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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration welcomes the interim measure passed by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina suspending the implementation of the Law on Protection of Domestic Productionhis interim measure of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will enable continued fulfilment of the mutual internationally undertaken contractual commitments06.07.2009. | Press releases

State Secretary Maja Vrtarić met with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Marcel PeškoState Secretary for Organisation and Management at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Maja Vrtarić met on Monday, 6 July 2009, with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Marcel Peško, who on that occasion held a presentation entitled “Modernising Foreign Affairs Services in Slovakia”. Together with State Secretary Vrtarić, the presentation was attended by all directors and other managerial personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration06.07.2009. | Press releases

State Secretary Maja Vrtarić co-chaired on Wednesday, 1 July 2009, the 30th anniversary session of the Standing Commission Croatia-Bavaria in MunichFurther cooperation between Croatia and Bavaria in a number of fields was discussed at the session: from the economy, tourism, education, science, culture, agriculture, judiciary and local self-government, to environmental protection and internal affairs02.07.2009. | Press releases

A meeting was held of culture advisors and the personnel responsible for the promotion of cultureIn the organisation of the Independent Service for Croats Abroad and Culture of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, and in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, on Thursday, 2 June 2009, a meeting was held of culture advisors and the personnel responsible for the promotion of culture in diplomatic and consular missions of the Republic of Croatia in European states02.07.2009. | Press releases

Ambassador Željko Kuprešak opened in Belgrade an exhibition entitled “Golden Basketball of Mirko Novosel” put on by author Veljko Smajević, which is also the title of the presented monograph authored by Zoran Kovačević and Milorad Bibićhe exhibition consists of several thematic elements which tell about his life and career, including photographs, newspaper articles, and a memento of the 1987 Universiade in Zagreb01.07.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković led on Wednesday, 1 July 2009, the Croatian delegation at the first meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Ministers of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of ItalyThe Croatian delegation consisted of State Secretary at the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Branimir Jerneić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Tonči Božanić, and State Secretary for Environmental Protection at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction Nikola Ružinski01.07.2009. | Press releases

On the occasion of today’s entry into force of the Law on Protection of Domestic Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which represents a severe violation of the CEFTA provisions and introduces protectionist customs duties on the export of a large part of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration invites the competent institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to amend the Law on Protection of Domestic Production and align it with the obligations which Bosnia and Herzegovina undertook under the CEFTA agreement, thus contributing to the development of good neighbourly relations in the common interes01.07.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković received on an inaugural visit Vladimir Raspudić, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Republic of CroatiaDespite certain outstanding issues, the collocutors described the relations between the two states as good and amicable, with numerous areas for potential cooperation30.06.2009. | Press releases

Minister Gordan Jandroković participated on Monday, 29 June 2009, in the 19th Conference of the Working Community of Danube Regions and the Danube Forum held in Linz, the topic of which was “Sustainably Shaping the Future of the Danube Region”Minister Jandroković emphasised the importance of cooperation within the framework of regional initiatives on account of the high level of their interconnection and exposure to global trends29.06.2009. | Press releases

Ambassador Željko Kuprešak received at the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade on Monday, 29 June 2009, family members of the victims of war crimes committed in the Slavonian town Lovas, committed in October 1991.Family members of the victims were present today at the main hearing in the District Court in Belgrade – the War Crimes Council, in the legal procedure against the persons charged with war crimes in Lovas29.06.2009. | Press releases