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Ambassador Željko Vukosav, together with the Portuguese hosts, opened on Saturday, 4 July 2009, the International Handicrafts Fair in the town of Maia. This is the largest fair of this kind in Portugal with more than 200,000 visitors06.07.2009. | 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On margins of OSCE foreign ministers’ meeting in Corfu, Minister Gordan Jandroković met with BiH Foreign Minister Sven AlkalajThe collocutors discussed the two countries’ bilateral relations and the state of affairs in Europe’s southeast28.06.2009. | Press releases