Croatia

Current proposal of European Union expansion commissioner Olli Rehn is acceptable in principle, but Slovenia will provide its amendments to it, so that it is more balanced, said the spokesperson of Slovene Foreign Affairs Ministry Milan Balazic on Wednesday. Talking at a press conference a few hours before Slovene PM …

ZAGREB, Croatia The government will accept EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn’s latest proposal on resolving the border conflict with Slovenia, leaders decided during a high-level meeting Tuesday (May 5th). Rehn suggests that a five-member panel of arbitrators decide the issue.

Croatia’s president Sepjan Mesic, on an unofficial visit to Sarajevo, urged the three members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s presidency for a little bit more willingness to resolve open questions between the two countries. He said that with a little bit more dialogue and effort from both sides, outstanding issues can …

VIENNA Croatia could join the EU in 2011 or 2012, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said on Saturday (May 2nd) in an interview with Austrian newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitung.

Inter-parliamentary relations have been agreed between Kosovo and Croatia during a two-day visit to Zagreb by Kosovo’s speaker of parliament Jakup Krasniqi. Krasniqi met his counterpart, Croatian Parliament speaker Luka Bebic, on Wednesday. He thanked Croatia for its recognition of Kosovo’s independence and support for the country’s development.

ZAGREB, Croatia Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic asked foreign donors Tuesday (April 28th) to help the country finance projects aimed at reforming the judiciary, a key precondition for eventual EU accession. Presenting projects worth about 42m euros through 2012, Simonovic asked the donors to help reduce the number of local courts …

The European Union urged both Slovenia and Croatia to find the solution to the border dispute, which would unblock Zagreb’s attempts to meet deadlines for EU accession. “We underline the urgency attached to this issue since the whole time-line is at stake and there are implications not only for Croatia …

Students nationwide intensify their protests for free higher level education, as more towns rally and join the cause. The protests continues even after the Faculty of Philosophy was closed down by students last week, who have organized themselves in actions which demonstrate their demand for free higher education. They have …

The Montenegrin Association of Political Science Students (MAPSS) on Friday supported their colleagues from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb who are protesting, demanding the cancellation of education fees and a review of the Bologna process. – We support the students of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb …

The latest European Commission proposal to solve the Croatian-Slovenian border dispute has been welcomed by the Croatian cabinet. The latest proposal to resolve the deadlock on the border issue has been warmly received by the Croatian government as it appears that some of their demands were met. This may be …