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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08ZAGREB352 |
FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES - CROATIA PROJECTS [...] Per refs, Post is pleased to propose its submission for project funding through the Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees FY 2008. Our two-part project is targeted at providing immediate assistance to aid in the reintegration of primarily ethnic Serb returnees in disadvantaged and isolated regions o [...] |
2008-05-06 06:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID PGOV HR REFUGEES |
| 08ZAGREB353 |
DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan of the Department for the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. The GOC provided no substantive response, but acknowledged its relevant experts were aware of the U.S. position regarding Burma. Bradtke [...] |
2008-05-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM HR |
| 08ZAGREB357 |
DEPUTY PM UZELAC ASSURES PROGRESS WILL BE MADE ON [...] SUMMARY: In an April 25 meeting with representatives of the international community, recently appointed Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac promised significant progress in the promotion of refugee returns in the immediate future. Uzelac, the Croatian Serb minority party's representative in [...] |
2008-05-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC REFUGEES |
| 08ZAGREB358 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 6, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIA COMPLETES ACCESSION TALKS WITH NATO: Croatia completed its accession talks with NATO on May 7. This second and final round of membership negotiations focused on the security, legal and financial requirements of the alliance. As Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic, who was [...] |
2008-05-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR HR |
| 08ZAGREB359 |
GOC EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan of the Department for the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on 06 May 2008. According to Dogan, Croatian Permanent Representative to the UN Neven Jurica has expressed support for the resolution. [...] |
2008-05-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW HR |
| 08ZAGREB36 |
CROATIA TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF LET-4 [...] (S) Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche on January 17 to Tihomir Lulic, 1267 coordinator at the Croatian MFA. Lulic expressed appreciation for the advance notice and said he was certain that Croatia would support this designation. 2. (S) Comment: Post believes that Croatia, as a new UNSC [...] |
2008-01-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC HR |
| 08ZAGREB360 |
CROATIA: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB361 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE TO [...] I am delighted that you will be coming to Zagreb to mark the closing of our AID Mission here after nearly 16 years. During that period, with our assistance and the help of the international community, Croatia has made remarkable progress. Croatia has resisted the temptation of nationalist an [...] |
2008-05-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB363 |
CROATIAN ECONOMY MINISTER POSITIVE ABOUT VIENNA [...] Ambassador met with Croatian Deputy PM and Minister of Economy Damir Polancec on May 8 to discuss the Vienna Trade and Investment Conference and other follow up to the President's April commitment to Croatian PM Sanader to seek ways to bolster trade and investment between the U.S. and Croatia. [...] |
2008-05-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP CVIA EAID EINV HR |
| 08ZAGREB365 |
CROATIA: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB366 |
CROATIA SENSITIZED TO NATO INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on May 8 to MFA head of Arms Control and Disarmament Section Mirko Capjak, who will be part of Croatian delegation at Dublin negotiating session this month. Capjak was previously [...] |
2008-05-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO HR |
| 08ZAGREB382 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 21, 2008 [...] (U)USAID/CROATIA CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP: More than 450 people from all over Croatia attended a closing ceremony celebrating Croatia's graduation from SEED assistance held in Zagreb on May 15. Many of the attendees traveled from cities throughout Croatia where USAID has worked, an [...] |
2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB383 |
CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ HR |
| 08ZAGREB384 |
CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Pjer Simunovic, assistant minister, Directorate for International Organizations and Security. Simunovic was joined by Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, head of Section for Peace Support Operations, and Ivana Zivkovic Mikec, counsellor in the Directorate for Intern [...] |
2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ HR |
| 08ZAGREB385 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 14, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS ADRIATIC SHIELD 08: Croatia hosted the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise ADRIATIC SHIELD 08 in Rijeka 12-14 May 2008, with the active participation of the USS CARNEY. The event tested the efficiency of relevant procedures and the level of preparedness of nati [...] |
2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ICTY MARR ECON HR |
| 08ZAGREB40 |
CROATIA TO NAME FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a January 21 meeting, Prime Minister Sanader informed the Ambassador that he and President Mesic had agreed that former Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic would be the new Croatian Ambassador to the United States, replacing Neven Jurica who is moving to New York as Croatia's [...] |
2008-01-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR US HR |
| 08ZAGREB401 |
CROATIA INFORMED OF US CANDIDATE FOR FAO/WHO CODEX [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 10:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HR |
| 08ZAGREB404 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 29, 2008 [...] (U) REGIONAL COOPERATION EFFORTS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT BRING RESULTS...: Croatia hosted a pair of meetings aimed at promoting greater cross-border cooperation during May. On May 5, in Dubrovnik, under the framework of the Mount Igman Initiative, officials from the Dubrovnik region in Croatia [...] |
2008-05-30 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB409 |
CONCERT BY NATIONALIST POP SINGER PASSES WITHOUT INCIDENT [...] (U) The controversial Croatian pop singer Marko Perkovic Thompson's concert on Zagreb's central square on May 30 passed without serious incident or any significant presence of the Ustasha (neo-Nazi) insignia that had appeared among his audiences in earlier performances. The concert, organized [...] |
2008-06-03 11:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB41 |
BRANKO VUKELIC, NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Among the more controversial appointments made in the forming of the new Croatian government on January 12 was the naming of former Economy Minister Branko Vukelic as Croatia's new Minister of Defense. Vukelic's tenure as Economy Minister was not viewed as among the more successful per [...] |
2008-01-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR MARR HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB410 |
CROATIAN GENERAL CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES, ANOTHER GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 30 May, Zagreb's County Court returned verdicts against Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in domestic courts. Both men were accused of commanding troops who killed 28 civilians and POWs and [...] |
2008-06-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB411 |
CONVALIDATION OF PENSIONS IN FORMER OCCUPIED SERB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac, the highest ranking Croatian Serb in the government, appears to be making some progress toward solving problems related to the return of Serbs who fled Croatia at the end of the war. On May 17th, 2008, the Croatian Government published a Rul [...] |
2008-06-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC SR |
| 08ZAGREB413 |
LARGE CROATIAN SERB GATHERING GOES SMOOTHLY, UNTIL [...] (U) On May 30, the Serbian National Council (SNV) of Croatia convened the largest political gathering of Serbs in Croatia since independence, assembling some 1800 delegates from Serb minority councils across Croatia in Zagreb's main concert hall. The objective of the assembly, according to co [...] |
2008-06-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SR BK |
| 08ZAGREB419 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC ENGLAND DINNER WITH DEFMIN [...] (C) Sir, this is Minister Vukelic,s second trip to the U.S. since his appointment in January as Minister of Defense in the new Croatian government. Though his tenure as Minister of Economy in the previous government was unremarkable, in his short time as Minister of Defense he has brought a l [...] |
2008-06-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB42 |
GORDAN JANDROKOVIC, CROATIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) In a new Croatian government that consists largely of too familiar faces (reftels), perhaps the most important new face, certainly for U.S. engagement with Croatia, belongs to new Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic. From 2004 to the present, Jandrokovic was chair of the Croatian parliame [...] |
2008-01-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB420 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 5, 2008 [...] (U) RIJEKA SYNAGOGUE OFFICIALLY OPENED: Last week, the Jewish community of Rijeka formally re-opened its synagogue after 15 years of reconstruction work. Vlado Kon, President of the Rijeka Jewish Community noted that this is the only synagogue in Croatia that has kept its original function [...] |
2008-06-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAGR ETRD KCRM EUC HR |
| 08ZAGREB421 |
GOC RECEIVES TIER ONE TIP SCORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY [...] On July 3rd, per REFTEL, POLOFF delivered news of Croatia's upgraded TIER 1 rating to TIP National Coordinator Luka Maderic, who also serves as the Head of the Government Office of Human Rights. The GoC enthusiastically received the news of Croatia's full compliance with the minimum standards [...] |
2008-06-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL HR TRAFFICKING |
| 08ZAGREB426 |
VISIT OF S/WCI WILLIAMSON TO ZAGREB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Clint Williamson visited Zagreb on June 2. He met with Assistant Justice Minister Markotic to discuss the status of Croatian cooperation with the ICTY. Markotic defended Croatia against recent claims by the ICTY prosecutor that the GoC is only [...] |
2008-06-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB437 |
CROATIA LEANING TOWARD CANADIAN IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel (A) points last week to Andrej Dogan from the Department of the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. On June 11, Dogan informed Post that the GOC would not be supporting International Organization for Migration Direc [...] |
2008-06-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SMIG AORC HR |
| 08ZAGREB445 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) IN ABSENTIA WAR CRIMES CONVICTION "UPHELD": This week the Split County Court sentenced former Serb police commander Mitar Arambasic to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes. Arambasic, who was extradited from the U.S. in 2006, was retried by the same judge who had convicted him in absenti [...] |
2008-06-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB456 |
OSCE HDIM: NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR CROATIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HR OSCE |
| 08ZAGREB46 |
AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 21 MEETING WITH PM SANADER [...] (C) Summary. During a January 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister reviewed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the PM's intention to invite President Bush to visit after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the prospects for an invitation at Bucharest to join NATO, key items [...] |
2008-01-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR EAIR HR MK KV NATO |
| 08ZAGREB462 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
| 08ZAGREB463 |
US PRIORITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD |
| 08ZAGREB464 |
FM JANDROKOVIC'S EXPECTATIONS FOR JULY 1 MEETING [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said he was looking forward to his first to Washington as Foreign Minister as an opportunity to discuss both bilateral and regional issues. Jandrokovic discussed efforts to strengthen the bilateral economic [...] |
2008-06-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS MARR EFIN HR |
| 08ZAGREB465 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 19, 2008 [...] (U) MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO MINNESOTA, WASHINGTON DC: Croatian Minister of Defense Branko Vukelic headed a delegation that consisted of State Secretary Zejlko Gorsuc, Deputy Chief of Defense LTG Slavko Baric, and Army Commander LTG Mladen Kruljac on a visit to Minnesota and Washington DC. The [...] |
