The Croatian Journalists Association has condemned both the government removing cameraman Ivan Cvirn for wearing an offensive t-shirt and RTL for firing him. Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said that the government will not tolerate journalists wearing clothes that insult her and the rest of the ministers.
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Serbian, Croatian MUPs to cooperate
July 31st, 2009 |
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Serbian police (MUP) Director Milorad Veljović and his Croatian counterpart Oliver Grbić agreed on further cooperation. They met on Friday in Bezdan and, according to Veljović, talked about those sectors where the two countries’ police forces need to improve cooperation.
T-shirt upset at Croatian government session
July 31st, 2009 |
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Croatian PM Jadranka Kosor yesterday warned journalists and cameramen that they must not offend her ministers as they report from the sessions. The warning came when she realized that an RTL cameraman present at the cabinet meeting was wearing a t-shirt with the following printed on it in English: “I don’t need sex, my government f—s me every day”.
Croat police find no fault with Thompson concert
July 29th, 2009 |
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Controversial Croatian singer Marko Perković, aka Thompson, did not commit any criminal offense at his recent concert in Biograd, Croatian police said. According to a statement from police, after interviews with people and officers who were in attendance, because the concert was not recorded, it was confirmed that Thompson’s statements at the event were in a context that did not indicate he committed misdemeanor or criminal offense.
Croat singer introduces Ustasha salute
July 27th, 2009 |
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Croatian pop singer Marko Perković aka Thompson is once again stirring up controversy with his concerts. He started his show in Biograd, Croatia, on Saturday night with the Ustasha greeting of “Za dom spremni” (For home-ready).
Regions ink cross-border cooperation deal
July 26th, 2009 |
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The Vojvodina assembly, and heads of a Croatian and a Hungarian county today signed a trilateral agreement on cross-border cooperation in Novi Sad. This agreement should help Serbia, Croatia and Hungary in joint projects and presentation within EU assistance programs.
Mesić: Croatia won’t sacrifice territory for EU
July 23rd, 2009 |
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesić says that Croatia is not so generous that it would simply gift Slovenia a part of its territory as a price for joining the EU. He said that however much Croatia wanted to join the EU, there was a price that Croatia could not pay—namely, ignoring the principles of international law.
Croats should “distinguish anti-fascism from communismâ€
July 22nd, 2009 |
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesić says he is not defending communism, but looking to stress anti-fascism, without which modern Croatia would not exist. Fliers have appeared in several churches in Munich ahead of Mesić’s visit to Germany today, calling the Croatian president a “communist and neo-communist.â€
Croatian police arrest vandals who smashed up Serbian car
July 16th, 2009 |
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Croatian police have arrested three men on suspicion of damaging the car of a Belgrade lawyer in the town of Župa DubrovaÄka on Wednesday morning. According to local police, police are questioning three men, aged between 21 and 24, in connection with the incident.
“Croatia committed to regional cooperationâ€
July 14th, 2009 |
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesić says that his country remains committed to regional cooperation and removing all obstacles in the way of such cooperation. Mesić added that Croatia would not use unresolved bilateral issues to slow down the Euro-Atlantic integration process of any of the other countries in the region.
Croatia pledges support to Macedonia
July 14th, 2009 |
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Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has told Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov that Zagreb supports Skopje’s Euro-Atlantic integration. Kosor said that the deadlock in Croatia’s negotiating process with the European Union had negatively impacted on the countries of South-East Europe, according to a statement from the Croatian government.
Belgrade, Zagreb talk air traffic issues
July 13th, 2009 |
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Negotiations have begun in Belgrade between Serbian and Croatian experts from the transportation ministries regarding various traffic issues. However, the key question that the negotiations are expected to answer is whether Serbian national carrier Jat Airways will be able to receive a license for flying to Croatia’s coastal town of Dubrovnik, since the Croatian government conditions this with regulating relations in air travel between the two countries.