Croatia

BUCHAREST, Romania, April 3, 2008 – NATO formally offered membership today to two of the three Balkan nations President Bush had strongly advocated for acceptance.

Albania and Croatia were accepted by the 26 other NATO members to begin the accession process after hours-long discussions of the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s principal decision-making body, this morning.    » read more »

06 November 2007 -- The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has narrowed the field to three finalists for the men's and women's 2007 World Athlete of the Year awards.

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, and world sprint champion Tyson Gay of the United States are in the running for the men's award.

The women's nominees include Swedish heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft, Ethiopian distance runner Meseret Defar and Croatian high-jumper Blanka Vlasic.    » read more »

June 1, 2007 -- An IMF staff team visited Zagreb during May 24-29, 2007 to review recent economic developments since the Article IV Consultation mission in late 2006, and to present staff's analytical work on how to increase potential growth and reduce external vulnerabilities. The following is a summary of the staff studies, which was distributed during presentations in Zagreb:    » read more »