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Croatian journalists killed in car bombing

Croatia News by Topix - 16 hours 24 min ago

A car bomb killed two journalists in central Zagreb on Thursday in the latest of a series of violent incidents that have hit the capital this year.

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Croatian NGO plans monument to Nazi collaborator

Croatia News by Topix - Tue, 10/06/2009 - 22:53

Croatian extreme right-wing NGO The Croatian Cultural Movement has announced plans to erect a monument in honor of former Croatian president Ante Pavelic in Zagreb, Croatia, this December.

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Obstacles on Croatia's path to EU

Croatia News by Topix - Sun, 10/04/2009 - 22:39

A- After almost a year, Croatia resumes its stalled European Union accession talks today, but with ostensibly little progress in the most difficult areas requiring tough political and economic reforms.

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Croatia resumes EU entry talks, Turkey criticized

Croatia News by Topix - Fri, 10/02/2009 - 22:37

Croatia resumed accession talks with the European Union on Friday after an almost one-year freeze caused by a border row with Slovenia, a breakthrough which the EU said was a "win-win-win" situation.

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Psychological consequences of rape on women in 1991-1995 war in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Croatia News by Topix - Thu, 10/01/2009 - 05:45

Abstract AIM: To explore the short- and long-term psychological consequences of rape on women victims of rape during the 1992-1995 war against Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Croatia gets only two offers for six shipyards

Croatia News by Topix - Wed, 09/30/2009 - 20:01

Croatia received two valid bids in an international tender for its six shipyards, the country's privatization fund said Wednesday.

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Croatian Soldiers Say Praljak Forbade Crimes

Croatia News by Topix - Mon, 09/28/2009 - 22:23

A Croatian army, HV, soldier who served under General Slobodan Praljak during the 1991-95 Bosnian war told judges at the Hague tribunal this week that the commander was a a oeprofessional soldier of high moral principlesa .

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Croatian Cardinal to Make Hisotric Camp Visit

Croatia News by Topix - Sat, 09/26/2009 - 22:05

Croatia's top prelate plans to visit the site of a notorious World War II concentration camp, his office said Tuesday, the first such visit to be made by a leader of the country's Roman Catholic Church, whose war time role remains highly controversial.

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ICTY Prosecutor to Visit Croatia

Croatia News by Topix - Thu, 09/24/2009 - 21:47

Bojana Barlovac Serbian President Boris Tadic says he will use his appearance before the UN General Assembly to appeal to countries not to recognise Kosovo's independence.

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Croatian president takes on the Catholic Church - Feature

Croatia News by Topix - Thu, 09/24/2009 - 13:42

Croatian President Stjepan Mesic has agreed to fight another battle in the war of words with the powerful Catholic Church, accusing it of "meddling" after a bishop suggested that the next head of state should be a practising Catholic.

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Croatia: US Anti-Cuban Policy Good for No One

Croatia News by Topix - Wed, 09/23/2009 - 13:25

Havana, Sep 17 Croatian President Stjepan Mesic condemned on Thursday the US blockade against Cuba and described the US anti-Cuban policy as good for nothing.

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Croatia Reviews its Pensions Paid in Bosnia

Croatia News by Topix - Tue, 09/22/2009 - 13:21

Sarajevo Niko Lozancic Prompted by a senior Bosnian Croat official's alleged double-dipping, the Croatian Pension Fund has launched a major review of all its war veterans' pensions and other stipends paid out in Bosnia.

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Crisis Tax Hits Croatian Consumption

Croatia News by Topix - Mon, 09/21/2009 - 13:13

Warm memories of the even warmer summer holidays havena TMt had a chance to get cold yet but the real-politic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has already started giving me new chills.

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A Summer in Croatia - the Tourist Haven of Porec

Croatia News by Topix - Sun, 09/20/2009 - 13:02

Porec is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Istrian peninsula of Croatia.

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Cuba, Croatia boost economic, commercial ties

Croatia News by Topix - Sat, 09/19/2009 - 13:00

Representatives of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce and the Croatian Chamber of Economy on Thursday agreed on an action plan for 2010 aimed at boosting the economic and commercial ties of both countries.

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Sleep the only way for Britt's mother to escape

Croatia News by Topix - Fri, 09/18/2009 - 12:41

"Britt's just travelling" ... Dale and Elke Lapthorne have travelled to Dubrovnik one year after their daughter died.

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One year on, Britt's parents' plea

Croatia News by Topix - Thu, 09/17/2009 - 12:37

Dale Lapthorne and Britt Lapthorne . The parents of Victorian backpacker Britt Lapthorne say they will never give up seeking the truth about her mysterious death in Croatia despite the lack of progress by local police.

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'Cheers Saved My Life'

Croatia News by Topix - Thu, 09/17/2009 - 08:07

Caption: Woody Harrelson The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Canada .... HARRELSON: 'CHEERS SAVED MY LIFE' Playing a dim-witted barman on hit 1980s sitcom Cheers helped WOODY HARRELSON avoid a vicious death in Croatia.

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Croatian President to Cuba

Croatia News by Topix - Thu, 09/17/2009 - 00:27

Havana, Sep16 Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic will begin an official visit to Cuba on an invitation by his peer Raul Castro, to expand links between Havana and Zagreb.

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Anthony Rose: Croatia has dry whites and reds that have the potential ...

Croatia News by Topix - Wed, 09/16/2009 - 00:18

On a recent trip to Croatia, there was a poignant moment during the drive back to Zagreb airport.

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