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Croatia votes to join EU in 2013, despite crisis [Jan 27, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday to join the European Union next year, shrugging off concerns over the economic turmoil in the bloc and fears that membership will compromise its hard-won sovereignty. Provided all 27 member states ratify its accession, the Adriatic state will enter the EU on July 1, 2013, more than two decades after breaking away from socialist Yugoslavia and fighting a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes "Yes" to joining EU in 2013: early result [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, according to preliminary official results of a referendum with 25 percent of votes counted. Sixty-seven percent voted in favor of becoming the bloc's 28th member, the state electoral commission said, more than two decades after the small Adriatic country broke away from socialist Yugoslavia. (Reporting by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes to join EU in 2013 [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday in favor of joining the European Union in 2013, shrugging off concerns over the economic turmoil in the bloc, according to preliminary official results of a referendum. With 38 percent of votes counted, 67 percent had ticked 'Yes' to becoming the bloc's 28th member, the state electoral commission said, more than two decades after ?Croatia broke away from ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Pragmatic Croatians set to back EU membership [Jan 19, 2012] (ZAGREB ) - Voters are set to narrowly endorse Croatia's entry into the EU on Sunday in a referendum that leaders hope will cement its place in the heart of Europe, two decades after winning independence. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's 20-year journey from independence to EU accession [Jan 15, 2012] It's been two decades since Croatia was recognized by the European Community under international law. An upcoming referendum on EU accession shows the nation has come a long way since it first broke away from Yugoslavia. [via YahooNews] More >>

2ND LEAD: Opposition wins election in Croatia [Dec 04, 2011] Zagreb/Belgrade (dpa) - The opposition coalition led by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) won Croatia?s parliamentary election Sunday, inflicting only the second loss in two decades to the scandal-ridden ruling conservatives.Citing exit polls, state television HRT said the Kukuriku (Cock-a-doodle) coalition won 44.5 per cent of the ballots cast, twice as many as Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor?s ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's Petrovic Dies [Jan 10, 2011] Croatian jazz icon BOSKO PETROVIC has died at the age of 75.The musician passed away in Zagreb on Monday (10Jan11). No other details about his death were available as WENN went to press. Petrovic enjoyed a career spanning over seven decades, during which he founded the Zagreb Jazz Quartet and later his own jazz club and record company.... [via YahooNews] More >>