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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03ZAGREB1031 |
CROATIA DECIDES TO ACCEPT UNFROZEN FUNDS "WITHOUT [...] (C) AT A CLOSED SESSION ON MAY 8, THE CROATIAN CABINET FORMALLY DECIDED TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROZEN IN THE U.S. UNDER MILOSEVIC-ERA SANCTIONS. ON MAY 7 WE MET WITH MFA SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR ANDREJA METELKO- ZGOMBIC AND AMERICA'S DESK DIRECTOR MIROSLAV KOVACIC TO PRESS FOR CROATIAN ACCEPTANCE. THI [...] |
2003-05-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON MK SR BK SI MW HR |
| 03ZAGREB1037 |
ICTY/CROATIA: IMPROVING GOC COOPERATION, RAJIC CASE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) ICTY ZAGREB RESREP THOMAS OSORIO TOLD US MAY 5 THAT THE GOC HAS IMPROVED COOPERATION IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF OTP CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE TO ZAGREB. THE GOC LARGELY HAS FULFILLED OUTSTANDING DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND APPEARED SOMEWHAT MORE PROACTIVE IN THE GOTOVINA CASE -- IT IS [...] |
2003-05-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL UNSC ICTY HR |
| 03ZAGREB1047 |
CROATIA/ICC: STILL TAKING A TOUGH LINE ON ARTICLE [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR ON MAY 12 PRESSED DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER IVAN SIMONOVIC TO CONCLUDE AN ARTICLE 98 OR OTHER NON-SURRENDER AGREEMENT. SHOULD CROATIA FAIL TO DO SO BY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01047 01 OF 02 121715Z JULY 1 WHEN THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS [...] |
2003-05-12 17:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR UNSC NATO |
| 03ZAGREB107 |
CROATIA: THREE YEARS OF POST-TUDJMAN GOVERNMENT; A MIXED REPORT CARD [...] (C) WITH ONE GREAT EXCEPTION, THE THIRD YEAR OF THE RACAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00107 01 OF 05 151634Z GOVERNMENT RESEMBLED THE FIRST TWO: CROATIA MADE MODEST PROGRESS ON SOME REFORM ISSUES, STUMBLING FORWARD WHILE SPENDING FAR TOO MUCH ENERGY AND TIM [...] |
2003-01-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB1074 |
CROATIA COMMEMORATES TRAGIC EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II [...] ON MAY 11, COMMEMORATION CEREMONIES WERE HELD BOTH AT THE JASENOVAC CONCENTRATION CAMP IN CROATIA AND SEPARATELY IN BLEIBURG, AUSTRIA. PRESIDENT STJEPAN MESIC STIRRED UP CONTROVERSY IN JASENOVAC, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS -- MOSTLY SERBS, JEWS, AND ROMA -- PERISHED AT THE HANDS OF THE USTASH [...] |
2003-05-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB1164 |
CROATIA: ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL MINORITY COUNCILS [...] (C) ELECTIONS FOR CROATIA'S NEW LOCAL MINORITY COUNCILS WERE HELD ON MAY 18, BUT THE TURNOUT WAS SO LOW THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE BROADLY JUDGED TO BE A TOTAL FAILURE. THERE IS ENOUGH BLAME ON ALL SIDES TO GO AROUND. THE GOVERNMENT SET AN UNREALISTICALLY SHORT -- BUT LEGAL -- DEADLINE, FAILED T [...] |
2003-05-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HR OSCE PGOV |
| 03ZAGREB1187 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; 301 DECISON HAVING SALUTORY EFFECT [...] (SBU) ON MAY 21, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SIMONIC TO DISCUSS CROATIA'S DESIGNATION ON THE SPECIAL 301 WATCH LIST FOR FAILING TO PROTECT U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. SIMONIC IS IN CHARGE OF HEALTH AND MINORITY ISSUES. SIMONIC ACKNOWLEDGED THE OBLIGATION CROATIA HAD TO RAT [...] |
2003-05-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL KIPR HR |
| 03ZAGREB1193 |
THE SAD STATE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN OSIJEK [...] (U) ON A RECENT VISIT TO OSIJEK WE STOPPED IN AT THE OFFICES OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. DOWN FROM A PRE-WORLD WAR II POPULATION OF OVER 10,000, THERE ARE NOW ONLY 150 JEWS IN THE REGION, AND BY STRICT DEFINITION MOST OF THOSE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED JEWISH. ELDERLY, POOR IN HEALTH AND RICHE [...] |
2003-05-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB1230 |
KEEPING THE HDZ AT ARM'S LENGTH [...] (C) THE USG WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THE HDZ AT ARM'S LENGTH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01230 01 OF 02 300952Z UNTIL IT HAS DEMONSTRATED -- IN ACTIONS, NOT JUST WORDS -- THAT IT WILL SUPPORT POLICIES WHICH ADVANCE OUR STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING STABILITY IN THE RE [...] |
2003-05-30 09:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB1238 |
CROATIA: SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE WOULD [...] (C) CROATIA IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON FMF AND IMET FUNDING TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS OF MODERNIZATION AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH NATO. AS CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DOWNSIZE AND RESTRUCTURE ITS MILITARY, NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF ITS DEFENSE BUDGET IS CONSUMED BY PERSONNEL COSTS. THE LOSS OF U.S. MILITARY ASSIST [...] |
2003-05-30 13:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1266 |
CROATIA CONSIDERING OFFERING TROOPS TO IRAQ [...] (C) Croatia is actively considering contributing forces to support Phase IV operations in Iraq. The idea of contributing a small number of military police to deploy as part of a multi-national unit has been broached with the Embassy informally several times, including with the Ambassador by [...] |
2003-06-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL MOPS HR IQ |
| 03ZAGREB127 |
CROATIA EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD TO SIGN ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE ATTITUDE OF OFFICIALS IN THE GOC TOWARD THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER," AS PROMOTED BY BRUCE JACKSON, HAS BECOME SHARPLY MORE POSITIVE. CROATIA IS NOW PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRAFTING SESSION WITH ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA AND LOOKS TO SEND ITS FOREIGN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON FOR A SIGNING [...] |
2003-01-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM HR AL NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1278 |
COMMITTING CROATIA'S FY-2003 FMF BUDGET [...] (C) IF CROATIA ACTS QUICKLY, IT CAN COMMIT THE FY2003 FUNDS AT RISK OF SUSPENSION UNDER THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER'S PROTECTION ACT BEFORE CUTOFF DATE. AS INSTRUCTED (REFTEL A), ON JUNE 4 WE INFORMED THE GOC HOW IT CAN COMMIT THE USD 5.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR FY2003 TO AN EXISTING FMF CASE I [...] |
2003-06-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1296 |
CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...] |
2003-06-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1297 |
ICTY/CROATIA: GOC AGAIN BACKSLIDING ON COOPERATION? [...] (C) ICTY Zagreb ResRep Thomas Osorio told us June 5 that the GOC is failing to deliver on a number of commitments PM Racan gave Chief Prosecutor del Ponte during her mid-April visit to Zagreb. Census information was incomplete, assistance to gain access to bank records on GOC financial suppor [...] |
2003-06-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC HR ICTY UN |
| 03ZAGREB1298 |
SCENESETTER FOR AMB. LINO'S VISIT TO CROATIA JUNE [...] (C) With its application for membership in the EU's "in-box" and parliamentary elections around the corner, it is extremely unlikely that the Croatian government will move any closer to signing an Article 98 Agreement during your visit, or even discuss texts. We expect their entire focus will [...] |
2003-06-06 17:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR HR KICC |
| 03ZAGREB1299 |
UNDP/UNFPA PROGRAMS IN CROATIA [...] UNDP MAINTAINS A SMALL PRESENCE IN CROATIA; UNFPA IS NOT ACTIVE IN THE COUNTRY. POST RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN REFTEL PARA 7 FOLLOW. 2. UNDP IS ENGAGED WITH THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS. SPECIFICALLY, UNDP HAS WORKED WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO PR [...] |
2003-06-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID PREL HR UNDP |
| 03ZAGREB1328 |
POPE ENCOURAGES CROATIA'S EU ASPIRATIONS [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITED CROATIA BETWEEN JUNE 5-9 -- HIS THIRD VISIT TO THIS OVERWHELMINGLY CATHOLIC COUNTRY. IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS ON ARRIVAL AT THE RIJEKA AIRPORT THE POPE NOTED THAT "CROATIA RECENTLY SUBMITTED ITS APPLICATION TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART, BOTH POLITICALY AND ECONOMICALL [...] |
2003-06-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB1342 |
CROATIA/ICTY: PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA GOES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an undated interview published June 10, ICTY fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina reportedly told Ivo Pukanic, editor of Croatian newsmagazine "Nacional," that he acknowledged the authority of the Hague Tribunal. Gotovina said that he was willing to surrender to the ICTY on the condition that [...] |
2003-06-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL BH HR UN UNSC |
| 03ZAGREB1364 |
CROATIAN CABINET COMMITS TO DEPLOY TROOPS IN IRAQ, [...] (C) ON JUNE 12, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A "DETERMINATION" TO DEPLOY AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO IRAQ TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS. THIS "DETERMINATION" (FULL TEXT BELOW) CONSTITUTES THE SOLID POLITICAL COMMITMENT WE TOLD THE CROATIANS WE NEEDED [...] |
2003-06-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL MOPS HR IQ |
| 03ZAGREB1365 |
MESIC SPEECH AT EMBASSY OPENING FAILS TO BOOST [...] (C) On June 13, President Mesic attended the ceremonial opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Zagreb. The Ambassador used the festive occasion to declare that the imposing, state-of-the art chancery is a concrete example of the United States' long-term commitment to Croatia. Rather than use his [...] |
2003-06-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU HR |
| 03ZAGREB1390 |
AMBASSADOR WRITES PRIME MINISTER ON [...] After hearing from industry contacts that the Ministry of Health had deleted language from the draft pharmaceutical law that would have provided EU- comparable protection for confidential test data, and after failing to see Croatian progress on moving the 1998 MOU on intellectual property to [...] |
2003-06-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB1391 |
BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINT ECPS HR |
| 03ZAGREB1392 |
AMBASSADOR WRITES PRIME MINISTER ON [...] After hearing from industry contacts that the Ministry of Health had deleted language from the draft pharmaceutical law that would have provided EU- comparable protection for confidential test data, and after failing to see Croatian progress on moving the 1998 MOU on intellectual property to [...] |
2003-06-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB1393 |
CROATIAN OFFICIALS CONDEMN THE RIOT IN BELGRADE [...] FOLLOWING THE JUNE 15 ATTACK ON THE CROATIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE BY A LARGE GROUP OF SPORTS HOOLIGANS (REFTEL) -- WHICH CAME AFTER SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO DEFEATED CROATIA IN THE WATER-POLO FINALS OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KRANJ, SLOVENIA -- CROATIA'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUT OUT STRONG [...] |
2003-06-18 07:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB1399 |
CROATIA REACTION: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) We were called in to the Foreign Ministry on June 13 to discuss the recently released 2003 Trafficking in Persons report. Dubravka Simonovic, Head of the Human Rights section in the Department for UN and Human Rights, asked for an explanation of why Croatia was placed as a tier 2 country [...] |
2003-06-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB14 |
MEDIA REACTION - ANNOUNCEMENT OF S/WCI AMB. [...] THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CROATIAN PRESS OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE PROSPER SPARKED A USEFUL RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON CROATIA'S STANDING WITH ICTY. PRESS COMMENTARIES WERE MIXED. AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM WAS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUTTING INTE [...] |
2003-01-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR |
| 03ZAGREB1400 |
LINO DELEGATION VISIT: CROATIA WILL NOT SIGN [...] (C) Citing both political and legal reasons, the GoC told PM/B's Ambassador Marisa Lino on June 12 that Croatia cannot now sign an Article 98 Agreement. EU pressure, Croatia's status as a signatory of the Rome Statute and a "sensitive" domestic political environment were the main reasons cite [...] |
2003-06-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR HR KICC |
| 03ZAGREB1402 |
ICTY/CROATIA: GOTOVINA DISCUSSION CONTINUES [...] (C) POLITICAL OBSERVERS IN ZAGREB BELIEVE THAT CONDITIONS MAY SOON BE CREATED WHEREBY ICTY PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA COULD SURRENDER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER TRANSFER TO THE HAGUE. THE LOCAL ICTY REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US JUNE 18 THAT RECENT MOVES TAKEN BY GOTOVINA HIMSELF AND PRESIDENT MESIC [...] |
2003-06-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL BH HR USUN |
| 03ZAGREB1439 |
HDZ CONVENTION: EX-CONGRESSMAN SUGGESTS U.S. [...] (C) IVO SANADER IS PULLING OUT THE STOPS TO PRESENT HIS PARTY AS PRO-WEST AND RESPECTABLE. HDZ'S ANNUAL CONVENTION TOOK PLACE JUNE 21, AN EVENT SOME EXPECTED TO BE A YAWNER SINCE NO PARTY SEATS WERE UP FOR ELECTION. HDZ PRESENTED EX-U.S. CONGRESSMAN GUY VANDER JAGT AS THE CONVENTION'S KEYN [...] |
2003-06-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1451 |
BIOTECH LEGISLATION ON THE MOVE IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Over the last several months in Croatia, several pieces of legislation have been introduced which seek to regulate the import and cultivation of biotech crops and foods. The embassy and FAS Vienna have engaged the government on a number of fronts to stop to stop legislation that, in [...] |
2003-06-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO HR |
| 03ZAGREB1474 |
GOC APPROVES HOUSING MEASURES AIMED AT [...] (C) In what is being viewed as an abrupt change of policy, the Croatian Government on June 12 finally approved measures aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system. In another development, Prime Minister Racan, for the first time [...] |
2003-06-27 07:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK |
| 03ZAGREB1545 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) ON JULY 2 AMBASSADOR FRANK TOLD PRESIDENT MESIC AND FM PICULA THAT THE U.S. WOULD WORK WITH THE GOC TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, REFORMS OF THE ECONOMY, AND CROATIAN MEMBERSHIP IN NATO AND THE EU. HE CAUTIONED THAT THE GOC MUST COOPERATE WITH THE ICTY AND WORK TO RESOLVE RETURNS [...] |
2003-07-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1546 |
APPLICATIONS FOR FY2003 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] We are pleased to submit two applications to PRM,s Ambassador,s Refugee Fund Program aimed at providing support to refugee communities. The first request is to provide resource support (totaling about 7,000 USD) to a community center and primary school in Centingrad, a town with a sizeable Mu [...] |
2003-07-07 08:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF HR SR |
| 03ZAGREB1553 |
RACVIAC: CROATIA ASKS U.S. TO REMAIN IN ADVISORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CROATIA BELIEVES THE U.S. IS UNDERESTIMATING THE VALUE OF RACVIAC AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPING REGIONAL STABILITY AND ASKS THAT WE RECONSIDER THE CENTER'S BENEFITS BEFORE REDUCING OUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE ADVISORY GROUP. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) ON JUNE 18, WE DELIVERED REF A TALKI [...] |
2003-07-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MARR HR |
| 03ZAGREB1587 |
PRODI IN CROATIA: ENCOURAGEMENT FOR EU BID AND [...] On July 10, EC President Romano Prodi visited Croatia to present the Commission's membership "questionnaire" to PM Racan. In meetings with President Mesic, PM Racan's Cabinet and an address to the Croatian parliament as well as in meetings with religious leaders and opposition parties, Prodi [...] |
2003-07-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU HR |
