Croatia

Slovenians opt for agreement with Croatia

According to the preliminary results of the referendum, the border arbitrage agreement with Croatia was accepted by a majority of Slovenians who voted. The incomplete results show that the turnout was at 42.27 percent, while the agreement was supported by 51.48 percent.

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Croatia’s Supreme Court takes up Glavas appeal

The Supreme Court on Monday (May 31st) started discussing an appeal of the sentence handed down to former parliament member Branimir Glavas. In May of last year, he was sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes against ethnic Serbs in the city of Osijek in 1991. Soon after …

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Croatian President visited Republika Srpska for the first time

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has made the first ever visit by to a Croatian head of state to Republika Srpska (RS). On Sunday (May 30th), he visited three sites of mass killings of Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, paying tribute to innocent victims in Sijekovac, Brisevo …

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Brammertz expects more from Croatia

UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz met on Friday (May 28th) with Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor to discuss Croatia’s level of co-operation with The Hague. He urged the country to do more to boost the tribunal’s investigations, reiterating that Croatia’s co-operation is an essential

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USA and UK propose Boris Tadic to mediate the talks between Zagreb and Ljubljana

US and UK diplomats think that Serbian President Boris Tadic could use his authority to be the mediator and influence a positive outcome of the Slovenian referendum for the arbitrary agreement for the border dispute with Croatia, scheduled for June 6, and also for

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