01. 12. 08. - 09:00

• more General News news...
• RSS Feed General News

01. 12. 08. - 09:00

SDP official arrest for Facebook photo of PM in Nazi attire

Croatian Times

Niksa Klecak, 22, the head of the Dubrovnik branch of the SDP’s youth organisation, was arrested on Saturday because of a Facebook photo showing Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader dressed as a Nazi.

Police searched Klecak’s flat and computers and interrogated him for three hours at a police station.

Klecak admitted having started the Facebook group  'I'll bet I will find 5,000 people on Facebook who do not like Sanader" but denied having put Sanader on the web in a Nazi uniform, something that anyone could have done.

Klecak denied all charges, claiming that they were the result of a political conspiracy led by the HDZ.

The media have reported that Klecak has been involved in pornography cases and attacks on police officers.

The Dubrovnik-Neretva police said that Klecak was already well-known to them but confirmed he had had nothing to do with the "Nazi" photo of Sanader.

The SDP leadership is demanding that police apologize for searching a party member's flat.

Missing Austrian cyclist found by police this morning in Dabar
After an all-night search, police in Lika-Senj county found this morning (Thurs) the 65-year-old Austrian cyclist who had been reported missing by a friend, 41, last night.

Croatian diaspora in Australia wants to invest in homeland
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic met recently with a delegation of Croatian emigrant entrepreneurs from Australia interested in investing in their homeland.

Former president to take Croatian entrepreneurs to Libya
A group of Croatian entrepreneurs may go to Libya this autumn in a visit organized by former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic.

Gotovina´s trial ends after 2.5 years
The trial of three Croatian generals accused of crimes against humanity during the 1990s war in Croatia ended yesterday (Wed) at The Hague after two-and-a-half years.

Poacher caught at the border with 627 dead birds
An Italian was caught at the Jasenovac border crossing with a van containing 627 dead birds of different species on Tuesday.

Two-thirds of Croatians do not believe fair play occurs in football
Almost two-thirds of Croatians believe that some Croatian Football League (HNL) games have been rigged, the latest GfK research shows.

Prime minister wants better economic relations with Libya
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has expressed satisfaction with her meeting yesterday (Weds) with Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi at which the two leaders discussed bilateral economic/commercial cooperation.

Croatian athletes shine at AIFF World Challenge meet in Zagreb
Croatian star athletes Sandra Perkovic and Blanka Vlasic have once again wowed audiences with their remarkable performances at the AIFF World Challenge 2010 over the past two days in Zagreb.

Eighth annual World Theater Festival opens September 17 in Zagreb
The Peeping Tom Collective from Brussels will open the eighth annual World Theater Festival in Zagreb on September 17 with the play "32, Rue Vandenbranden".

Jana bottled water on shelves of second-largest American supermarket chain
Four years after its debut in the American market, Croatian bottled water from the firm Jana is appearing on shelves of the country’s second-largest supermarket chain, Kroger.