A former Slovenian Justice Minister is a lawyer who will try to help Croatian fishers with Slovenian fines for alleged illegal crossings of the disputed border.

ZAGREB, February 2, 2018 - Justice Minister Dražen Bošnjaković informed Savudrija Bay fishermen during their meeting in Umag on Thursday evening that the Croatian authorities provided them with legal assistance and accordingly hired a law firm in Ljubljana that would on Monday lodge appeals against penalty notices sent to the fishermen for what Ljubljana treats as crossing the Slovenian border without permission.

ZAGREB, February 1 - Fines issued by Slovenia to Croatian fishermen in Savudrija Bay are a logical move against those who violate international law, while Croatian fines issued to Slovenian fishermen make no sense, Slovenian Ambassador Smiljana Knez said in Zagreb on Wednesday.

ZAGREB, January 30, 2018 - For Slovenia, Croatia is a neighbour, friend and partner in the European Union and NATO, but Slovenia cannot renounce the arbitration ruling which finally resolved the border dispute between the two countries through a compromise, Slovenian President Borut Pahor said on Tuesday at a traditional reception for foreign diplomats accredited to Ljubljana.

ZAGREB, January 30, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday said that Zagreb regretted that Slovenia was continuing pursuing its "unacceptable policy of unilaterally implementing the arbitration decision," and underscored that Croatia would respond in the same way to fines issued by Slovenia's police to Croatian fishermen.

Slovenia fulfills its threat of fining Croatian fishermen who fish in the disputed part of the Bay of Piran.

ZAGREB, January 27, 2018 - Croatian police have caught on camera eight Slovenian fishing boats repeatedly crossing the Croatian border in the contested Bay of Savudrija without permission and will send them orders to pay fines, the Ministry of the Interior announced in a statement on Saturday.

ZAGREB, January 27, 2018 - Not one Istrian fisherman has received a Slovenian fine for allegedly "crossing the Slovenian border without permission" and if they receive them, they will send them to the Istrian border police chief in line with an agreement with Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolušić, Istria County Fishermen's Guild president Robert Momić said on Saturday.

The President of the European Commission shows support for Slovenia’s position.

The alleged “regatta for reason” will take place on 3 February.