Thief kidnaps mouflon from wild animal shelter

An unknown thief has stolen a wild mouflon from a shelter in the area around the Adriatic city of Senj, renowned by hunters as being this prized animals' habitat.Hunters from all over Croatia come to Senj during the mouflon hunting season, but so do apparently thieves looking to get their hands on the tasty meat without having to do much work.Last Thursday, a thief stole a mouflon from a fenced in shelter for wild animals near the village of Guslice that belonged to a hunting society called Jarebica from Senj.The police is looking for the mouflon kidnapper, the portal Index

Thief kidnaps mouflon from wild animal shelter

An unknown thief has stolen a wild mouflon from a shelter in the area around the Adriatic city of Senj, renowned by hunters as being this prized animals' habitat.Hunters from all over Croatia come to Senj during the mouflon hunting season, but so do apparently thieves looking to get their hands on the tasty meat without having to do much work.Last Thursday, a thief stole a mouflon from a fenced in shelter for wild animals near the village of Guslice that belonged to a hunting society called Jarebica from Senj.The police is looking for the mouflon kidnapper, the portal Index

Thief kidnaps mouflon from wild animal shelter

An unknown thief has stolen a wild mouflon from a shelter in the area around the Adriatic city of Senj, renowned by hunters as being this prized animals' habitat.Hunters from all over Croatia come to Senj during the mouflon hunting season, but so do apparently thieves looking to get their hands on the tasty meat without having to do much work.Last Thursday, a thief stole a mouflon from a fenced in shelter for wild animals near the village of Guslice that belonged to a hunting society called Jarebica from Senj.The police is looking for the mouflon kidnapper, the portal Index

Thief kidnaps mouflon from wild animal shelter

An unknown thief has stolen a wild mouflon from a shelter in the area around the Adriatic city of Senj, renowned by hunters as being this prized animals' habitat.Hunters from all over Croatia come to Senj during the mouflon hunting season, but so do apparently thieves looking to get their hands on the tasty meat without having to do much work.Last Thursday, a thief stole a mouflon from a fenced in shelter for wild animals near the village of Guslice that belonged to a hunting society called Jarebica from Senj.The police is looking for the mouflon kidnapper, the portal Index

Croatian state to subsidize mortgage rates

The Croatian state has decided to subsidize a part of the mortgage loan interest rates for first time buyers in order to perk up the slumping real estate market.The state will subsidize 66 per cent of the interest rate for the first four years for credits that do not exceed 100,000 Euros (in kunas).The loan rates would not exceed five per cent and with the state's subsidies this would mean that clients could be paying as little as 1.7 per cent of interest at the start. The state plans to approach banks with a public tender and choose the institution

Textile worker Zagreb´s 'woman of the year'

The leader of the workers at the Kamensko textile factory that staged a hunger strike over months of unpaid salaries last October, has been honoured as Zagreb's "woman of the year."The Zagreb City Assembly awarded the recognition and 50,000 kunas (6,742 Euros) to Djurdjica Krnjak for her role in leading a group of women "who became the synonym of the fight for women's equality" in the labour market. The employees from the textile factory went on a 14-day hunger strike during the night while continuing to work during the day.The members of the committee giving the award recognized that this

Croat reports seeing a fireball

A man in Croatia felt as if he was in the middle of a science fiction movie when he saw what he has described as a fire ball falling from the sky and landing in the woods close to northern town of Bjelovar.Darko Hresic alarmed the fire brigade and the fire got soon stopped."I noticed flames in the sky. The ball was falling to the ground. It was within a walking distance of two to three kilometres from me. Thoughts about science fiction movies kept going through my mind and I could not believe what I was seeing", Darko Hresic

Pranksters try to dodge traffic fine by reporting vehicle stolen

A pair of pranksters from Otocac has tried to get out of paying a traffic fine by reporting their vehicle stolen while they were still driving it. The 19 and 20-year-olds reported the theft of their car after police tried to stop them for committing a traffic offense. The two then left the parked vehicle. The police suspect the duo of fraud and will press charges against them for spreading false and disturbing rumours, the daily Jutarnji List writes.

Source: Croatian Times Online News

Croatia to host three NATO excercises in 2011

Croatia will host three international NATO military and Partnership for Peace programme exercises, the Croatian government has decided in a closed meeting.Croatian soldiers will also participate in five exercises abroad, the daily newspaper Vjesnik writes.In the same meeting, the government has also decided to send 314 Croatian soldiers on a seven-month International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission to Afghanistan.

Source: Croatian Times Online News

HRT refuses to comment on 'controversial' MP´s critique of censure

Croatian Radio Television (HRT) has tried to distract attention from member of the EU parliament Roger Helmer's critique of the public broadcaster's alleged censuring activities by pointing out that the British politician is no stranger to controversy.HRT's spokesperson Dorotea Lazanin Jelenc said that the broadcaster does not wish to enter polemical conversations based on falsehood and half-information."This letter from Mr. Helmer is a textbook example of the pressure on public media. In order to better inform the Croatian public, HRT would like to point out that Mr. Helmer's political career has been marked by controversial public statements. For example, less

Radio station to help Croatia´s 'baby boom'

Radio Soundset has decided to up Croatia's disappointing birth rate with a promotion called "Soundset Baby Boom" that includes a romantic dinner, a party and a year-long supply of diapers should one of the selected couples have a baby within nine months after Valentine's Day.The radio will select 50 couples from all over Croatia that will receive royal treatment for this special day. The couples will dine by candlelight in restaurant Piccolo Mondo in Zagreb, party with a DJ and spend what the night in hotel Dubrovnik.The couples can register as of February 7 and more information can be found

Radio station to help Croatia´s 'baby boom'

Radio Soundset has decided to up Croatia's disappointing birth rate with a promotion called "Soundset Baby Boom" that includes a romantic dinner, a party and a year-long supply of diapers should one of the selected couples have a baby within nine months after Valentine's Day.The radio will select 50 couples from all over Croatia that will receive royal treatment for this special day. The couples will dine by candlelight in restaurant Piccolo Mondo in Zagreb, party with a DJ and spend what the night in hotel Dubrovnik.The couples can register as of February 7 and more information can be found

57 Croatians still in Egypt

Fifty-seven Croatian citizens are still in protest-ridden Egypt awaiting possible evacuation, the daily Jutarnji List writes.They have contacted the Croatian embassy and have expressed interest in being evacuated from Egypt where thousands of people have been calling for the resignation of the President Hosni Mubarak in public protests for several days. More than 100 people have been killed in the clashes.Some of the remaining Croatians were supposed to be travelling with the 15 diplomats and their families who arrived safely in Zagreb yesterday (Tue), but had decided to stay at the last minute due to private reasons.All of Croatian oil

Man fakes robbery to cover bet losses

A man from Dubrovnik-Neretva County village Kula Norinska has faked his own robbery to cover up gambling losses.The 30-year-old construction worker told the police that two men had robbed him of 2,300 kunas (310 Euros) as he was walking home on Monday night. He sought medical attention in Dubrovnik hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.The police investigation established, however, that the money which the worker received as his salary that day was spent on betting, the daily 24 Sata writes.

Source: Croatian Times Online News