ZAGREB, July 29 (Hina) - Laura Valković, Croatian lawyer for MOL CEO Zsolt Hernadi, said that the Court of Justice of the European Union did not say that Hungary had to extradite Hernadi but that a Hungarian court has to decide on Croatia's extradition request.

ZAGREB, June 5, 2018 - The Office of the Chief State Prosecutor (DORH) on Tuesday resolutely dismissed claims by Zdravko Mamić that it had exerted pressure on the court and members of the panel of judges conducting a trial against that former Dinamo football club executive vice-president charged with fraud, and announced that it would ask the police to investigate the matter and check the authenticity of screen shots of a phone conversation which Mamić presented at a news conference on Monday.

ZAGREB, May 31, 2018 - Only 23 percent of those polled in Croatia have very good or pretty good opinion about the independence of courts and judges, according to a survey conducted by Eurobarometer about the perceived independence of the national justice systems in the EU.

ZAGREB, May 28, 2018 - The Croatian Supreme Court on Monday upheld an appeal by Bosnian national Alen Čamdžić and refused a request for his extradition to Tunisia where he is suspected of involvement as an Israeli spy in the murder of Mohammed Zawahri, a Tunisian aviation engineer with alleged ties to the Palestinian group Hamas.

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 24, 2018 - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived in Zagreb on Wednesday and during his trip, scheduled to last until May 25, he will meet with Croatia's president, prime minister and government ministers and attend, together with his counterparts from six regional countries, a workshop on transnational organised crime, the US Embassy in Zagreb said in a press release..

ZAGREB, May 22, 2018 - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will visit Zagreb on May 23-25 and during his trip, he will meet with Croatia's president, prime minister and government ministers as well as attend, together with his counterparts from six regional countries, a workshop on transnational organised crime, the US Embassy in Zagreb said in a press release on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, May 21, 2018 - The High Commercial Court has dismissed almost all 87 appeals filed against a Zagreb Commercial Court ruling on verified and contested claims in the process of emergency administration in the ailing food and retail conglomerate Agrokor, referring most of the parties to civil proceedings in order to have their mutual claims verified or contested.

ZAGREB, May 9, 2018 - The Zadar County Court's Appeals Chamber has quashed the acquittal of businessman Tomislav Horvatinčić over a fatal maritime accident and he will be retried before a new panel of judges.

ZAGREB, April 19, 2018 - The Croatian Parliament's Justice Committee on Thursday unanimously endorsed the government nomination of Dražen Jelenić as the new Chief State Prosecutor.