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Deputy MFA Dr. Ivan Šimonović was on an official visit to Switzerland...On 23 May the Deputy MFA Dr. Ivan Šimonović was on an official visit to Switzerland where he was received by Mr. Yves Christen, President of the National Council and the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation. He also had formal talks with the State Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Mr. Franz von Däniken. 23.05.2003. | Press releases

Croatian MFA is pleased with the adoption of the resolution 1483 on Iraq of the UN Security Council....The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia is pleased with the adoption of the resolution 1483 on Iraq of the UN Security Council.23.05.2003. | Press releases

Croatian MFA welcomes the Communication of the European Commission on Western Balkans and the European Integration...The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia welcomes the Communication of the European Commission on Western Balkans and the European Integration, adopted on 21 May 2003.22.05.2003. | Press releases

Press Release following the cover story in the weekly magazine Nacional...Following the cover story in the weekly magazine Nacional, "Who is the long-sought bully from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs", and for the sake of correct public information, we wish to give this statement: Ljubomir Čučić was the Croatian ambassador to Belgium from 8 January to 31 August 2001. During that period he had the status of a short-term employee of the Ministry, to the effect that his work contract was to expire with the end of his mandate.21.05.2003. | Press releases

Croatian Ambassador to UNESCO, Mrs. Neda Ritz, entertained two groups of ambassadors...During the Festival of Croatian Gastronomy in Paris from 12 to 25 May 2003, organised by the National Tourist Board of Croatia, the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to UNESCO, Mrs. Neda Ritz, entertained two groups of ambassadors of the member states of this organisations.21.05.2003. | Press releases

Croatia MFA is doing everything it can in order to resolve the situation of the hijacked ship "Benty" with a Croatian crew...The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia is doing everything it possibly can in order to peacefully resolve the situation of the hijacked ship "Benty" with a Croatian crew of seven, and that Croatian seamen be safe.20.05.2003. | Press releases

One thousand years of Croatian-Hungarian connections...On 15 May 2003, an exhibition was opened at the City Museum of Budapest about one thousand years of Croatian-Hungarian connections, prepared by the Croat self-government in Hungary.19.05.2003. | Press releases

Ambassador Gagro handed the Croatian Morning Star Order with the portrait of Marko Marulić to Ms. Katarina Livljanić...On 16 May 2003, Mr. Božidar Gagro, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to France, handed on behalf of the President of the Republic of Croatia the Croatian Morning Star Order with the portrait of Marko Marulić to Ms. Katarina Livljanić, Director of the distinguished Paris female choir, for medieval music Dialogos, at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Paris.19.05.2003. | Press releases

The Days of the Croatian Film were held in Voivodina, from 12 - 16 May 2003...The Days of the Croatian Film opened on 12 May 2003 at Bunjevačko kolo, the Croatian Cultural Centre in Subotica, by a monodrama Đuka Begović, interpreted by Ivo Grgurević. It terminated on 16 May 2003 in Novi Sad by a lecture of Ivo Škrabalo, film historian from Zagreb, and by showing his documentary film Slamarke divojke.19.05.2003. | Press releases

Exhibition of stamps HUNFILA 2003 took place at the famous Military Museum in Budapest...From 6 to 11 May, the international exhibition of stamps HUNFILA 2003 took place at the famous Military Museum in Budapest, in which the Philatelistic Society of Croatia also took part with its exhibit: "Town of Korčula: Its development and history in stamps" by Mr M. Šegedin. 16.05.2003. | Press releases