News Summary   New Tesla Museum opened in Croatia...   Mladen Delic: Je li to moguce? (Is it possible?) As the World Cup gets under way in Germany in 2006, here is a video of an old game with the comment from the legendary Croatian sports commentator Mladen Delic. His comments during the final minutes of the game between former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in 1983 in Split (qualifications for European championships) were one of those moments that everyone remembers. Yugoslavia scored literally in the last moment and qualified for the European championship tournament. His comments 'Je li to moguce?' (Is it possible?) or 'Pa ovo je ludnica' (This is a mad house) during that game are still used by the population in general. Watch the video from YouTube. Mladen Delic died in 2005... Croatia name starting eleven... Croatia have named the starting eleven that will face Brazil in their opening Group F clash on Tuesday... Hyatt and Blackstone to invest in Croatia... Hotel chain Hyatt International and US investment group Blackstone are planning to invest in Dubrovnik, Croatia. US representatives of the two companies arrive in Dubrovnik later this month following a twinning project between Dubrovnik and Monterey, California... Croatia's tourism industry battles grey economy... Dubrovnik, Croatia: Dazzling cruise ships are anchored in the azure waters off the stone-walled port and tourists throng the narrow marbled alleys of this medieval city... Ancient art of idling... On the peaceful Adriatic island of Hvar, people live like they're on a permanent vacation and relaxation is the order of the day... Croatia: Varazdin Stock Exchange in Favor of Merger w/ZSE... Varazdin Stock Exchange (VSE) Director Melita Marceta stateed upon decision of Zagreb Stock Exchange Supervisory Board on temporary halt in all negotiations regarding a merger with VSE that it was obvious that the goal of various initiatives was creation of a single, strong stock exchange in Croatia... Croatia: Pliva to Start Talks w/Actavis... The management of Croatia's Pliva expressed readiness for talks with Iceland-based company Actavis on friendly takeover of Croatian company after Actavis improved the offer to USD 1,85 billion, wrote Financial Times, Croatia Today reports... EasyJet launches Croatia link... Low-cost airline easyJet has expanded its presence in Eastern Europe with the announcement of a new route from London Gatwick to Split in Croatia... Story of the Passion strikes a resounding musical note... Standing in a spotlight on the altar surrounded by icons and wall hangings depicting the story of the Passion of Christ... Minced Herbs Bring Out Flavor of Lamb... The best cut of the lamb to serve at a holiday meal is the leg... Croatia: EU Warns Croatia ... The European Union asked Croatia to stop discriminating in the sale of real estate property. "According to the free capital protocol, the EU has noticed that Croatia is not honouring its obligations to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which allows citizens of EU member countries to purchase real estate in Croatia," read a statement from Brussels, Croatia Today reports... In 3 Dalmatian Coast Ports, a Sea Of Red Roofs and Fish Every Night... The dour old woman was straight out of central casting, Mediterranean division: short and stocky, wearing a shapeless black dress and shawl, her gray hair in a bun... Croatian president to visit Napa winery Sunday... The president of Croatia will visit a Napa Valley winery Sunday as part of his country's efforts to replace land mines with grapevines. President Stjepan Mesic will join Miljenko `Mike'' Grgich of the Grgich Hills Cellar... Kostelic Wins Giant Slalom, Breaks Record... Janica Kostelic won the women's World Cup giant slalom finale Saturday and broke the record of Pernilla Wiberg for the number of points in a single season... Croatia market highs not about to split... CROATIA'S benchmark indices hit all-time highs this week and analysts said the bullish trend was likely to continue. FRENCH KEY COMPANIES VISIT CROATIA TO BOOST ECONOMIC TIES... Representatives of about 20 big French companies arrived in Croatia on Monday for a two-day visit the aim of which is to boost economic ties between the two countries... Croatian skier becomes first woman to win six alpine medals... Croatia's Janica Kostelic has become the first female alpine skier to win six winter Olympics medals. Her silver in the super-G took the overall World Cup leader's career tally to four golds and two silvers ---, one medal more than Switzerland's Vreni Schneider accumulated between 1988 and 1994 and Germany's Katja Seizinger from 1992 to 1998... Croatian President And European Commission President Meet In Zagreb... An efficient state administration, an effective judiciary and the fight against corruption are preconditions for Croatia's development... CROATIAN LIGHTHOUSES Plovput Society photo exhibition underway in Bruxelles... With this group exhibition of photographs entitled CROATIAN LIGHTHOUSES Plovput Society wishes to call our attention to the problem of preservation of lighthouses, read more... Dubrovnik in Top 10 Romantic Escapes to Love... Couples in search of romance are flocking to this wondrous city on the southernmost stretch of Croatia's coast... Croats build e-museum of daily life... "We wanted to do something to remember the anonymous people in this world. The people who really make the world go round.This website is in honour of those people." ... The site... IVICA KOSTELIC WINS SILVER IN COMBINED AT WINTER OLYMPICS... Croatian skier Ivica Kostelic on Tuesday won a silver medal in the combined at the Winter Olympics in Sestriere, Italy. Kostelic clocked three minutes 09.88 after one downhill and two slalom races, 53 one-hundredths after Ted Ligety of the United States, who won the gold... Valentinovo... A young boy giving a heart-shaped licitar to his girlfriend in order to declare his love and devotion to her is a custom deeply-rooted in the Croatian ethnic heritage... GlaxoSmithKline