The joint Serbian and Croatian commission for scientific and technological cooperation met on Friday in Zagreb and prepared a list of 32 science projects.
Serbian Assistant Science and Technological Development Minister Viktor Nedović told Tanjug that 73 applications had been received and 32 were selected, mainly in the field of biotechnology.
Hague Tribunal Judge Fausto Pocar said in Zagreb, Croatia, on Monday that the court was nearing the final phase of its work. He noted that after it had shut down, the prosecution of war crimes would be continued by relevant courts in the countries of the region.
A memorial service was held at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Zagreb on Tuesday evening for Ante Pavelić. The service also mentioned Jure Francetić, commander of the Ustasha Crna Legija (Black Legion).
Croatian President Ivo Josipović says there is no reason for Croatia’s response to Serbia’s genocide countersuit to jeopardize the good relations. Commenting on Croatia’s response at the International Court of Justice on Dec. 20, Josipović told reporters in Zagreb that the response is “part of the normal process that is unfolding,” and that “nothing really spectacular has happened.”
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Monday dismissed four ministers from her cabinet, said reports from Zagreb. They include ministers of defense, finance, environment and culture.
The Croatian prosecution has submitted a request for an investigation to be launched against Tomislav MerÄep. The 58-year-old wartime deputy Croatian interior minister was arrested on Friday in Zagreb, and placed in two-day custody.
Croatia issued an international warrant for the arrest of Ivo Sanader, and Austrian police acted on it, arresting the former Croatian PM this Friday.
Reports earlier in the day said that Croatian police were searching his home in Zagreb.
Croatia’s wartime deputy Interior Minister Tomislav MerÄep has been detained in Zagreb this morning, local media are saying.
MerÄep’s name has been mentioned in connection to several war crimes, reports Croatia’s state television HRT. He has never been indicted.
Serbian President Boris Tadić is spending the second day of his official visit to Croatia attending a business forum along with his host Ivo Josipović. The Zagreb event brought together representatives of 40 Croatian and more than 70 Serbian companies, institutes, banks and regional chambers of commerce.
Serbia needs to find its path and everything depends on it. But as far as Croatia is concerned Serbia is welcome in NATO, Croatian President Ivo Josipović said.
As a fully fledged member of NATO Croatia had its say in adoption of NATO’s new strategy, Zagreb-based daily Jutarnji list reports.
Croatian President Ivo Josipović has stated that present generation of politicians must solve open issues between Serbia and Croatia.
According to him, present authorities of the two countries must not leave open issues which are still burdening relations between Belgrade and Zagreb to the next generation.
Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir VukÄević says that cooperation with the Bosnian prosecution is the worst in the region.
He stressed that cooperation was much better with Zagreb, Podgorica, Skopje and EULEX than with Sarajevo.
An almost unanimous assessment of Serbian President Boris Tadić’s first visit to Vukovar is that it is a new page in history of Belgrade and Zagreb.
However, what comes next is solving of specific problems, such as exchange of war documents and solving the issue of the missing persons, analysts say.
Two decades after Yugoslavia (SFRJ) fell apart, 7 out of 10 Croats see the need for establishing stronger economic and market ties between the former republics.
This is according to a report in Zagreb’s Jutarnji List daily, which quotes a survey conducted this November.
Municipal Court in Zagreb sentenced killers of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanić and his colleague Niko Franjić to a total of 140 years in prison today.
Robert Matanić was convicted to 33 years in prison.
We have to take Serbia out of its current isolation, president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ÄŒedomir Jovanović said in Zagreb. “We have no right to ignore the facts that describe Serbia as a society that does not have the links with the region built-in in its foundations”, Jovanović said.
Croatian politician and former high ranking army officer Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday.
GlavaÅ¡ holds both Croatian and Bosnian citizenships, and was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in Zagreb for 1991 war crimes committed against Croatia’s ethnic Serb civilians.
Macedonia Railways will join Cargo 10, a joint company of the Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian state railway companies. This new addition to the joint project was decided at a meeting of the representatives of the Cargo 10 alliance in Zagreb, Croatian Railways (HZZ) stated.
The Serbian water polo national team won the bronze medal at the European Championship in Zagreb. They defeated Hungary in the bronze medal match 10:8, after losing to Croatia in the semifinals.
