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UEFA announces Balkan media rights deals [Apr 03, 2012] UEFA agrees media rights deals for the 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership amid concerns [Jan 24, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite turmoil in the 27-state bloc. Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should pass, but opponents have appealed to many by playing up fears that membership would end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia Votes for EU in Test of Bloc?s Lure, Results Show [Jan 23, 2012] Croatians voted to become the European Union?s 28th member in a test of the bloc?s lure amid a sovereign debt crisis and fears accession would erode the former Yugoslav republic?s sovereignty. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite the turmoil in the 27-state bloc. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite the turmoil in the 27-state bloc. Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should bring a "Yes" vote, but opponents of membership have played on fears that it will end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on EU membership amid concerns [Jan 22, 2012] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia voted on Sunday on joining the European Union, a move the government says offers the former Yugoslav republic its only chance of economic recovery despite turmoil in the 27-state bloc. Opinion polls suggest the binding national referendum should pass, but opponents have appealed to many by playing up fears that membership would end 20 years of Croatia's sovereignty and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia votes on whether to join the EU today [Jan 22, 2012] Croatian voters go to the polls in a referendum on whether the former Yugoslav republic should join the European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to hold January referendum on EU membership [Dec 19, 2011] Zagreb (dpa) - Croats will vote in a referendum on EU membership on January 22, President Ivo Josipovic said Monday."(EU) membership is a great opportunity, which we need to use well," he said.The European Union has set July 1, 2013 as Croatia?s entry date.The former Yugoslav republic is expected to win an easy majority in favour of joining the EU. Recent polls indicate that two-thirds of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Emerging Markets Report: Croatia eyes benefits in being EU?s 28th member [Dec 09, 2011] Croatia is set to become the 28th member state of the European Union in a landmark achievement for the former Yugoslav republic, but one that comes at a time of unprecedented turmoil within the economic and political bloc. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia signs accession treaty [Dec 09, 2011] Croatia will become the EU's 28th member in July 2013. Croatia signed its accession treaty to the European Union today paving the way for the former Yugoslav republic to join the EU in July 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia set to end long journey towards EU [Dec 07, 2011] (ZAGREB ) - Croatia is to sign an EU accession treaty Friday, a move paving the way for the former Yugoslav republic to join the bloc in mid-2013, after long and often difficult negotiations. [via YahooNews] More >>

Economic woes prompt power shift in Croatia [Dec 05, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Voters handed the centre-left opposition a strong mandate on Sunday to overhaul the flagging economy before the former Yugoslav republic joins the European Union in 2013, throwing out Croatia's ruling conservatives. The opposition bloc, known as Kukuriku ('cock-a-doodle-doo'), won 76 seats in the Adriatic country's 151-seat parliament, according to official results with 50 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Economic woes prompt power shift in Croatia [Dec 05, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Voters handed the centre-left opposition a strong mandate on Sunday to overhaul the flagging economy before the former Yugoslav republic joins the European Union in 2013, throwing out Croatia's ruling conservatives. The opposition bloc, known as Kukuriku ('cock-a-doodle-doo'), won 76 seats in the Adriatic country's 151-seat parliament, according to official results with 50 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia opposition set to win vote on economy ticket [Dec 04, 2011] ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia's center-left opposition looks set to win Sunday's parliamentary election as voters bet the bloc can overhaul the country's floundering economy before it joins the European Union in 2013. Led by the Social Democrats' (SDP) Zoran Milanovic, the opposition bloc known as Kukuriku ('cock-a-doodle-doo'), has pledged to boost growth in the former Yugoslav republic, create ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to formally complete EU accession negotiations [Jun 30, 2011] (BRUSSELS ) - Croatia on Thursday formally wraps up negotiations to join the European Union, paving the way for the former Yugoslav republic to become the bloc's 28th member, hopefully in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU-bound Croatia marks 20 years of independence [Jun 27, 2011] Croatia on Saturday celebrated 20 years of independence, buoyed by an offer from the European Union to accept the former Yugoslav republic as its 28th member in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU-bound Croatia marks 20 years of independence [Jun 26, 2011] ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatia on Saturday celebrated 20 years of independence, buoyed by an offer from the European Union to take in the former Yugoslav republic as its 28th member in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU-bound Croatia marks 20 years of independence [Jun 25, 2011] ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatia on Saturday celebrated 20 years of independence, buoyed by an offer from the European Union to take in the former Yugoslav republic as its 28th member in 2013. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia gears up for EU membership [Jun 09, 2011] ZAGREB - ALMOST 16 years since ending its bloody war for independence, Croatia takes a vital step closer to joining the European Union when Brussels gives the green light for Zagreb to become a member on Friday. Croatia will be the second former Yugoslav republic to join the EU after Slovenia in 2004, but the first that suffered the full force of the brutal wars that ravaged the region in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>