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Hotels a hard sell in tourist magnet Croatia

Reuters Life! Online Report 14 days ago

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) - Pavle Radonic has worked as assistant manager for Hotel Belvedere, overlooking the medieval city of Dubrovnik, for 18 years. Except for the first few months on the job, he has never welcomed a guest. How a five-star cliffside ...

Croat parliament approves Slovenia border deal

Reuters US Online Report World News 18 days ago

ZAGREB (Reuters) - The Croatian parliament backed a border arbitration agreement with Slovenia on Monday, helping Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's efforts to lift a major obstacle to Croatia's European Union bid. EU member Slovenia blocked Croatia's EU talks last December because of ...

Balkans to nominate medieval tombstones to U.N. list

Reuters Life! Online Report 18 days ago

SARAJEVO (Reuters Life!) - Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro agreed on Monday to nominate medieval tombstones scattered across the region and known as 'Stecci' as their shared cultural heritage to the UN World Heritage List. Government ministers from the countries that were ...

Austria BA Tennis Trophy

AP News 20 days ago

Marin Cilic from Croatia returns the ball to Philipp Kohlschreiber from Germany during their semi final match at the BA tennis trophy in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz) Copyright 2009 AP News

Croatia makes fertility treatment easier

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

The Croat parliament on Friday passed an amended law on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) making it easier for couples to receive treatment to help them to conceive. Under the revised law couples only have to sign a statement confirming they are in a ...

Date set for Croatian presidential election

AP News 21 days ago

Croatian presidential election to take place on Dec. 27 Croatians will vote on Dec. 27 to elect a new president. The winner will replace President Stipe Mesic, who has served a maximum of two terms as the country's third president since it ...

Eight charged over Croatian editor's murder

AFP Global Edition 25 days ago

Eight men were charged in Serbia and Croatia on Monday over the mafia-style killing of a high-profile Croatian journalist and his marketing chief a year ago, prosecutors said. In Belgrade, three Serbs were indicted for "criminal association and murder" of Ivo Pukanic, ...

Croatia, Serbia indict eight for publisher's killing

Reuters US Online Report World News 25 days ago

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia and Serbia have indicted eight men in two separate investigations for last year's killing of an influential Croatian newspaper publisher in Zagreb, state prosecutors said Monday. Croatian prosecutors have charged six men accused of killing Ivo Pukanic, owner ...

Croatia arrests seven people for war crimes: report

Reuters US Online Report World News 32 days ago

ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia arrested seven people on Monday on suspicion of committing war crimes in neighboring Bosnia in 1995, a state prosecution spokeswoman told state radio. Police and state prosecution office confirmed the arrests, but declined to give an exact number ...

Croatia, Egypt want to boost economic ties

AFP Global Edition 34 days ago

Croatia and Egypt agreed on Saturday to boost their economic cooperation during a visit by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Zagreb, the Croatian government said in a statement. The two sides "agreed to achieve closer cooperation" in the energy and tourism sectors, ...

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