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CROATIA: New interior minister may speed man-hunt
Parliament yesterday approved Ivica Kirin (35) as interior minister, replacing Marijan Mlinaric...
CroatiaCROATIA: Budget revision dodges long-term problems
The government sent a revised 2005 budget to parliament on July 5. The revision shuffles about 1...
CroatiaCENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE: Banking faces consolidation
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) said today that it was placing six banks in Central and...
BALKANS/EU: Entry hold-up could destabilise region
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday that EU expansion after Bulgaria and...
BalkansCROATIA: Nationalists take power in Eastern Slavonia
Anto Djapic, president of the hardline nationalist Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), will become...
CroatiaCROATIA: IMF and World Bank call for economic reform
The IMF yesterday recommended a 2005 budget deficit as close as possible to the forecast 3.7% of...
CroatiaCROATIA: Sanader's moderate path under pressure
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on May 22 ruled out a significant government reshuffle. A...
CroatiaCROATIA: local elections give ruling HDZ no comfort
The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leads in nine out of 21 counties, according to...
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