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- Croatia announces first swine flu case
The Croatian government on Friday announced the country's first swine flu case in a woman who had recently returned from Australia. 'The first case of the A(H1N1) pandemic virus was confirmed in Croatia,' Health Minister Darko Milinovic told reporters.
- Croatia confirms first A/H1N1 flu case
BELGRADE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Tests have confirmed the appearance of the first case of A/H1N1 flu in Croatia, the Western Balkan country's health minister said on Friday. Darko Milinovic told an extraordinary press conference in Zagreb that the patient is
- Foreign Vessels on Cruise in the Republic of Croatia, 2009
FOREIGN VESSELS ON CRUISE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA January - May 2009 As compared to the same period of 2008, the number of cruises decreased by 10% and the number of passengers entering the Republic of Croatia in this manner increased by 5.9%. The
- Australian brings swine flu to Croatia
Croatia has identified its first case of the H1N1 flu virus in a patient who flew from Australia this week, the country's health minister said. 'The virus has been confirmed with four different lab tests,' Darko Milinovic said. The Jutarnji List
- Croatian president authorizes Kosor to form new gov't
BELGRADE, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Friday evening authorized Jadranka Kosor to form a new government after Prime Minister Ivo Sanader tendered his resignation on Wednesday. 'Ms. Kosor has presented evidence showing that in
- Australian in Croatia may have swine flu
An Australian citizen is suspected of being the first swine flu case in Croatia. The 60-year-old woman from Sydney is in KBC Hospital in the Adriatic port of Split. 'First tests have shown she could have swine flu. We still wait for additional tests to
- Regional stability and the Slovenian blockade
An early comment on the resignation of the Croatian premier stresses that it would be unwise for the EU to continue to take for granted Croatia's stabilizing role in south-east Europe, unless that is it takes steps to end the Slovenian blockage of the
- Croatia appoints first woman as PM
ZAGREB (AFP) Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Friday named the country's first female prime minister-designate, who is to form a new government after the unexpected resignation of Ivo Sanader. Jadranka Kosor 'gave me valid evidence that she has a
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In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became an independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.
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