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Youzhny take Zagreb title match [Feb 05, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Mikhail Youzhny swept past Lukas Lacko for a straight-set win Sunday in the championship match of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Youzhny takes Zagreb title match [Feb 05, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Mikhail Youzhny swept past Lukas Lacko for a straight-set win Sunday in the championship match of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Lacko, Youzhny advance to Zagreb final [Feb 05, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Lukas Lacko and Mikhail Youzhny will face off for the Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament championship after both won semifinal match-ups Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Baghdatis ousts Dodig in Zagreb [Feb 04, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Marcos Baghdatis ousted defending champion Ivan Dodig in quarterfinal play Friday at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croats win Zagreb second-round matches [Feb 02, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Croats Ivan Dodig and Ivo Karlovic posted wins Thursday and advanced to the quarterfinals of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatian jobless look to other countries [Feb 02, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Many of Croatia's thousands of unemployed are leaving the country for Canada and Germany, officials say. [via YahooNews] More >>

Berrer beats top seed in Zagreb [Feb 02, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Michael Berrer ousted top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets Wednesday at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bogomolov advances with win in Zagreb [Jan 31, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- No. 2-seeded Alex Bogomolov Jr. rolled to a first-round win Tuesday at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ljubicic survives Zagreb first round [Jan 31, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic was pushed to three sets Monday in first-round play of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia, Slovenia accept border arbiters [Jan 19, 2012] BRUSSELS, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A long-running border dispute with Slovenia that threatened to derail Croatia's accession to the EU moved closer to a resolution this week. [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>

Croatians rally against EU membership [Jan 16, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- About 400 people in Zagreb demonstrated against Croatia's possible European Union membership, authorities said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia favors dropping genocide lawsuits [Jan 11, 2012] BELGRADE, Serbia, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Serbian Justice Ministry Secretary Slobodan Homen said Tuesday the government welcomes news that Croatia may drop its genocide lawsuit against Serbia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Schild picks up 32nd slalom victory [Jan 04, 2012] ZAGREB, Croatia, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Austrian skier Marlies Schild won her fifth World Cup slalom race of the season in Croatia Monday with a 1.4-second margin of victory. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia to become 28th EU member [Dec 06, 2011] BRUSSELS, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Croatia will join the European Union July 1, 2013, under a decision approved by the EU General Affairs Council, a council spokesperson said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia elections could bring new leaders [Dec 04, 2011] ZAGREB, Croatia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Social Democrats in Croatia should win enough votes Sunday to form a majority in the country's parliament, leaders of the party and opinion polls said. [via YahooNews] More >>

England, Croatia make FIFA rankings moves [Nov 23, 2011] NYON, Switzerland, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Spain sits atop the FIFA men's soccer rankings but England jumps two spots to fifth and Croatia enters the Top 10 at eighth this month. [via YahooNews] More >>

Sweden offers Gripen to Croatia [Oct 18, 2011] LINKOPING, Sweden, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The Swedish Defense and Security Export Agency FXM has offered to sell Gripen jet fighters Croatia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Dolgopolov bests Cilic for Croatia title [Aug 01, 2011] UMAG, Croatia, July 31 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov had to go to three sets to overcome fourth-seeded Marin Cilic and claim the Croatia Open Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Cilic, Dolgopolov to meet in Croatia final [Jul 31, 2011] UMAG, Croatia, July 30 (UPI) -- Home country favorite Marin Cilic and No. 2 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov will face off for the Croatia Open title after both won semifinal matches Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>