| 03ZAGREB159 |
SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...] |
2003-01-22 18:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1660 |
POLITICS, POLITICS: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON [...] (C) The opposition-leading HDZ party will remain strong after parliamentary elections this November, but it will not be able to form a government; Croatia's next coalition government will be largely similar to the current lineup of parties, Parliament Speaker Zlatko Tomcic confidently predict [...] |
2003-07-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB167 |
REFUGEE RETURNS: RATCHETING UP IC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-23 18:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR EUN UN NATO UNHCR |
| 03ZAGREB1674 |
PM RACAN TO AMBASSADOR: EAGER TO IMPROVE TIES WITH [...] (C) During their first meeting, on July 23, Prime Minister Racan said he wanted good ties with the newly arrived U.S. Ambassador. He alluded to sometimes rocky relations in the past, and stressed that it would be important to keep in regular contact, both formally and informally. Racan was [...] |
2003-07-25 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB1675 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO INTERNET TREATIES IN [...] ON JULY 22 WE DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH HRVOJE JUNASEVIC, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE CROATIA STATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE, AND ON JULY 23 WITH DIJANA SIMIC, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHOSE MINISTRY HAS THE LEAD ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION. 2. JUNASEVIC CONFIRMED [...] |
2003-07-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR HR |
| 03ZAGREB1677 |
CROATIA INTERESTED IN SOFIA CYBERSECURITY [...] THE GOC HAS NO SPECIFIC NATIONAL PLAN FOR CYBERSECURITY AT THIS TIME, BUT IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS IT AS PART OF A LARGER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY. THE GOC WILL LIKELY ATTEND THE SOFIA CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE (REFTEL), BUT WILL ONLY DETERMINE WHO TO SEND FR [...] |
2003-07-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCIP EINT PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB1678 |
CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] ON JULY 23 WE PROVIDED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ANDREA BEKIC, DEPARTMENT FOR NORTH AMERICA, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND IVAN KATAVIC, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURE IN CHARGE OF THE FISHERIES DIRECTORATE. ON JULY 25, KATAVIC TOLD US CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CANDI [...] |
2003-07-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS AORC PHSA SENV HR ICCAT |
| 03ZAGREB1680 |
REFUGEE RETURN ISSUES AND OPIC ROAD FINANCE; THE [...] (C) ON JULY 21, THE AMBASSADOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON RADOMIR CACIC, CROATIA'S MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD CACIC HE WAS PLEASED WITH RECENT GOC INITIATIVES AIMED AT SPEEDING UP THE PACE OF REFUGEE RETURNS. HE ENCOURAGED CACIC AND HIS MINI [...] |
2003-07-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BEXP EFIN ELTN PGOV PBTS HR |
| 03ZAGREB1698 |
FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF CROATIAN INTENT TO DEPLOY [...] ON JUNE 12, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED A "DETERMINATION" TO DEPLOY AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO IRAQ TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS (REFTEL). AFTER BEING INFORMED THAT CENTCOM REQUIRES FORMAL DIPLOMATIC NOTIFICATION, CROATIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY FORW [...] |
2003-07-30 06:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL MOPS HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB1709 |
CROATIA SEEKS BILATERAL MEETING WITH SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 29, DCM MET WITH VICE SKRACIC, HEAD OF THE MFA'S UN DEPARTMENT. SKRACIC PRESENTED THE GOC'S FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BILATERAL MEETING WITH SECRETARY POWELL FOR CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TONINO PICULA DURING THIS YEAR'S UNGA. SKRACIC SAID THAT THE GOC UNDERSTANDS HOW BUSY THE SECR [...] |
2003-07-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR UNGA |
| 03ZAGREB1718 |
ASHDOWN IN ZAGREB [...] (C) DURING A JULY 30 VISIT TO ZAGREB, HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ASHDOWN PRAISED THE RACAN GOVERNMENT'S PRODUCTIVE POLICY TOWARD BOSNIA OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND EXPRESSED HOPE THAT THE POLICY WOULD CONTINUE AFTER UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN CROATIA. HE REFUSED TO BE ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE [...] |
2003-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR |
| 03ZAGREB1719 |
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT: ITF DIRECTOR CIMPERSEK MUST GO [...] (C) The Government of Croatia is frustrated with the leadership of the International Trust Fund and will block extension ITF director Jernej Cimpersek's mandate. GoC officials expressed their frustration with Cimpersek's lack of professionalism and his unwillingness to focus on all donor prio [...] |
2003-07-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KHDP SI HR |
| 03ZAGREB1722 |
CROATIA USING "UNCOMFORTABLE" BACK-CHANNEL TO [...] (C) The Croatian government is using an unusual back-channel in an attempt to create conditions in which PIFWC Ante Gotovina would surrender for transfer to ICTY. The GoC's urgency and unorthodox approach is derived from the UK's refusal to ratify Croatia's Stabilization and Association Agree [...] |
2003-08-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV UK HR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB1756 |
USAID-FUNDED PRE-ELECTION ACTIVITIES DELIVERING [...] Croatia has made important progress on reforms since the elections in January 2000 brought an end to the nationalist regime of former President Tudjman's HDZ party. But this progress is fragile, and if the next parliamentary elections result in a government that is not committed to continuing [...] |
2003-08-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB1758 |
CROATIA: INPUT FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] Croatia has a good record on preventing the worst forms of child labor. The Government has strengthened its legislative base and has made progress on implementation and enforcement. In preparing our response to reftel, post met with officials at the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and [...] |
2003-08-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB1796 |
CROATIA OPPOSES TIRANA'S ADRIATIC CHARTER MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: CROATIA IS OPPOSED TO SIGNING THE ALBANIAN-PROPOSED MOU (REFTEL) ON IMPLEMENTING THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN ITS PRESENT FORM. MFA AND MOD INTERLOCUTORS ASKED FOR U.S. VIEWS ON THE DRAFT MOU BEFORE CROATIA TAKES A FIRM POSITION, BUT THEIR INITIAL READ OF THE MOU IS THAT IT GOES BEYO [...] |
2003-08-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL MK HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1797 |
CROATIA CONDITIONALLY READY TO SUPPORT NEUM SHIP [...] (U) See action request for Embassy Sarajevo para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: We provided the MFA and MoD with a non-paper (text para 10) outlining our request for support for the visit of a U.S. military vessel to the BiH port of Neum. The MFA believes legal issues will need to be worked through b [...] |
2003-08-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BH HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1854 |
LIBERIA: CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ACTING NORTH AMERICA DESK DIRECTOR ANDREA BEKIC ON AUGUST 21. BEKIC COMMENTED THAT THE GOC WAS REVIEWING HOW IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW MISSION TO LIBERIA. SHE CAUTIONED THAT DEPENDING ON THE FINAL SCOPE OF THE GOC CONTRIBUTION, PARLIAMENTARY A [...] |
2003-08-25 12:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL LI HR UN |
| 03ZAGREB1887 |
AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C): With the political class returning from the Dalmatian coast, the Ambassador had separate tour d'horizon meetings this week with Foreign Minister Picula, Deputy Foreign Minister Simonovic, and Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Grdesic to re-energize work on some key issues that have lain lar [...] |
2003-08-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1898 |
ICTY PUSHES CROATIAN COOPERATION IN NON-PAPER [...] (SBU) ICTY representative Thomas Osorio provided us on September 1 a copy of the non-paper (text para 3) which he had just delivered to the GoC. Osorio told us that this paper was part of the Prosecutor's strategy of providing maximum transparency to Croatia on outstanding issues in advance o [...] |
2003-09-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB1901 |
CROATIA ABOUT TO COMPLETE EU QUESTIONNAIRE, SAYS OUTGOING DEPUTY MINISTER OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION [...] ALTHOUGH ICTY COMPLIANCE COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS, CROATIA IS WELL ON TRACK IN ITS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION EFFORTS. THAT IS WHAT OUTGOING DEPUTY MINISTER OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, MIRJANA MLADINEO, TOLD US AUGUST 28, ON HER LAST DAY ON THE JOB. SHE STARTS SOON IN BRUSSELS AS AMBASSADOR TO CROATIA'S [...] |
2003-09-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB1903 |
TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CROATIAN INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ [...] (C) Relations between Croatia and Slovenia have taken another downward plunge over Croatia's announced intention to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea. The Slovenian ambassador to Croatia has apparently been recalled. The Croatian MFA presented the Croatian point of [...] |
2003-09-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR |
| 03ZAGREB1925 |
INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...] |
2003-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN |
| 03ZAGREB1927 |
TIME RUNNING OUT FOR AGREEMENT ON PLOCE PORT [...] (C) PM Racan has vowed that Croatia will ratify the Ploce Port Agreement by the end of September despite continued local and parliamentary opposition to the agreement. GOC and GOBiH have met frequently in recent weeks to try to reach a compromise that would provide Croatia the political cover [...] |
2003-09-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON HR |
| 03ZAGREB1936 |
DECIDING ITF DIRECTOR CIMPERSEK'S FUTURE [...] (C) PER REFTEL A, WE HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF SPECIFIC INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONCERNS (REF C) ABOUT ITF DIRECTOR JERNEJ CIMPERSEK,S SUITABILITY TO CONTINUE IN HIS CURRENT POSITION: -- LAST OCTOBER, CIMPERSEK DISPLAYED UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR DURING A/S BLOOMFIELD'S [...] |
2003-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KHDP HR |
| 03ZAGREB1937 |
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) The DCM met September 3 with President Mesic,s new Foreign Policy Advisor, Ambassador Ivica Mastruko. Mastruko said there had been no discussion of military-related projects during President Mesic,s recent trip to Libya. President Mesic has washed his hands of any personal efforts to fac [...] |
2003-09-05 13:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL HR LY |
| 03ZAGREB1968 |
NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON IRAQ WOULD [...] (C) PASSAGE OF A NEW UNSCR AUTHORIZING A UN-MANDATED MULTINATIONAL FORCE UNDER UNIFIED U.S. COMMAND WOULD MAKE THE GOC'S TASK OF SECURING PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL TO DEPLOY A CROATIAN CONTINGENT OF TROOPS TO IRAQ MUCH EASIER. DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ REMAINS POLITICALLY SENSITIVE. WITH ELECTIONS EXP [...] |
2003-09-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB1989 |
BLUE LANTERN UPDATE FOR CROATIA [...] EMBASSY ZAGREB'S PRINCIPAL BLUE LANTERN CONTACT IS POL-MIL OFFICER ANTHONY GODFREY, TEL 385-1-661-2260, FAX 385-1-661-2178, EMAIL: GODFREYA@STATE.GOV. GODFREY IS EXPECTED TO DEPART POST IN LATE JUNE 2004. 2. EMBASSY ZAGREB USES A TEAM APPROACH AND TAKES BLUE LANTERN CHECKS SERIOUSLY. OVE [...] |
2003-09-11 14:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2004 |
MESIC IN BELGRADE: HISTORIC VISIT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CROATIAN AUTHORITIES ARE GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT MESIC'S SEPTEMBER 10 TRIP TO BELGRADE. THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR, ANOTHER MESIC STAFFER, AND THE HEAD OF THE MFA'S EASTERN BALKANS OFFICE TOLD US THE TRIP WENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED, WITH THE TWO PRES [...] |
2003-09-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SM |
| 03ZAGREB2033 |
CROATIA DEFERS DECISION ON TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Croatian government has deferred plans to deploy a small military contingent to Iraq. Since the government and parliament are expected to dissolve in advance of parliamentary elections predicted for late November, it is now unlikely that an Iraq deployment will take place before 200 [...] |
2003-09-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS IZ HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2041 |
FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA SEEKS USG COMMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THE AMBASSADOR MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO DISCUSS KEY BILATERAL ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF HIS AND PRESIDENT MESIC'S TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR THE UNGA (IRAQ TROOP CONTRIBUTION COVERED SEPTEL). ASKED BY THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE STATUS O [...] |
2003-09-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2047 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI PRINCIPLES, SEEKS MORE [...] (SBU) CROATIA IS "FULLY SUPPORTIVE" OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE, BUT ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PSI'S LEGAL FRAMEWORK. PLEASE SEE PARA 6 FOR ACTION REQUEST. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) ON SEPTEMBER 18, WE ENGINEERED A JOINT DEMARCHE BY REPRESENTATIVES [...] |
2003-09-19 13:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2063 |
MESIC ON REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (SBU) WE READ WITH INTEREST REFTEL A IN WHICH SAM FOREIGN MINISTER GORAN SVILANOVIC SAID HE WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT STIPE MESIC FOR A TRIPARTITE MEETING OF CROATIA, BOSNIA, AND THE SAM TO TAKE UP REFUGEE ISSUES. 2. (SBU) SINCE THE SUBJECT HAD NOT COME UP IN OUR FIRST R [...] |
2003-09-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF HR YI |
| 03ZAGREB2082 |
CROATIA'S THIRD TELEVISION CHANNEL PRIVATIZED [...] Summary: At its September 16 session, the Croatian Radio and Television Council selected the German-Croatian group, "HRTL," for a 10-year concession for national television broadcasting in Croatia, thus privatizing Croatian Radio and Television's (HRT) third TV channel. The privatization h [...] |
2003-09-25 06:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB213 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF USAID POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ON [...] SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, USAID/CROATIA IS CURRENTLY FUNDING TWO ACTIVITIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) AND ONE FOR HIV/AIDS AND PLANS TO FUND TWO ADDITIONAL HIV/AIDS ACTIVITIES IN MID-MARCH. ALL PROGRAMS AND PUBLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CONTRACTS APPROPRIATELY REFLECT USG P [...] |
2003-01-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI HR |
| 03ZAGREB2132 |
WHO'S WHO IN CROATIAN POLITICS - AN ELECTION PRIMER [...] (C) Croatia's next parliamentary elections are expected to take place on November 23. For the uninitiated, the number of political parties, alliances and personalities might seem overwhelming. At this stage in Croatia's democratic development, political parties are beginning to stake out di [...] |
2003-10-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HR |
| 03ZAGREB2143 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON THE MUFTI [...] (U) On October 3, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Sevko Omerbasic, Mufti of Zagreb and Croatia. Omerbasic, an educator and known moderate, has been quoted in the press as being critical of U.S. actions in Iraq. When asked if there had been any efforts to promote extremism in C [...] |
