Croatia Society News
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Zagreb, February 10 (CP) – A young man’s prank ended up as a published interview in the Jutarnji List daily on Saturday stirring up the cabinet office and resulting in the paper’s apology to readers and the PM.
The unusual highly embarrassing mishap took place as the Jutarnji List daily editor Davor Butkovic relied on an […]
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Zagreb, February 10 (CP) – A fire that broke out on Saturday in the Omis hinterland, not far from the coastal city of Split has been contained.
The fire engulfed some 30 acres of land, mostly pinewood forest and some olive groves and vineyards.
Some 50 firefighters supported by a water bomber tackled the blaze fighting at […]
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Zagreb, February 9 (CP) – A 27-year-old man was arrested in Croatia’s capital Zagreb after being spotted watching child porn in an Internet café.
The police were alerted and quickly traced the young man whose home was raided and child porn found on his computer.
The man has been arrested and will be investigated and then charged […]
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Zagreb, February 9 (CP) – Croatia has been promised a total of $250,000 and € 1 million following the incident of the Turkish ship carrying hazardous cargo igniting off the Croatian coast on Wednesday.
The funds have been pledged by insurers of the Turkish vessel.
Croatian Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Bozidar Kalmenta has said that an […]
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Zagreb, February 9 (CP) – The Croatian police were forced to intervene in a clash of two groups of protestors one group supporting and the other opposing the renaming of Marshall Tito Square in Croatian capital Zagreb.
The rallies of both groups were held at the same time and a clash of the two ideologies was […]
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Zagreb, February 9 (CP) – Charges were filed against four persons for fraud in the purchase of Croatian Telecom (T-HT) shares at privileged prices.
The four are all well-to-do business people including a high-profile football manager, who managed to secure more than five allowed ‘power of attorney’ certificates and in that way buy a considerable number […]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Zagreb, February 8 (CP) – Although consumers’ organisations across the country are not in possession of data regarding how many consumers stayed off shopping the first full day of the shopping boycott, the are pleased with the response of the public and are calling on them to keep up the boycott for another six days […]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Zagreb, February 8 (CP) – The fire that has been raging on the Turkish ship off the Croatian coast has been contained and Dutch expert firefighting unit is on board in a bid to put out the fire within the vessel.
Smoke is still billowing from the ship wreckage.
Now negotiations are under way with shipyards to […]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Zagreb, February 8 (CP) – Former Croatian arms dealer Zvonko Zubak who sued Croatia for $200 million plus interest claiming he was never paid for the S-300 rocket system he had supplied Croatia with back in 1995.
Had Zubak not lost the court case, this would have been the priciest ruling in the history of the […]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Zagreb, February 8 (CP) – According to assistant Sea and Transport Minister captain Marko Bibic, who spoke to Nova TV Croatian commercial television, Croatia is to seek €30 million in damages following the fire incident on the Turkish ship off the Croatian coast near the islands of Brijuni.
The Turkish ship which caught fire some 13 […]
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