Croatia hopes to wrap up its accession negotiations early next year and to enter the Union in 2011, but the talks are currently stalled over a protected fishing zone that Croatia has established in ...

Prime Minister Ivo Sanader proposed the exemption on Monday (10 March) following talks with Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for enlargement, in Zagreb last week (6 March). Sanader will hold talks ...

Villa Nai 3.3, the celebrated architectural gem and recipient of Three Michelin Keys, set in centuries-old olive groves on ...

Croatian Diego Makovac is among the fisherman bearing the brunt of a dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over Piran Bay Croatian Diego Makovac is among the fisherman bearing the brunt of a dispute ...

The EU presidency says Croatia's progress towards joining the bloc is under threat because of a fishing zone which came into force this week. Croatia says the protected zone off its Adriatic coast is ...

Slovenia is threatening from Saturday to fine fishermen from neighbouring Croatia who continue to throw nets in a small bay on the Adriatic after an international arbitration ruling in Ljubljana's ...

The good news is that Croatia officially has the cleanest bathing water in Europe, according to a recent European Environment Agency report. The even better news is that it doesn’t have to cost an arm ...

For decades, fishermen made a trouble-free living fishing in Piran Bay. But the current crop now faces a flurry of Croatian and Slovenian patrol boats as the two countries continue to fight over the ...

The Croatian government is poised to set up a protected fishing zone despite strong opposition from the EU. The protected area which covers 57,000 sq km (22,800 sq miles) is due to come into force on ...

For two decades Diego Makovac has made a trouble-free living fishing for sole in Piran Bay. But he now faces a flurry of Croatian and Slovenian patrol boats as the two countries fight over the water.