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Zagreb, May 6 (CP) – Speaking to Croatian Radio (HR) during a regular interview, president Stjepan Mesic accused the Foreign and European Integration Ministry (MVPEI) of hiring people tugging the party line.
Mesic said that the seventh administration of the Foreign Ministry was responsible for employing people without tenders being put out for positions, so that those […]

Zagreb, April 15 (CP) — Opening the Croatian-German economic forum on Tuesday morning in Zagreb, president Stjepan Mesic spoke of the traditionally good Croatian-German relations, the notion fully supported by his German counterpart Horst Koeller. Koeller said that corruption and incomplete reforms in the judiciary represent the main stumbling blocks to even better business relations […]

Zagreb, April 9 (CP) – Following Monday’s announcement by Slovene PM Janez Jansa that a referendum could be held on Croatia’s EU entry if the open issues like the border issue are not resolved, Croatian president Stjepan Mesic reacted to the statement.
Mesic mentioned the Ljubljanska Banka savings accounts holders from Croatia who he said were […]

Zagreb, March 18 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic has refused to say whether Croatia would recognize Kosovo on Wednesday, but said the recognition would come about soon.
Mesic said that Kosovo recognition by Croatia was a logical move, as Croatia was in the same position as Kosovo a while ago.
Mesic said that Croatia was waging steady […]

Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — On the fringes of the entrepreneur’s day gathering on Monday, president Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader told the assembled media they would soon meet to discuss Croatia’s position on recognizing the indepdence of Kosovo.
Mesic said recognizing Kosovo was a decision of national interest, therefore, it would be made the moment […]

Zagreb, February 7 (CP) — President Stjepan Mesic has said he believed the Protected Ecology and Fisheries Belt (ZERP) in the Adriatic issue was blown out of proportion, but is an open issue which needs to be solved. 
He said that the real problem was the fact that Slovenia was linking the issue of the maritime […]

Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic has stated that the reason for the stalling of Croatia’s EU membership negotiations was not Slovenia, but rather the fact that Croatia had not opened up enough negotiating chapters and had not closed the ones that had been opened.
He stressed that Croatia enjoyed good relations with Slovenia, […]

Zagreb, February 5 (CP) – A European Parliament delegation led by Croatia rapporteur Hannes Swoboda is arriving in Croatia on Wednesday.
Swoboda and members of the delegation are expected to meet with president Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader and visit the parliament.
In his latest draft report to the European Parliament foreign policy committee, Swoboda claims that […]

Zagreb, February 1 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic and his Slovene counterpart Danilo Tuerk have met at the Otocac castle on Friday, this being their first unofficial meeting since Tuerk took office in December 2007.
The two have agreed that other Croatian and Slovene senior politicians should follow in their footsteps in an attempt to resolve […]

Zagreb, January 30 (CP) – President Stjepan Mesic will be meeting with his Slovene opposite number Danilo Tuerk on Friday in the Slovene town of Crnomelj.
This will be the first meeting of the two presidents’ since Tuerk assumed office in November 2007. The meeting is said to be of an unofficial nature, but the two […]