Croatia

The Slovenian parliament ratified on Monday a border arbitration deal with Croatia vital for Zagreb’s EU membership bid, but the deal still faces a much tougher test at a June referendum in Slovenia.

Vojislav Seselj is scheduled to appear once again in the contempt of court case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY. The hearing is scheduled for April 20. Seselj, the leader of the Serb Radical Party, SRS, is currently on trial for war crimes committed in Bosnia …

The presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Hungary have started their meeting today in Pecs, Hungary. Boris Tadić, Ivo Josipović and Laszlo Solyom will address journalists afterwards. The three presidents would discuss specific forms of cooperation.

Slovenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Milan Balazic says Slovenia has no more reservations concerning the opening and closing of negotiation chapters in Croatia’s accession talks with the EU.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has welcomed the message of reconciliation sent by Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, and stated that the move marks a step towards building better relations across the region.

The country will close its EU accession negotiations on the free movement of goods chapter during next week’s inter-governmental conference, local media reported on Tuesday (April 13th). So far, Zagreb has wrapped up negotiations on 17 of the 30 chapters it has opened.

Croatian and Bulgarian prime ministers Jadranka Kosor and Boyko Boriosov had discussed Wednesday Croatian EU accession talks, Bulgaria’s support and the economic co-operation. We made a lot under the 23rd negotiation chapter

Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor will pay official visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday. Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov will welcome PM Kosor and Croatia’s delegation at the airport in Sofia.

Recently elected Croatian president Ivo Josipovic arrives in Bosnia on Wednesday on his first official visit to the country, and has said that he intends to deliver an important call for “peace and cooperation”. On the first day of his visit to Bosnia, Josipovic is set to meet with a …

Croatian President Ivo Josipović will meet with representatives of the Croat community in Bački Monoštor, northern Serbia, on Friday. Josipović would be accompanied by Serbian President Boris Tadić.