2003-10-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2144 |
GOC RECEIVES POOR GRADES ON RETURNS-RELATED ISSUES [...] (C) Since its declarations this spring and June 12 initiative aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system, the GOC has made little progress on key return-related issues. The number of refugees returning to Croatia lags behind th [...] |
2003-10-06 05:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK |
| 03ZAGREB2162 |
RACVIAC GOES ON, THANKFULLY WITHOUT US [...] (U) THE U.S. IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THE RACVIAC MULTINATIONAL ADVISORY GROUP (MAG). AT THE SEPTEMBER 23-24 MAG MEETING IN ZAGREB, WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS OBJECTING TO THE COURSE LAID OUT IN RACVIAC'S MID-TERM STRATEGY PAPER AND ANNOUNCING THE U.S. DEPARTURE FROM THE MAG WHILE "WISH [...] |
2003-10-07 06:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2170 |
DEL PONTE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON CROATIA'S [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic corps in Zagreb following her October 6 meetings with PM Racan and President Mesic. Del Ponte was pleased with the GoC's new-found capacity to fulfill requests for assistance from the OTP. As expected, she was harshly critical [...] |
2003-10-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PHUM HR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB2173 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...] |
2003-10-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2186 |
GOC TO WATCH POTENTIAL LIBYA CONTRACTS CLOSELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS AVISOR IVICA MASTRUKO ON OCTOBER 6 AND TO MFA ASSTANT MINISTER FOR NON-EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DRAZEN MARGETA ON OCTOBER 7. THE GOC INTERLOCUTORS SAID THAT WHILE CROATIA HAD A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN SECURING PURELY CIVILIAN WORK I [...] |
2003-10-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP LY HR |
| 03ZAGREB2200 |
CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...] |
2003-10-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2217 |
POLITICAL PARTIES IN CROATIA - ELECTION PRIMER, [...] (C) Croatia's transition from socialism through war and finally towards integration in Euro-Atlantic institutions has led to a proliferation of political parties. Fully sixteen parties are now represented in Croatia's parliament and still others hope to win seats in the next Sabor. Some of t [...] |
2003-10-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR HR |
| 03ZAGREB2224 |
STATUS OF CROATIAN BIOTECH REGULATIONS [...] The following information responds to questions reftel, approximately in the order questions were asked. Entry Into Force ---------------- 2. Over the past five months in Croatia, several pieces of legislation regulating the importation, cultivation and marketing of biotech crops and f [...] |
2003-10-16 06:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2227 |
TROUBLED WATERS OVER CROATIA'S ECOLOGICAL AND [...] (C) Croatia continues to have trouble with its neighbors and the EU over its economic zone waters. On October 3, the Croatia parliament approved the government's proposal to proclaim an ecological and fishing zone in the Adriatic. By scaling back its earlier plan to declare an exclusive eco [...] |
2003-10-16 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2249 |
AMBASSADOR REBUFFS EFFORT AT HOLOCAUST DENIAL [...] (SBU) ON OCTOBER 10 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON ARCHBISHOP JOSIP BOZANIC TO PROTEST A RECENT ARTICLE IN "GLAS KONCILA," THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CROATIAN COUNCIL OF BISHOPS, TITLED "WHY IS THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN THE SERVICE OF ANTI-CROATIAN SLANDERERS?" MASQUERADING AS COMMENTARY, THE ARTIC [...] |
2003-10-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2259 |
CROATIA'S PARLIAMENT DISSOLVES - WHAT NEXT? [...] SUMMARY: THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED ON OCTOBER 17, THE FIRST FORMAL STEP IN A SERIES OF EVENTS WHICH WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 23. PRESIDENT MESIC TOOK THE SECOND STEP ON OCTOBER 20, WHEN HE FORMALLY SET THE DATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. CROATIA'S ELECTORAL LAW REMAINS [...] |
2003-10-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2268 |
USDOC VISIT STEPS UP HEAT ON CROATIA OVER [...] (SBU) USDOC Market Access and Compliance Office Director, Susanne Lotarski, delivered a strong message to the Croatian government to forward the long-stalled bilateral MOU on intellectual property rights. During an October 14-15 visit to Zagreb, she urged authorities to ratify the MOU or fac [...] |
2003-10-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR HR |
| 03ZAGREB2270 |
CROATIA'S PROGRESS ON REFORMS THREATENED BY [...] (C) New polls show that the reform-oriented parties which formed the Racan government are trailing Croatia's right-wing nationalist opposition in the race for November 23 parliamentary elections. Unless the current coalition turns it around -- and pollsters tell us they could still manage th [...] |
2003-10-21 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HR KWCI |
| 03ZAGREB2296 |
ELECTION TIME IN DJULOVAC [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 22, WE VISITED DJULOVAC MUNICIPALITY TO OPEN A USAID AND EUCOMM FUNDED SCHOOL REHABILITATION PROJECT, A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND A ROAD PROJECT. SMILING VILLAGERS, SINGING STUDENTS, AND TABLES LADEN WITH LOCAL DELICACIES AND HOMEMADE BRANDIES GREETED US, THE LOCAL POLITICAL ESTABL [...] |
2003-10-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2365 |
ONCE AGAIN, NO DOUBLE VOTE FOR MINORITIES IN [...] THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT VOTED LAST MONTH TO DENY A DOUBLE VOTE TO ETHNIC MINORITY VOTERS IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR NOVEMBER 23. THE "DOUBLE VOTE" WOULD HAVE PERMITTED OFFICIALLY-DESIGNATED MINORITIES TO VOTE TWICE ON ELECTION DAY, ONCE FOR GENERAL PARTY LISTS, AND ONCE FOR AN ETHNI [...] |
2003-11-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2367 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS DELAY ON HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO HR UNGA |
| 03ZAGREB2381 |
ELECTIONS: "OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN BEGINS - BLEAK [...] (C) On November 6, Croatia's State Electoral Commission published the approved lists of candidates for the November 23 parliamentary election. This act serves as the official starting gun for the formal campaign, which means rules governing equal access to state media now apply. Polls sugge [...] |
2003-11-07 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2391 |
CROATIAN ELECTIONS: GOOD TIME TO STAY ON SIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Elections are less than two weeks away and remain too close to call. Both sides have complained that the U.S. favors the other side. In contrast to 2000, when post played a rather prominent role shepherding the cats that made up Croatia's democratic opposition parties into som [...] |
2003-11-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2408 |
IRAQI ASSETS: CROATIA PLANS TO TRANSFER FROZEN [...] (U) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A, THE MFA AND THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT REPORTED THAT THE REFERENCED BANK ACCOUNT AT PRIVREDNA BANK HAD BEEN LOCATED. THE ACCOUNT, UNDER THE NAME OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ, HAS APPARENTLY BEEN FROZEN SINCE 1991 UNDER UNSCR 661. IN RESP [...] |
2003-11-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ HR |
| 03ZAGREB2409 |
ELECTIONS: OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (C) THE NOVEMBER 23 DATE FOR CROATIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR MONTHS, BUT THE LAUNCH OF THE "OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN STILL SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT PM RACAN'S SDP FLAT-FOOTED. THE RIGHT-WING HDZ HAS A WELL-FUNDED, WELL-ORGANIZED (IF SOMEWHAT INTIMIDATING) CAMPAIGN MA [...] |
2003-11-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2424 |
RULING COALITION TANGLES WITH CHURCH [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Racan's SDP may have gotten itself into a no-win situation by directly responding to what has been increasingly partisan -- and pro-HDZ -- comments made by Catholic Church officials in the run up to Croatia's national elections on November 23. The Catholic Bishops Confere [...] |
2003-11-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2432 |
ELECTIONS: NEW POLLS SHOW RACE CLOSER THAN EVER [...] (C) SEPARATE POLLS PUBLISHED IN CROATIA'S TWO LEADING DAILY NEWSPAPERS ON NOVEMBER 17 INDICATE THAT THE RACE FOR CROATIA'S NOVEMBER 23 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION WILL BE A PHOTO FINISH. ONE PAPER GIVES THE EDGE TO A RIGHT-OF-CENTER COALITION LED BY THE NATIONALIST HDZ AND THE OTHER SUGGESTS [...] |
2003-11-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2433 |
ELECTIONS: OSCE CONCERNS ABOUT REFUGEE VOTING [...] (C) Most international and local observers looking at preparations for elections in Croatia are generally satisfied that the voting on November 23 will be fair and transparent. ODIHR is comfortable enough with the process to have decided not to bring in short-term monitors for election day. [...] |
2003-11-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2446 |
CROATIAN VOTERS RELUCTANT TO GIVE CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Going into the elections this weekend, the current coalition government has a good story to tell -- healthy GDP growth, declining unemployment, progress on its Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU, new roads, and constructive relationships with the IMF and World Bank. Eve [...] |
2003-11-20 06:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB245 |
WTO BIOTECH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESOURCE [...] (SBU) POST FEEDBACK ON REFTEL WTO BIOTECH MEDIA STRATEGY IS SHAPED BY OUR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISSUE AND CROATIA'S STATUS AS AN EU ASPIRANT WHICH PLANS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR ACCESSION NEXT MONTH. IN CROATIA, THERE IS LITTLE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF TRADE ISSUES, EVEN LESS OF INTER [...] |
2003-01-31 17:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO HR |
| 03ZAGREB2453 |
CROATIA'S ELECTIONS: ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP [...] (C) Voters head to the polls this Sunday, November 23, in what will probably be the closest general election in Croatia's short history. The only result we're ready to predict is that the overwhelming majority of voters will cast ballots for candidates who back integration into Euro-Atlantic [...] |
2003-11-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2458 |
ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN CIRCUS IN ZAGREB [...] (C) On the last day of the campaign for the November 23 parliamentary elections, there is no escaping campaign hoopla in Zagreb. All of Croatia's political parties -- even those with no hope of crossing the five percent vote threshold needed to win seats -- are pulling out all the stops. Th [...] |
2003-11-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2463 |
SDSS LEADERS RALLY THE PEOPLE [...] (SBU) Under Croatia's peculiar election law, Serbs are pulled in two different directions in the run up to voting. They can vote for candidates on the minority lists or for candidates on the national lists but not for both. At a rally November 20, candidates of the moderate Independent Democr [...] |
2003-11-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2478 |
ELECTIONS: SANADER'S HDZ WINS BIG, BUT WILL HAVE [...] (SBU) The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) founded by former President Franjo Tudjman was a big winner in Croatia's November 23 parliamentary election, but will still have to form a coalition in order to seat a government. According to unofficial results, the HDZ won 65 of 76 seats needed for [...] |
2003-11-24 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2487 |
SANADER'S HDZ REACHING OUT EARLY TO IMPROVE [...] (C) MIOMIR ZUZUL, CERTAIN TO BE HDZ'S NOMINEE AS CROATIA'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER, TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 24 THAT THE HDZ IS SEEKING TO FORM A COALITION WITH THE CROATIAN PEASANTS' PARTY (HSS) AND THE ETHNIC SERB PARTY TO AVOID HAVING TO BRING THE EXTREME RIGHT-WING CROATIAN PARTY [...] |
2003-11-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2490 |
ETHNIC SERBS VOTE FOR MODERATES [...] (U) With the official vote count still days away, moderate Serbs from the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS) are almost certain to fill the three designated ethnic Serb seats in the next Parliament. Milan Djukic, the confrontational former representative of ethnic Serbs in Parliament [...] |
2003-11-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2496 |
WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL? HDZ LOOKS FOR COALITION [...] (C) DESPITE HIS OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN THE NOVEMBER 23 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, HDZ PRESIDENT IVO SANADER MAY HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME TO FORM A COALITION. THE HDZ WON 66 OUT OF 152 SEATS IN THE NEXT PARLIAMENT, MAKING 77 THE "MAGIC NUMBER" FOR A GOVERNMENT PROPOSED BY IVO SANADER TO WIN A VOTE [...] |
2003-11-25 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2505 |
SCENESETTER FOR PROPOSED DECEMBER 6 SECDEF VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Croatia just two weeks after parliamentary elections will give the USG a unique opportunity to influence the next government's policy. Although HDZ President Ivo Sanader has not finished putting together the coalition which will give him the support needed to pass a vote of [...] |
2003-11-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB252 |
LIBERAL PARTY ELECTS A NEW PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: YALE POROFESSOR IVO BANAC WAS ELECTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERAL PARTY (LS) A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE GOC COALITION, DEFEATING ZLATKO KRAMARIC BY A SLIM MARGIN. ALTHOUGH FREQUENTLY A CRITIC OF THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT, BANAC SAID THE LIBERAL PARTY WOULD CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE I [...] |
2003-02-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR HR |
| 03ZAGREB2544 |
LITTLE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ON TENANCY [...] On December 1-2 the OSCE Croatia Mission's Return and Reintegration Unit briefed their field staff, regional OSCE staff (Belgrade and Sarajevo), and regional UNHCR staff on the status of implementation of the GOC's plan to address the issue of lost Occupancy Tenancy Rights (OTR). OTR has been [...] |
2003-12-04 07:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREF HR |
| 03ZAGREB2565 |
SANADER'S HDZ STILL COBBLING TOGETHER COALITION; [...] (C) Nearly two weeks after his party scored a resounding win in Croatia's November 23 parliamentary election, HDZ President Ivo Sanader is still rounding up votes to pass a vote of confidence in the new parliament. Sanader will certainly be Croatia's next Prime Minister, but it is taking him [...] |
2003-12-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2579 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS DELAY ON HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO HR UNGA KSCI |
| 03ZAGREB2581 |
MESIC'S POLITICAL ADVISOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SANADER [...] (C) President Mesic is satisfied that relations with the incoming government led by HDZ should go smoothly. That is what his top domestical political advisor, Igor Dekanic, told us in his office on December 5. He said that HDZ President Ivo Sanader should get the formal nod from the preside [...] |
2003-12-08 16:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2623 |
LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRIME MINISTER [...] ON DECEMBER 14, HDZ PARTY PRESIDENT AND CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE IVO SANADER SENT TO THE EMBASSY A LETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH. THE LETTER (ORIGINAL BEING POUCHED TO WASHINGTON, FULL TEXT BELOW) CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN AND PLEDGES CLOSER BILATERAL [...] |
