Croatia

Croatia: Lora Retrial Eases Pressure on Sanader

Overturning of infamous trial verdict shows Croatia is taking criticism of its judiciary seriously.

21 Feb 05

Local prosecutors and judges have to focus on building up their capacity for domestic war crimes prosecutions.

21 Feb 05

The drive to get to Brussels faces a new obstacle – the fact that most Croats no longer seem interested.

21 Feb 05

Fugitive general could still upset Zagreb’s hitherto successful EU drive.

21 Feb 05

Croatian premier’s move to bolster neighbour’s EU ambitions seen as way of consolidating Croatia’s own membership bid.

21 Feb 05

Government may be disappointed in its hopes of a fast end to trial of four policemen accused of killing a group of economic migrants.

21 Feb 05

Army prestige will take a battering if an independent commission into their deaths differs from the military's own account.

21 Feb 05

Foreign business will think twice about coming to Bucharest until country cleans up its act.

21 Feb 05

Revelations that the secret services placed the president under surveillance have pushed Croatia to the brink of a constitutional crisis.

21 Feb 05

Does arrest of men suspected of killing former police chief signal start of a real crackdown on the criminal gangs.

4 Nov 02

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