2008-06-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PHUM PREF EAIR PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB466 |
IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: RAISING NEW INA INVESTMENT IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-20 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB468 |
GOC COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HOUSING TO RETURNEES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac continues his active engagement (REFS) to address outstanding refugee return issues in Croatia. During a June 16th, 2008 meeting between senior representatives of the European Commission, UNHCR, U.S. Embassy, and the Zagreb based office of t [...] |
2008-06-23 11:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HR CROATIA PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES |
| 08ZAGREB47 |
Croatia's 2007 End Use Monitoring Report [...] As per reftel, Post is pleased to provide INL with its End Use Monitoring Report. INL programs in-country during the year include the ICITAP program and Post's War Crimes Project. A. PROCEDURES For provision of equipment ICITAP and the GOC's Ministry of Interior jointly sign a donation le [...] |
2008-01-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM AFIN SNAR HR |
| 08ZAGREB472 |
US PRIORITIES FOR INT'L WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-24 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD HR |
| 08ZAGREB476 |
REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE [...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...] |
2008-06-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NATO PREL UNGA |
| 08ZAGREB48 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2008 [...] (U) EMBASSY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ROMA REFUGEES: On January 18, the DCM visited the village of Petrinjci near Sisak to deliver a donation from the U.S. Ambassador's Refugee Fund to seven Roma families. The donation, worth 50,000 Kuna ($10,000), provides legal assistance plus sma [...] |
2008-01-24 09:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON HR |
| 08ZAGREB481 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 26, 2008 [...] (U) FIVE OF CROATIA'S TOP TEN JUDGES ARE USG-TRAINED: Croatia's biggest newsweekly "Globus" highlighted in this week's issue the country's ten most respected judges -- individuals who have advanced the rule of law in Croatia by making groundbreaking rulings against war criminals, organized cr [...] |
2008-06-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB485 |
IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INA CEO COMMENTS ON [...] Following up his meeting with Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic (reftel), Ambassador spoke with INA CEO Dragicevic on June 24 regarding INA's activities in Iran. Citing a June 23 Xinhua wire service report of the announcement of INA exploration in Iran, the Ambassador stressed that while [...] |
2008-06-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB49 |
CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II) [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
| 08ZAGREB492 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 2, 2008 [...] (U) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE DEMONSTRATES CROATIA'S READINESS FOR NATO: On June 26 approximately 1800 troops from Croatia, the US, Macedonia and Albania took part in a complex military exercise, "Adriatic Aurora," at the Croatian military's Gasinci base in eastern Slavonia. The troops, [...] |
2008-07-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PHUM KPAO PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB50 |
CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I) [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...] |
2008-01-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
| 08ZAGREB504 |
U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR |
| 08ZAGREB505 |
U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF KUWAIT-BASED CHARITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KU HR |
| 08ZAGREB506 |
NO RESPONSE FROM CROATIA ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO WHO HR |
| 08ZAGREB507 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR HR |
| 08ZAGREB510 |
DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS LE SY HR |
| 08ZAGREB517 |
ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11 [...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...] |
2008-07-14 09:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
| 08ZAGREB52 |
(C) DELIVERED: HCOC "INREACH" RE ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCR PREL TSPA HR |
| 08ZAGREB523 |
CROATIAN SABOR APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA [...] (U) By a vote of 121-1,the Croatian Sabor (Parliament) approved on July 15 the Supplemental Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, which was signed in April of this year. The Sabor approved the agreement under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority, after a determination by [...] |
2008-07-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB53 |
DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC IR HR |
| 08ZAGREB538 |
ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 18 [...] (U) CROATIAN SABOR SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENTS TO PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS: ISAF, KFOR AND CHAD: In its final sitting prior to the summer recess, the Croatian Sabor voted overwhlemingly to continue its support for the participation of the Croatian Armed Forces in a variety of multilateral peacekeepin [...] |
2008-07-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV MARR HR |
| 08ZAGREB545 |
THE EU TRUMPS THE CHURCH: GOC BUCKS CHURCH OPPOSITION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian parliament on July 10 adopted Croatia's first comprehensive anti-discrimination law, despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church and conservative local NGOs. The Law on Suppression of Discrimination is a piece of "umbrella" legislation that prohibits discrimin [...] |
2008-07-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB548 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM IR HR |
| 08ZAGREB554 |
CROATIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] (C) After an April visit to Croatian Army logistics facilities to discuss the destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (ref A), the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MOD) sent a formal letter on June 11 requesting USG assistance in destroying 929 of the app [...] |
2008-07-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB555 |
NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER HR |
| 08ZAGREB556 |
ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 25 [...] (U) ONE MORE CHAPTER CLOSED, ONE MORE OPENED IN EU ACCESSION TALKS: At its first negotiating session under the French EU Presidency in Brussels, on July 25, Croatia will close the negotiating chapter on Enterprise and Industrial Policy, and open negotiations on the Free Movement of Goods chapt [...] |
2008-07-25 09:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV MARR HR |
| 08ZAGREB557 |
CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR |
| 08ZAGREB562 |
CROATIAN ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoC has initiated a process to produce a comprehensive energy strategy, allegedly as early as this fall. But it appears that at this point there is no consensus on what the country's priorities should be in this sector. In the meantime, considerable attention has centered o [...] |
2008-07-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB563 |
POLICE CHIEF BENKO CRITICAL OF INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 25 courtesy call with incoming Poloff, Director of Police Marijan Benko expressed deep frustration with his boss, Interior Minister Roncevic, over moves that weaken Benko's position within the Ministry. Benko said he was irritated by Roncevic's requirement for him to rea [...] |
2008-07-30 07:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCRM HR |
| 08ZAGREB566 |
CROATIAN POLICE FIGHTING IPR PIRACY BUT OUTMATCHED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian police actively pursue intellectual property pirates and have achieved some successes at raids and seizures, especially of smaller operations. However, police officials cite technological challenges and the global nature of the problem as major obstacles to further [...] |
2008-07-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT KIPR HR |
| 08ZAGREB568 |
2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] In response to reftel, paragraphs 2 and 3 provide Post's proposed language for Croatia for the 2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. There are no new investment disputes for inclusion in the report this year. 2. More than two hundred United States persons of Croatian d [...] |
2008-07-30 14:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE HR |
| 08ZAGREB573 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR |
| 08ZAGREB574 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 08:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS |
| 08ZAGREB575 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP HR |
| 08ZAGREB576 |
CROATIA SIGNS IMPLEMENTING ARRANGMENT FOR MANPADS [...] (U) On July 30 the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and post signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) for the destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (refs B-E). In the IA the MOD agreed to destroy 929 of their approximately 2,900 SA 7 Strela missiles [...] |
2008-08-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB579 |
ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 1 [...] (U) WITNESS SUPPORT PROJECT ACHIEVING SUCCESS: In a recent meeting, UNDP officials announced that their pilot program to provide witness support services in three county courts and the Zagreb municipal court assisted more than 100 witnesses in serious crimes trials during its first three mon [...] |
2008-08-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KHDP MASS MARR PARM HR |
| 08ZAGREB581 |
CROATIA'S ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HR |
| 08ZAGREB585 |
DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI HR |
| 08ZAGREB590 |
ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 8 [...] TRADING BARBS OVER OPERATION STORM: Croatia celebrated Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day on August 5, the 13th anniversary of Operation Storm, which liberated Serb-held territories of Croatia. Criticism of the holiday from Serbian and Bosnian-Serb leaders received extensive media attenti [...] |
2008-08-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID HR |
| 08ZAGREB595 |
TFGG01: DEMARCHE TO CROATIA ON GEORGIA UNSC [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on the morning of August 12. Matek noted that he had received the French draft resolution and confirmed that the text was in line with the Croatian position. Matek d [...] |
2008-08-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GE PREL PBTS HR |
| 08ZAGREB597 |
SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. EUCOM,S MEETING [...] (C) Sir, this is the first meeting since Croatia,s NATO accession protocols were signed. Your host, General Josip Lucic (LOOT-zitch) was unexpectedly reappointed for an unprecedented second five-year term as CHOD in January of this year. Lucic is President Mesic,s most trusted military advis [...] |
2008-08-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
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ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 15 [...] (SBU) CROATIA MOVES AHEAD WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed this week Croatia's willingness to accept the terms and conditions for the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). This will allow the GOC to move ahead on receiving [...] |
2008-08-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ELTN PHUM MARR MASS HR |
| 08ZAGREB602 |
TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...] |
2008-08-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS |
| 08ZAGREB61 |
SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CROATIAN SOFA [...] (SBU) After two years of difficult negotiations and a brief delay during the Croatian elections, the Croatian Government finally appears ready to sign our bilateral Status of Forces Agreement. I strongly recommend that the signing ceremony take place during the visit of the new Croatian Def [...] |
2008-01-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR |
| 08ZAGREB615 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 22, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA COMPLETES PROCEDURES FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF SOFA: In a Diplomatic Note dated August 20, the Croatian Government has informed the Department that all internal Croatian procedures for entry into force of the bilateral US-Croatia Status of Forces Agreement have been completed. This [...] |
2008-08-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB62 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW FM GORDAN [...] SUMMARY: New FM Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on January 25 that Croatia remains committed to close cooperation with the US, and would continue to strive to promote stability in its region. He confirmed Croatia's intention to recognize Kosovo's independence. He stressed the GoC's awarenes [...] |
