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General Hailed as Croatian Hero Convicted of War Crimes

Apr 15th 2011 – 9:00AM
Michel Porro, Getty Images

Michel Porro, Getty Images

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A commander hailed by Croats as a hero of the Balkan conflict was convicted of war crimes by a U.N. court Friday and sentenced to 24 years in prison for a campaign of shelling, shootings and expulsions aimed at driving Serbs out of a Croatian border region in 1995. The conviction of Gen. Ante...

Travel Agency Offers VIP Tours of Offbeat Destinations

By Monica GarskeJan 12th 2011 – 10:02AM
Zeljko Krcadinac

Zeljko Krcadinac

These days, traveling anywhere can be pretty stressful. Luckily, however, one specialty travel company has designed a luxury getaway that takes every last ounce of irritation out of jet-setting. Universal Travel System, or UTS, is a California company that specializes in organizing deluxe vacations for travelers who wish...

zagreb News From the Web

  • 06/04/12 Worst winter start in 23 years Source: Perth News Leaving Split, is almost like leaving home.
  • 06/01/12 Qatar Airways celebrates launch of 30th European... Source: Airport Business Qatar Airways recently celebrated the launch of its 30th European destination with daily scheduled flights to the Croatian capital Zagreb.
  • 05/31/12 The city office for health care promotes a new... Source: Javno - Croatia The city office for health and war veterans of the city of Zagreb in collaboration with the Clinic for tumor and Clinic for dermatology of the Clinical hospital centre "Sestre Milosrdnice", Center of the Ministry of health for melanoma and Zagreb's league against cancer, supported by the Office of the WHO for the Republic of Croatia, for the fifth year in row organizes a public health campaign "Act now".
  • 05/31/12 TBF, Neno Belan, Marijan Ban and Djecaci at Ritam... Source: Javno - Croatia The event Ritam mladosti will be held at Ban Jelacic Square on the 15 th and the 16 th of June. It will be the combination of sport and entertainment and the organizers are happy that more and more performers confirm their arrivals.
  • 05/30/12 Bandic signed a document about cooperation between... Source: Javno - Croatia Based on the current relations between the cities of Zagreb and Sofia, the two mayors signed the document about friendship and future cooperation.

Background on zagreb

Zagreb () is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain.

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