Croatia hopes to wrap up its accession negotiations early next year and to enter the Union in 2011, but the talks are currently stalled over a protected fishing zone that Croatia has established in ...

PULA, Croatia — As the sun sets over the Adriatic Sea, Marijan Jakopovic prepares his boat and nets to sail out as he has done for the past 30 years. But the 55-year-old fisherman from Croatia says ...

Slovenia says it is ready to up the ante in a dispute with Croatia over fishing rights that also has major ramifications for EU enlargement plans in the Balkans. Slovenia and Croatia have been locked ...

Croatia's navy seized an Italian trawler in Croatian territorial waters yesterday, in the first such incident since Zagreb enforced a protected fishing zone in the Adriatic despite opposition from the ...

Surrounded by five countries and shaped by powerful domains, Croatia is a Central European nation that has embraced different traditions while emerging as an independent country with its own unique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Croatian Diego Makovac is among the fisherman bearing the brunt of a dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over Piran Bay Croatian ...

EU STATES are turning against each other as fishing rules in the region continue to cause splits and rivalries - with police from both countries issuing fines on those entering disputed waters. A war ...