2008-01-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO UNSC HR |
| 08ZAGREB620 |
CROATIA WILLING TO PROCEED WITH EXPANSION OF THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Pol officer discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter on August 22 with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue cooperation with the A-3 countries as well as with other potential new members. T [...] |
2008-08-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL MK HR |
| 08ZAGREB622 |
CROATIA WILL SUPPORT US AND EU POSITIONS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RU HR |
| 08ZAGREB624 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2008 [...] (U) IT'S THE ECONOMY....BACK FROM THE BEACH, THE GOC SETS PRIORITIES FOR REST OF 2008: On August 26, in his first press conference after the government's summer recess, PM Sanader spoke on the GOC's plans to curb inflation, privatize shipyards, and gain momentum in EU accession negotiations. [...] |
2008-08-29 09:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KCRM HR |
| 08ZAGREB626 |
CROATIA ALSO OPPOSES SERBIAN EFFORT TO REFER [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel message to Neven Mikec, Chief of Staff at the Croatian Foreign Ministry, on August 28. Mikec noted that Croatia had received a letter from Serbian FM Jeremic describing Serbia's proposal to refer the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court o [...] |
2008-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV SR HR |
| 08ZAGREB629 |
CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES [...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...] |
2008-09-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR |
| 08ZAGREB630 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (SBU) RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL VISIT TO DISCUSS GAZPROM CONTRACT AND DRUZBA ADRIA PROJECT: On September 24 Croatia will meet with Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu to begin preparations for a meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientifi [...] |
2008-09-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB631 |
EMBASSY ZAGREB WARMLY WELCOMES DAS JONES [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Stu Jones on September 10, 2008, for consultations with embassy and host government. --CONTROL OFFICER -- 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Chris Zimmer. Embassy telephone number is (385) (1) 661-2200; Mr. Zimmer's [...] |
2008-09-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR |
| 08ZAGREB639 |
CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF US PRIORITIES IN UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN HR |
| 08ZAGREB64 |
CROATIAN ECONOMY - THE DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES [...] Summary: Croatia's economy grew strongly in 2007, with most analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 5.9 percent. Fueled largely by increased consumption, government revenues also grew at a better-than-expected rate, rising nearly 15 percent. The government's fiscal deficit is expected to [...] |
2008-01-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB640 |
CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRAN'S [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga and Ivana Djerek of the Department for International Security at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. While neither provided a specific response to the non-paper, they did express the GOC's continued suppo [...] |
2008-09-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC HR PREL |
| 08ZAGREB641 |
GOC REQUESTS DELAY OF OR CAVEAT TO IASA CAT 2 LISTING [...] Croatian Minister of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure Bozidar Kalmeta requested a meeting with the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss the upcoming release of the FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating for Croatia. The Minister asked the Ambassador if the expected announ [...] |
2008-09-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB646 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 [...] (U) WITH A SLOWED PACE OF REFORMS, CROATIA DROPS IN "DOING BUSINESS 2009" RANKINGS: In its "Doing Business 2008" report a year ago, the World Bank ranked Croatia 2nd among top reformers worldwide and 97th for overall ease of doing business. In "Doing Business 2009," however, Croatia does not [...] |
2008-09-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON HR |
| 08ZAGREB647 |
GOC OFFERS VISIT TO U.S. TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON CIVIL [...] Senior Croatian government officials contacted the Ambassador on 11 September to again express concern about the upcoming FAA release of Croatia's International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Category 2 rating. They said that Transport Minister Kalmeta was ready to travel to Washington imme [...] |
2008-09-12 08:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB65 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Sabor President Luka Bebic strongly endorses all of PM Sanader's priorities, including close cooperation with the US, a strong desire to join NATO, and an eagerness to play a constructive role in the region. He said the Sabor should shortly take up several pieces of legisla [...] |
2008-01-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB655 |
EUR DAS JONES MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GORDAN [...] (C) EUR DAS Stuart Jones visited Zagreb on September 10 and met with Croatian FM Gordan Jandrokovic. Jandrokovic opened the meeting by stressing that Croatia's top foreign policy priorities are NATO membership, EU accession, and establishing good relations with its neighbors. Jandrokovic tha [...] |
2008-09-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB659 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S VISIT TO [...] (C) Sir, yours is the highest level visit since President and Mrs. Bush, and Secretary Rice visited after the Bucharest Summit in April 2008. Since that time, Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of [...] |
2008-09-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB660 |
CROATIAN MINISTER OF AG TO ATTEND EGYPT'S [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU HR |
| 08ZAGREB661 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (U) HUNGARY IS FIRST NATO MEMBER TO RATIFY CROATIAN AND ALBANIAN ACCESSION: The Hungarian Parliament on September 15 voted overwhelmingly in favor of Croatia's and Albania's Accession Protocol, making Hungary the first NATO member state to approve this round of NATO enlargement. having serve [...] |
2008-09-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB662 |
CROATIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On September 17, Poloff delivered reftel requesting support for UNAIDS Executive Director candidate Michel Sidibe to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. Vukovic thanked us for the information on the candidate, indicated the MFA would take note of the US position, and said that his [...] |
2008-09-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA EAID KHIV HR |
| 08ZAGREB668 |
CROATIAN RESPONSE TO NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 22 discussed reftel points on the potential Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) meeting with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said she would pass on to the Croatian Mission to NATO before September 23 our request that c [...] |
2008-09-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL GG RS HR |
| 08ZAGREB67 |
Croatia's 2007 End Use Monitoring Report [...] In November, 2007 ICITAP donated a Volkswagen Passat to the Office for the Suppression of Organized Crime and Corruption in the State Prosecutor's Office. The vehicle has 90,000 km and is in very good condition. The vehicle, the only one owned by the office, is being used for prosecutors to t [...] |
2008-01-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM AFIN SNAR HR |
| 08ZAGREB672 |
GOC WILL SUPPORT "LIKE-MINDED" IN OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC HR GG |
| 08ZAGREB673 |
CROATIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points to Mario Horvatic, Croatia's representative to the IAEA Board of Governors. Horvatic indicated the GOC has not conveyed to him its official position regarding the candidacies of Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. He noted his personal preference that neither Syria [...] |
2008-09-24 05:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA PARM MNUC HR PREL |
| 08ZAGREB674 |
CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...] |
2008-09-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK |
| 08ZAGREB676 |
CROATIA CIVAIR: FAA LETTER DELIVERED TO GOC WITH RESULTS [...] Per reftel, Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer delivered the letter from the Director of FAA Flight Standards Service to State Secretary Drazen Breglec on September 24, and informed him of the imminent release of Croatia's IASA Category 2 rating. Emboffs urged him to keep the embassy appraise [...] |
2008-09-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON HR |
| 08ZAGREB68 |
NEVEN JURICA CONFIRMED AS NEW CROATIAN PERMREP TO [...] (U) On January 28, the Croatian Sabor's Foreign Affairs Committee gave positive consideration to the government's nomination of current Croatian Ambassador to the United States Neven Jurica as Croatia's new UN Permanent Representative, and reassignment of Croatia's current Perm Rep in New York [...] |
2008-01-31 10:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB680 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO NATO APPROVED BY US SENATE: News of the U.S. Senate's vote late in the evening of September 25 to provide advice and consent to the NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania arrived too late to make it into most of the Croatian media. It should be a lead stor [...] |
2008-09-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAIR HR |
| 08ZAGREB681 |
RUSSIAN MINISTER VISITS CROATIA TO DISCUSS SOUTH STREAM [...] (U) Russian Emergency Situations Minister Dmitri Shoigu visited Zagreb on September 22 for a brief one-hour meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec. The goal of the visit was reportedly to discuss preparations for an upcoming meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Technical [...] |
2008-09-29 08:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV HR RS |
| 08ZAGREB688 |
CROATIAN LEADERS FOCUS ON REGIONAL ISSUES DURING [...] (C) Summary: During his September 29 visit to Zagreb, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England discussed regional and military issues with Prime Minister Sanader, President Mesic, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, and Defense Minister Vukelic. Sanader thanked the USG for its help on NATO acces [...] |
2008-10-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB689 |
NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-02 11:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CDG UNGA HR |
| 08ZAGREB69 |
ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS [...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...] |
2008-01-31 10:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB690 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 2, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL DoD VISITORS: Croatia hosted two senior-level visits from the Department of Defense over the past week. First, on September 25-27, Croatian Chief of Defense General Josip Lucic hosted a gathering of CHODs from the Adriatic Charter and several other European and NA [...] |
2008-10-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB694 |
CROATIA ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING AFGHAN [...] (C) Pol officer discussed reftel points in a meeting at the Croatian Foreign Ministry with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department and Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, Head for Peace Support Operations. Nakic noted that earlier this year the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) had authorized an increase in Cr [...] |
2008-10-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATEU MOPS MARR EAID AF HR |
| 08ZAGREB70 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 30, 2008 [...] (U) US Supports Mine Risk Children's Book: Through PM/NADR demining funds, Post supported the development of a children's comic book for distribution in Croatia's schools. The project employed teen artists and writers to educate youth about the dangers of mines, which still remain a threat [...] |
2008-01-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB700 |
CROATIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV HR |
| 08ZAGREB704 |
PRIME MINISTER REPLACES JUSTICE AND INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An apparent mob hit killed the daughter of a prominent local lawyer on a downtown street in broad daylight on October 6. In reaction, Prime Minister Sanader has replaced Croatia's Justice and Interior Ministers, as well as the country's Director General of the Police. The brazen [...] |
2008-10-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HR |
| 08ZAGREB705 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, USECOM'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Sir, your visit comes almost on the heels of the visits of DEPSECDEF, COMNAVEUR, and DCOM, USEUCOM. Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of 300 soldiers on the ground. There are 277 Croatian so [...] |
