Entries for June 2009

Talks between Slovenia and Croatia over their 18-year border dispute have come to a standstill, following Slovenia’s accusation that Croatia broke off the negotiations. Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has suggested two alternative solutions to the original European...

The European Commission and Croatian government have reached an agreement on the privatisation and restructuring of the country’s ailing shipyards. Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec announced yesterday that the agreement, a key stage of Croatia’s EU accession negotiations, will concentrate on Ul...

The number of newly issued construction permits (for buildings and civil engineering) increased by 13.3 per cent...

Croatians are quite determined to have a holiday this summer, despite economic crisis...

Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic won gold in the men's 470 class at the European Championship 2009...

From today (June 16) until September 29 Iberia will offer three weekly flights to Dubrovnik, on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Flight schedules have been programmed, like last summer, in order to facilitate connections to other destinations of Iberia’s network...

The European Union’s (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn urged Croatia and Slovenia to resolve their 18-year border dispute before the European council’s summit meeting scheduled for June 18 and 19, so that Croatia’s EU accession talks would be resumed.

With the opening of another outlet in Dubrovnik in the new office building in Vukovarska 15, the branch network of Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank has reached a total of 70 outlets, which is in line with the strategy of expansion and even regional development...

Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Croatia on June 19 - 20 at the invitation of his Croatian counterpart Stjepan Mesic, Mesic's office said in a press release on Tuesday. Jintao will meet with senior officials of the country, expecting to further strengthen their diplomatic ties and enhance coo...

Croatia launched a drive Tuesday to promote itself as a summer tourist destination in the hope of minimising losses in the crucial sector caused by the global economic crisis. "The Internet will be the main instrument to communicate the action which is starting...