Croatia News Archives

Trimble announced today it has been chosen by the Central Financing and Contracting Unit at the Croatian Ministry of Finance to supply 31 Trimble NetR5 Reference Stations, 31 Trimble Zephyr Geodetic antennas ...

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A Croatian court on Friday sentenced a retired general to seven years in prison for war crimes against Serb civilians during Croatia's 1991-95 war of independence.

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Greece will switch completely to electronic airline tickets starting in June. Also this week: two Croatian scientists discover a protein important in battling incurable diseases.

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Serbia argued before the United Nations' highest court Monday that crimes committed in the early 1990s war in Croatia did not amount to genocide as alleged in a complaint filed by Zagreb.

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SARAJEVO : Three people were killed and 53 injured when a bus carrying Roman Catholic pilgrims from Croatia collided with a truck in northern Bosnia late on Friday, local media reported.

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Six Croatian shipbuilding plants will undergo privatisation by early 2009. Also in business news this week: Albania signs a contract to build hydropower plants, and unemployment in Croatia declines.

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Canada's foreign minister visited Zagreb. Also in diplomatic news: a Greek delegation is in Bulgaria and ICTY chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz met with Serbia's war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic.

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Bombardier Aerospace delivered the first of four Q400 turboprop airliners ordered by Croatia Airlines of Zagreb, Croatia this week stemming from an order announced on June 4, 2007.

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Austrian and German businessmen complain about having to confront steep bureaucratic hurdles when doing business in Croatia.

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Following a decade of wars and ensuing social and economic decline, Balkan countries find themselves ill-equipped to handle growing juvenile crime and delinquency.

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There are 17 UN peacekeeping missions active in the world, and Croatia's military and police are participating in 15 of them.

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“We did not win the parliamentary elections, so the SDP must change to win next time. When the SDP changes, society changes, too”

The SDP convention was a major triumph for incumbent Zoran Milanovic. He received more than 79% of the delegates' votes and announced new policies for the biggest opposition party in Croatia. via Balkan Times

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“So far we have no idea how it is possible that someone officially reported missing so long ago was not found before in the same apartment she used to live in.”

CROATIAN police broke into a flat to check who lived there 42 years after its owner was reported missing - and found the woman's mummified remains sitting in front of her TV. via News.com.au

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“My dear neighbors! Please keep on being curious and a bit tiresome, as you have been so far”

Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. via KATU

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Users of a popular internet service chose a Greek island as their favourite place for travel in Europe. via SETimes news

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Jia Qinglin, China's top political advisor, concluded his official goodwill visit to Croatia Wednesday afternoon, ending his four-nation Europe tour ahead of schedule. via Xinhuanet

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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Zoran Milanovic was re-elected on Saturday as a leader of the Social Democratic Party . via Balkan Times

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“The grey zone of real estate and construction industry are easy targets for such operations. Though Croatian institutions delivered anti-money laundering laws ten years ago, there have been only two such trials.”

Real estate and the construction industry are easy targets for those seeking to launder money, a Council of Europe committee warns. via SETimes news

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“Those Bosnians who elected to remain in the camps eventually found asylum in countries throughout the Western and Arab worlds. Many of those who settled in the Middle East later fought in Palestine against the new Israeli state.”

On a pleasant Thursday in December 1948, Emilio Traubner, a correspondent for The Palestine Post, found himself near Abu Kabir, not far from Jaffa. via SF Sentinel

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“I've dedicated most of my life to this shipyard. This place means tradition and my wish is that many more generations earn their pensions here... because I think 3.Maj can compete on the global market.”

Time stood still on the docks of 3.Maj shipyard as the champagne bottle swirled and smashed against the hull of a tanker being launched for Latvian owners. via Reuters

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Serbia's Dragan Sutanovac urged Kosovo voters to choose pro-Western candidates. Also this week: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro sign a cross-border co-operation agreement. via SETimes news

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“Croatia will pay the 40m euros from its tax revenues”

The recent court case against Croatia for improprieties in the Hypo Bank acquisition of Slavonska Banka may dampen the enthusiasm of foreign investors. via Balkan Times

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“There are still risks, which must not be underestimated”

Swift European Union membership for Turkey and Balkan nations would benefit the bloc and stabilise southeast Europe, especially in the wake of Kosovo's independence, regional leaders said on Friday. via Turkish Daily News

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ZAGREB, Croatia -- Greece handed over to Croatia on Wednesday ethnic Serbs Ernest Radjen and Dusan Maslovar, sought by Zagreb for war crimes against civilians during the 1992-1995 conflict. via SETimes news

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