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Croatian Minister Roncevic To Face Questioning by Anti-corruption Agency over Truck Procurement
Zagreb, July 9 (CP) – The Interior Minister Berislav Roncevic is to soon face the USKOK Anti-corruption Agency boss Dinko Cvitan over truck procurement, which lost the state budget some 14.8 million kuna in 2004. When he was Defence Minister in 2004, Roncevic put out a tender for the procurement of 76 non-combat vehicles for which [...]
Pula and Belgrade To Be Linked by Serbian Jat Airlines during Summer
Zagreb, July 1 (CP) – The Serbian Jat Airlines is to link Belgrade and the Croatian coastal town of Pula between July 3 and August 31 twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. This is the first times Pula and Belgrade will be linked in this way since 1991.
Protected Witness Testifies in the Gotovina, Cermak and Markac ICTY Trial
Zagreb, July 1 (CP) — Most of Tuesday’s proceedings at the Gotovina, Cermak and Markac trial at the ICTY in The Hague was held behind closed doors as a protected witness took the stand. The Prosecution has interrogated the witness 86 for six hours and the defence has asked for even more time for cross-examination, as [...]
The Croatian Intelligence Agency Launches Website
ZAGREB, June 30 (CP) - Croatia’s Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) has put out its web site www.soa.hr and is looking to recruit agents. The explanation for the website being set up is to enable better understanding of the work of the agency by the general public and facilitate contacts with them. It has become a common [...]
Zagreb Pride March To Be Held for the Seventh Time
Zagreb, June 28 (CP) – For the seventh year running Zagreb is to host the Gay Pride march that is to take place through the centre of the capital in the early afternoon of Saturday under the motto You Have the Courage. The goal of this year’s event is heightening the visibility of gay people in [...]
Croatian Football Association Fined €60,000 for Croatian Supporters’ Inappropriate Conduct
Zagreb, June 27 (CP) – The UEFA disciplinary commission has fined the Croatian Football Association (HNS) €60,000 for Croatia football supporters’ inappropriate conduct during the Croatia-Turkey game of the EURO2008. The explanation gives is that some two dozen fires were burning during the game in the section of the stadium occupied by Croatian supporters. The HNS has [...]
Zagreb: Construction Worker Dead after Metal Tube Falls on His Head
Zagreb, June 27 (CP) – A construction workers was killed when some metal tubing fell onto his head as it was being unloaded from a truck. The incident happened in Zagreb’s Maksimir area and it resulted in traffic being halted for several hours in the street where it occurred.
Eurobarometer: A Third of Croats Believe EU Membership To Be Positive, but a Quarter See it as Bad for Croatia
Zagreb, June 26 (CP) – A third of the Croats thinks the European Union is a good thing, while a quarter believe that it is bad for Croatia, the results of Eurobarometre show. As many as 39 percent of those surveyed believe the EU was neither good nor bad.
Jouyet: Croatia Has Made a Lot of Progress
Zagreb, June 25 (CP) — The French European Affairs Secretary Jean-Pierre Jouyet has said speaking at a conference on Balkans’ progress that Croatia had made a lot of progress in its accession negotiations and the aim of the French EU presidency will be the opening and closing of nearly all of the negotiation chapters. Jouyet said [...]
Zagreb?s Old Town Closed to Traffic as of July 1
Zagreb, June 24 (CP) – The Croatian capital’s old town is to be shut to all traffic as of July 1, the only vehicles allowed in the area will be those of emergency services, the residents, those of parliament, government, constitutional court and the city assembly. The vehicles allowed in the area will be issued special [...]
INA Oil Company Begins Oil Prospecting in Iran
Zagreb, June 24 (CP) – The INA oil company has begun with its oil prospecting work in the Bloka Moghan-2 Iranian oil field. An agreement on this was signed earlier with the Iranian National Oil Company (NIOC) after a tender had been put out in February 2007. The contract covers oil prospecting and drilling for the next [...]
Croatian Business Tycoon Zeljko Kerum To Purchase Zagreb?s Legendary Regent Esplanade Hotel
Zagreb, June 23 (CP) – Split businessman Zeljko Kerum who has recently been criticised by PM Ivo Sanader for buying expensive yahts and cars, while his workers are suffering due to low wages is to purchase the Regent Esplanade Hotel, one of Zagreb’s oldest and most beautiful hotels from the current Austrian owners. According to a [...]
The Only Private University in Croatia Gets Operation Approval
Zagreb, June 23 (CP) – Following 16 months of legal wrangling, the Dubrovnik International University, the only private university in Croatia has been given approval of the Science, Sports and Education Ministry to set up international relations and diplomacy, international business dealings and economy and acting courses. The Univesity will start operating in line with the [...]
Czech Woman Goes Missing near Pula
Zagreb, June 23 (CP) – A Czech woman’s disappearance was reported by her husband just before midnight on Sunday. The had gone missing from the Duga Uvala beach near the northern Adriatic resort of Pula. The emergency services and search teams were immediately dispatched to the area and there had been a brief pause in the search [...]
Some Five Kilos of Top Quality Cocaine Confiscated in Dubrovnik
Zagreb, June 22 (CP) – A joint action of the Dubrovnik, Split and Zagreb police helped by the USKOK anti-corruption agency has resulted in the confiscation of five kilos of top quality cocaine. The drugs were hidden in a handbag of a 27-year-old Paraguay woman who smuggled the drugs into Dubrovnik where she was awaited by [...]
Turkish Hackers Attack Croatian Ministry Web Page
Zagreb, June 21 (CP) – Just a few minutes after the start of the EURO2008 game between Croatia and Turkey around 9 p.m. local time, the Turkish hackers hacked the Croatian Foreign Ministry page removing its content and replacing it with their own. The Turkish flag replaced the regular Foreign Ministry texts as well as a [...]
EURO2008: Turkey Beats Croatia on Penalties 3-1 (4-2)
Zagreb, June 20 (CP) – At the EURO2008 European championships Turkey beat the favourites Croatia 3-1 on penalties and made it into the semi-finals. The Turks had played the game well and did not let the Croatian squad develop its game, this resulting in the first goal of the match being scored in the 119th minute [...]
Crane Drops 20 Meters onto the Ground in Zagreb; No Injuries
Zagreb, June 20 (CP) – A crane dropped as many as 20 meters and fell to the ground at a building site in the centre of the Croatian capital Zagreb, but luckily no one was injured. The Pionir company responsible for the construction works at the site is investigating the causes of the incident.
Legendary Croatian Feral Tribune Weekly Ends its 15-year Run
Zagreb, June 19 (CP) – After more than 15 years, the legendary Croatian weekly Feral Tribune has published its last issue. In a lengthy article in the last issue, the editors explained that the influential weekly would have to shut down due to financial problems despite its circulation being good and all the costs being cut [...]
German Axel Diekmann Purchases Majority Shares in Nacional
Zagreb, June 18 (CP) – Axel Diekmann, a German businessman has purchased majority shares in the NCL Media Grupa, becoming its new owner through the mediation of the Naxos Medien GMBH. The Croatian Competition Agency has decided it was safe to allow the transaction, as Diekmann has no other operations in Croatia. The takeover of the company [...]