Slovenia May Sue Croatia over ZERP

Zagreb, March 18 (CP) — Several Slovene fishermen equipped with open sea fishing equipment are demanding of their government to pay up damages for the lost profit due to not being able to fish in the Croatian Protected Ecology and Fisheries Zone (ZERP) since January 1.
Allegedly they were told by the Slovene Agriculture Ministry officials […]

Croatian and Slovene Prime Ministers Agree an Emergency Meeting

Zagreb, March 5 (CP) – In a telephone conversation on Wednesday morning, the Croatian PM Ivo Sanader and his Slovene counterpart Janez Jansa discussed the state of bilateral relations and the continuation of the implementation of the Bled agreements.
The two agreed that the respective commissions set up on both sides after the Bled meeting begin […]

Buje Municipality Confirms Selling Land in South of the Dragonja River, Claiming the Plots Were Croatian

Zagreb, February 29 (AP) – Following the Slovene media report that the Croatian municipality of Buje had been selling land that is owned by Slovenia and leased by Slovene Josko Joras, the Buje municipality officials have confirmed the sale saying the sold land south of the Dragonja River was Croatian land.
Three owners were sold 16,000 […]

Slovene Kanal-A TV Reports on Possible Huge Dispute with Croatia

Zagreb, February 29 (CP) — The Slovene Kanal-A television has reported that it had proof that some land plots in the Buje municipality, the ‘disputed territory’ south of the Dragonja river, were sold by the Istrian authorities to new owners, although the land is owned by the Slovene state fund of agricultural land.
The TV station […]

Slovene EP Member Abstaines from Voting on Croatia Progress Report

agreb, February 27 (CP) — The EP Foreign Policy Committee voted in favour of the progress report on Croatia’s EU accession with 52 votes of support and a single abstention, that of its Slovene member Borut Pahor.
Pahor believes that in the compromise amendment the Croatian view that ZERP was a bilateral issue and not between […]

Mesic: Not Opening Enough Negotiating Chapters Reason for Croatia’s EU Negotiations Slowdown

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, […]

Protected Eco and Fishery Belt Free for all Due to an Oversight by Justice Ministry

Zagreb, February 3 (CP) – Due to an oversight by the Justice Ministry everyone can fish in the recently implemented Protected Ecology and Fishery Belt (ZERP) in the Adriatic.
Prior to ZERP being implemented on January 1, 2008 all ministries in Croatia were tasked with checking legislation from their area in order to make sure there […]

Jelko Kacin Accuses Sanader of Lying; Croatian Gvt Rejects Claims

Zagreb, February 2 (CP) – The Slovene European Parliament member and rapporteur for Serbia, Jelko Kacin told Deutsche Welle and Slovene Television that Croatian PM Ivo Sanader needs to face up and tell Croatians the truth about the relations between Croatia and Italy.
Kacin is claiming that Italy is demanding the reconsidering of maritime borders between […]

Presidents Mesic and Tuerk Meet in a Bid To Difuse Strained Relations between Croatia and Slovenia

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 […]

Rupel Ready To Meet Jandrokovic

Zagreb, February 1, (CP) — The Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel has said he was ready to meet the new Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic as soon as a suitable time is agreed to.
He said that one of the reasons for mounting unresloved issues between the two countries was the fact that last year there […]

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