2008-10-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSEREFORM |
| 08ZAGREB707 |
REFUGEE RETURNS: MISSED BENCHMARKS BUT CONTINUED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a September 17 meeting with ambassadorial-level representatives of the international community (IC), the Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management, Petar Cobankovic, renewed the GOC's commitment to complete the process of resettling former occupancy/tenancy [...] |
2008-10-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES HR CROATIA |
| 08ZAGREB713 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 10, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIA: AMERICAN EXPERT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES IS AN ASSET TO CROATIAN PROSECTORS: As part of IIP's Strategic Speaker Initiative, Judith Kozlowski, Chief Counsel at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), spent three days meeting with Croatian prosecutors, police, judges, the me [...] |
2008-10-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB721 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, U.S. JOINT FORCES [...] (C) Sir, you will meet General Lucic (LOOT-Zitch) at your headquarters the week prior to your visit to Croatia. As of this writing, the itinerary for your time in Croatia has not been finalized. I expect, however, that your meetings in Zagreb will mirror the meetings SACEUR had while he was h [...] |
2008-10-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR KPAO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL DEFENSEREFORM |
| 08ZAGREB726 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 16, 2008 [...] (U) NEW MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND JUSTICE SWORN IN: New Minister of Interior Tomislav Karamarko, formerly head of the Security Intelligence Agency, and Minister of Justice, Ivan Simonovic, a law professor with a long diplomatic career, were approved by parliament on Friday, October 10 and swo [...] |
2008-10-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB727 |
CROATIAN BANKS ARE STABLE, FOR THE MOMENT [...] Summary: Croatia's economy and banking system remain reasonably stable, although not entirely immune to the effects of the world financial crisis. The central bank has temporarily removed a restrictive reserve requirement on Croatian banks that draw credit from abroad. The government also [...] |
2008-10-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN HR |
| 08ZAGREB734 |
CROATIA SEES BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR RESOLVING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zagreb is cautiously optimistic that Croatia can reach an agreement with Slovenia by the end of the year to take their unresolved border issues to arbitration, most likely at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The Croatia-Slovenia border commission has largely [...] |
2008-10-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI |
| 08ZAGREB735 |
GOC PREPARES TO PRIVATIZE SHIPYARDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOC has begun the process to privatize shipbuilding, the last major industry under state ownership in Croatia. Subsidies to the loss-making industry have been a burden on the state budget and are an obstacle to EU accession. The Ministry of Economy and representatives of the s [...] |
2008-10-22 10:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV PGOV PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB739 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2008 [...] (U) FIFTH, SIXTH (AND SEVENTH?) NATO ALLIES APPROVE ACCESSION PROTOCOL: The parliaments in Poland and Romania approved NATO Accession Protocols for Croatia and Albania on October 21. The votes made them the fifth and sixth NATO member states to approve the Protocols. Croatian Parliament Pres [...] |
2008-10-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KPAO HR |
| 08ZAGREB74 |
CROATIA/TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB749 |
SECOND HIGH-PROFILE MURDER IN THREE WEEKS ROCKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ivo Pukanic, a prominent and controversial magazine publisher, was killed in the evening of October 23, 2008, in what is widely believed to be a murder apparently linked to organized crime. The president convened the national security council, and in a rare move, included members [...] |
2008-10-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR DS IP EUR |
| 08ZAGREB75 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - ZAGREB [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-04 06:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR |
| 08ZAGREB750 |
SECOND HIGH-PROFILE MURDER IN THREE WEEKS ROCKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ivo Pukanic, a prominent and controversial magazine publisher, was killed in the evening of October 23, 2008, in what is widely believed to be a murder apparently linked to organized crime. The president convened the national security council, and in a rare move, included members [...] |
2008-10-24 13:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR DS IP EUR |
| 08ZAGREB756 |
VISIT OF HOLOCAUST ISSUES ENVOY AMBASSADOR KENNEDY TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Christian Kennedy, visited Zagreb from October 17-20 and met with the Minister of Culture, a State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and representatives from the local Jewish communities. Ambassador Kennedy reminded the government of its oblig [...] |
2008-10-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CASC HR |
| 08ZAGREB757 |
GOC WORKS TO OPEN FISHERIES CHAPTER AS FISHERMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the end of September, the GOC submitted its negotiating position for the fisheries chapter of EU accession negotiations. The position focuses on maintaining Croatia's traditional fisheries, most of which are not covered by EU rules. Although the GOC does not expect major obje [...] |
2008-10-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS SENV PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB758 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 30, 2008 [...] (U) AMCIT VRLJANOVIC ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES, CODEFENDANT RECEIVES 20 YEAR SENTENCE: Zeljko Vrljanovic, a Serbian-American on trial in Croatia for war crimes, was acquitted on all charges on October 24 and has returned to the United States after nearly 15 months in detention. Embassy officer [...] |
2008-10-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB761 |
BLUE LANTERN - VERIFIED END USE CHECK ON APPROVED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC HR KOMC PREL |
| 08ZAGREB762 |
CROATIA EU NEGOTIATIONS HIT A SLOVENIAN-MADE BUMP [...] (U) The French EU Presidency and the EU Commission hosted a meeting on October 30 in Brussels regarding Croatia's EU negotiations, at which Croatia was only able to provisionally close one negotiating chapter, "External Relations." According to both Croatian and EU sources in Zagreb, Slovenia [...] |
2008-10-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI EUC |
| 08ZAGREB763 |
OSCE REVIEW MEETING FINDS THAT PROGRESS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) On October 21, the annual OSCE-GoC Plenary meeting to review progress on remaining issues within the OSCE Office's mandate took place. Four Croatian ministers attended as well as heads of mission from the OSCE, EC, UNHCR, Finland, Greece, France and the U.S. The meeting addressed sign [...] |
2008-10-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB766 |
CROATIA PURSUING MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian law enforcement system is undergoing a massive shake-up in reaction to several high-profile, mafia-style killings in Zagreb in October (Ref A and B) and long-stalled initiatives to fight organized crime are now quickly being implemented. These initiatives include [...] |
2008-11-03 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR |
| 08ZAGREB767 |
AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE VISITS ZAGREB, OCTOBER 29-31 [...] (SBU) Summary: During an Oct. 29-31 visit to Zagreb, his first in more than eight years, former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke praised Croatia for its successful "transformation toward a free and open society." Holbrooke was in town to deliver a speech at a private business [...] |
2008-11-03 07:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB770 |
CROATIA EMERGING AS A REGIONAL LEADER IN [...] In late October 2008, Croatia hosted the "9th International Export Control Conference" in Cavtat (reftel). This event, co-sponsored by the U.S. Export Control and Related Border Security Program, served to further demonstrate the GoC's commitment to the mission of counterproliferation. In wel [...] |
2008-11-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP HR |
| 08ZAGREB771 |
HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] (U)This cable responds to request in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed names and has found no evidence of "gross violations of human rights" as per Leahy Amendment vetting requirements that would disqualify the candidates from attending the 4th Annual Sovereign Challeng [...] |
2008-11-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL |
| 08ZAGREB775 |
VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] (U) This cable is an additional response to request in reftel. Embassy Zagreb was asked to vet an additional individual from Croatia, Zeljko Cepanec, for the Sovereign Challenge Conference. 2. Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed name and has found no evidence of "gross violations of h [...] |
2008-11-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB778 |
GOC WELCOMES THE RETURN OF THE SERBIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Following the return of the Serbian Ambassador to Zagreb last week the GoC is working on rolling out plans to improve bilateral relations through high-level visits between the capitals. Croatia's recognition on March 19 of Kosovo's independence, and Belgrade's subsequent decision [...] |
2008-11-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR HR |
| 08ZAGREB779 |
OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER SANADER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP |
| 08ZAGREB781 |
NEGOTIATIONS STALL ON TAKEOVER OF INA; RUMORS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the Croatian government and Hungarian MOL have so far failed to agree on the terms of a share swap that would give MOL a majority stake in the Croatian national oil company INA. The previous shareholders' agreement expired at the end of October, giving MOL [...] |
2008-11-07 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG HR |
| 08ZAGREB782 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 7, 2008 [...] (U) ELECTION BREAKFAST FOR KEY CONTACTS GENERATES WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE: Ambassador Bradtke hosted a post-election breakfast early on November 5 for over 300 key embassy contacts from the Croatian government, the media, academia, and the business and diplomatic communities. Despite the early st [...] |
2008-11-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB784 |
WALK IN INFORMATION FROM CROATIAN NATIONAL [...] (S/NF) On Friday November 7, 2008 Croatian National Antonio Coratti called the Embassy to say he had information about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden and requested a meeting at the Embassy. Coratti arrived at the Embassy and presented Croatian passport number 001104029, issued 06 Aug 2002 [...] |
2008-11-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS PINR PREF |
| 08ZAGREB785 |
CROATIA RECEIVES EU ACCESSION TIMETABLE, LADEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to the report released by the European Commission November 5th, Croatia's accession negotiations are progressing well, but considerable challenges remain in the areas of judicial reform, corruption and organized crime, and economic restructuring. The report presents a co [...] |
2008-11-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB792 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 14, 2008 [...] (SBU) ICTY PROSECUTOR EXPRESSES CONTINUED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH GOC DOCUMENT SEARCH: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Zagreb on Nov. 10-11 at the beginning of a tour of regional capitals in advance of the next periodic report from the ICTY to the UN Security Council on December 12. [...] |
2008-11-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB793 |
CROATIA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian government has continued to actively address the issue of trafficking in persons during 2008. The government has worked aggressively to increase public awareness and to train government employees, public officials, and NGOs in identification and prevention. The governm [...] |
2008-11-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KWMN PREL SMIG HR KCRM PGOV |
| 08ZAGREB794 |
MODERNIZING CROATIA'S CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Croatia approaches membership in the EU, considerable money and legislative effort are being expended on increasing the professionalization of Croatia's civil service and reforming its functioning to allow for more transparency, accountability, and efficiency. The implementat [...] |
2008-11-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON HR |