2003-12-15 10:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ HR |
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CROATIA WILL SOON BE READY FOR AMBASSADOR PROSPER [...] (C) Prime Minister-Designate Ivo Sanader and his new-look HDZ will take office in late December following their strong showing in the November 23 parliamentary elections. Although the HDZ's voter base still includes many hard-line nationalists, Sanader's pro-European / pro-U.S. campaign inclu [...] |
2003-12-17 15:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB2646 |
CROATIA DEFERS DECISION TO REFIT LIBYAN NAVAL VESSEL "AL MUNYED" [...] (S) ON DECEMBER 4, WE DELIVERED REF B POINTS TO SENIOR OFFICIALS AT CROATIA'S DEFENSE AND FOREIGN MINISTRIES AND TO ADVISERS IN PRESIDENT MESIC'S OFFICE, UNDERSCORING THAT REFITTING THE DIVER SUPPORT VESSEL WOULD ADD TO LIBYA'S MILITARY CAPABILITIES AND COULD INCREASE LIBYA'S ABILITY TO SUPPO [...] |
2003-12-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PINR LY HR PASS |
| 03ZAGREB2654 |
CROATIAN TRADE SPAT WITH HUNGARY [...] (U) Recent headlines announcing the death of the Hungarian-Croatian Free Trade Agreement are premature, but not by much. Hungary's decision to raise tariffs on selected Croatian products may be a last gasp of exasperation before Hungary apparently loses its ability to single out countries fo [...] |
2003-12-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD HR |
| 03ZAGREB2656 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM-DESIGNATE SANADER: [...] (C) We have "extremely high expectations." That was how Ivo Sanader described on December 19 what he hopes will be very good bilateral relations with the U.S. when he becomes Croatia's Prime Minister next week. Meeting at the Ambassador's request in the HDZ party headquarters, Sanader stre [...] |
2003-12-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2661 |
SANADER REACHES OUT TO CARLA DEL PONTE [...] (C) CROATIA'S INCOMING PRIME MINISTER, IVO SANADER, CALLED UP CHIEF PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE ON DECEMBER 19 TO UNDERSCORE HIS DESIRE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL. TOM OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT), THE HEAD OF THE ICTY OFFICE IN ZAGREB, TOLD US AFTER THE TELEPHONE [...] |
2003-12-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB2666 |
IMF CONCERNED THAT DEFICITS WILL RISE UNDER NEW [...] (C) The incoming government is playing its economic game close to its chest. A visiting IMF team that met informally with the HDZ's economic players came away without much new information. The HDZ's campaign promises, much like the campaign promises of the other parties, were expensive. Per [...] |
2003-12-22 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2670 |
FY04 U.S. SPEAKER FRANK KURT CYLKE - EVALUATION [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: EACH YEAR, THE CROATIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HOLDS ROUND TABLE TALKS WHICH FOCUS ON A TOPIC OF CURRENT INTEREST. THIS YEAR, THE TALKS WERE DEDICATED TO THE ISSUE OF FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION. PA ZAGREB BROUGHT U.S. SPEAKER FRANK KURT CYLKE, DIRECTOR OF THE NATION [...] |
2003-12-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP HR |
| 03ZAGREB2676 |
NOW PRESENTING CROATIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT - SANADER [...] (C) Croatia's newly-constituted parliament confirmed Ivo Sanader as Prime Minister On December 23. The parliament also voted confidence in Sanader's ministerial appointments. The new cabinet will have 15 members, including Sanader and two deputy Prime Ministers, a sharp change from Racan's cu [...] |
2003-12-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB2687 |
CROATIA REACTS TO U.S. CASE OF BSE, BANS IMPORTS [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 24, CROATIA BANNED THE IMPORT OF U.S. BEEF IN RESPONSE TO NEWS REPORTS OF THE FIRST CASE OF BSE IN THE U.S. ON DECEMBER 29, EMBASSY PRESENTED REFTEL NOTIFICATION OF THE BSE CASE IN U.S. TO ASSISTANT MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MIROSLAV BOZIC ON DECEMBER 29. WHILE CROATIA DOES [...] |
2003-12-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON HR |
| 03ZAGREB284 |
DASD RICARDEL LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) FROM FEBRUARY 3-5, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MIRA RICARDEL LED A TEAM OF U.S. POLICY MAKERS FROM OSD, THE JOINT STAFF, MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND US EUROPEAN COMMAND IN BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH CROATIA. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PRIME MINISTER RACAN, DEF [...] |
2003-02-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP MASS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB288 |
CROATIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY OF [...] CROATIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 5 PRESENTATION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. TIMING OF THE SECRETARY'S PRESENTATION UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00288 061035Z HELPED: IT OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE CROATIA'S [...] |
2003-02-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR |
| 03ZAGREB292 |
CROATIA SUPPORTIVE AFTER POWELL PRESENTATION [...] (U) CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC AND OTHERS IN THE GOC HAVE BEEN LARGELY SUPPORTIVE SINCE SECRETARY POWELL'S PRESENTATION TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 5. THE AMBASSADOR SAW CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00292 01 OF 02 061736Z TOMISLAV JAKIC, MESIC'S FOREIG [...] |
2003-02-06 17:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ HR UNSC |
| 03ZAGREB297 |
CROATIA: SABOR TO DEBATE POSITION ON IRAQ; [...] (C) THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES OF THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT WILL HOLD A JOINT HEARING ON FEBRUARY 12 TO DISCUSS CROATIA'S POLICY TOWARD POTENTIAL MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ. SOME OF CROATIA'S LEADING PARLIAMENTARIANS OBJECTED TO NOT BEING CONSULTED IN ADVANCE OF THE GOVE [...] |
2003-02-07 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB305 |
DOES THE OTP HAVE A STRATEGY FOR CROATIA? [...] (C) THOMAS OSORIO, HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US THAT OTP SPOKESPERSON FLORENCE HARTMANN'S FEBRUARY 5 STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE GOC FOR FAILING TO APPREHEND ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA AND FOR FAILING TO MEET ICTY INFORMATION REQUESTS REPRESENTS THE OPENING SALVO OF A NEW OTP BID TO PR [...] |
2003-02-11 17:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY RV |
| 03ZAGREB306 |
TRIPS MORATORIUM: CROATIA WILL JOIN CONSENSUS, HAS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 6. 2. WE SENT USTR ZOELLICK'S LETTER ON THE U.S. TRIPS MORATORIUM TO MINISTER OF ECONOMY JURCIC UNDER COVER OF A NOTE FROM THE AMBASSADOR JANUARY 2 (REF A), WITH COPIES TO THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HEALTH. WE PASSED REF B FOLLOW-UP POINTS J [...] |
2003-02-12 06:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR SOCI HR |
| 03ZAGREB325 |
GOC SEEKS CONFIRMATION OF LEAD ON PIFWC ANTE [...] (C) THE CROATIAN POLICE ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM THE CREDIBILITY OF INFORMATION INDICATING THAT ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA WAS HIDING IN BOSNIA, NEAR THE CROATIAN BORDER, IN JANUARY 2003. THAT IS WHAT BORIS SPUDIC, ASSISTANT HEAD OF CROATIAN CRIMINAL POLICE TOLD RSO DURING AN MEETING -- HELD AT [...] |
2003-02-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KWAC ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB337 |
GOC PUSHING BACK ON IC CRITICISM ON RETURNS [...] (C) THE GOC IS REACTING TO IC PRESSURE ON REFUGEE RETURNS. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING, RADIMIR CACIC, HELD A HASTILY ARRANGED MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4 WITH THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY TO PRESENT HIS MINISTRY,S PROGRAM ON REFUGEE RETURN. THE EVENT AT THE SHERATON HOTEL [...] |
2003-02-12 17:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ECON HR OSCE EUN UNHCR |
| 03ZAGREB338 |
WITH NO POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, CROATIA'S POSITION [...] (C) ALTHOUGH THE GOC MADE STRONG AND POSITIVE INITIAL STATEMENTS AFTER SECRETARY POWELL'S PRESENTATION TO THE UNSC CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00338 121756Z ON FEBRUARY 5, IT HAS DONE LITTLE SINCE THEN TO SHAPE THE PUBLIC DEBATE AND NOTHING TO DESCRIBE THE TH [...] |
2003-02-12 17:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB347 |
IRAQ: BUCKING UP THE WEAK-KNEED CROATIANS [...] (C) CROATIA'S INITIAL SUPPORT FOR THE USG POSITION ON CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00347 01 OF 02 131644Z IRAQ IS WAVERING UNDER PRESSURE FROM EU COUNTRIES AS THE GOC PREPARES TO PRESENT ITS APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP. PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST ACTION IN IRAQ [...] |
2003-02-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR IZ UN |
| 03ZAGREB349 |
CROATIA: CHANGES TO LAW ALLOW MOD APPROVAL OF [...] ON FEBRUARY 6, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED A DECISION TO MODIFY THE MARITIME LAW WHICH WILL GIVE THE MOD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FORCE-PROTECTION MEASURES FOR WARSHIPS ENTERING CROATIA'S INTERNAL WATERS. THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED DURING U.S. - CROATIA BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS ON [...] |
2003-02-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MOPS MARR PREL HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB350 |
CROATIA SEEKS "BREATHING SPACE" IN [...] IN RESPONSE TO OUR DEMARCHE LAST FALL (REF A), THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY SHARED WITH US THE STATEMENT THAT IT SUBMITTED TO THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS (NOVEMBER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00350 141058Z 4-6, 2002), IN WHICH THE GOC ARGUED THAT CROATI [...] |
2003-02-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD HR WTO |
| 03ZAGREB367 |
QANTIWAR PROTESTS STAGED IN ZAGREB AND OTHER [...] SUMMARY: A FEW THOUSAND NGO ACTIVISTS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS GATHERED ON FEBRUARY 15 IN ZAGREB AND OTHER CROATIAN CITIES TO PROTEST AGAINST A WAR IN IRAQ. THE POLICE ESTIMATED THAT THE CENTRAL RALLY IN DOWNTOWN ZAGREB UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00367 210153Z [...] |
2003-02-19 07:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB376 |
VOJNIC: OFFERING EQUAL MISERY FOR ALL [...] (C) ONLY 50 MILES FROM ZAGREB, THE MUNICIPALITY OF VOJNIC STANDS AS A STARK EXAMPLE OF THE ECONOMIC REALITIES FACED BY CROATS, SERBS, AND MUSLIMS ALIKE IN CROATIA'S WAR AFFECTED REGIONS -- RURAL COMMUNITIES LONG PLAGUED BY ECONOMIC DECLINE AND OUT MIGRATION. THE EFFECTS OF THE 1991-1995 "HOMEL [...] |
2003-02-20 06:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREF ECON PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB393 |
IRAQ: JUST ANOTHER POLITICAL FOOTBALL FOR CROATIAN [...] (C) A FEBRUARY 18 JOINT SESSION OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEES OF THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT FAILED TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY LINE ON IRAQ. PREDICTABLY, THE FAILURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ, BUT WITH THE COALITION'S INCOMPETENCE AND THE OPPOSITION'S OPP [...] |
2003-02-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB407 |
GOC MOVING FORWARD WITH DEMINING PREVLAKA [...] WHILE THE GOC WILL COVER THE FULL COST OF DEMINING THE PREVLAKA PENINSULA, IT IS SEEKING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00407 01 OF 02 241640Z DEMINING AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF ITS BORDER WITH MONTENEGRO. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES WANT TO BE [...] |
2003-02-24 16:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON HR PBTS PGOV PREF PREL |
| 03ZAGREB428 |
CROATIA APPROVES USE OF AIRSPACE, AIRFIELDS FOR [...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 26, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A FORMAL DECISION (TEXT AT PARA 5 BELOW) TO AGREE TO A USG REQUEST FOR THE USE OF CROATIAN AIRSPACE AND AIRFIELDS BY COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT FOR REFUELING AND STOPOVER IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AGAINST IRAQ. THE DECISION [...] |
2003-02-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS HR IZ FR |
| 03ZAGREB432 |
CROATIA APPLIES FOR EU MEMBERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER RACAN SUBMITTED CROATIA'S OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 21 IN ATHENS. CROATIA'S STATUS AS A CANDIDATE COULD BE CONFIRMED WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION MINISTER SAID. REFUGEE RETURNS, COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL (ICTY [...] |
2003-02-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB450 |
UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: GETTING HOLD HARMLESS LOOKS REMOTE [...] (C) THE RACAN GOVERNMENT IS DIGGING IN ITS HEELS ON THE SUCCESSION AGREEMENT, AND MAY WELL IGNORE OUR REQUEST FOR A HOLD HARMLESS BEFORE THE USG UNBLOCKS DISPUTED NBY ASSETS THIS SPRING. THAT IS THE INDICATION WE RECEIVED IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE GOC'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FINANCIAL C [...] |
2003-02-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR HR BK SI MW |
| 03ZAGREB470 |
OTP BOMBAST ON GOTOVINA / CROATIAN NON-COOPERATION [...] (S) THOMAS OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT), HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US MARCH 4 THAT RECENT STATEMENTS BY OTP SPOKESPERSON HARTMANN AND OTP POLITICAL ADVISOR JORIS LAMBASTING THE GOC FOR ITS FAILURE TO CAPTURE ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA WERE "UNPROFESSIONAL." OSORIO TOLD US THAT HE HAS S [...] |
2003-03-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB48 |
CROATIAN MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] PER REFTEL, ZAGREB REPORTED ON REACTIONS IN THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00048 091550Z CROATIAN PRESS ON THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE RICHARD PROSPER'S VISIT TO THE REGION. TWO MAJOR CROATIAN DAILIES ON JANU [...] |
2003-01-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR KPAO KAWC PREL PGOV KMDR |
| 03ZAGREB489 |
AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRIORITY ISSUES WITH NEW DEPUTY [...] (C) IN A MARCH 3 INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SIMONOVIC, THE AMBASSADOR REVIEWED THE U.S. APPROACH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00489 01 OF 03 061511Z ON IRAQ, STEPS TOWARD CROATIA,S CANDIDACY FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP, THE SFRY ASSETS SUCCESSIO [...] |
2003-03-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PREF HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB491 |
CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION HITS ROADBLOCK; [...] (SBU) THE POLITICAL CONFLICT OVER THE ABORTED PRIVATIZATION OF THE SUNCANI HVAR HOTEL GROUP, REPORTED REFS A AND B, IS HAMPERING PROGRESS ON THE REST OF THE PORTFOLIO OF THE CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION FUND (CPF) AND MORE GENERALLY ON CROATIA'S WHOLE ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAM. THE ANIMUS TOWARD PRI [...] |
2003-03-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EAGR HR |
| 03ZAGREB501 |
CROATIA: PROCEDURES APPROVED FOR STREAMLINED [...] (C) AS OF MARCH 10, CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTING U.S. TROOPS TO SUPPORT POTENTIAL ACTION IN IRAQ MAY TRANSIT CROATIAN AIRSPACE WITH THE STANDARD ICAO FLIGHT PLAN AS THE ONLY ADVANCE WARNING REQUIRED, PROVIDED THEY DO NOT INTEND TO LAND. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR FLIG [...] |
2003-03-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB517 |
INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...] |
2003-03-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN |
| 03ZAGREB519 |
SANADER'S HDZ: RATINGS UP, BUT STILL NOT READY FOR [...] (C) CROATIA'S OPPOSITION HDZ HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO REHABILITATE ITSELF IN THE EYES OF VOTERS EVER SINCE IT WAS EJECTED FROM POWER IN JANUARY 2000. PARTY LEADERS CLAIM -- LOUDLY AND OFTEN -- THAT THE HDZ IS COMPLETING ITS "DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION" FROM THE CORRUPT, NATIONALIST PARTY FOUN [...] |
2003-03-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB523 |
