| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
Today
Videos
Polls
RSS Feed Around the World29. 01. 13. - 15:00
Road Hog
croatiantimes.com
A ham-fisted trucker lost his load of 21 tons of pork knuckle when he overturned at a roundabout in Haag, Germany.
Police say driver Manfred Sommer lost control when he went into the bend too quickly, shifting the load of ham hocks hanging in the freezer container.
Firefighters and police spent more than an hour unloading the hams into a second truck before sending them on their way.
"When the truck crashed its deep freeze stopped working," said a fire service spokesman
Normally this would be fatal for the cargo, but as it was below freezing outside anyway the firm thought they'd take a chance on a second truck,"
"We had to work fast in extremely cold conditions to try and save the load and to get the road open again. The lorry was also blocking the snow ploughs getting past to clear the snow from the road.
"We managed to get the load into a new lorry which was sent but I don't know if the load could be saved.
"Luckily nobody was injured in the accident. It had been a very heavy load and the sharp bend had just sent the lorry toppling onto its side. There was nothing the driver could do to avoid this happening." they added.
Tag cloud accident fatal blocking conditions toppling anyway Police crashed spokesman Normally lost fire ploughs cargo lorry Luckily sending saved driver trucker
Croatia to take part in building two pipelines
Representatives of the Governments of Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a memorandum highlighting their intention to construct two new pipelines - the Trans-Adriatic (Trans Adriatic Pipeline, TAP) and the Ionian-Adriatic (Ionian Adriatic Pipeline, IAP), the news agency RIA Novosti reports.
Anas Sharbini returns to Rijeka
Professional football forward Anas Sharbini has returned to Rijeka FC.
Dukat acquires more shares in Ljubljanske Mlekarne
Croatian dairy firm Dukat has bought another 46.23 percent of the Slovenian diary producer Ljubljanske Mlekarne.
Angry fans damage coffee shop of former Sibenik FC director
Football fans in the Croatian coastal town of Sibenik have expressed their anger following the relegation of the local football club into 3rd division.
Tony Blair is the new ambassador of Youth Sports Games
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted to become the latest ambassador to the Youth Sports Games.
Unions urge for the privatisation of 3. maj shipyard
Unions of the 3. maj Shipyard in Rijeka have urged the Croatian government to speed up the privatisation and to agree new business deals.
Transport Minister sees future for Croatia Airlines
Croatian Transport Minister Sinisa Hajdas Doncic has revealed national airliner Croatia Airlines is going to survive.
Hajduk needed to open their stadium in the middle of the night to let fans celebrate the cup
Hajduk Split football club needed to open its Poljud Stadium at 4.30 AM when thousands of fans wanted to greet their team upon a return from Zagreb where they won the national football cup on Wednesday night.
Missing woman married Facebook friend
A woman reported missing by her friends for more than a month turned up safe after 44 days to tell them she'd run off with a man she'd met on Facebook.
Mayor saves a woman in Senj
The mayor of the western Croatian coastal town of Senj has spread a good image of his town in a direct way.
The most popular stories –
last 7 days