| 08ZAGREB797 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2008 [...] (C) POSSIBLE DELAY OF GoC PURCHASE OF ADVANCED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: On November 17 the local press, citing unnamed government sources, reported that the GoC would delay the tender for the purchase of new fighter jets until 2010 at the earliest for both political and economic reasons. Contacts i [...] |
2008-11-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB799 |
POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL AIR [...] (U) The Ambassador supports EUCOM's 1206 proposal to include Croatia in the South East Europe Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center (RASCC). The center will provide important opportunities for our mil-mil engagement with the Croatian armed forces, as well as promoting regional mil-mil [...] |
2008-11-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS HR |
| 08ZAGREB802 |
QUESTIONS LOOM ON CROATIA'S DEBT AS PM ANNOUNCES A [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Sanader has announced his intention to balance the federal budget in 2009 and has called for a salary freeze and cutbacks in Christmas activities in both the government and state-owned industries to achieve this aim. The PM feels he has little room for maneuver [...] |
2008-11-24 10:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB804 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EUN IMO HR |
| 08ZAGREB805 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB806 |
DEMARCHE REGARDING OPPOSITION TO UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-26 12:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS HR |
| 08ZAGREB807 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 26, 2008 [...] (U) MIT PROFESSOR SPEAKS ON NANOSTRUCTURES, HYDROGEN, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY: As part of an Embassy-organized IIP Speaker program, Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spoke at the 17th Annual Energy Day Forum in Zagreb on November 21. In her prese [...] |
2008-11-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG HR PGOV PREL KGHG |
| 08ZAGREB810 |
POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR INCREASED MARITIME [...] The Ambassador supports ODC Croatia's 1206 proposal to improve Maritime Domain Awareness on the Croatian Coast. The night vision equipment the proposal will provide would dramatically increase Croatia's ability to monitor nocturnal movements, thereby decreasing arms, human and other illicit tr [...] |
2008-12-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS HR |
| 08ZAGREB811 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CLIMATE CHANGE: U.S. [...] Econ officer delivered reftel points to Visnja Grgasovic, head of the Department for Atmosphere Protection, and Jasenka Necak, head of the Section for Atmosphere, Sea, and Soil, at the Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. Ms. Grgasovic and Ms. Necak [...] |
2008-12-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG HR |
| 08ZAGREB812 |
NIKE REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBES COUNTERFEIT GOODS [...] Summary. Nike's brand protection manager for Croatia met with Econ and FCS officers at the American Chamber of Commerce in Zagreb in late November to discuss patterns of counterfeit goods smuggling and quality of enforcement as it faces growing demand for smuggled counterfeit apparel through [...] |
2008-12-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI HR |
| 08ZAGREB825 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER UNSC HR |
| 08ZAGREB826 |
GOC STRUGGLES TO COMPLETE 2009 BUDGET AS UNIONS REFUSE TO [...] SUMMARY: The Croatian government's efforts to control expenditures by reaching an agreement on a reduced 2009 pay increase for approximately 240,000 state employees reached a standstill during the latest round of negotiations with employee unions on December 2. The unions rejected the governme [...] |
2008-12-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN HR |
| 08ZAGREB827 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (U) FACEBOOK ARRESTS SPARK OUTRAGE AND APOLOGIES FROM POLICE: The police on Wednesday, December 3, apologized for detaining an organizer of a group on Facebook, the on-line social networking site, calling for antigovernment rallies across the country against the government's latest austerity [...] |
2008-12-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB828 |
IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT CROATIA [...] (C) Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, informed Pol Off on November 27 that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari was scheduled to visit Zagreb on December 15 and 16. DFM Safari had meetings set up with President Mesic and State Sec [...] |
2008-12-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IR IS |
| 08ZAGREB830 |
CUBA: CROATIA'S COUNTRY REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL HR CROATIA CU |
| 08ZAGREB831 |
CROATIA ARGUES IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia (GOC) has delivered a non-paper to all EU and NATO member states dated 03 December 2008 in which it describes the steps Croatia has taken to find the documents and archives requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY [...] |
2008-12-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 08ZAGREB834 |
CROATIA FEARS SLOVENIA WILL BLOCK EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatian officials say they are increasingly concerned that Slovenia will be unwilling to compromise on a French-brokered statement clarifying that nothing in Croatia's EU accession negotiations could prejudice the outcome of Croatia and Slovenia's bilateral border disputes. C [...] |
2008-12-08 12:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUC HR SI |
| 08ZAGREB837 |
CROATIA SIGNS CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB838 |
POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL AIR [...] (U) The Ambassador supports EUCOM's 1206 proposal to include Croatia in the South East Europe Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center (RASCC) for FY 09. The center will provide important opportunities for our mil-mil engagement with the Croatian armed forces, as well as promoting regiona [...] |
2008-12-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS HR |
| 08ZAGREB841 |
FRENCH FRUSTRATION WITH SLOVENIAN POSITION ON [...] (C) In a December 10 conversation with the Ambassador, French Ambassador St. Paul bluntly criticized the Slovenian response to the French proposal on a way forward to lift the Slovenian block on Croatia's EU accession negotiations (reftels), calling it "incredible" and "unreasonable." St. Pau [...] |
2008-12-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUC SI HR |
| 08ZAGREB842 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HR |
| 08ZAGREB843 |
POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR INCREASED MARITIME [...] The Ambassador supports ODC Croatia's 1206 proposal to improve Maritime Domain Awareness on the Croatian Coast for FY 09. The night vision equipment the proposal will provide would dramatically increase Croatia's ability to monitor nocturnal movements, thereby decreasing arms, human and other [...] |
2008-12-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS HR |
| 08ZAGREB849 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-12 12:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR |
| 08ZAGREB85 |
GOC ASKS FOR "AT LEAST 24 HOURS NOTICE" ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Croatian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Neven Pelicaric asked the Ambassador to see him on February 5 regarding Kosovo. Pelicaric stressed that the GoC remains committed to moving in concert with the EU and the US, and was consulting regularly with the other non-permanent UNSC EU [...] |
2008-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR KO |
| 08ZAGREB850 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA HR |
| 08ZAGREB851 |
CROATIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN HR |
| 08ZAGREB852 |
SOMALI PIRACY: CROATIA STILL REVIEWING PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-12 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA UNSC MARR EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
| 08ZAGREB853 |
CROATIA: UPDATE ON MISSING GOTOVINA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials stress that the political will exists to resolve the issue of missing documents in the Gotovina case before The Hague, but are uncertain whether ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz can be persuaded that the GoC has done all that it can. Croatia's Chief State Prosecutor al [...] |
2008-12-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 08ZAGREB854 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] (U) PM SANADER EMPHASIZES EQUALITY ON FIRST VISIT TO ZAGREB MOSQUE: On Monday, December 9, Prime Minister Sanader paid his first visit ever to the Zagreb Mosque on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Sanader greeted the Mufti of Zagreb, Mufti Omerbasic, with a traditional Muslim greeting, attended [...] |
2008-12-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB856 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC HR |
| 08ZAGREB86 |
NATO ENLARGEMENT: SUSTAINING CROATIA'S PROGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Upon formation of PM Sanader's new government, the Ambassador met with President Mesic, PM Sanader (ref A), FM Jandrokovic (ref B), DefMin Vukelic, and Speaker of Parliament Bebic (ref C). At all of these meetings, he discussed the GoC's strategy to address Croatia's [...] |
2008-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 08ZAGREB864 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO ISAF RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 150 IMPROVED FIRST AID KITS FROM U.S.: On December 11 Croatian troops deployed to Afghanistan received another 150 Improved First Aid Kits (IFAK) from U.S. forces. When used in trained hands, the kits give soldiers a greatly improved [...] |
2008-12-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB866 |
RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR |
| 08ZAGREB869 |
BORDER DISPUTE WITH SLOVENIA DERAILING CROATIA'S [...] (C/NF) The optimism that existed in Croatia two months ago that the new government in Slovenia would enable Zagreb and Ljubljana to move forward on the ongoing border dispute has disappeared. On the eve of a Dec. 19 EU-Croatia accession conference meeting, where it is widely expected that Slov [...] |
2008-12-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUC HR SI |
| 08ZAGREB870 |
CROATIA CIVIL NUCLEAR INVESTMENT PLANS: [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post has prepared the following information on Croatia's current plans for nuclear sector investment This cable was prepared with the assistance of embasssy commercial service staff. 2. (U) Overview: Croatia released its new national energy strategy for p [...] |
2008-12-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BTIO TRGY BEXP HR |
| 08ZAGREB872 |
WIDE DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS ON PROSPECT OF DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the government has failed in its goal to balance the 2009 budget (septel), instead turning in a plan for a 0.88 percent of GDP deficit, experts inside and outside the government are discussing with renewed vigor whether or not the economy can maintain the necessary liquid [...] |
2008-12-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR PGOV |
| 08ZAGREB873 |
AMERICAN CITIZEN ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Mr. Zeljko Vrljanovic, an American citizen, was arrested in Germany in 2007 on the basis of an INTERPOL red notice and extradited to Croatia to stand trial for war crimes as a member of Serbian rebel unit responsible for the murder of a Croatian military officer, his wife and two small chil [...] |
2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN HR KAWC PGOV PREL |
| 08ZAGREB874 |
GOC MISSES GOAL OF BALANCED BUDGET WITH PROJECTED [...] SUMMARY: The 2009 budget approved by the Croatian parliament includes an approximate 4 percent increase in spending to 127 billion HRK ($24 billion) and an approximate 5 percent increase in revenues to 124.6 billion HRK ($23.5 billion). The resulting deficit is projected to equal 0.88 percent [...] |
2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB875 |
IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On December 18 Petar Mihatov, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic's Chief of Staff, provided Pol Off a read-out of Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for European Affairs Mahdi Safari's visit to Zagreb on December 15 and 16 (REF A). Mihatov said that in the meetings at the MFA, Bozinovic str [...] |
2008-12-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR IR IS |
| 08ZAGREB883 |
CROATIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Croatia has no indigenous terrorist threat and there have been no recorded terrorist threats to the US Embassy or US personnel. Croatia has a small Muslim community that is very secular in their orientation and, in comparison with their overall numbers, are well represented within the professi [...] |
2008-12-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB886 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 23, 2008 [...] (U) MINISTRY OF DEFENSE STATE SECRETARY DIES IN SKI ACCIDENT: Major General Gordan Cacic, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy and International Affairs, died in a ski accident in Italy on Saturday, 20 December 2008. MG Cacic previously served for seven years as the Director [...] |