"ADRIATIC 3" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, DUBROVNIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ALBANIAN, CROATIAN AND MACEDONIAN FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00523 01 OF 02 111302Z MINISTERS MET BRIEFLY IN DUBROVNIK MARCH 7 TO CONFIRM THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER" DRAFT TEXT (ALREADY WITH DEPARTMENT), ISSUE A DECLARATION AND GIVE THE I [...] |
2003-03-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR AL MK IZ NATO |
| 03ZAGREB578 |
UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: PICULA SAYS GOC STILL [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED DEMARCHE (REF A) CONCERNING USG PLANS TO UNBLOCK SFRY ASSETS TO FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA MARCH 14. PICULA WAS NON-COMMITTAL, BUT AGAIN POINTED TO THE DIFFICULTY OF PROVIDING A HOLD HARMLESS IN THE ABSENCE OF A RATIFIED SUCCESSION AGREEMENT. AS HE HAS IN PREVIOUS [...] |
2003-03-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR |
| 03ZAGREB579 |
IMPLICATIONS FOR CROATIA'S ECONOMY OF WAR WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) THERE IS NO REAL CONSENSUS ON HOW HOSTILITIES IN IRAQ COULD HURT THE CROATIAN ECONOMY. THE LOCAL MEDIA IS FULL OF SPECULATION, HOWEVER, AND THE COMMENTARY AND "ANALYIS" OFTEN BETRAY FAMILIAR -- ANTI-WAR -- BIASES. TOURISM IS THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF FOREIGN REVENUE FOR CROATIA, AND [...] |
2003-03-14 17:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB602 |
CROATIAN PARLIAMENT "PUNTS" ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) POLITICAL PARTIES IN CROATIA'S RULING COALITION COULD NOT AGREE ON A MODEL FOR ELECTION LAW REFORM AND HAVE DECIDED INSTEAD TO MAKE "TECHNICAL CHANGES" TO EXISTING LEGISLATION. THE COALITION NEVER REALLY MOVED BEYOND THE THEORIZING STAGE IN ITS EFFORTS TO CUT THE POLITICAL DEAL WHICH WOULD [...] |
2003-03-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HR |
| 03ZAGREB617 |
PATTEN IN CROATIA: DOUBTS OVER ICTY PRESSUE; WAY AHEAD ON CROATIA'S APPLICATION [...] (C) LOCAL EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOM WUNENBURGER TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT COMMISSIONER PATTEN, DURING A MARCH 13 VISIT TO ZAGREB, EMPHASIZED THE GOC'S NEED TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON ICTY COOPERATION, REFUGEE RETURNS, JUDICIAL REFORM AND MEDIA LEGISLATION. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KE [...] |
2003-03-18 15:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ECIN PREF HR SR EUN |
| 03ZAGREB621 |
TFIZ01: DEMARCHES ON UNGA AND CHR SESSIONS: GOC REPLY IS [...] (C) DCM DELIVERED MARCH 18 REFTEL DEMARCHES TO MARIO NOBILO, ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS. DCM EXPLAINED THE U.S. DECISION NOT TO SEEK ANOTHER UNSC RESOLUTION AND URGED THAT THE GOC NOT SUPPORT HOLDING AN UNGA EMERGENCY SESSION ON IRAQ NOR USE THE COMMISSION ON HUMA [...] |
2003-03-19 09:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ HR UNSC |
| 03ZAGREB631 |
TFIZ01: CROATIA: POLITICIANS BACK GOC OPPOSITION [...] (C) ALMOST ALL OF CROATIA'S POLITICIANS HAVE PUBLICLY BACKED THE GOC DECISION NOT TO SUPPORT MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ ABSENT A NEW UNSC RESOLUTION (REFTEL). POLITICAL UNITY IN CROATIA IS A GENUINE RARITY. SOME LEADING GOVERNMENT FIGURES WANT TO TRY TO CATCH WHAT THEY THINK IS A WAVE OF LOCAL [...] |
2003-03-19 17:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB657 |
MOST CROATIAN POLITICAL PARTIES DISAPPROVE OF THE MILITARY ACTION [...] MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAQ IN CROATIA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS BEEN UNIFORMLY HOSTILE TO THE U.S. POSITION. MUCH OF IT HAS FOCUSED ON CRITICISM OF THE IRAQ CAMPAIGN BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. MPS REPRESENTING THE RULING COALITION AND JOINED BY SOME OF THE MARGINAL PARTIES IN THE OPPOSITION H [...] |
2003-03-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB664 |
TFIZ01: TOP OFFICIALS COMMENT ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED ON MARCH 22 IN THE MASS MARKET DAILY "JUTARNJI LIST," PRIME MINISTER IVICA RACAN REITERATED HIS GOVERNMENT'S POSITION "REGRETTING" THE LACK OF UNSC UNITY OVER THE DECISION TO USE FORCE TO COMPEL IRAQ TO DISARM. HE SAID THAT ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENTS FOL [...] |
2003-03-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB669 |
TFIZ01: CROATIA'S PM DISCUSSES GOC IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER RACAN "INVITED THE AMBASSADOR FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00669 01 OF 03 251246Z COFFEE" MARCH 24 TO CLARIFY THE GOC'S REASONS FOR ADOPTING A POSITION NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS ON IRAQ. (THIS GOC POSITION HAS BEEN PLAYED OUT UNHELPFULLY [...] |
2003-03-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV MARR HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB679 |
TFIZ01: UNCHR/CROATIA: CROATIA WILL OPPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOC WILL VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL FOR A SPECIAL SITTING ON THE IRAQ CONFLICT, "AS IT IS CURRENTLY FRAMED AND GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE COMMISSION." HOWEVER, DEPUTY FM SIMONOVIC TOLD AMBASSADOR IN CONVEYING THIS POSITION THAT THE SITUATION AT THE UNCHR IS "FLUID" AND TH [...] |
2003-03-25 17:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL HR IZ UNCHR |
| 03ZAGREB680 |
CROATIA WAR CRIMES: GOSPIC CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION [...] (C) ON MARCH 24, THE RIJEKA COUNTY COURT FOUND FORMER CROATIAN ARMY GENERAL MIRKO NORAC AND TWO CO-CONSPIRATORS GUILTY OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MURDER OF OVER 50 ETHNIC SERBS AND CROAT CIVILIANS IN THE TOWN OF GOSPIC IN 1991. THE LANDMARK VERDICT, WHICH THE SUPREME COUR [...] |
2003-03-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL HR HRICTY UNSC |
| 03ZAGREB681 |
KRSKO NUCLEAR PLANT AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE AT [...] THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON THE KRSKO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, LOCATED IN SLOVENIA BUT CO-OWNED BY SLOVENIA AND CROATIA, CAME INTO FORCE ON MARCH 11, THE DATE THE GOC RECEIVED THE SLOVENIAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING SLOVENIAN RATIFICATION. ON MARCH 14, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTED TWO MOTIONS F [...] |
2003-03-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG TRGY SI HR |
| 03ZAGREB685 |
TFIZ01: CROATIAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ: NO [...] ON MARCH 26, CROATIA'S PARLIAMENT DEBATED THE GOC POSITION ON IRAQ. DEBATE WAS LIMITED BY A STRUCTURE AGREED IN ADVANCE BY PARLIAMENT LEADERS ON MARCH 21. AT THE BEGINNING OF "QUESTION TIME," PM RACAN DELIVERED A BRIEF REPORT; PARTY LEADERS THEN HAD FIVE MINUTES EACH TO RESPOND. PM RACAN'S [...] |
2003-03-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB686 |
TFIZO1: UNCHR/CROATIA WILL OPPOSE SPECIAL IRAQ [...] (C) ON RECEIPT OF REF A, AMBASSADOR SPOKE EARLY MORNING MARCH 27 WITH MIROSLAV KOVACIC, MFA NORTH AMERICA DIRECTOR, WHO WAS IN THE MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM SIMONOVIC THAT WE REPORTED IN REF C. THE AMBASSADOR RECALLED THE (HELPFUL BUT EU-CAVEATED) POSITION THE GOC HAD DECIDED UPON AND THAT HAD B [...] |
2003-03-27 09:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL HR UNCHR |
| 03ZAGREB716 |
NATO SYG IN ZAGREB: TURNING DOWN THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) NATO SECRETARY GENERAL ROBERTSON VISITED CROATIA FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER ON MARCH 31. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KEY CABINET MEMBERS AND WITH PARLIAMENT LEADERS, ROBERTSON DELIVERED A GENTLE MESSAGE, ENCOURAGING CROATIA TO STAY ON TRACK WITH REFORMS IDENTIFIED UNDER THE [...] |
2003-04-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PREF HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB72 |
CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT ON IRAQ [...] ON JANUARY 8, CROATIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING FOR IRAQ TO "PRESENT CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT IT DOES NOT POSE A THREAT" TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. THE STATEMENT (SEE BELOW FOR AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION) NOTES CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN UNMOVIC, AND URGES THAT SHOULD AN INSPE [...] |
2003-01-10 16:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ HR UN |
| 03ZAGREB754 |
TFIZ01: CROATIAN CABINET ORDERS HUMANITARIAN [...] (U) ON APRIL 3, THE CROATIAN CABINET PASSED A DECISION (SEE TEXT AT PARA 4) TO SEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE WITH A VALUE OF JUST UNDER USD 3 MILLION TO IRAQ. THE ASSISTANCE SHOULD INCLUDE BLANKETS, SLEEPING BAGS, BED LINENS, FLOUR, SUGAR, AND WATER PURIFICATION AGENTS. THE CABINET ALSO DIRE [...] |
2003-04-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB755 |
UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: CROATIA MAINTAINS HARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOR CROATIA, UNRAVELING THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS OF THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO HINGE ON SECURING A RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES (ASI). ON APRIL 4, ZDRAVKO ROGIC, SENIOR CROATIAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUCCESSOR STATES' FINANCE COMMITT [...] |
2003-04-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR RU |
| 03ZAGREB756 |
ICTY/CROATIA: CROATIA APPEARS TO MEET COOPERATION [...] (C) ICTY ZAGREB RESREP THOMAS OSORIO TOLD US LATE APRIL 4 THAT THE GOC APPEARS TO HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE HAGUE'S APRIL 4 DEADLINES TO SERVE THE SEPTEMBER 2002 INDICTMENT ON GENERAL JANKO BOBETKO OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AND TO HONOR OTP DOCUMENT REQUESTS. OSORIO SAID HE WAS INFORMED THAT O [...] |
2003-04-04 16:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB761 |
CROATIAN POLICE ARREST INDICTED WAR CRIMINAL RAJIC [...] (C) ON APRIL 5, A DAY AFTER THE RACAN GOVERNMENT DELIVERED AN ICTY INDICTMENT TO GENERAL JANKO BOBETKO THROUGH HIS LAWYER (REFTEL), IT TOOK INTO CUSTODY IVICA RAJIC, A BOSNIAN CROAT AND FORMER COMMANDER OF THE CROAT DEFENSE COUNCIL (HVO), WHO HAS BEEN WANTED BY THE TRIBUNAL ON WAR CRIMES CHA [...] |
2003-04-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB790 |
ASSISTING CROATIA TO STRENGTHEN DOMESTIC WAR [...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE ANTICEVIC-MARINOVIC TOLD US ON APRIL 2 THAT THE GOC IS COMMITTED TO PASSING QUICKLY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF CROATIAN COURTS TO PROCESS WAR CRIMES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE MINISTER'S ASSURANCES, OTHER KEY PLAYERS -- INCLUDING THE DRAFTER OF THE MOST CU [...] |
2003-04-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL EAID HR UNSC ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB798 |
CROATIA/ICC/ARTICLE 98: NO EU PRESSURE BUT GOC NOT [...] (C) WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY BLATANT EU PRESSURE ON THE GOC NOT TO NEGOTIATE AN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH US. HOWEVER, FOR THE MOMENT, THE EU DOES NOT NEED TO STRONG-ARM THE CROATIANS. THE GOC IS NOWHERE NEAR TAKING A DECISION ON OPENING FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH US ON ARTICLE 98, LET ALONE [...] |
2003-04-10 16:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM HR EUN |
| 03ZAGREB799 |
DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING [...] (SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY BY INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL SUPPLIES. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS SOUGHT TO PORTRAY CROATIA AS A NEW PLAYER IN WORLD OIL POLITICS. H [...] |
2003-04-11 08:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET SENV HR |
| 03ZAGREB803 |
CROATIA ELECTIONS: RACAN'S SDP NEEDS TO TURN IT [...] (C) THE UNOFFICIAL STARTING GUN FOR THE NEXT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION HAS GONE OFF, BUT PM RACAN'S COALITION-LEADING SDP IS STALLED AT THE START. A NEW USAID-SPONSORED IRI POLL SHOWS THAT ONLY 13 PERCENT OF VOTERS NOW PLAN TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE SDP. VOTER DISSATISFACTION WITH THE GOVE [...] |
2003-04-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID HR |
| 03ZAGREB82 |
CHR 59 -- CROATIA WAIVERS ON LIBYAN CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED CHR DEMARCHE (REF A) ON JANUARY 10 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00082 131714Z ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER MARIO NOBILO. NOBILIO, WHO WAS ALREADY AWARE OF OUR EFFORTS ON THE ISSUE, STATED THAT THE GOC HAS NOT TAKEN A FINAL DECISION, BUT F [...] |
2003-01-13 17:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HR LY UNHRC LZ |
| 03ZAGREB824 |
TFIZ01: GOC STATEMENT ON THE FALL OF IRAQI REGIME [...] ON APRIL 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA ISSUED A STATEMENT COMMENTING ON THE FALL OF BAGHDAD AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE IRAQI REGIME. THE STATEMENT (FULL TEXT BELOW) HAILS THE END OF THE REGIME AS A CHANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE, AS WELL AS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE AND STABIL [...] |
2003-04-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR IZ |
| 03ZAGREB836 |
ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVED? -- CROATIA FLOATS NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOC INITIATED A COMMENT AND DISCUSSION PERIOD FOR A DRAFT NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ROMA IN MARCH, AND WOULD LIKE TO FINALIZE THE PLAN BY THE FALL. NGOS TELL US THE DRAFT PLAN IS A WELCOME EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE OBSTACLES FACED BY THE ROMA IN CROATIA, BUT FALLS SHORT ON TH [...] |
2003-04-15 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM HR |
| 03ZAGREB862 |
DONJI LAPAC STRUGGLES AHEAD [...] (SBU) REFUGEE RETURNS, RECONSTRUCTION, AND ETHNIC RELATIONS DOMINATED A RECENT VISIT TO DONJI LAPAC, A MUNICIPALITY OF 3,400 NEAR CROATIA'S WESTERN BORDER WITH BOSNIA. SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE WAR, BOTH IN TERMS OF DISPLACEMENT OF THE POPULATION AND DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MUNICIPA [...] |
2003-04-18 08:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF HR |
| 03ZAGREB866 |
CROATIA PROVIDING LIMITED SUPPORT TO CROATS IN BIH [...] (C) BASED ON MEETINGS WITH KEY GOC AND GOBIH OFFICIALS IN CROATIA IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES AND LEVELS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE GOC IS PROVIDING TO ETHNIC CROATS IN BOSNIA -- TARGETED LARGELY TO THREE AREAS: PENSIONS FOR FORMER HVO SOLDIERS, REFUGEE RETURNS, AND [...] |
2003-04-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ECON MARR MASS HR BK |
| 03ZAGREB898 |
SPLIT: LOCAL POLITICS WITH NATIONAL STAKES [...] (C) SPLIT, CROATIA'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY, SHOULD BE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUCCESS STORY. BUT EVEN THOUGH CITY REVENUES ARE UP, DEBTS HAVE BEEN RETIRED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND A SERIES OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ARE PLANNED, SPLIT'S LEADERS ARE A STEP AWAY FROM DISBANDING THE MULTI-PARTY CITY G [...] |
2003-04-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 03ZAGREB914 |
IMPLEMENTING THE CROATIA EXBS PROGRAM [...] (SBU) POST WELCOMES DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO LAUNCH AN EXBS PROGRAM IN CROATIA AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE EXBS PROGRAM "ROAD MAP" (REF A). THE TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND TRAINING THAT COME WITH THE EXBS PROGRAM GIVE US ADDED LEVERAGE TO FOSTER INCREASED GOC COOPERATION ON REGIONA [...] |
2003-04-25 05:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KSTC ETTC PARM PREL HR HRKSTC |
| 03ZAGREB925 |
WHO SHIELDED ICTY PIFWC IVICA RAJIC? [...] (C/NF) CROATIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF A SYSTEMATIC, CLANDESTINE EFFORT OF THE FORMER HDZ GOVERNMENT TO SHIELD ETHNIC CROAT PIFWCS -- INCLUDING IVICA RAJIC -- FROM JUSTICE. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO UPROOT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK AND I [...] |
2003-04-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC KJUS PREL HR UNSC ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB927 |
