ZAGREB, June 6, 2018 - Former Dinamo football club boss and current advisor to the club, Zdravko Mamić, his brother Zoran, former Dinamo director Damir Vrbanović and tax official Milan Pernar have been found guilty of the charges made by the USKOK anti-corruption office, with Zdravko Mamić being sentenced to six and a half years in jail.

ZAGREB, May 28, 2018 - The USKOK anti-corruption office on Monday recommended that former Dinamo football club boss Zdravko Mamić, his brother Zoran, former Dinamo director Damir Vrbanović and tax official Milan Pernar be found guilty of siphoning about 116 million kuna from the club and defrauding the state budget of about 12.2 million kuna in unpaid taxes and surtaxes and sentenced to unconditional imprisonment.

ZAGREB, May 25, 2018 - The Croatian Supreme Court has ruled for a second time that Zagreb County Court judge Ivan Turudić should not have rejected a plea-bargain between businessman Željko Žužić and the USKOK anti-corruption office, upholding the ruling in the case based on the earlier plea-bargain.

ZAGREB, May 18, 2018 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Thursday in the coastal city of Šibenik, where he was attending celebrations for Šibenik-Knin County Day, that all institutions are equally responsible for the perception of the fight against corruption - the government, judiciary, state prosecutors, the USKOK anti-corruption office, and the Interior Ministry.

ZAGREB, May 3, 2018 - Croatia's national council monitoring the implementation of the anti-corruption strategy met on Thursday on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to discuss the importance of media freedom in fighting corruption.

ZAGREB, May 3, 2018 - The Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) warned in a report on Thursday of a "reversal of progress in the fight against corruption," singling out Romania, Poland and Greece, while Croatia is among the eight countries with the highest number of non-implemented GRECO recommendations aimed at strengthening the capacity to combat corruption.

ZAGREB, April 26, 2018 - Former Foreign Minister Mate Granić on Thursday testified at the retrial of former prime minister Ivo Sanader in the Hypo Bank case, reiterating his previous testimony, namely that Sanader, who is on trial for war profiteering over the alleged bribe taking, was in charge of the negotiations with Austrian Hypo Bank about a loan to Croatia for the purchase of embassy residencies in the mid-1990s.

ZAGREB, April 13, 2018 - The Conflict of Interest Commission on Friday fined Josipa Rimanc (HDZ), state-secretary at the Ministry of Administration, 4,000 kuna for giving false information in her declaration of assets.

There was no public contest for the position.

ZAGREB, March 23, 2018 - Former prime minister Ivo Sanader again pleaded not guilty to charges of war profiteering at the start of a retrial in the Hypo corruption case on Friday.