2008-12-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 08ZAGREB892 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET HR |
| 08ZAGREB893 |
CROATIA WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-31 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER HR |
| 08ZAGREB9 |
FAA REQUEST TO ASSESS CROATIAN CIVIL AVIATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON HR |
| 08ZAGREB90 |
DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KDEM LE PGOV PHUM PREL EINV SY HR |
| 08ZAGREB91 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CROATIAN NATIONAL OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with Ambassador, Tomislav Dragicevic, chairman of Croatian national oil company INA, said that Croatia had decided not to seek additional gas imports from Russia, but would instead try to secure gas from North Africa via Italy. Dragicevic expressed disappoi [...] |
2008-02-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL HR |
| 08ZAGREB93 |
SUMMARY INFORMATION (CROATIA) FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Embassy Zagreb has received one proposal for funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Per instruction in REFTEL the full proposal will be forwarded via separate email. Post believes the submitted proposal will help Croatia move towards Tier One status by addressing one of the three ke [...] |
2008-02-08 11:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG HR TRAFFICKING |
| 08ZAGREB94 |
FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL ON SHIP OFF CROATIAN [...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure told emboff today that the fire on the Und Adrijatic, a Turkish cargo ship, is under control. Five tugboats (3 Croatian and 2 Italian) continue to work to cool the ship's hull. When temperatures are lowered sufficiently, a Dutch team [...] |
2008-02-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA EWWT HR |
| 08ZAGREB95 |
CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...] You are coming to Croatia just six weeks after the formation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's second government, as he and other leaders look ahead to NATO's Bucharest Summit. After encouraging feedback from NATO allies during the January review of Croatia's progress under the Membership Action [...] |
2008-02-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC PREL PGOV NATO HR |
| 08ZAGREB97 |
CROATIA AGREES TO CO-HOST EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE [...] The GoC has accepted the USG invitation to co-host the ninth International Export Control Conference (reftels). MFA officials plan to propose dates in September 2008 for this event. Full text of GoC diplomatic note No. 586/08 dated 04 February 2008 follows in para 3. 2. The GoC POC for con [...] |
2008-02-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC KSTC PARM HR |
| 09ZAGREB10 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. OPPOSITION TO IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF IR UN EAID HR |
| 09ZAGREB103 |
UNDP 2008 HUMAN DEVT REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] Summary: On February 16, UNDP released its 2008 Human Development Report for Croatia, which analyzes the links between climate change, the economy, and human development. While expected warmer temperatures could have good or bad effects on tourism in Croatia, rising sea-levels and increased fr [...] |
2009-02-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV KGHG HR |
| 09ZAGREB105 |
CROATIA PROVIDES VIEWS ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andrej Dogan, Head of the Department for International Security at the Croatian MFA, responded to reftel during a 23 February meeting. The GOC approaches the review process with its own three pillars in mind: universality, commitment to strengthening non-proliferation regimes, a [...] |
2009-02-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA NPT |
| 09ZAGREB107 |
PAHOR-SANADER MEETING: NO PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic reported that the talks earlier in the day between Croatian Prime Minister Sanader and Slovene Prime Minister Pahor resulted in no progress on the Croatian-Slovenian border issue and the related i [...] |
2009-02-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB109 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON NEW ADMINISTRATION DRAWS LARGE AUDIENCE AT AMCHAM: Ambassador Bradtke delivered a speech entitled "New Directions in the Obama Administration" at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel Esplanade in Zagreb. Speaking to over 150 members of the business co [...] |
2009-02-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR ECON |
| 09ZAGREB111 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS USG'S APPROACH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered points from reftels on 26 February to Andrej Dogan, Head of the Department for International Security at the MFA. Dogan expressed gratitude for the comprehensive overview on Afghanistan and said that he was encouraged by what he heard. The GoC agreed with the U.S. Adminis [...] |
2009-02-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF HR |
| 09ZAGREB113 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB114 |
CROATIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) On February 27, Poloff presented reftel demarche regarding our candidate for the UN Appeals court to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff on Monday March 2, she indicated that Croatia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote. BRAD [...] |
2009-03-02 15:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA HR |
| 09ZAGREB117 |
NEW CIVIL AIR AGENCY TAKES CHARGE [...] Summary. The new Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) assumed authority over all civil aviation oversight activities in Croatia on March 2, 2009. The CCAA will also absorb 90 percent of the staff of the former civil aviation authority within the Ministry of Transport. This key reform in c [...] |
2009-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON HR PGOV |
| 09ZAGREB118 |
CROATIAN-SLOVENIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT We see little prospect that significant progress can be made in resolving the longstanding border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia before Croatia formally joins the NATO Alliance. Assuming Croatia achieves NATO membership in time for the April 3 Summit there may [...] |
2009-03-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB120 |
MAYOR MILAN BANDIC, THE KING OF ZAGREB [...] (C) SUMMARY Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will be running for re-election to his fourth term. He has a comfortable lead in recent polls and is an experienced campaigner, which will make him very tough to beat in the May election. Frequently criticized for his [...] |
2009-03-04 10:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB121 |
CROATIA WOULD VIEW COMPLETING THE ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB122 |
CROATIA SPEEDING UP ITS DOMESTIC NATO RATIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: The GoC told post it was speeding up its own domestic NATO ratification process due to the potentially tight timeframe for Slovenia to finalize the ratification of Croatia's accession protocol. The GoC said it would be ready to deposit its instrument of accession in Washington a [...] |
2009-03-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB123 |
MANPADS DESTRUCTION MOVING FORWARD IN CROATIA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18-20 visit, PM/WRA Senior Advisor Mark Adams met with key officials at the Ministries of Defense (MOD) and Foreign Affairs to discuss the arrangement between the USG and the GoC on the destruction of excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) as well as [...] |
2009-03-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS MARR PARM HR |
| 09ZAGREB124 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 5, 2009 [...] (U) GENERAL ZAGOREC SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS: On March 2, a Zagreb court sentenced General (retired) Vladimir Zagorec to seven years in prison for abuse of office during wartime and stealing $5 million worth of diamonds upon leaving his post at the Ministry of Defense in 2000. In addition to [...] |
2009-03-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB125 |
Embassy Science Fellows 2009 CROATIA [...] In response to reftel, post supports a request from the Government of Croatia to host Embassy Science Fellows. Post has received one proposal. The Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport will provide housing and in-country transportation for any Embassy Science Fellow. The requesting [...] |
2009-03-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV EAGR AMGT OTRA APER HR |
| 09ZAGREB126 |
NEW BUDGET TOPS GOC'S SET OF ANTI-RECESSION [...] Summary: On February 26, PM Sanader announced a set of ten anti-recession measures the government will pursue. The first measure will be to cut budget expenditures by HRK 1-3 billion ($175-526 million). Other measures will increase support for exporters, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) [...] |
2009-03-09 10:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB128 |
FORMER CROATIAN GENERAL ZAGOREC GUILTY OF ABUSE OF [...] Summary: On March 2, the Zagreb County Court convicted retired Tudjman-era Croatian General Vladimir Zagorec of abuse of office and stealing $5 million in diamonds, and sentenced him to seven years in prison. The theft occurred at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) upon Zagorec's departure from hi [...] |
2009-03-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM HR |
| 09ZAGREB132 |
POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT INFORMAL SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 5 and 6 Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic hosted an informal meeting of Southeastern European Defense Ministers that focused on advancing peace and stability through Euro-Atlantic integration. Defense Ministers from Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece, an [...] |
2009-03-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB133 |
CROATIA CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Per reftel, post has determined Croatia possesses no critical infrastructure or key resources which, if destroyed, would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. RSO, Pol/Econ, GSO, and IMO were consulted for this response. BRADTKE [...] |
2009-03-11 12:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
| 09ZAGREB135 |
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER UN [...] Summary. Summary. MFA Head of Section for Security Council Affairs Tihomir Lulic called in Pol/Econ officers to express concern at a human rights report presented March 10 by Martin Schein Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Coun [...] |
2009-03-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV UNGA HR |
| 09ZAGREB136 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 12, 2009 [...] (U) NEW WEBSITE FOR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SITE: The Jasenovac Memorial Site and Museum has launched a new website providing information on the WWII era atrocities committed there as well as a searchable database of the approximately 75,000 victims identified to date. Jasenovac was the largest e [...] |
2009-03-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB137 |
BRAMMERTZ REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE CROATIAN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Croatia issued a non-paper on March 12 detailing their efforts to resolve the issue of missing documents (reftel) in the Gotovina case in progress at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Brammertz, office reached agreement with [...] |
2009-03-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB139 |
SCENESETTER FOR MG KISNER, CG SOCEUR, VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Sir, your visit is very important for the dedication ceremony in honor of MSG Ivica Jerak (YER-ak). You will meet Ambassador Bradtke at the ceremony and will be hosted later by the Chief of the General Staff, GEN Josip Lucic (LOOTS-itch). 2. (C/NF) Atmospherics. Your trip comes at [...] |
2009-03-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE |
| 09ZAGREB144 |
CROATIA TO COORDINATE WITH EUROPEANS FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO KPKO HR |
| 09ZAGREB148 |
CROATIA-SLOVENIA: NO PROGRESS ON BORDER ISSUE, [...] (C) Summary. In a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic reported that there was no substantive progress on resolving the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute during his March 17 meeting with Slovene Foreign Minister Zbogar and EC Commissioner Rehn. On Sloven [...] |
2009-03-19 12:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO EU |
| 09ZAGREB149 |
CROATIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETINGS IN KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-19 14:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC HR |
| 09ZAGREB15 |
CROATIAN CONCERNS OVER NATO RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Matkovic raised Croatian concerns over the pace of progress towards ratifying Croatian and Albanian accession to NATO. Noting that she had been instructed by Prime Minister Sanader to meet with the Am [...] |
