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A seminar on the role of the EU in preventing conflicts in SEE...A seminar on the role of the European Union in preventing conflicts in South-eastern Europe, organised under the auspices of the Greek presidency over the EU was held in Athens on 5 May 2003. The seminar was attended by representatives of SEE states, representatives of international community engaged in building peace in SEE, as well as by representatives of the European Commission. 06.05.2003. | Press releases

Minister Picula met representatives of the County of Zagreb and the City of Ivanić-Grad...On the occasion of celebrating the European week and the Day of Europe, Mr. Tonino Picula, the Croatian Foreign Minister, met representatives of the County of Zagreb and the City of Ivanić-Grad in Ivanić-Grad on 6 May 2003. In November 2002, the County of Zagreb jointed the Assembly of the European Regions and Minister Picula was informed by representatives of the County of the progress of projects financed by INTERREG and CARDS. He was also informed on the course of the implementation of the Agreement on Border Traffic and Cooperation between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia.06.05.2003. | Press releases

Representatives of Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and the U.S.A. signed the U.S.-Adriatic Charter...On Friday, 2 May 2003, at 2:00 PM the representatives of Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and the U.S.A. signed the U.S.-Adriatic Charter in Tirana, Albania. The Charter, modelled on the so-called Baltic Charter, was adopted by the four states with a view to co-ordinating activities related to the adjustment to and the full membership of NATO.02.05.2003. | Press releases

Minister Picula met the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell...The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Tonino Picula, met the U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, in Tirana on 2 May 2003.02.05.2003. | Press releases

Ambassador Madey was elected Head of the EU Relations Working Group of the Council of Europe...Ambassador Neven Madey, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the Council of Europe, was elected Head of the EU Relations Working Group of the Council of Europe, for a period of two years, by unanimous decision of the Ministerial Representatives Committee on 30 April 2003.02.05.2003. | Press releases

Minister Picula met Mr. Franco Frattini, the MFA of the Italian Republic...On 28 April 2003, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Tonino Picula, met the MFA of the Italian Republic, Franco Frattini, on the margin of the ministerial conference Interreg III A Italy-Adriatic in Sarajevo. At their first formal bilateral meeting the two ministers confirmed the views of highly developed bilateral relations between both countries. 28.04.2003. | Press releases

Mr. Bouchers statement decisively deny speculation on the reasons for postponing...The most recent statement of Mr. Boucher, US State Department Spokesman, and Mr. Reeker, his Deputy, on signing the Adriatic Charter, given at today's press conference at the State Department, decisively deny speculation in some Croatian media on the reasons for postponing its signing.28.04.2003. | Press releases

Minister Picula met Mr. Ferenc Juhasz, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Hungary, ...On 14 April 2003, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, Tonino Picula, met the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Hungary, Ferenc Juhasz, who is officially visiting the Republic of Croatia.24.04.2003. | Press releases

The second meeting of the Joint Croatian-Italian Commission took place in Zagreb...The second meeting of the Joint Croatian-Italian Commission took place in Zagreb on 24 April 2004, to consider the possibility of including Italian citizens in the denationalisation procedure in the Republic of Croatia. The Commission was established in Rome on 14 October 2002. 24.04.2003. | Press releases

The Joint Committee for the Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Hungary...The Joint Committee for the Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Government of the Republic of Hungary held its 2nd session on 18 April 2003 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Zagreb. The delegation composed of representatives of sectors in charge of the topics discussed at the meeting were headed by Dr Ivan Šimonović, the Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister, and Mr. Andras Barsony, State Secretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, with a view to preparing the official visit of the Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Račan to the Republic of Hungary on 29 April 2003.18.04.2003. | Press releases