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Croatia won't support Jeremi? for UNGA president [Jan 31, 2012] ZAGREB -- Croatian FM Vesna Pusi? stated that Croatia will support Lithuania's candidate for President of the United Nations General Assembly. This is because Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi?? entered his bid for the office "at the last moment", she said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovenia, Croatia Foreign Ministers Meet to Solve Border Dispute [Jan 04, 2012] The Foireign Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia will meet on January 10 in Brussels to finalize the creation of an arbitration tribunal to solve the border dispute between the two countries. Slovenia's foreign ministry said that the meeting between Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and his Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic was proposed by EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan F [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia launches EU referendum campaign [Jan 03, 2012] (ZAGREB ) - Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic Tuesday called on citizens to back the country's membership in the European Union in a referendum this month, officially launching the campaign. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to withdraw genocide lawsuit - FM [Jan 01, 2012] ZAGREB -- Croatia will withdraw its charges of genocide against Serbia, because they fuel "base emotions, which is immoral towards the people". This was heard from Croatia's new Foreign Minister Vesna Pusi?. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia Will Probably Delay EU Entry Referendum, Pusic Says [Dec 06, 2011] Croatia?s new government will seek to delay a referendum on European Union entry because of time constraints following Dec. 4 elections, said Vesna Pusic, who is slated to be the next foreign minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Croat PM's corruption trial resumes [Nov 03, 2011] Croatia's former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the charges that he received bribe from an Austrian bank while he served as deputy foreign minister in the 1990s. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Croatian PM on corruption trial [Oct 28, 2011] Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader goes on trial on charges of receiving kickbacks from an Austrian bank during the time he served as deputy foreign minister in the 1990s. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic and Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja pose for the media during their ... [Oct 19, 2011] Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic (L) and Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja pose for the media during their meeting in Zagreb October 19, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (CROATIA - Tags: POLITICS) [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia, Croatia have multilayered relations, Croat FM says [Sep 11, 2011] ZAGREB -- Croatia?s Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovi? says Croatia is interested in improving its relations with Serbia. He stressed that a message had been sent from the Serbia-EU Forum in Belgrade that Serbia was very interested in the European perspective and the EU membership. [via YahooNews] More >>

Joint vote on Czech opt-out, Croatia [Sep 05, 2011] Prague - The votes on the Czech opt-out from the Lisbon Treaty, demanded by President Vaclav Klaus, and on the ratification of Croatia's EU entry probably will not be linked in Czech parliament, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09) said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Croatia Officially Recognize NTC as Libya's Legitimate Authority [Aug 26, 2011] Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov and his Croatian counterpart Gordan Jandrokovic, have issued a joint statement officially recognizing the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the legitimate authority of Libya. At the end of June, the two Balkan countries recognized NTC as a legitimate representative of the Libyan people, statement reminds. ""More than five months ago the Libyan ... [via YahooNews] More >>

German chancellor Merkel to visit Croatia [Aug 11, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit EU's next member Croatia on August 22, Foreign Minister Goran Jandrokovic announced Thursday. "Angela Merkel's visit confirms the exceptional relations between Germany and Croatia," the minister told Croatian state television HTV. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's EU talks should conclude by June: Italian minister [Mar 17, 2011] (SARAJEVO ) - Croatia's EU accession talks should be concluded by June since further delays could jeopardize the bloc's enlargement process, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said here on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>