Buys Croatian Drug Maker... Croatian drug maker Pliva sold its research and development center to the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC in a deal worth up to US$50 million (euro60 million), both companies said Tuesday... ALL WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES, EXCEPT CROATIA, SUPPORT EU FREE TRADE PROPOSAL... ...chairman of Croatian Economic Chamber Nadan Vidosevic does not share the opinion of Hadziahmetovic, Azeski and Milosavjlevic. According to him, the European Commission proposal had a political, rather than economic concept. "The establishment of a new free trade zone is EU's attempt to repeat the story of Middle Age countries at the beginning of the 1990s", Vidosevic stated... Summer in Croatia... Croatia has had a barnstorming couple of summers, with everyone from Sunday Times readers to Lonely Planet scribes voting it their number-one, absolute favourite for a Mediterranean escape. But even if you’ve visited in the past year or two, it’s unlikely that you’ve done the place justice just yet... USA & Croatia. Most expensive ever eBay sale? Has Abramovitch bought the €140 million superyacht?... The builder is not named in the yacht’s details, but there is plenty of speculation about that too, with a consensus that Heliyachts, of Pula in Croatia are most likely to undertake the project, with the hull work probably contracted out to a commercial yard and carried out under the supervision of the Brodarski Institute, in Zagreb, one of the world's premier ship building schools... EXHIBITION OF VUCEDOL ARTEFACTS STAGED IN ZAGREB... An exhibition of artefacts found at the Vucedol archaeological site near the eastern town of Vukovar was staged in the Klovicevi Dvori Galery in Zagreb on Tuesday evening... Croatia, star of the Balkans... Beach holiday, adventure break, city break, or cultural tour - whatever your preference, Croatia fits the bill and still offers good value Croatia has been the Med’s biggest success story, with the number of UK visitors up by 30 per cent to more than 250,000 last year... Kostelic to Compete in All Ski Disciplines ... The Croatian, who won three gold medals at the Salt Lake City Games four years ago, has battled bad knees throughout her career. But on Tuesday, her official Web site said "if Janica will be in optimal form … her competing in all those disciplines shouldn't be doubtful... Tourists on the rise... A record number of tourists visited Croatia in 2005 for the second successive year, the statistics bureau said Thursday. It attributed the increase mostly to Westerners flocking to the country's Adriatic coast... Top seed Ljubicic wins second season title at Zagreb Indoors... Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic defeated Austrian qualifier Stefan Koubek 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his second title of the year at the Zagreb Indoors... Kostelic Wins Last Race Before Olympics... On a day when American skiers fared no better than 11th place, Janica Kostelic left a powerful impression before the Olympics... Economical Croatia a good spring break ... If thoughts of a holiday are tickling your fancy during the dreary winter months, Croatia should be first on your list... Hungary and Croatia talk pipe dreams... HUNGARY and Croatia, in a bid to decrease reliance on Russian gas, are to build a 340-kilometer natural gas pipeline between the Adriatic coast and Hungary... Croatia, at peace... Scenery matches newfound serenity along the adriatic's dalmatian coast... World's first mechanical pencil on display... A Croatian museum on Wednesday displayed the world's first mechanical pencil, marking the 100th anniversary of its invention by a Croat... Stars of the East... Property prices are booming in the new Europe and for investors there are more gains to come... Croatia and Bulgaria... Croatia is fast becoming the new Cotes D’Azur and property prices are rising fast, having more than doubled in the past three years. But, they are lower than the South of France ... PARIS HILTON'S SUMMER TRAVEL PLANS... HEIR-HEAD Paris Hilton might want to rethink her summer travel plans... Holidays in Croatia: travel guide... Travelbite says: Croatia is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful parts of Europe, with its long Adriatic coastline and authentic Medieval and Mediterranean towns to enjoy... Croatia's PM Says His Country Won't Sell State-Owned Land But Will Grant Concessions...... Croatia's top officials on Monday held a round of working consultations on the country's accession negotiations with the European Union ... Croatia from space... Amazing satellite maps of Croatia from space, Dubrovnik , Zagreb , Split , Drage , ... Croatia: Gov't to Float 15% of Oil Co. INA on Stock Exchange ... The Croatian government plans to float a 15% stake in oil company INA on the Zagreb Stock Exchange... Pearl of the Adriatic re-emerges from its shell ...... Croatia stages a successful comeback with beautiful beaches, delightful islands and family-friendly people... Hot travel picks 2006 ... Overseas, Croatia is one of the most magnificent places anyone can visit, as beautiful as the French Riviera but at half the cost. Croatia has 1,100 miles of breathtaking coastline, and 1,185 islands in the Adriatic ... Croatia - the Most Desirable Destination in 2006 for American Travelers ... World Cup Group F Preview: Croatia... 101 Dalmatias: Adriatic coast of Croatia displays endless variety of sights and experiences... Travel to Croatia on the up... Vacation hot spots in 2006 will include Colorado, China, Croatia... Wizz Air enters Zagreb in Croatia... Seven lucky spots for the savvy tourist... Redline's WiMAX Products Chosen for Broadband Network in Croatia... Seven lucky spots for the savvy tourist... Croatia to Celebrate Nikola Tesla... India, Croatia to avoid double taxation... A cruise along Croatia's Dalmatian coast ... Kostelic wows fans with miracle run ... Croatia win first Davis Cup title ...

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