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Zagreb, June 3 (CP) – As of Tuesday morning some customers of VIP mobile operator were unable to make calls or send text messages, this causing serious problems.

The problems occurred following the overnight service upgrade.

Allegedly, Vipnet experts are working on rectifying the problem and a machine is available at the customer service phone explaining the problem to fuming users.

Zagreb, June 3 (CP) — The news of the Hungarian MOL and Austrian OMV being interested in purchasing INA oil company shares, the price of the INA and HT shares had increased on the Zagreb Stock Exchange by 6.95 and 3.52 percent, respectively.

There is speculation that OMV might offer a cash payment.

The government is planning to exchange between 14 and 19 percent of INA shares with those of MOL, as well as seven percent of shares owned by the state-owned Veterans’ Fund.
 

Zagreb, June 1 (CP) – Although the details are still sketchy, the Croatian equality of sexes ombudsman Gordana Lukac Koritnik was beaten up in the centre of Zagreb on Monday.

Lukac Koritnik was attacked in front of her office by a group of men from a near-by café.

The police have allegedly arrested a man, but would not release his name.

Zagreb, June 2 (CP) — The Croatian Agrokor concern has   purchased some 87.4 percent of the shares od Podgorica’s Stampa company paying €1.05 million.

The move makes Agrokor the majority owner of Stampa.

The news of the purchase sent Stampa shares at the Montenegrin Stock Exchange soarding.
 
 

Zagreb, June 1 (CP) – Two young Austrian climbers had gone missing overnight on Mount Velebit not far from the coastal town of Zadar and were only rescued at dawn, one of them suffering from an injured knee.

The two females in their early twenties had gone off on Saturday noon and had not reported by nightfall, upon which their friends raised an alarm with the emergency services.

The search party had to wait for dawn in order to start their operation and found the two at 712 meter above sea level, where the two were stranded as one of them suffered an injured knee.

The operation was highly risky and involved a helicopter, which medevaced the injured climber to the Zadar hospital.

Zagreb, June 1 (CP) – The Croatian handball team have secured appearing at the Olympics in Beijing, beating Russia 26-24, the second day of the qualifying tournament in the Croatian coastal resort of Zadar on Saturday.

The team played Japan on Friday beating them 37-22.

Zagreb, May 31 (CP) –  Milan Spanovic, a Croatian Serb sentenced in Croatia for war crimes committed in the Glina area during the Homeland war is to be extradited to Croatia by the U.K., ruled a London court on Friday.

Spanovic, who fled Croatia and lived in the U.K. since 1998 working as a locksmith had been sentenced in Croatia in absentia to 20 years in prison.

Spanovic’s defence team is to appeal the ruling.

Zagreb, May 30 (CP) – The two Croatian army generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac indicted by the ICTY for crimes committed during the Medak pocket operation have heard the court ruling which has acquitted Ademi and sentenced Norac to seven years in prison.

Judge Marin Mrcela explained that while Ademi had not had full commanding responsibility and was thus acquitted, Norac was the commander of Sector 1, which makes his responsible for events during the operation.

Norac has the right to lodge an appeal with the Supreme Court. He is already in jail serving a 12-year sentence for war crimes committed in Gospic.

The trial of the two Croatian generals began exactly a year ago with this being the first of the trial to be transferred to the Croatian judiciary from The Hague Tribunal (ICTY).

Zagreb, May 30 (CP) – According to research done using data provided by 100 Croatian hotels ranging between three and five stars and which account for 40 percent of the Croatian hotel business has shown that only 40 percent of Croatian hotels operate with a profit.

Once all the business costs are squared not even the best Croatian hotels can be pleased with their profit.

The research conducted by Horwath HTL has shown that on average Croatian hotels manage a 15 to 16,000 income per room on an annual level, while in other Mediterranean countries this figure is up to 30 percent better.

Also, for Croatian hotels to make a better profit, the rooms would need to be booked at least 60 percent of the time, while the current figure is less than 45 percent which is way below the necessary figure.

However Croatian four and five stars hotels’ services are up to 20 percent cheaper than in other similar Mediterranean countries.
 

Zagreb, May 29 (CP) – The Croatian Helsinki Committee (HHO) has expressed dissatisfaction with the organising of a concert by fascist-insignia promoter Marko ‘Thompson’ Perkovic in Zagreb’s main square on Friday.

They have expressed concern over the fact that Thompson was reluctant to do away with the promotion of fascist insignia and chants.

The concert is being organised by veterans’ organisations and the city of Zagreb marking Veterans’ Day.
Several concerty by this controversial Croatian singer/songwriter had been banned abroad for similar fears.