2009-01-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB152 |
CROATIA IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia is currently not on the Special 301 Watch List. Post has researched the area of concern identified by industry in its Special 301 submission (see paragraph 4). Croatia's legal framework continues to develop and is now completely harmonized with the EU. However, effec [...] |
2009-03-20 14:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HR |
| 09ZAGREB154 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 20, 2009 [...] (SBU) CROATIA MOVING AHEAD ON ITS DOMESTIC NATO RATIFICATION PROCESS: The Government of Croatia held a session on March 18 that approved the draft legislation of Croatia's NATO accession protocols. According to the MFA, once the President's office is formally given the opportunity to comment [...] |
2009-03-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB159 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMCIT CANDIDATE FOR WMO'S CBS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-25 06:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO HR |
| 09ZAGREB160 |
PARLIAMENT APPROVES CROATIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
| 09ZAGREB167 |
GOC COORDINATING WITH USG ON NEXT STEPS IN NATO [...] (C) Summary. After the Croatian Parliament approved Croatia's NATO Accession Protocol, the Ambassador met with MFA Director Mario Nobilo on March 26 to coordinate on the next steps that the GoC would take so it would be ready to become a member of NATO in time for the Summit on April 3. Nobi [...] |
2009-03-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
| 09ZAGREB168 |
CROATIAN TOURIST SEASON WILL BE KEY FACTOR IN [...] Summary. The Croatian National Bank (HNB) over the past several years has very successfully maintained the exchange rate due to strong foreign currency inflows from the tourism sector, foreign direct investment, and a significant foreign reserve position. All these sources of kuna stability [...] |
2009-03-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR |
| 09ZAGREB172 |
REFUGEE RETURNS, MARCH PRINCIPALS MEETING [...] (U) Summary. In a March 17 meeting with ambassadorial level representatives of the international community (IC), the Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return, Slobodan Uzelac, reported that the GOC had made significant progress in resettling former occupancy/te [...] |
2009-03-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES HR CROATIA |
| 09ZAGREB173 |
GOVERNMENT MOVES TO CUT SALARIES, UNIONS CRY FOUL [...] SUMMARY: The GOC has proposed a budget revision showing a revenue drop of HRK 8 billion ($1.5 billion) and expenditure cuts of HRK 5.4 billion ($1 billion). The revision assumes a 2 percent fall in GDP for 2009 and estimates a deficit of 1.6 percent of GDP. The revision includes a 6 percent cut [...] |
2009-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB174 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 26, 2009 [...] (U) MOVING TOWARD QUALIFICATION FOR VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: From March 18-20, representatives CA/P/IP, L/CA and TSC visited Zagreb to begin negotiations on an arrangement to share terrorist screening information under HSPD-6. The negotiating team met with representatives from the Croatian Mini [...] |
2009-03-30 05:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB175 |
CROATIA-SLOVENIA BORDER DISPUTE: CROATIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 30 conversation, Croatian Prime Minister Sanader told the Ambassador that Croatia would continue to insist that the final arbitration of the disputed border with Slovenia could only be done by an international court. All other outstanding issues, including the right [...] |
2009-03-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO EU |
| 09ZAGREB178 |
TRANSPARENCY OF GOC BUDGET FOR FY09 ASSISTANCE [...] In response to reftel, the central government of Croatia will receive U.S. foreign assistance from FY09 funds. 2. The GOC makes its budget publicly available on the Ministry of Finance website. During the course of the year, progress reports, a year-end report, and an annual auditor's repor [...] |
2009-03-31 09:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL HR |
| 09ZAGREB179 |
CROATIAN RESPONSE ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 09:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
| 09ZAGREB180 |
SANADER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE OPENS POSITIVE CHAPTER [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Zagreb and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (C) Summary: Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader visited Belgrade on March 20 to meet with senior Serbian political figures, including Serbian President Boris Tadic. Both the GoC and the GoS viewe [...] |
2009-04-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PRGOV PREL HR SR |
| 09ZAGREB182 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009 [...] CROATIAN LEADERS HAIL HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT OF BECOMING A MEMBER OF NATO: Prime Minster Sanader told the press on April 1 that by becoming a member of NATO, Croatia achieved a goal that it had been trying to achieve for nearly two decades. Sanader stated that a special debt of gratitude fo [...] |
2009-04-03 09:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB187 |
CROATIAN UNEMPLOYMENT GROWING [...] SUMMARY: After several years of steady decline, the Croatian registered unemployment rate rose in January and February. Union rolls and day-to-day conversations indicate the public is feeling the effects of the trend, despite relatively little attention from the media or the government. As the [...] |
2009-04-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB191 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO NORTH KOREA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarches on April 7 to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. She expressed her appreciation for receiving the material and said that she would forward the information to her colleagues in New York. Croatia agrees with the US determination that the launch consti [...] |
2009-04-08 10:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC KNNP HR |
| 09ZAGREB194 |
UPDATE: COOPERATION WITH ICTY, MISSING GOTOVINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials and ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz continue to disagree on whether Croatia is doing everything it can to comply with Brammertz' request for additional documents in the Gotovina trial at The Hague. Although they agreed on a list of 23 key documents that should have ex [...] |
2009-04-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB196 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] (U) CROATIA CELEBRATES JOINING NATO Croatia marked its accession to NATO on April 7 first by raising the flag of the Alliance at the Ministry of Defense (MOD). During his official remarks at the ceremony, President Mesic said that the NATO flag should remind Croatia of the path it had chosen [...] |
2009-04-10 08:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB197 |
CROATIAN RESPONSE ON SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Summary. On April 7 in a discussion with MFA State Secretary Bozinovic, the Ambassador urged the Croatian government to consider a number of possible additional contributions to Afghanistan. Bozinovic responded that Croatia would expand its forces in Afghanistan to the 300 troop limit s [...] |
2009-04-10 08:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR |
| 09ZAGREB20 |
GAS SUPPLIES FROM ITALY AND GERMANY TO HELP [...] Two agreements over the weekend may ease pressure on Croatia's gas situation (reftels). First, Italian ENI agreed to split gas production from its northern Adriatic fields with Croatia, beginning delivery over the weekend of 30,000 cubic meters per hour. Croatia also began receiving gas shi [...] |
2009-01-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG HR |
| 09ZAGREB202 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING PRST ON NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC NK HR |
| 09ZAGREB204 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV HR |
| 09ZAGREB210 |
CROATIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HRC [...] This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. Poloff delivered reftel demarches on April 14 to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. She expressed her appreciation for receiving the material, including the diplomatic note. She stated that Croatia is inclined to support our candidacy fo [...] |
2009-04-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN HR |
| 09ZAGREB213 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009 [...] (U) U.S.-CROATIAN OPERATIONAL MENTORING LIAISON TEAM (OMLT) DEPARTS FOR AFGHANISTAN: On April 16, twelve Minnesota National Guard soldiers and 12 Croatian soldiers departed for Afghanistan where they will serve as the first multinational combat support operational mentoring liaison team (OMLT [...] |
2009-04-24 10:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB215 |
FM JANDROKOVIC EXPECTS CROATIA TO AGREE TO REHN [...] (C) FM Goran Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on April 24 that the latest Rehn proposal for sending the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute to arbitration and to de-block Croatia's accession negotiations was a good and balanced one. Croatia had one concern about a reference to "Slovenian contact w [...] |
2009-04-24 13:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB218 |
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MESIC ON SLOVENE BORDER [...] (c) In a one-on-one with President Mesic this morning (April 27), I told President Mesic that the United States was following closely the progress of EU Commissioner Rehn's efforts to establish a mechanism to arbitrate the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute and unblock Croatia's EU accession tal [...] |
2009-04-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB226 |
SANADER POSITIVE ABOUT REHN PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Building on previous meetings with Foreign Minister Jandrokovic and President Mesic (see reftels), Ambassador met today (April 28) with Prime Minister Sanader to urge a "positive and rapid" response to the latest version of the Rehn proposal. Sanader agreed, saying that he is "ve [...] |
2009-04-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB229 |
LOCAL ELECTIONS: RULING HDZ LIKELY TO AVOID A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The local elections on May 17 (with second round runoffs as needed two weeks later) are likely to provide both of Croatia,s two main parties--the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP)--with a basis to claim "victory." Desp [...] |
2009-04-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB232 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 30, 2009 [...] (U) WORK STARTS ON CROATIAN SUPPORTED CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN AFGHANISTAN: On April 26 Croatian civilians serving in the PRT working with the government of Afghanistan and local officials in the Feyzabad district of Badakhshan province took part in a ground breaking ceremony for a heal [...] |
2009-04-30 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KFLU MARR MASS KPAO HR |
| 09ZAGREB24 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 14, 2009 [...] (U) CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR NAMED CENTRAL BANKER OF THE YEAR: Croatian National Bank (HNB) governor Zeljko Rohatinski has been named both the European Central Banker of the Year and World Central Banker of the Year by The Banker magazine, a publication of the Financial Times. The awa [...] |
2009-01-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON MASS HR SI SR MW |
| 09ZAGREB244 |
CROATIA ACCEPTS REHN'S PROPOSAL FOR RESOLVING [...] (U) After political consultations with all parliamentary parties and President Mesic on May 5, the Government of Croatia has announced that it will agree to EU Enlargement Commissioner Ollie Rehn,s latest proposal to resolve the border dispute with Slovenia. President Mesic and Prime Minister [...] |
2009-05-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI EUC |
| 09ZAGREB245 |
CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESS CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Jandrokovic called me the afternoon of May 6 to confirm that Croatia had accepted the Rehn proposal on arbitration to resolve the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute (REFTEL). Jandrokovic stressed that Rehn had told both him and Slovene Foreign Minister Zbogar in presenting [...] |
2009-05-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR SI EUC |
| 09ZAGREB246 |
CROATIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 06:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN HR |
| 09ZAGREB25 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: CROATIA [...] Summary: Croatia has a strong institutional and legal framework for protecting the rights of minors and a good track record of taking action to prevent child labor. Problems are isolated and infrequent. Most reported abuses occur in the entertainment, hospitality, retail, industrial construct [...] |
2009-01-15 15:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID HR |
