The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zagreb - Croatia gave a hero's welcome to independence fighter Zvonko Busic, who returned home after serving 32 years in a US prison for a 1976 plane hijacking and a bombing that killed a New York policeman. Some 500 people with banners and flags s...
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A man who served 32 years in a U.S. prison for hijacking a plane and planting a bomb that killed a policeman returned home to Croatia on Thursday after being paroled….
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
ZAGREB, Croatia | A man who served 32 years in a U.S. prison for hijacking a plane and planting a bomb that killed a policeman returned home to Croatia on Thursday.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
ZAGREB, Croatia -- A man who served 32 years in a U.S. prison for hijacking a plane and planting a bomb that killed a policeman returned home to Croatia on Thursday after being paroled.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Zagreb - Former Japanese national team coach Ivica Osim is recovering from a stroke and hopes to return to the job for the 2010 World Cup, a newspaper reported Thursday. Osim still walks slowly and can't use his left hand after his November 2007 stro...
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Latest score from Linfield's Champions League first qualifying round second leg tie against Dinamo Zagreb.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Veteran Linfield striker Glenn Ferguson returns after a holiday for the second leg of the Champions League round one qualifier in Croatia.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Dinko Sakic, the last known living commander of a World War II concentration camp, died overnight in a Croatian hospital while serving a 20-year sentence for war crimes, officials said Monday. He was 87.
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Zagreb, Croatia - Dinko Sakic, a former commander of Croatia’s most notorious Nazi-era concentration camp during World War II, has died at age 86. Sakic was in charge during May-October 1944 at the Jasenovac camp, where tens of thousands of Jews Serbs and others died under the Ustasha regime, Croatia’s 1941-45 Nazi puppet government. He [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Zagreb - Dinko Sakic, a former commander of Croatia's most notorious Nazi-era concentration camp during World War II, has died at age 86, news reports said Monday. Sakic was in charge during May-October 1944 at the Jasenovac camp, where tens of thous...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A significant event occured on the Sarajevo to Zagreb train whereupon we met a delightful chap from Swindon who goes by the name Rayman. We were pleased to discover he could devour a carton of milk in under 15 seconds. However he has turned out to be rather difficult to shrug off. Zagreb was benile but beautiful due to our only full day there being a Monday on which everything is closed. We wer
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Paris and Mont St. Michel
FIBA (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
ATHENS (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament brought the Croatian Zelico Pavlicevic, who use to be Panathinaikos' coach from 1991 until 1993, back to Athens. The two-times European Champion (Cibona Zagreb/1986, Pop 84 Split/1991), had been the coach for the Japanese Men's National team in the 2006 World ...
South Ashford Priest (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Could we learn something from one of the eastern European countries? I found this at Lifesitenews . ZAGREB, Croatia, July 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The parliament of the predominantly Catholic country of Croatia is urging its citizens to reclaim Sunday as a day for celebrating the Eucharist, for family, and for rest. The Croatian parliament passed a law yesterday requiring most businesses to close...
Credo,Catholic Journal (Ireland) (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia (Associated Press) "The Croatian parliament has passed a law forcing shops to close on Sundays in a concession to the Roman Catholic church. The church has campaigned for years for Sundays to be devoted to family or Mass in Croatia, which is almost 90 percent Roman Catholic. But Croatians have begun spending weekends in shopping malls that have flourished across the country in the past...
