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Croatia president addresses EU concerns [Jan 17, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Croatian president Ivo Josipovic joined a Facebook discussion Tuesday about Croatia's EU membership. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia: Call for review of controversial law [Dec 28, 2011] ZAGREB -- Croatian President Ivo Josipovi? requested that the country's Constitutional Court should look into a law annulling legal acts passed by Yugoslavia and Serbia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to hold EU referendum on Jan. 22 [Dec 20, 2011] ZAGREB -- A referendum on Croatia's accession to the European Union will be held on January 22, Croatian President Ivo Josipovi? said. He expects the Croatian Foreign Ministry to start lobbying immediately after the referendum for the ratification of treaties on on Croatia's accession. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia calls elections for December 4 [Oct 31, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - Croatian President Ivo Josipovic Monday officially called parliamentary elections for December 4, when voters will choose a government to lead the country into the European Union in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatian president calls parliamentary elections for Dec. 4 [Oct 31, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia ? Croatia will elect a new parliament in December, and polls indicate the opposition is favored to win because of ongoing corruption scandals. Croatia?s 151-seat parliament last week voted to dissolve itself, and on Monday Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said the national election will be held on Dec. 4. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia?s EU membership ?good for Serbia? [Oct 14, 2011] BELGRADE -- Croatian President Ivo Josipovi? has said that Serbia could only benefit from Croatia's EU accession. The Croat president said Croatia would continue to politically support Serbia on its EU path. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croat president on trying Had?i? in Croatia [Jul 22, 2011] ZAGREB -- Croatian President Ivo Josipovi? says it would make sense if Hague indictee Goran Had?i? was tried in Croatia, the country ?where he had committed the crimes". [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia pledges reforms will continue after EU green light [Jun 10, 2011] Croatian President Ivo Josipovic on Friday hailed as historically important the green light from Brussels for his country to join the European Union in mid-2013 but warned reforms should continue. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-U.S. envoy: No ethnic cleansing in Croatia [Apr 19, 2011] ZAGREB -- Former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith said that former Croatian president Franjo Tu?man allowed a crime to happen during the 1995 Operation Storm. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's European Union Membership Talks Will End in June, Josipovic Says [Apr 05, 2011] Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said negotiations to join the European Union are set to conclude in June, allowing the Adriatic Sea nation to become the next member of the bloc in 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatian leader condemns Zagreb riot [Feb 27, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Croatian President Ivo Josipovic Sunday denounced riots that broke out in central Zagreb Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia says UN court blocks its EU path [Feb 24, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - Croatian President Ivo Josipovic said Thursday that the UN war crimes court was blocking the final phase of his country's EU path over Zagreb's past mistakes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croat president travels to Germany despite threat included in embassy package [Jan 25, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatian president Ivo Josipovic said Tuesday he will go ahead with a trip to Germany this week despite a threatening letter and hand grenade sent to the country's embassy in Berlin. [via YahooNews] More >>

President Josipovic expects Croatia to join EU soon [Jan 20, 2011] Berlin - Croatian President Ivo Josipovic on Thursday said his country would be ready to join the European Union soon, as he expected accession negotiations to be completed by the end of July. [via YahooNews] More >>

Amid Finnish bribery probe, ex-Croatian president says Patria deal in Croatia was clean [Jan 05, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia - Former Croatian President Stipe Mesic says a deal to purchase military vehicles from Finnish company Patria in 2007 ? currently the target of a bribery investigation in Finland ? was "good and transparent." [via YahooNews] More >>

Amid Finnish bribery probe, ex-Croatian president says Patria deal in Croatia was clean [Jan 04, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia - Former Croatian President Stipe Mesic says a deal to purchase military vehicles from Finnish company Patria in 2007 ? currently the target of a bribery investigation in Finland ? was "good and transparent." [via YahooNews] More >>