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Podravka – The Spice affair
There is no Croat who doesn’t know what the most important product of Podravka is? The answer is Vegeta – a well known spice which was placed on the market back in 1959 and today …
Non-Extradition of suspects of crime and corruption
The last few days the Croatian newspapers have been full with articles about the murder of a football fan in Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina).Â
A member of the fan group “Hordes of evil” Vedran Pulji? …
Hungerstrike on Steelwork in Split
The workers at the Split Steel company Ĺ˝eljezara Split has announced that the will start a hunger strike this week. For several month the workers has not been receiving any pay check, and they therefore, …
Blogger saved from jail by The Croatian Supreme Court
The Croatian Supreme Court in Zagreb found that the Croatian Blogger Damir Fintic was illegally sentenced to 20 days in prison and have sent the case back to the court in Vukovar.
Fintic was of course pleased, …
Press freedom Croatia drop 33 places in world ranking
Press freedom has been a frequently discussed issued in Croatia during the last years, unfortunately Croatia is not progressing in that relation, but seam to have less and less freedom of press from year to …
Saso Fair Split
On Wednesday, the 21st of October, the doors will be opened for the 14th Saso fair in Split, the fair I held in several large tents at the beach area Znjan.Â
The Saso fair is divided …
Croatia National coach Slavan Bilic stayes
On the press conference at 1 pm it was announced that Slaven Bili? will continue as the coach of the Croatian national team!Â
This decision was really unexpected as Slavan Bili? is the first coach of …
Croatia in the EU in 2010 or 2011
After the Slovenian de-blocking of the chapters in relation to Croatia entrance into the EU, I now looks like the negotiations can be finalized in 2010. Â According to the newly publish EU extension report, it …
Croatia’s best family Hotel 2009
Yesterday we where invited to attend in the awarding of the best mini and Family run hotel in Croatia in 2009, the event which runs under the name Adrian (Izbor za najbolji mali i obiteljski …
Motorway build out might be stopped
Do to the finance crises Croatia has no more money to continue the build out of the new motorway, the companies Strabag and Alpine Bau might loose large contracts, as the financer of the Motorway, …
Croatian first European blogger to go to Prison
The worst nightmare for a blogger has happened to the Vukovar resident Damir Fintic, who has been convicted, 20 days in prison for a comment published on his blog www.vukovarac.net back in 2005.Â
The critical comment on …
Croatian car sales has dropped 57.7%
In September 2009, 2758 new cars were registered in Croatia, which is 57.7 percent less than in the same month last year. According to the agency Promotion Plus this is a record annual decline in …