CROATIA/ICTY: DPM GRANIC SHOOTS GOC IN FOOT AS [...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM GRANIC'S RASH CRITICISM THIS WEEK OF THE ZAGREB DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- INCLUDING THE U.S. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00927 01 OF 02 280635Z AMBASSADOR -- EMBARRASSED THE GOC AND OVERSHADOWED AN OTHERWISE SOLID ATTEMPT TO SENSITIZE THE CROATI [...] |
2003-04-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PGOV PHUM HR UNSC ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB94 |
2003: CRITICAL YEAR FOR RETURNS TO CROATIA [...] (C) CUTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00094 01 OF 02 141716Z FUNDING IN CROATIA WILL MAKE THIS YEAR CRITICAL FOR REFUGEE RETURNS. OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, A BUDGET-STRAPPED UNHCR WILL DRAW DOWN ITS IN-COUNTRY OPE [...] |
2003-01-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR UNHCR OSCE |
| 03ZAGREB950 |
CROATIA WILL NOT ACCEPT TRANSFER OF NBY FUNDS [...] (C) ON APRIL 29, WE MET WITH MIROSLAV KOVACIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICAS DEPARTMENT AT THE MFA, AT HIS REQUEST. KOVACIC SAID THE MINISTRY HAD HEARD FROM THE CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK (CNB) THAT IT HAD BEEN REQUESTED TO ACCEPT A TRANSFER OF $54.6 MILLION AS CROATIA'S PART OF UNFROZEN NBY ASSETS IN THE [...] |
2003-04-29 15:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SI BK MK SR HK |
| 03ZAGREB954 |
CROATIA AT THE SIGNING OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (C) CROATIA TOOK SOME TIME TO WARM TO THE IDEA OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER. BECAUSE OF ITS FEAR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A NEW BALKAN ALLIANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF AN ARROGANT ASSUMPTION THAT ITS MORE ADVANCED LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE IT A BETTER NATO CANDIDATE, CROATIA RESISTED TYING ITS FO [...] |
2003-04-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB972 |
CROATIAN GRUMBLING ABOUT TIRANA VENUE FOR ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE DECISION TO SIGN THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN TIRANA, AND NOT IN WASHINGTON, LED TO GRUMBLING IN THE CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY AND SPECULATION IN THE PRESS HERE THAT CROATIA WAS BEING PUNISHED FOR ITS REFUSAL TO SUPPORT OUR APPROACH ON IRAQ. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SOUGHT -- WITH NO SUCCESS [...] |
2003-05-02 08:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB991 |
INDICTED FORMER CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF JANKO BOBETKO BURIED [...] SUMMARY: INDICTED GENERAL JANKO BOBETKO WAS BURIED ON MAY 2. WHILE OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL, PRESIDENT MESIC DID NOT, AND PM RACAN AND SPEAKER TOMCIC ONLY PAID THEIR TRIBUTE AT A SEPARATE CEREMONY. IN AN INFLAMMATORY SPEECH AT THE FUNERAL, RETIRED GENERAL IVAN BASARAC CRITICI [...] |
2003-05-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB995 |
GOC LURCHING FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING MINORITIES LAW [...] (C) IN DECEMBER 2002, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00995 01 OF 03 061502Z NEW "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON NATIONAL MINORITIES." THAT LAW WAS WIDELY HAILED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND A STEP FORWAR [...] |
2003-05-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HR IT |
| 03ZAGREB996 |
USG-AMWAY CORPORATION JOIN TO CLEAR MINEFIELD NEAR [...] TO HIGHLIGHT A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE USG AND AMWAY CORPORATION IN CROATIA TO CLEAR A MINEFIELD NEAR A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE TOWN OF ZRNOVNICA NEAR SPLIT, THE AMBASSADOR ATTENDED A CEREMONY AT THE SCHOOL ON MAY 5. SENIOR AMWAY REPRESENTATIVES, THE MAYOR OF SPLIT, AND CROATIAN MINE ACTION [...] |
2003-05-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR PREF |
| 04ZAGREB1022 |
ADRIATIC CHARTER LEADERS SEEK PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (C) AT A JUNE 4 MEETING WITH THE DCM, PRESIDENT MESIC'S CHIEF OF STAFF DAVOR BOZINOVIC INFORMED US THAT MESIC PLANS TO ATTEND A MEETING OF LEADERS OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER ON THE MARGINS OF NATO'S ISTANBUL SUMMIT. BOZINOVIC SAID THAT THE "ADRIATIC THREE" LEADERS HAVE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSI [...] |
2004-06-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1024 |
CROATIA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO IRAQI [...] FM ZUZUL AND SCIENCE MINISTER PRIMORAC DISCUSSED WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON JUNE 2 GOC PLANS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR IRAQI YOUTH. PRIMORAC HAS BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CPA ABOUT THE EFFORT. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS REPORTED ON THE INITIATIVE. SOME 10 CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS AILMENTS [...] |
2004-06-04 16:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR IZ PREL |
| 04ZAGREB1025 |
DEL PONTE SAYS CROATIA FULLY COOPERATING WITH ICTY [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic community on June 4 on her day and a half visit to Zagreb. Del Ponte said that although Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal was the best of any country, she had warned the GoC leadership that she could change her assessment a [...] |
2004-06-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB1033 |
URGENT NEED FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS EAID PREL PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB1034 |
U.S. SANCTIONS NOT MAJOR OBSTACLE TO CROATIAN GAS [...] (SBU) On June 1 we visited INA, the majority state-owned oil and gas company, to inquire about its overseas activities in general, and its exploration activities in Syria in particular. Zeljko Belosic, Member of the Board and executive director for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production note [...] |
2004-06-07 17:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC EPET HR SY IZ |
| 04ZAGREB1037 |
POLITICS AND PORK OVERTAKE SCIENCE IN CROATIA'S [...] (C) After initial tests in February first raised the prospect of unlabeled GMOs in the Croatian food market (reftel A), the GoC has thoroughly politicized the GMO debate and shown an eagerness to cash in on populist anti-GMO sentiment to drum up support. A move in GMO policy away from scienc [...] |
2004-06-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB1228 |
OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...] |
2004-07-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR |
| 04ZAGREB1277 |
DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S [...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...] |
2004-07-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1297 |
CROATIAN PROGRESS ON PRIVATIZATION [...] Since assuming office in December 2003, the new government of Croatia (GoC) has, on several occasions, publicly repeated its commitment to rapid and transparent privatization by 2006 of virtually all of the approximately 1,100 companies in which the GoC holds equity. This divestiture will con [...] |
2004-07-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB1299 |
CROATIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on July 13 to Ranko Vilovic, Head of the United Nations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic responded that there has been no change in the GoC position on the barrier since it abstained from the resolution referring the issue to the ICJ. Vilo [...] |
2004-07-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS HR UNGA ICJ |
| 04ZAGREB1335 |
CROATIA HALTS VAT EXEMPTIONS FOR MOST NGOS [...] (SBU) A recent change to taxation law means Croatian NGOs will again be required to pay VAT on purchases financed with foreign donations. Though some NGOs have raised alarms over alleged unfairness and lack of transparency, GoC efforts to clean up its tax policy are welcome steps. Although the [...] |
2004-07-22 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM EFIN PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB1339 |
UNLICENSED GMO CORN RETURNS BIOTECH TO HEADLINES [...] (U) On July 9, Minister of Agriculture Petar Cobankovic announced that a hybrid corn seed imported by US-based Pioneer Seeds tested positive for GMO content. Cobankovic estimates that 2,000 hectares of farmland have been planted with the GMO-contaminated seed. Destruction of contaminated cropl [...] |
2004-07-22 13:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB1351 |
CROATIA TAKES SMALL STEP TOWARDS INCREASED MEDIA [...] (U) In a marathon session on July 15, Croatia's Parliament approved amendments to the Penal Code concerning media slander. The burden of proving the intent to slander and the actual offense now falls on the prosecution, not the defendant, and responsibility can no longer be transferred from a [...] |
2004-07-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1365 |
CROATIA EAGER TO BRAINSTORM NEXT STEPS ON REGIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 15 we met with Drazen Hrastic, Head of Office for Cooperative Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance of the Dayton Article IV Review Conference (REF C). The essence of this conversation was passed to Department R [...] |
2004-07-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1367 |
CROATIA EAGER FOR MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PSI [...] (C) The GoC solidly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). In two recent meetings, key foreign ministry interlocuteurs have requested US views on modalities for intelligence sharing under PSI as well as US advice in organizing the GoC's own National PSI Coordinator Office. The [...] |
2004-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP MNUC HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1483 |
COURT REJECTS NOTORIOUS LORA PRISON ACQUITTAL, [...] Overturning a 2002 acquittal, the Croatian Supreme Court has called for a retrial of eight Croatian military police accused of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians and soldiers at Lora Prison. The international community praised the ruling as Croatian recognition of the original t [...] |
2004-08-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
| 04ZAGREB149 |
CROATIAN JUSTICE MINISTER AFFIRMS JUDICIAL [...] (C) In an introductory call on new Minister of Justice Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, Ambassador Frank welcomed the Minister's positive statements on cooperation with the ICTY and urged quick resolution of the Gotovina case. The Ambassador praised achievements in reforming the State Prosecutor's office [...] |
2004-01-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREF PREL KAWC HR |
| 04ZAGREB1515 |
CROATIA TREATS IRAQI CHILDREN [...] (U) Seven seriously ill Iraqi children arrived in Zagreb on August 26 for medical treatment unavailable in Iraq. The Government of Croatia will cover transportation costs as well as all expenses for the children and their accompanying escorts while in Croatia. Responding to press queries, De [...] |
2004-08-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID IZ HR |
| 04ZAGREB1527 |
CROATIA: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to reftel questions on Croatia's efforts to prevent the worst forms of child labor. 2. Croatia has taken solid steps to counter the worst forms of child labor, enacting legislation proscribing the problem and ensuring the implementation and enforcement of existing legisl [...] |
2004-08-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI HR |
| 04ZAGREB1529 |
CROATIA'S NATO STRATEGY: READY TO OPEN MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting on August 25, Croatia's National NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic told us that the soon-to-be finished Strategic Defense Review will drive a new long term vision for the Croatian armed forces based on the premise that Croatia should be prepared for NATO membership, [...] |
2004-08-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1571 |
PUMPING UP -- OPPOSITION REVIVING COALITIONS FOR LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's current opposition parties learned the hard way when they lost power in the 2003 parliamentary elections - coalitions are the key to electoral victory against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). With that lesson in mind, opposition leaders see local elec [...] |
2004-09-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1576 |
BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matt [...] |
2004-09-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR KAWC PREL UK HR |
| 04ZAGREB1592 |
CROATIA'S UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C): We followed up on reftel A with Ranko Vilovic, Director of the Office for UN Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic said that Prime Minister Ivo Sanader would lead the Croatian delegation to UNGA, although the final composition had not been approved. He said Croatia would f [...] |
2004-09-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1595 |
PROSECUTOR,S COOPERATION PLAN DRAWS ICTY SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Patrick Lopez-Terres, Chief of Investigations in the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, has expressed enthusiastic support for Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic,s initiative to pursue bilateral cooperation agreements between the state prosecutors of the countrie [...] |
2004-09-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1601 |
MESIC RE-ELECTION ALL BUT CERTAIN, HDZ IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As the most popular Croatian politician by a double-digit margin with no realistic opponent, President Stjepan Mesic is almost assured of coasting to re-election at year's end. Mesic has opposed key U.S. initiatives (troops to Iraq and Article 98), and is not expected [...] |
2004-09-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB1624 |
ICTY Indictees' Children Supported on Humanitarian [...] (SBU) State Secretary Tomislav Ivic of the Ministry of Veterans and Family told Embassy officers on September 13 that the Government's May 12 decision to give school allowances to the children of Croats indicted by The Hague-based War Crime Tribunal (ICTY) was based on "humanitarian considerat [...] |
2004-09-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1627 |
ENVIRONMENT COULD BE STICKING POINT IN CROATIA'S [...] (SBU) Environmental protection issues seem certain to be a major sticking point in Croatia's EU membership negotiations. With the European Commission playing an ever-smaller role in environmental policy priority setting, the chaotic distribution of environmental responsibility among Croatian [...] |
2004-09-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB1646 |
EMBASSY COMMENTS ON ICRAS RATING REVEIW FOR CROATIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Zagreb supports proposal to maintain Croatia's ICRAS rating on sovereign debt at the current C minus, and to increase the non-sovereign risk rating to C minus. 2. (SBU) While the fiscal and current account deficits warrant close monitoring, and the failure of Croatia to com [...] |
2004-09-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON HR |
| 04ZAGREB1661 |
ARMY TO DROP ICTY FUGITIVE'S WIFE FROM PAYROLL [...] (C) Clearly surprised and embarrassed by press revelations that fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina's wife had been granted a new position within the Croatian Armed Forces Joint Staff, Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on September 16 that the Ministry of Defense will "s [...] |
2004-09-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1665 |
CROATIA CONTINUES ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN [...] CROATIA HAS ENGAGED ACTIVELY IN A NUMBER OF NATO-RELATED ACTIVITIES DURING ITS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ADRIATIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION (JULY-DECEMBER 2004) AND HAS A FULL CALENDAR PLANNED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR (SEE PARA 2 BELOW). THE GOC KICKED OFF ITS CHAIRMANSHIP WITH AN INFORMAL PAR [...] |
2004-09-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1675 |
ICTY: SURPRISE OVER CERMAK/MARKAC, NO FANFARE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian government officials and political leaders expressed surprise and disappointment at the ICTY trial chamber's September 14 decision against provisional release of Generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak, particularly in the wake of their voluntary surrender to t [...] |
2004-09-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1678 |
CROATIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM UNITED AGAINST TROOPS [...] (SBU) President Bush's widely publicized written reply to Ambassador Neven Jurica on Jurica's presentation of credentials has united and solidified Croatia's diverse political parties in opposition to sending troops to Iraq or signing an Article 98 agreement with us. Although some commentator [...] |
2004-09-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KAWC HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1717 |
CROATIA,S INTEL SERVICE SHAKE UP EXPECTED TO [...] (S) With the confirmation of Veselko Grubisic as new Director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA), the GoC is asserting positive control over the intel services. Along with new chief of Counterintelligence Agency (POA) Josko Podbevsek, (named earlier this year), Grubisic should be more w [...] |
2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR PREL KAWC HR |
| 04ZAGREB1718 |
CROATIA ORGANIZING FOR PSI PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section Drazen Hrastic on September 13 to discuss ref B guidance on how Croatia could enhance its participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GoC hopes to have its PSI interagency process and points of contact settled by the [...] |
2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KTIA HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB172 |
CROATIA REQUEST UNDER AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF HR |
| 04ZAGREB1737 |
CROATIA FEARS POLITICKING OVER CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) As rhetoric on border questions between Slovenia and Croatia escalates before the October 3 Slovenian parliamentary election, Croatia calls for arbitration and rejects as blackmail recent Slovenian threats to use the EU card. The potential for violence is small, but each side will contin [...] |
2004-10-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL EFIS PHSA PGOV SENV SI HR |
| 04ZAGREB1741 |
CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DECOUPLE FISHING ZONE AND [...] (SBU) Croatia,s Fishing and Environmental Protection Zone (FEPZ) will enter into force in the Adriatic Sea on October 3. It will not apply to EU member states, thanks to a political concession Croatia made in the run-up to a decision on its EU candidate status in June (ref A). Despite GoC ef [...] |
2004-10-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI |
| 04ZAGREB1749 |
GOTOVINA SEARCH SEPTEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) The ongoing GoC search for ICTY fugitive Ante Gotovina hit the Croatian news last week with the arrest of four persons suspected of being part of Gotovina's support network and the retirement of Gotovina's wife, Dunja Gotovina, from the Croatian Armed Forces. Minister of Justice Vesna Ska [...] |
2004-10-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB1759 |
HUNGARY TAKES OVER AS CROATIA'S NATO CONTACT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB178 |
AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) In his introductory meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Andrija Hebrang, the Ambassador emphasized USG desire to help Croatia in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, our appreciation for the support of the new government to ratify the Intellectual Propert [...] |
2004-01-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO KIPR EAID KHIV HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB179 |
FASCISM FALLS OUT OF FASHION IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Until relatively recently, expressions of extreme nationalism were considered acceptable in Croatia's political and social dialogue. That seems to be changing. Croatians have gotten the message that extreme nationalism is incompatible with their ambitions of accession to Euro-Atlantic [...] |
2004-01-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB1801 |
GOC COMMITTED TO CLOSING REFUGEE PORTFOLIO; RECENT [...] (U) During his 29 SEP ) 2 OCT trip to Croatia, Assistant Secretary for PRM Arthur Dewey visited several refugee return SIPDIS sites - both trouble spots and successes - and heard that the barriers to additional returns include a lack of economic opportunity in the war-affected areas, bureauc [...] |
2004-10-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 04ZAGREB1803 |
CROATIA STILL OPEN TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Croatia remains open to a negotiated bilateral settlement on the Croatia-Slovenia maritime boundary despite press reports to the contrary. A much-hyped Slovenian proposal to avoid fishing incidents in the Adriatic has not yet been presented to the GoC. Two weeks after Slovenian parliamen [...] |
2004-10-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA SENV PREL HR SI |
| 04ZAGREB181 |
FM ZUZUL COMMITS TO FULL ICTY COOPERATION, [...] (C) FULL COOPERATION WITH ICTY: ON JANUARY 28, FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL GAVE AMBASSADOR FRANK A READ OUT OF HIS CONVERSATION IN STOCKHOLM EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE PROSPER. ZUZUL SAID THAT HE HAD COMMITTED THAT THE GOC WOULD "COMPLETELY COOPERATE O [...] |
2004-01-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
| 04ZAGREB1824 |
CROATIA ARMS CONTROL AND RACVIAC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered refs A & B messages to Drazen Hrastic, MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section on Sept. 21. Poloff also informed RACVIAC directly of the U.S. decision (ref B) to accept observer status on Oct. 11. Hrastic welcomed the RACVIAC decision and noted that the Dayton Arms Cont [...] |
2004-10-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR HR OSCE |
| 04ZAGREB1836 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF IP MOU STALLS: EC NOT THE [...] (SBU) The GOC has not yet taken action on legislative changes need to implement and bring into force the Intellectual Property MOU, finally ratified in March, despite Ministerial-level reassurances in September. European Commission officials have raised open-ended questions about the MOU in m [...] |
2004-10-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EU HR |
| 04ZAGREB1841 |
HDZ PICKS KOSOR, "DIGNIFIED" CAMPAIGN AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) announced on 17 October its nomination of Jadranka Kosor, Deputy PM and Minister of Family, Generational Solidarity and Veterans' Affairs (bio follows) as candidate for the presidential elections (ref A) currently planned fo [...] |
2004-10-22 07:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB1842 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS MERON RE-ELECTION TO ICTY [...] (U) The GOC has announced that it will support the re-election of Theodor Meron to the post of permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). When Poloff delivered reftel points October 14, MFA's director of UN affairs Ranko Vilovic highlighted the GO [...] |
2004-10-22 07:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM HR |
| 04ZAGREB1846 |
BLUE LANTERN UPDATE FOR CROATIA [...] Embassy Zagreb's principal Blue Lantern contact is Pol-Mil Officer Justin Friedman, tel 385-1-661-2341, fax 385-1-661-2178, email: friedmanj@state.gov. Friedman is expected to depart post in July 2006. 2. Embassy Zagreb uses a team approach for its Blue Lantern checks. Oversight of the [...] |
2004-10-22 07:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB185 |
COURT ORDERS TRANSFER OF IRAQ NATION BANK FUNDS TO [...] (U) THE COUNTY COURT OF ZAGREB SENT THE EMBASSY A COPY OF ITS DECISION, DATED JANUARY 27, ORDERING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE ACCOUNT OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ IN PRIVREDNA BANKA ZAGREB TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ. ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, THE FUNDS ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED VIA FE [...] |
2004-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ HR |
| 04ZAGREB1893 |
CROATIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON TRADE IN [...] Econoff discussed reftel demarche with Predraga Boic- Ljubic, Assistant Minister for International Trade, on October 22. We emphasized the U.S. desire to work cooperatively with the GOC to fight a common scourge, and noting that the USG has provided assistance to Croatian Customs through the [...] |
2004-10-29 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR HR |
| 04ZAGREB1895 |
CROATIA APPROVES DISTRIBUTION OF FORMER SFRY FMS [...] On October 28, the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided us with the diplomatic note (text para 2) approving of reftel proposed distribution of former SFRY FMS funds. We have faxed a copy of the note to EUR/SCE. 2. Begin Dipnote Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republ [...] |
2004-10-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KTFN HR |
| 04ZAGREB1936 |
BUSINESS AS "ZUZUL" - FM FACES CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Opposition parliamentarians today filed a motion for a vote of no-confidence in Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul after a week of swirling corruption accusations. Zuzul has denied all wrongdoing in the business deal at the center of the controversy, but the chief state pr [...] |
2004-11-08 16:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB1976 |
OPPOSITION SUPPORTS IMPROVED BILATERAL TIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As she did in her meetings with President Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader (septel), A/S Beth Jones stressed the importance of Croatia's role in NATO integration and stability in the region when she met November 11 with Social Democratic Party (SDP) president Ivica Raca [...] |
2004-11-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB1988 |
CROATIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Despite public statements that Croatia is ready to start and conclude EU membership negotiations, a lack of coordination has characterized the beginning of the process. The GoC has delayed naming its negotiating team until it receives a date to open negotiations. Though including NGOs [...] |
2004-11-17 10:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL ECON HR |
| 04ZAGREB2001 |
A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN [...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...] |
2004-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB2002 |
PRESIDENT MESIC KICKS UP DUST ON EUCOM MEMORANDUM [...] (C) President Mesic has kicked up some political dust over the EUCOM Memorandum of Understanding (signed in July) on using Croatian facilities and airspace for bilateral military exercises. Without objecting to the substance of the MoU, Mesic's office has asserted publicly that it was not in [...] |
2004-11-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA PINR HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB2004 |
EU INTEGRATION MINISTER HELPS AVERT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EU HR |
| 04ZAGREB2013 |
SANADER'S BELGRADE VISIT HAILED AS HISTORIC, [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Politicians and analysts from across nearly the entire political spectrum have praised PM Ivo Sanader's November 15 visit to Belgrade and his meetings with SAM President Svetozar Marovic and PM Vojislav Kostunica as a key step forward in post-war reconciliation. Accord [...] |
2004-11-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR HR |
| 04ZAGREB2041 |
CROATIA: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] In response to reftel, post provides the following, keyed to reftel questions: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: (1) - According to the MOD, military expenditures are audited in various ways. Commanders, heads of units and the Financial Section of the MOD are responsible for [...] |
2004-11-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID MARR HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB2044 |
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE UNDER FIRE FOR INTIMIDATION [...] (C) In recent weeks, the Counterintelligence Agency (POA) has been the focus of both media and parliamentary scrutiny because of its alleged intimidation of a journalist. Helen Puljiz alleges that the POA tried to blackmail her in an attempt to persuade her to collaborate with them and provide [...] |
2004-11-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR HR |
| 04ZAGREB2059 |
AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to tone down the anti-U.S. rhetoric that has been a major element of his reelection strategy thus far. Mesic and the Ambassador also discussed the impact of Croatia's NATO accession on presidential authority over the armed fo [...] |
2004-12-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KTIA HR |
| 04ZAGREB2060 |
(S) PM SANADER ASKS AMBASSADOR TO INTERVENE WITH [...] (S) Summary: PM Sanader and FM Zuzul asked Ambassador Frank and UK Ambassador Ramsden December 1 for assistance in persuading President Mesic to suspend seeking the dismissal of head of the Croatian Counter-Intelligence Agency Podbevsek, stating that his work was critical to the hunt for PIF [...] |
2004-12-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
| 04ZAGREB208 |
CROATIA HEARS US ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) On January 30, the Ambassador reviewed with Jadranka Kosor, Deputy Prime Minister, Croatia's record on trafficking in persons (TIP). Kosor acknowledged that Croatia will need to address the issue better, but otherwise offered little in substance other than to declare that she will be our [...] |
2004-02-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB2083 |
Minority Agreement Formalizes Protections [...] (SBU) During his historic visit to Belgrade on 15 November (Refs), PM Sanader and SAM PM Tadic signed an agreement on the protection of minorities in the two countries. Focused on the ethnic Croat and ethnic Serb minorities in each country, the agreement does not set out new protections, but [...] |
2004-12-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB2109 |
CROATIA REQUESTS US SUPPORT FOR LENIENCY ON KYOTO [...] On December 7, the Croatian MFA submitted a request by diplomatic note for U.S. support for a GoC application for leniency in carbon dioxide emissions ahead of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference currently ongoing in Buenos Aires. The GoC believes fulfilling its K [...] |
2004-12-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB2113 |
CROATIA FINALLY PROVIDES DATA EXCLUSIVITY; [...] (U) On December 3, the Croatian parliament passed an amendment to the Drug Law which provides data exclusivity (protection against other companies using clinical trial data provided to the government as a condition of marketing authorization). The protection lasts for six years after the dru [...] |
2004-12-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB2140 |
NEW CROATIAN INTEL CHIEF WANTS GOOD COOPERATION [...] (C) The scandal (reftels) surrounding the Counter Intelligence Agency (POA) has peaked with President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader agreeing to fire POA Chief Josko Podbevsek and nominate Tomislav Karamarko as his replacement. Prior to his successful confirmation hearings and official ins [...] |
2004-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
| 04ZAGREB2153 |
FM VISIT BOOSTS RUSSIA-CROATIA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to shore up Moscow's influence in this Brussels-leaning capital, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and FM Miomir Zuzul on his December 10 visit to Zagreb. Significant developm [...] |
2004-12-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS HR |
| 04ZAGREB2171 |
HIV/AIDS IN CROATIA: LOW PREVALENCE AND LOW [...] Croatia's few registered cases of HIV/AIDS and low knowledge about the disease and how it spreads translate into an HIV/AIDS strategy focused on prevention and education. Stigmatization continues be an obstacle, as alarmist press accounts beat out a small cadre of dedicated health professiona [...] |
2004-12-22 07:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PHUM PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB2196 |
2004 GMO AND BIOSAFETY DEVELOPMENTS IN CROATIA [...] Reftel requested an update on biosafety issues in preparation for the next meeting of the parties to the Cartagena Protocol. As an EU candidate country, Croatia will almost certainly follow the EC lead on any biosafety or GMO issue. Following is an overview of recent developments on these issu [...] |
2004-12-29 09:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO HR |
