Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Zagreb, February 21 (CP) – It has been announced that the Croatian police in collaboration with the State Attorney’s Office has severed the largest paedophile ring ever to be discovered in Croatia.
Although an official confirmation of the on goings and the operation is to come at Thursday’s press conference, unofficial information claims that up to […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – The Finance Ministry has revealed its proposal for the 2008 budget which envisages revenue of 115.6 billion kuna spending of 119.4.
It is said to be geared towards fiscal consolidation and slowing down of state expenditure.
The Finance Ministry is stressing that the country will adjust to the lower economic growth rate […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Zagreb, February 20 — Two deputy parliament speakers were elected on Wednesday at the first session of the newly established parliament.
They are SDP’s Zeljka Antunovic and Neven Mimica. HNS’ Vesna Pusic is to head the National Committee for the Monitoring of EU Negotiations.
This came following the SDP and HNS not being able to agree on […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – After exactly two weeks of a fire erupting on a Turkish cargo ship off the Croatian coast, the vessel has been finally towed to a Trieste shipyard.
The Turkish ship has been waiting for clearance from the Italian authorities to be let into Italian territorial waters and once it was allowed […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) — The Italian police have arrested Sreten Peslac who had an arrest warrant issued for him for committing war crimes in Croatia and being sentenced in absentia by the Sibenik court to 10 years in prison.
Peslac was a member of a Serb paramilitary group which forced Croats out of their homes […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) — Croatian parliament is holding its first regular session since being set up, which is expected to last until the end of March.
Some 27 laws from the European package are to be adopted and the 2008 state budget is to be approved.
Two parliament deputy speakers will be chosen from the opposition […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Zagreb, February 20 (CP) – Croatian Defence Minister Branko Vukelic has said speaking in Washington that Croatia would be invited to join NATO at the Alliance’s summit in Bucharest in April 2008.
Vukelic said this following a meeting at the Pentagon with defence ministers of the countries-signatories of the US-Adriatic Charter with US Defence Secretary Robert […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) — The Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory to its citizens travelling to Serbia to avoid gatherings, rallies and protests.
The same warning has been issued for travel to Kosovo.
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) — The Turkish vessel that caught fire in Croatian waters nearly two weeks ago has only been towed as far as Savudrija.
Although it was to arrive in Trieste on Monday, the go-ahead of the Italian maritime authorities is awaited for it to travel further.
The Italian authorities wish to get guarantees from […]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Zagreb, February 19 (CP) — The search for a missing Labin fisherman, which was discontinued last night due to poor visibility, has continued on Tuesday morning without success.
Fisherman Adam Vlacic went missing as he was fishing between the islands of Cres and the Istrian peninsula on Monday.
Helicopters, port authority vessels and Rabac port […]
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