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Zagreb, February 8 (CP) – In future, Croatian citizens wanting to visit Canada will no longer have to fill out an additional form demanding them to answer questions about the Homeland war and their involvement in it.
This has been a sticking point in relations between Croatia and Canada for the past 12 years since the […]

Zagreb, February 7 (CP) — Two residents of Dubrovnik were arrested and faced the magistrate on Thursday following a car bomb explosion that rocked the ancient port on February 5.
They are being charged with conducting a criminal act, endangering lives and property.
According to unofficial claims the two are Tomislav Krmek and Damir Zovko, former special […]

Zagreb, February 7 (CP) — The Rijeka county court has sentenced Gospic tycoon Josip Mraovic to three years in prison for the attempted rape of American basketball player Illisha Jarrett.
The incident happened in 2005 when tycoon Mraovic came to Jarrett’s hotel room and forced a finger up her anus in an attempt to rape her.
Mraovic […]

Zagreb, February 7 (CP) – The Hague Tribunal (ICTY) has announced that the trial in the case of Gotovina, Cermak and Markac would begin on March 11 and ordered the return into custody of General Ivan Cermak on March 5.
The initial pre-trial hearing is to be held on March 10, while the prosecution is to […]

Zagreb, February 6 (CP) — A freight ship sailing under a Turkish flag has caught fire in the Northern Adriatic not far from the resort of Rovinj where Croatian territorial waters are meeting the Protected Zone.
A mayday call was received this morning by the maritime search and rescue centre.
All the crew members and passengers, a […]

Zagreb, February 6 (CP) — Members of consumer’s associations have called for a one week shopping boycott in the country so that citizens may demonstrate their dissatisfaction with prices and the treatment of consumers.
Consumers have been called upon to show their strength and only purchase products that are absolutely necessary for a week, starting Thursday.
Associations […]

Zagreb, February 5 (CP) — The most renowned European fire expert Domingos Xavier Viegas is visiting Sibenik in a bid to together with several other experts try to find out how the 12 fire-fighters died in August 2007 in Kornat, after they were called up to put out a fire on the island.
He had already […]

Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – A Promocija Plus polling agency survey conducted in January has shown that some 71.6 percent of Croats want to see a NATO referendum staged.
The 1,300 surveyed have said that they would rather have a referendum, than the decision on whether Croatia should become a NATO member being made solely by […]

Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – An explosive device went off underneath a car in a car park in the coastal resort of Dubrovnik at around 3 a.m., local.
The Audi A6 was parked in front of a family home, the explosion also damaging three other cars and the metal fence.
No one was injured in the explosion […]

agreb, February 5 (CP) – The wife and brother of Croatia’s former Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul are being investigated for embezzlement amounting to several million kuna, reports the Vecernji List daily.
The two have been suspected of making negligent business deals and misuse of position and authority regarding the business dealings of the now defunct Sloboda textiles […]