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Minister Picula has met with FM of Gambia, Baboucarr Blaise Ismail Jagne...Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula has met today with the Foreign Minister of Gambia, Baboucarr Blaise Ismail Jagne, who is in official visit to Croatia 12 to 15 March.13.03.2003. | Press releases

Croatian MFA and Minister Picula express their condolences to the Serbian Government and the family of Zoran Đinđić...The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Minister Tonino Picula express their condolences to the Serbian Government and the family of Zoran Đinđić who was assassinated yesterday, 12 March 2003. 13.03.2003. | Press releases

A solemn session of the judges of the ICC was held in The Hague on 11 March 2003...A solemn session of the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was held in The Hague on 11 March 2003, at which 18 judges from this Court gave their oath. The International Criminal Court was established on 17 July 1998 when 120 participating states of the Diplomatic Conference of the United Nations in Rome signed the Rome Statutes of the International Criminal Court.11.03.2003. | Press releases

Members of the Diplomatic Economic Club visited the Croatian National Bank...Members of the Diplomatic Economic Club of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Monday 10 March 2003 the Croatian National Bank at the invitation of Željko Rohatinski. 10.03.2003. | Press releases

Mr. Gordan Markotić received Mrs. Elizabeth Rehn...National Coordinatior of the Stability Pact, Gordan Markotić, received today in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the former Finnish Defense Minister and a special UN reporter on human rights for ex-Yugoslavia, Elizabeth Rehn. Rehn has recently been elected president of the Stability Pact Working Table I on Democratization and Human Rights. Her formal appointment is to take place at the Stability Pact Regional Table meeting on 27 May in Cavtat.10.03.2003. | Press releases

Croatian MFA welcomes the opinion of Mr. Pat Cox...The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia welcomes the opinion of Mr. Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, given in the Portuguese Weekly Expresso, in which he expressed his conviction that Croatia, Bulgaria and Rumania will be ready to join the European Union in 2007.09.03.2003. | Press releases

National Co-ordinators for the Stability Pact met in Vienna on 5 March 2003...National Co-ordinators for the Stability Pact met in Vienna on 5 March 2003 to consider the activities undertaken and to plan new ones. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Erhard Busek, Special Co-ordinator for Stability Pact. The Republic of Croatia was represented by Gordan Markotić, National Co-ordinator.06.03.2003. | Press releases

On 5 March 2003 in Copenhagen, the World Conference on Doping in Sport ended with the signing of a joint Declaration...On 5 March 2003 in Copenhagen, the World Conference on Doping in Sport ended with the signing of a joint Declaration. On behalf of the Republic of Croatia the Copenhagen Declaration against Doping in Sport was signed by Ana Marija Bešker, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the Kingdom of Denmark. The Conference and the Declaration were preceded by several years of negotiations and harmonisation of the draft, in which Croatian scientists and athletes also took part.06.03.2003. | Press releases

Ambassador Madey introduced to the Member States the candidature of the Republic of Croatia for full membership in the EU...At the regular session of the Committee of Ministerial Representatives of the Council of Europe held on 26 February 2003, permanent representative of the Republic of Croatia, Ambassador Neven Madey, introduced to the Member States the candidature of the Republic of Croatia for full membership in the EU, handed over by Mr. Ivica Račan, the Prime Minister of the Croatian Government, on 21 February in Athens.27.02.2003. | Press releases