| 09ZAGREB250 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 7, 2009 [...] (U) FORMER CROATIAN POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN JAIL FOR WAR CRIMES: After having been acquitted three times in past years by a local court, former member of the Karlovac special police Mihajlo Hrastov was found guilty by the Croatian Supreme Court of killing 13 and wounding two JNA res [...] |
2009-05-08 06:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB251 |
TFFLU01: CROATIA TO LIFT TRADE BAN ON PORK [...] In response to reftel, Econ officer discussed points with the MFA Department for Bilateral Economic Affairs, the MFA Department Head for North America, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Veterinary Inspection. All were sympathetic to our position and the MFA informed us on [...] |
2009-05-08 12:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD HR KFLU |
| 09ZAGREB252 |
PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS ANNOUNCE STRIKE FOR MAY 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight public sector unions will go on strike May 13 and stage a public demonstration May 16 over the six percent pay cut that took effect April 1 as part of the GOC's budget revision. The decision comes after nearly two months of failed negotiations and a majority vote by union mem [...] |
2009-05-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON HR |
| 09ZAGREB253 |
CROATIAN PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTS ACCEPTING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR SI EUC |
| 09ZAGREB254 |
CROATIAN MP BRANIMIR GLAVAS AND CO-DEFENDANTS [...] (U) The Zagreb County Court on May 8 found Croatian MP Branimir Glavas and his five co-defendants guilty of war crimes for the killings of over a dozen ethnic Serb civilians in 1991 in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek. Glavas received a sentence of ten years, while his co-defendants receiv [...] |
2009-05-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC HR |
| 09ZAGREB255 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CRO MOD STATE SECRETARY, [...] (C/NF) Atmospherics. Sir, the visit of Croatian State Secretary (Deputy Minister for Plans and Policy), Pjer Simunovic (P-YER sh-MUUN-o-vitch), is the first trip to the U.S. by a senior Croatian MOD official since Crotia joined NATO in April of this year. It comes at a time when the excel [...] |
2009-05-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
| 09ZAGREB259 |
PARLIAMENT ALLOWS DENTENTION OF CONVICTED MP WAR [...] (U) The Croatian Parliament (Sabor) Committee on Privileges and Immunities met in a special session on May 11 to consider the request of the Zagreb County Court to permit the detention of convicted MP Branimir Glavas for war crimes committed in 1991 in the eastern Croatian city of Osijek. The [...] |
2009-05-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR BA |
| 09ZAGREB26 |
CROATIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...] |
2009-01-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR |
| 09ZAGREB261 |
PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKE BEGINS, NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE [...] Workers in public schools, universities, and research institutes went on strike May 13 over the six percent pay cut being implemented by the GOC under its revised budget (reftel). Union leaders and government representatives continued negotiating late into the night on May 12, but did not get [...] |
2009-05-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB264 |
GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS COMMITMENT FOR REFUGEE HOUSING IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite expected government-wide budget cuts, the GOC has said there will be no interruption of housing construction for the Vukovar area during this budget year. Returnees to this region comprise the lion's share of beneficiaries in the government's housing care program inside the [...] |
2009-05-14 10:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB265 |
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DJURDJA ADLESIC COMMENTS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 11:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID HR AF |
| 09ZAGREB268 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 14, 2009 [...] (U) GOVERNMENT HOLDS SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND PRESENTS NEW NATIONAL PLAN: The head of the Government's Office for Human Rights and National Coordinator for the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons, Luka Maderic, held a two-day seminar this week in coordination with the Ministry [...] |
2009-05-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
| 09ZAGREB271 |
UNIONS AND GOC REACH AGREEMENT, STRIKES CANCELED [...] SUMMARY: Union and GOC representatives have reached an agreement on public sector wages. Based on the agreement, union leaders called off their one-day-old strike and the demonstration planned for May 16 (Ref A), and union members have returned to work. According to the agreement, public serva [...] |
2009-05-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB272 |
JUSTICE MINISTER LAYS OUT GOC VIEWS ON ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Simonovic says Croatia has been unable to find any more of the 23 documents (or types of documents) sought by the ICTY Prosecutor, and which the GoC agrees once existed but says have now disappeared. The GoC has reconstructed the chain of custody for these docume [...] |
2009-05-15 13:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
| 09ZAGREB276 |
LOCAL ELECTIONS HIGHLIGHT STRENGTHS OF BIG PARTIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: High turnout marked Sundays, local elections and the results contrasted the differing strengths between the two largest parties. The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) along with coalition partners won the largest number of county prefects and should hold sway in nearly fift [...] |
2009-05-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB283 |
FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS US HELP ON GLAVAS CASE [...] (C) Following a May 20 meeting on other subjects, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic raised one-on-one with the Ambassador the case of Branimir Glavas (reftel), who was found guilty of war crimes and fled to Bosnia. Jandrokovic said that he had requested the assistance of EU in having Glavas extr [...] |
2009-05-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC BH HR |
| 09ZAGREB285 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV HR |
| 09ZAGREB294 |
CROATIAN COMPETITION AGENCY: NO CHOICE BUT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC and EU continue to negotiate the terms for privatizing Croatian shipyards - one of the key remaining challenges in Croatia's EU accession process. According to the head of the Croatian Competition Agency, the GOC has now proposed selling a 50 percent stake in Uljanik, th [...] |
2009-05-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV PGOV PREL EUC HR |
| 09ZAGREB295 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 26, 2009 [...] (U) ALBANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ZAGREB: Albanian President Bamir Topi met with President Mesic on May 20 and discussed the widening cooperation between the two countries. Mesic stated that Albania and Croatia joining NATO this year introduced "a new element" in bilateral relations, and that it [...] |
2009-05-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG HR PGOV PREL |
| 09ZAGREB3 |
OFFICIAL DATA SHOW RISE IN CROATIAN TOURISM FOR [...] (U) Summary: According to official statistics, Croatia saw a 1.9 percent rise in the number of visitors for the 2008 season, but anecdotal evidence from businesses suggests the statistics may not be entirely accurate and there may already be a significant downturn in this critical industry. Re [...] |
2009-01-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON HR |
| 09ZAGREB301 |
FY 2009 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES - CROATIA PROJECTS [...] (U) Post is pleased to propose its submission for project funding through the Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees FY 2009. Our two-part project aims to provide assistance to aid in the reintegration and sustainable return of primarily ethnic Serb returnees in disadvantaged and isolated regions of C [...] |
2009-05-28 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PHUM EAID HR |
| 09ZAGREB302 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 28, 2009 [...] (U) FUGITIVE MP BRANIMIR GLAVAS THREATENS JUDGE: Fugitive war criminal and still Member of Parliament Branimir Glavas called the office of the Zagreb County Court and indirectly threatened Judge Zeljko Horvatovic, who convicted Glavas earlier this month to ten years in prison for war crimes. [...] |
2009-05-29 06:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB304 |
GOC BOND ISSUANCE PROVES EASY MONEY [...] (U) Seemingly unaffected by recent credit-rating downgrades, the GOC successfully completed its largest ever bond issuance on May 27. Media report that investor interest was "beyond expectations"; the full EUR 750 million was registered in just one day and the issuance was oversubscribed by 6 [...] |
2009-05-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB307 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITING KOSOVO TO THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered points from reftel demarche on May 29 to Aleksandar Stipetic, Head of the MFA Department that covers Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Greece, Turkey, and Romania. Stipetic said he would pass on the points and agreed that Kosovo had an important role to play on this issue in th [...] |
2009-05-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PRL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB31 |
PROPOSAL FOR EEB BIOTECH OUTREACH FUNDING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO HR |
| 09ZAGREB310 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-01 11:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KV MD HR |
| 09ZAGREB312 |
LOCAL ELECTION RUN-OFFS CONFIRM RELATIVE STRENGTHS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Runoff elections for several mayoral races and county executives on May 31 generally mirrored the results of the first round elections held two weeks earlier. All parties -- again -- are claiming victory, as the main opposition parties tout their strength in the cities and the la [...] |
2009-06-01 13:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB315 |
CROATIAN ACTIONS ON GETTING KOSOVO INVITED TO [...] (SBU) MFA Chief of Staff Neven Mikec called the Ambassador on June 2 to follow up on reftel demarches. Mikec said that FM Gordan Jandrokovic had personally called Montenegrin FM Milan Rocen to urge Kosovo's inclusion in the upcoming "Corridors of Culture" event (REFS A and C). Rocen had given [...] |
2009-06-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB32 |
EARLY YEAR-END NUMBERS CONFIRM WEAKENING CROATIAN [...] SUMMARY: Year-end figures confirm a slowdown in the Croatian economy. In the third quarter of 2008, GDP grew at its slowest pace in eight years, rising just 1.6 percent above its level in the third quarter of 2007. Retailers saw decreased sales in the second half of 2008, prompting significan [...] |
2009-01-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON HR |
| 09ZAGREB320 |
RESPONSE ON IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Colonel Damir Terzic, Military Advisor to the Minister of Defense, told post that if Mi-8 helicopters, an earlier version of the Mi-17, would fill the Pakistani requirements, a favorable response from Croatia might be possible. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Post requests guidance from Washin [...] |
2009-06-04 11:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PARM PK HR |
| 09ZAGREB321 |
UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLAPPER DISCUSSES REGION [...] (C) Summary. President Mesic told Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper on June 1 that Serbia needed to send a public message to the political elite in Republika Srpska that they were part of BiH and should look to Sarajevo, not to Belgrade. Mesic warned that the leaders [...] |
2009-06-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR |
| 09ZAGREB323 |
S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH CROATIAN PM [...] (C) PM Sanader told S/WCI Ambassador Williamson that the need to cooperate with ICTY is fully understood by the GoC, and insisted that the GoC has done all it can to find the documents sought by ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz. Sanader is particularly upset at the prospect that Brammertz could imply [...] |
2009-06-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB326 |
ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) BRIEF TRADE WAR WITH BOSNIA RESOLVED (FOR NOW): The Croatian Minister of Agriculture and officials of the Veterinary Office met with Bosnian counterparts over the May 30-31 weekend in an attempt to resolve a growing meat trade war that threatened Croatia's $400m export market in food produ [...] |
2009-06-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR |
| 09ZAGREB329 |
CMC STEEL: LARGEST U.S. INVESTMENT IN CROATIA [...] Summary: With the buyout of Barr Pharmaceuticals by the Israeli firm Teva, the Houston-based Commercial Metals Corporation of Sisak is now the largest U.S. investment in Croatia. The mill employs roughly 1,000 people, making it also one of the largest employers in this central Croatian town [...] |
2009-06-05 12:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV HR |