Croatia's immediate neighbours to the north are determined to get their way.

Political relations might not be at their best, but the environment is a big enough reason to get the kids from both countries together.

ZAGREB, April 21, 2018 - The President of the European Union Court of Justice Koen Lenaerts has expressed doubts about the legal path Slovenia has chosen after it sent a letter to the European Commission announcing a lawsuit against Croatia regarding the two countries border arbitration process, stressing that the best solution is for Slovenia and Croatia to present the case to the EU Court of Justice in agreement.

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 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 - 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 (Hina) - Croatia on Saturday sent a diplomatic note to Slovenia over the fines it sent Croatian fishermen for fishing in a disputed area of Savudrija Bay, announcing that it would respond in the same way.

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.