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Brussels has given Slovenia a 14-day deadline to explain its policy over the introduction of pricey motorway toll stickers as of July 1.
The stickers valid for six months and costing 35 euro will be mandatory for all motorists, the measure causing an uproar, as short-term cheaper stickers have not been offered and many tourists who […]

Zagreb, June 7 (CP) – The Slovene border police and Croatian football fans on their way to the EURO2008 in Austria are squabbling over the small Croatian flags that the Croats are flying on their cars.
The Slovene police have decided to blindly follow the word of law which stipulates that apart from protocol vehicles none […]

Zagreb, April 30 (CP) — The Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic had denied claims by his Slovene colleague Dimitrij Rupel that official Zagreb had conned the public saying that in August of last year, during a meeting of two PMs Ivo Sanader and Janez Jansa, an agreement had been reached on the arbitration of the International […]

Zagreb, April 29 (CP) – Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and his Slovene counterpart Janez Jansa, agreed on Tuesday to hold a meeting at the Bregana border crossing on Wednesday, as a sign of support for the Croat-Slovene initiative “Trade unions without borders”.
The two also agreed that the border regime between the two countries would […]

Zagreb, April 16 (CP) – A joint diplomatic commission tasked with finding a solution to the unresolved border issues between Croatia and Slovenia is to be held most probably in Rijeka on April 25.
Both governments will be putting forth their views on the issues.
The two sides agreed last year that the a third party should […]

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, April 7 (CP) – The Slovene PM Janez Jansa has said that Slovenia may hold a referendum on Croatia’s EU accession, especially if by that time the unresolved border issues between the two countries remain open.
Jansa said this speaking to RTV Slovenija adding that Croatia’s EU entry was in Slovenia’s interest, as many of […]

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) – The Slovene Foreign Ministry has informed the Croatian Foreign Ministry that as of Friday, March 21 Croats holding old identity cards will no longer be allowed over the border into Slovenia.
The Slovene Foreign Ministry explained the old identity cards no longer match the EU security standards.
Croatian nationals holding a valid […]

Zagreb, March 20 (CP) –Officials from the Slovenian Agricultural and Forestry Land Fund yesterday tried to conduct an inspection south of the river Dragonja, but were prevented from entering Croatia by Croatian border police.
The Croatian Ambassador to Slovenia, Mario Nobilo has received a protest note from the Slovenian government. This is the latest incident in […]

The Slovenian ministry of Agriculture issued a statement yesterday which denied claims which appeared in some Croatian media sources, that Slovenia intends to charge Croatia for alleged damages done to Slovenian fishermen as a result of implementation of the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone in the Adriatic.
The statement explained that there had been a misunderstanding […]