15 (CP) – The association of consumer protection organisations in Croatia have revealed the results of a weeklong boycott on shopping on Friday.
Although the representatives of two key agencies said they were pleased with the outcome, it has actually been revealed that the general public did not take much notice of the ban […]
Zagreb, February 15 (CP) – A 47-year-old man in the Croatian capital Zagreb fell to his death from a second floor landing of an apartment building.
He fell from more than nine meters and landed on a concrete patch, dying instantly.
The police are investigating the circumstances of the death, but not treating it as suspicious.
Zagreb, February 14 (CP) – The five men indicted for the killing of the Olujic family, father Radomir, mother Anica and their two children have been sentenced to a total of 57 years in prison by the county court.
The killing happened some 16 years ago in Cerna, eastern Croatia, when the five men attacked the […]
Zagreb, February 14 (CP) – Diplomatic sources are claiming that Croats will be joining the EU police and judiciary mission to Kosovo that the European Union will decide on by the end of the week prior to Kosovo’s declaration of independence.
Apart from EU member-countries that will gradually be deployed during a 120-day period, Turkey, Croatia, […]
Zagreb, February 14 (CP) – The Turkish Koc Holding has sold 50.8 percent of the Migros supermarket chain to the Moonlight Capital company for $ 1.66 billion, thus snubbing the offer by the Croatian Agrokor company owned by tycoon Ivica Todoric.
Agrokor has fallen short of a stake in the Turkish company, which is currently estimated […]
Zagreb, February 14 (CP) – A former Croatian army officer has been sentenced to four years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl and for using child pornographic materials.
He had been charged with maintaining sexual relations with the 12-year-old child during October and November 2006.
The 39-year-old man met the victim through an Internet chat site […]
Zagreb, February 14 (CP) — After eight months of investigation, the USKOK anti-corruption agency brought indictments against ten persons who took part in illegal activities at the Croatian Privatisation Fund (HFP).
The ten have been indicted for taking bribes, abetting in handing bribes, giving bribes, giving away business secrets and misuse of position and authority.
Nine of […]