| 04ZAGREB2210 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - MESIC IN FIRST ROUND? [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Stjepan Mesic appears poised to win a second five-year mandate in the upcoming presidential election; the only question that remains is whether he will get the necessary 50 percent one vote in the first round on January 2 or face a second round against his near [...] |
2004-12-30 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB265 |
CROATIA CANDIDATE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] CROATIA PLANS TO RUN FOR A SEAT ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR THE PERIOD 2008-2009. ON FEBRUARY 5, ACTING HEAD OF THE MFA'S AMERICAS DEPARTMENT, ANDREA BEKIC, HANDED US A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCING THE GOC'S INTENTIONS. BEKIC SAID CROATIA WOULD APPRECIATE U.S. SUPPORT. WE TOLD HER WE W [...] |
2004-02-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR USUN |
| 04ZAGREB279 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS MARITIME, TOURISM,TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] Bozidar Kalmeta, Croatia's Minister of Maritime, Tourism, Transport and Development, said in his February 9 introductory meeting with the Ambassador that reconstruction of returning Serbs' homes and road building would be his two top priorities. The government would consider giving Bechtel a [...] |
2004-02-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON HR |
| 04ZAGREB280 |
NEW FINANCE MINISTER TALKS FISCAL DISCIPLINE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met new Finance Minister Ivan Suker February 10. Suker declared the government's intention to negotiate a new Standby Arrangement with the IMF -- apparently EU pressure caused the government to overcome earlier misgivings about another SBA. Such an agreement would mean [...] |
2004-02-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB288 |
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 301 REVIEW: INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) WE DO NOT CONCUR WITH THE PHRMA REQUEST TO MOVE CROATIA TO THE PRIORITY WATCH LIST SINCE THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S RECENT ACTIONS TO SECURE RATIFICATION OF THE 1998 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS MOU DEMONSTRATE A SERIOUS NEW COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED BY PHRMA. 2. (U) O [...] |
2004-02-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB300 |
CROATIA TRYING TO CONVINCE UK IT IS COOPERATING [...] (C) THE UK MAY BE EASING THE CRITERIA BY WHICH IT WILL MEASURE CROATIA'S COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). IN ADVANCE OF A FEBRUARY 11 VISIT BY FM ZUZUL TO LONDON, A BRITISH EMBASSY OFFICER INFORMED US THAT IF PM SANADER MAKES A CLEAR PUBLI [...] |
2004-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC HR UK |
| 04ZAGREB331 |
CROATIA KEEPS PUSHING ON LIBYA SHIP REFIT [...] (C) AS A FOLLOW ON THE PRESIDENT MESIC RAISING POTENTIAL LIBYAN SHIP REFIT CONTRACTS WITH SECRETARY RUMSFELD (REF A), PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR MASTRUKO PROVIDED US ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF THIS $120 MILLION PROJECT (REF B). THE $120 MILLION CONTRACT INCLUDES $7.5 [...] |
2004-02-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR LY HR |
| 04ZAGREB363 |
CROATIA'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION WOULD BLOCK TROOPS [...] (C) Ambassador Frank discussed a range of issues February 24 with former Prime Minister, SDP President and now opposition leader Ivica Racan, and thanked him for his efforts as Prime Minister to prepare Croatia for future NATO membership. Racan welcomed the thanks but cautioned that his now-o [...] |
2004-03-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB366 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UNDC [...] POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TO DRAZEN HRASTIC, HEAD OF THE COOPERATIVE SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON FEBRUARY 25. ON FEBRUARY 27, HRASTIC PROVIDED US WITH THE NON-PAPER RESPONSE IN PARA 2 SUPPORTING THE U.S. POSITION. HRASTIC SAID THAT THE CROATIAN MISSION TO [...] |
2004-03-03 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL HR UNDC CDG |
| 04ZAGREB380 |
CROATIAN PRESS REPORTS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS [...] (SBU) THE CROATIAN PRESS IS WIDELY REPORTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA HAS RECEIVED NEW SEALED ICTY INDICTMENTS FROM THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. THE GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO COMMENT, BUT THE PRESS CITES THAT SANADER AND OTHER HDZ LEADERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MANAGE POLITICAL FALLOUT BEFORE [...] |
2004-03-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC |
| 04ZAGREB382 |
AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES RATIFIED [...] (U) SUMMARY: LATE ON MARCH 3, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIED THE AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES AND ADOPTED A CONCLUSION COMMITTING THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION INTO $589 MILLION WHICH ARE "MISSING" FROM JOINT VENTURE BANK ACCOUNTS. CROATIA IS THE LAST COUNTRY OF THE F [...] |
2004-03-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN HR |
| 04ZAGREB387 |
SANADER GOVERNMENT DELIVERS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) Late on March 3, the Croatian parliament approved the Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Rights, which the GOC had signed in May 1998 but had never ratified. While the MOU does not go into effect until implementing regulations and laws are in force and diplomatic notes [...] |
2004-03-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB409 |
UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...] |
2004-03-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB410 |
SURVEY ON REFUGEE RETURN TO CROATIA [...] (C) Results of an extensive survey, financed jointly by USAID and the OSCE, show that only five percent of ethnic Serb refugees -- approximately 10,500 out of the estimated 210,000 ethnic Serbs from Croatia who are now in Serbia or Bosnia -- plan to return to Croatia in the next five years, an [...] |
2004-03-11 05:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB425 |
CROATIA'S NEW ICTY PIFWCS DEPART VOLUNTARILY FOR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 11, AS EXPECTED, RETIRED CROATIAN GENERALS MLADEN MARKAC AND IVAN CERMAK DEPARTED VOLUNTARILY FOR THE HAGUE TO FACE WAR CRIMES INDICTMENTS. PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT MARKAC AND CERMAK WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UPON ARRIVAL IN AMSTERDAM. ICTY ISSUED A STATEMENT WELCOMING CROATI [...] |
2004-03-12 05:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
| 04ZAGREB436 |
CROATIA'S UNCHR PRIORITIES [...] On February 25, we delivered reftel non-paper to Dubravka Simonovic, MFA Head of Department for Human Rights. In return, Simonovic provided us on March 12 with Croatia's priorities for the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (full text follows in para 3). She offered no specifi [...] |
2004-03-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HR UNHCR |
| 04ZAGREB454 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT MESIC'S PLANS TO [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PRESIDENT MESIC MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S UPCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND DELIVER POINTS CONCERNING U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA (REF A). MESIC DESCRIBED HIS THREE-COUNTRY TRIP, BEGINNING LATER THIS MONTH, INCLUDING STOPS IN QATAR, JORDAN, AND SYRIA. MESIC HA [...] |
2004-03-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR SY |
| 04ZAGREB456 |
ZAGREB AWAITS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS FOR BOSNIAN [...] (C) Croatia is expecting the imminent arrival of new indictments from ICTY against a series of Bosnian Croats for their actions in BiH in 1993-94. According to the press, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt met with likely indictees Milivoj Petkovic and Slobodan Praljak during the evening of [...] |
2004-03-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR BK |
| 04ZAGREB488 |
ICTY INDICTMENTS OF BOSNIAN CROATS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zuzul told the Ambassador on March 22 that the GoC would do everything it could to ensure Croatian citizens indicted by ICTY for crimes in Bosnia were transferred to The Hague, but could not guarantee that the process would go as smoothly as in the cases of Cermak and Mar [...] |
2004-03-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV BK HR |
| 04ZAGREB516 |
CHR-60: CROATIA ON CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) ON MARCH 23, THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS WITH BACKGROUND ON THE CHINA AND CUBA RESOLUTIONS (REFS A,C) AT THE CHR TO MFA STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER EQUIVALENT) BISCEVIC. AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THE U.S. PLACES IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND SOUGHT CROATIAN SUPPO [...] |
2004-03-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU HR UNCHR |
| 04ZAGREB533 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT MESIC CONCERNING REFIT [...] (C) ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR PASSED TO PRESIDENT MESIC REFTEL A POINTS CONCERNING REFIT OF THE LIBYAN VESSEL, "AL-MUNIJED," AND DCM FOLLOWED UP WITH MFA OFFICIALS ON MARCH 29. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD MESIC THAT THE U.S. HAD DECIDED NOT TO OBJECT TO THE REFIT OF THE "AL-MUNIJED" PROVIDED [...] |
2004-03-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC KSTC HR LY |
| 04ZAGREB543 |
NEW HDZ AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) CROATIA'S NEXT AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. WILL LIKELY BE NEVEN JURICA, CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. NEWS OF JURICA'S LIKELY APPOINTMENT WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS ON MARCH 28, AFTER HIS CANDIDACY HAD BEEN APPROVED BY WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONFIDENT [...] |
2004-03-31 04:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB552 |
MESIC PLEASED WITH MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (C) In a meeting on March 27 with the Ambassador arranged to discuss a Croatian proposal to refit a Libyan military vessel (ref), Croatian President Stipe Mesic spent most of his time discussing his recent visit to the Middle East. He said he had a very full schedule of meetings in Damascus [...] |
2004-04-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD HR QA IS SY |
| 04ZAGREB554 |
SERBS PLAYING POLITICAL HARDBALL ON RETURN ISSUES [...] (C) Disappointed with GOC implementation of promises to address refugee return issues, Serb politicians threatened on March 23 to withdraw their informal support for PM Sanader's government. Sanader responded immediately and met with Milorad Pupovac, one of three MPs representing the Serb min [...] |
2004-04-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB562 |
CROATIA: "EXPECT PROGRESS SOON" ON BILAT [...] (SBU) AS INSTRUCTED BY REFTEL, ON MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, WE AGAIN PRESSED RELEVANT MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS FOR A RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO THE PFP SOFA. 2. (SBU) ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER PJER SIMUNOVIC ASSERTED THAT THE SANADER GOVERNMENT HA [...] |
2004-04-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KTIA HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB578 |
BAD TEST RESULTS FORCE GMO ISSUE [...] (U) THE RECENT SCANDAL AROUND THE ALLEGED PRESENCE OF NON-APPROVED GMOS IN 14 FOOD SAMPLES HAS SPED THE ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS ON LABELING AND APPROVAL OF GMOS AND STIRRED PUBLIC DEBATE, EVEN THOUGH SUBSEQUENT TESTS FOUND THAT ONLY ONE OF THE SAMPLES HAD MORE THAN ONE PERCENT GMO CONTENT. TH [...] |
2004-04-05 05:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL HR |
| 04ZAGREB584 |
ZUZUL: NEW GOVERNMENT PUSHING AHEAD AS FAST AS IT [...] (C) The new Croatian government is doing everything it can to keep its EU and NATO bids on track and forge better ties with the U.S. Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul conveyed confidence in a dinner on April 1 with the Ambassador and EUR/SCE Director Chuck English. He said the Prime Minister's [...] |
2004-04-05 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB598 |
CROATIA SENDS SIX TO ICTY [...] (C) On April 5, the Government of Croatia put six new Bosnian-Croat ICTY indictees onto a regularly scheduled commercial flight to Amsterdam. Notwithstanding a minor misunderstanding regarding the late notice given the GoC regarding one of the six, ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio describes [...] |
2004-04-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
| 04ZAGREB627 |
THE ECONOMY -- SANADER GOVERNMENT'S ACHILLES HEEL? [...] (C) While the Sanader government has scored points on the foreign policy and political fronts, it is faltering on the economic front. The government inherited certain economic weaknesses, further handicapped itself with slavish campaign promises, then shot itself in the foot with weak appoint [...] |
2004-04-09 05:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HR |
| 04ZAGREB678 |
CROATIA PROPOSES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQ, SEEKS [...] SEE ACTION REQUESTS IN PARAS 2 AND 3. 2. (SBU) ON APRIL 16, MFA NATO COORDINATOR PJER SIMUNOVIC TOLD DCM THAT THE GOC HAD DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO RESPOND TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD,S REQUEST THAT CROATIA MAKE A SIPDIS CONTRIBUTION TO COALITION EFFORTS IN IRAQ. SIMUNOVIC SAID THE GOC PR [...] |
2004-04-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IZ HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB71 |
CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...] |
2004-01-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB737 |
IMF MISSION DIRECTOR OPTIMISTIC; GOC PLANNING [...] (C) The recent visit of IMF Mission Director to Zagreb showed that there is political will (for the moment) to conclude a Standby Agreement, but considerable political blood will have to be spilled along the way. While the government is figuring out how to backtrack on promises to the pensio [...] |
2004-04-24 22:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SOCI HR |
| 04ZAGREB766 |
THE SANADER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST SEMESTER -- OFF TO [...] (C) PM Ivo Sanader's furious, almost frantic, pace for his first 100 days in office has produced positive results. Most of his government's energy has been focused on foreign policy, where Sanader and his closest associates had to work quickly to convince the skeptics of the "new HDZ" who are [...] |
2004-04-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 04ZAGREB781 |
CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN PRESS. ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT [...] |
2004-04-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KPAO HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB817 |
FM ZUZUL SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON GOTOVINA [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER MIOMIR ZUZUL SOUGHT A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRANK TO EXPRESS HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE U.S. POSITION CONDITIONING SUPPORT FOR CROATIA'S NATO ENTRY ON THE ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE ANTE GOTOVINA (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR FRANK RESPONDED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SURP [...] |
2004-05-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR |
| 04ZAGREB834 |
CROATIAN OFFICIALS REACT TO NATO REVIEW [...] (C) GoC officials were both encouraged and disappointed with their second annual review by NATO's North Atlantic Council of Croatia's progress towards membership. They were encouraged by new optimism about Croatia expressed by many allies, citing that the International Staff's report noted p [...] |
2004-05-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL HR NATO |
| 04ZAGREB842 |
CROATIA HESITANT, BUT WILLING TO EXPAND ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) CROATIA REMAINS HESITANT TO INCLUDE SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAY 19 - 20 ADRIATIC CHARTER PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION MEETING. WE DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO PJER SIMUNOVIC, CROATIA'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR NATO ISSUES. SIMUNOVIC SA [...] |
2004-05-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL HR NATO |