New EU member Croatia pledges regional ties
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — In its first day as a European Union member, Croatia on Monday pledged to help other Balkan countries move closer to the bloc and to help bring lasting stability to a region...
View ArticleCroatia enters EU with history lesson in Balkan peace call
ZAGREB, Croatia • Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union, capping a decade of judicial and economic overhaul to shed the remnants of communism and its wartime past. Tens of thousands...
View ArticleCroatia celebrates its EU membership
Fireworks lit the sky and festive crowds gathered on the streets to mark Croatia's entry into the European Union, a major milestone some 20 years after the country won independence in a bloody civil...
View ArticleCroatia PM Dismisses Fears About Joining EU
30 June 2013, 12:25 Croatia PM Dismisses Fears About Joining EU Tweet Croatia's prime minister has told Sky News his people have a "reasonable amount of scepticism" about entering the European Union,...
View ArticleCroatia prepares for EU entry party
By Lajla VeselicaPublished June 29, 2013AFP A child runs past a billboard marking Croatia's entry into the European Union, June 28, 2013, in Saint Mark's square in downtown Zagreb. Croatia on Sunday...
View ArticleCroatia Joins EU With History Lesson, Appeal for Peace
Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union, capping a decade of judicial and economic reforms to sever ties from its communist and wartime past. Tens of thousands of Croatians celebrated the...
View ArticleCroatia to continue good relations with China after EU accession
ZAGREB -- Croatia will become a new friend inside the European Union (EU) after it joins the block on July 1, said Dejan Jovic, political advisor to Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, on Wednesday....
View ArticleCrowds celebrate as Croatia becomes 28th EU member
Zagreb (Croatia): Fireworks lit the sky and festive crowds gathered on the streets to mark Croatia's entry into the European Union, a major milestone some 20 years after the country won independence...
View ArticleFacts About Upcoming EU Member Croatia
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia formally becomes the 28th member of the European Union on Monday, the bloc's first addition since Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007. Croatia is becoming a member after a...
View ArticleSyrians fleeing war face hardship in Balkans
Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, warned of 'appalling conditions in reception centers and a disastrous lack of medical assistance.' Idris Hassan, his wife and their three children...
View ArticleSpeech: Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina: Agreements on border management...
(Source: European Commission) European Commission Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina: Agreements on border management signed...
View ArticleCroatia arrives, but Serbia must wait for EU accession
DEREK SCALLY and HARRY McGEE in Brussels IN THE shadow of crisis, the EU put on a show of solidarity yesterday to welcome Croatia into the club, while putting Serbia back into the holding queue. At a...
View ArticleEU Postpones Serbia Candidacy to Group, Signs With Croatia
By FRANCES ROBINSON And GORDON FAIRCLOUGH European Union leaders postponed a decision on granting Serbia candidate status for membership in the group, potentially undermining the position of the Balkan...
View ArticleTruck tailback at Saudi border stretches for 9km
Dubai: Slow processing by Saudi Arabian border officials are causing long delays for truck drivers trying to cross the frontier between the UAE and the kingdom at Al Ghuwaifat. The delays have been...
View ArticleFactbox: Next EU member Croatia votes for government
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia holds a parliamentary election on Sunday dominated by economic woes and government corruption. A centre-left opposition bloc known as Kukuriku is ahead in the polls and...
View ArticleCroatia signs treaty to join EU in 2013
Croatia has signed an accession treaty to become the 28th member of the European Union in July 2013, following six years of negotiations with the regional bloc. EU leaders in Brussels also decided on...
View ArticleCroatia embraced as 28th member of EU
Europe's leaders embraced Croatia as the EU's 28th member on Friday but dashed the hopes of its former Yugoslav neighbour Serbia to clear a new hurdle in its longstanding bid to join the club. As...
View ArticleScores of trucks stuck at UAE-Saudi border
Abu Dhabi: Slow clearance by border authorities has been causing a more than 10-kilometre long tailback on the Al Ghuwaifat border during the past two weeks, truck drivers told Gulf News on Tuesday....
View ArticleBosnian Serb president rejects urgent border deal with Croatia
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Serbian part of Bosnia's presidency - which is shared between three ethnic groups - has rejected border regulations that are due to come into force when neighboring Croatia...
View ArticleCroatia Signs EU Accession Treaty
BRUSSELS (AP) - Croatia on Friday signed a treaty to join the European Union in 2013, a bittersweet milestone as the bloc prepares to take on board a sluggish economy it will have to drag along at the...
View ArticleTruck line at UAE-Saudi border stretches to 22km Tuesday afternoon
Al Ghuwaifat: Truck drivers' tempers were just getting shorter early Tuesday afternoon as the queue of trucks waiting at the UAE border to cross into Saudi was just getting longer. By 2pm it was...
View ArticleJoining EU, Croatia aims for historic unification
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (Reuters) - Beneath the bell tower in Dubrovnik, behind the cold stone walls of the city's state archive, there is a map drawn by hand depicting an age of empires. Of unknown date,...
View ArticleEU ushers in Croatia as 28th state, holds back Serbia
BRUSSELS ' Europe's leaders gave Croatia a berth as the EU's 28th member Friday but dashed the hopes of its former Yugoslav neighbour Serbia to clear a new hurdle in its longstanding bid to join the...
View ArticleTrucks pile up at border of new EU member Croatia
BATROVCI, Serbia (Reuters) - A day after Croatia joined the European Union, a glitch in its EU-standard customs software caused huge delays at the border with Serbia, the bloc's new external frontier....
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