Articles in Politics
Croatia’s Former President: government was corrupt
Zagreb: The outgoing President, Stjepan Mesic, has blasted a bomb by the end of his term. According to all news papers in Zagreb, he was quoted for saying “The government was the head of the …
Josipovic is the next Croatian President
Ivo Josipovic from the SDP is the new and 3 president of Croatia, in the second election round he manage to get a 60.29% of the votes, his counter candidate Milan Bandic achieved 39.71% of …
Croatia election of new President
Today more then 4 mio. Croatians are entitled to vote for the 3rd Croatian President, the second round run-off candidates are Ivo Josipovic From the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the independent candidate Milan Bandic, …
Croatia wants to join EU in 2011
Upon the new Lisbon treaty, which has entered into force here on the first of December, the Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, has criticises Brussels for plans which could make Croatia’s way info to the EU, …
To big to fail – bailout of the Adriatica.net group
According to the newspaper National.hr, a secret bailout plan for Croatia’s largest tour operator Adriatica.net group is currently being finalised and will be made public in the nearest future.
Apparently the tour operator has over the …
Zagreb Major announces his candidacy for President of Croatia
Last week the mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandic announced his candidacy for President of the Republic Croatia. The announcement of his candidacy was done In a little bit unusual way, he had invited journalists to …
Croatian Motorway current status
It is well-known that Croatia in recent years has invested a large amount of money in construction of a new motorway system, the result has been that Croatia now have some of the best highways …
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).
A member of the fan group “Hordes of evil” Vedran Pulji? …
Hungerstrike on Steelwork in Split
The workers at the Split Steel company Željezara 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, …
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. According to the newly publish EU extension report, it …
