GenevaLunch » Croatia http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Goran Hadzic, last of Serbian war crimes leaders, arrestedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/goran-hadzic-last-of-serbian-war-crimes-leaders-arrested/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/goran-hadzic-last-of-serbian-war-crimes-leaders-arrested/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:49:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60003 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Goran Hadzic, 52, the last of the 14 Serb leaders accused of war crimes during the Croatian war who was still at large has been arrested. He was taken in at 08:35 Tuesday morning 20 July in a forest near the village of village Krusedol in the Fruska Gora region about 100 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/goran-hadzic-last-of-serbian-war-crimes-leaders-arrested/feed/ 0 Weekend break in Zadar, Croatiahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/17/weekend-break-in-zadar-croatia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/17/weekend-break-in-zadar-croatia/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 04:44:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57737 GenevaLunch.com Ed. note: Barbara Ender, an occasional contributor to GenevaLunch, is a Lausanne-based travel editor. Walking through history By Barbara Ender “Would you like a free hug?” An offer I couldn’t refuse. I turned to see a group of cheerful girls in orange T-shirts, opened my arms and embraced all the youth and joie de vivre [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/17/weekend-break-in-zadar-croatia/feed/ 0 Croatian ex-PM extradition from Austria to go aheadhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/09/croatian-ex-pm-extradition-from-austria-to-go-ahead/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/09/croatian-ex-pm-extradition-from-austria-to-go-ahead/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 14:36:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57466 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Austria has agreed to extradite Croatia’s former prime minister, Ivo Sanader, who is wanted on charges of money laundering and corruption. Sanader’s attorney, who calls the charges politically motivated, says his client will appeal. Unconfirmed reports from the Bulgarian News Agency indicate that some euros 4 million in assets of his [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/09/croatian-ex-pm-extradition-from-austria-to-go-ahead/feed/ 0 Nadal, Vlasic, voted world’s top athleteshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:52:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51713 GenevaLunch.com Fifa named best for press facilities for 2010 World Cup by world sports journalists Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The AIPS (International Sports Press Association) has named Rafael Nadal the world’s top male athlete and Blanka Vlasic the top female, in its annual sports awards. Nadal, Spanish is the number one tennis player in the world [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/30/nadal-vlasic-voted-worlds-top-athletes/feed/ 0 Sports, IOC strips two Beijing winners of their medals for dopinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/ioc-strips-two-beijing-winners-of-their-medals-for-doping/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/ioc-strips-two-beijing-winners-of-their-medals-for-doping/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:17 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31875 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne has stripped Rashid Ramzi from Bahrein of his gold medal. He won the men’s 1,500 metre race in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Italian Davide Rebellin, who placed second in the men’s road cycle event, will have to return his silver medal, the IOC announced. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/ioc-strips-two-beijing-winners-of-their-medals-for-doping/feed/ 0 International sports, Davis Cup tennis: Federer keeps Swiss in World Group; Spain v Czech Republic finalhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/20/international-sports-davis-cup-tennis-federer-keeps-swiss-in-world-group-spain-v-czech-republic-fin/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/20/international-sports-davis-cup-tennis-federer-keeps-swiss-in-world-group-spain-v-czech-republic-fin/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:20:41 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=28105 GenevaLunch.com Genoa, Italy (GenevaLunch) – Roger Federer overcame jetlag, slow clay courts and rain, not to mention Potito Storace, to give Switzerland a winning position in their World Group play-off against Italy. He won 6-3 6-0 6-4 to add to the two Swiss singles victories on Friday, which were followed by a loss in the doubles [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/20/international-sports-davis-cup-tennis-federer-keeps-swiss-in-world-group-spain-v-czech-republic-fin/feed/ 1 International sports, tennis: Round four of US Open, Nadal moves on, Murray outhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/09/international-sports-tennis-round-four-of-us-open-nadal-moves-on-murray-out/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/09/international-sports-tennis-round-four-of-us-open-nadal-moves-on-murray-out/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:19:32 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=27296 GenevaLunch.com Flushing Meadows, New York (GenevaLunch) – Third seed Rafael Nadal showed he was in good form yesterday in the fourth round of the US open by beating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-1 6-3, despite a reported intestinal problem, and after coming back from serious knee injuries earlier this year. In the other matches [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/09/international-sports-tennis-round-four-of-us-open-nadal-moves-on-murray-out/feed/ 0 International sports, football: Swiss take a giant leap towards South Africahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/06/international-sports-football-swiss-take-a-giant-leap-towards-south-africa/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/06/international-sports-football-swiss-take-a-giant-leap-towards-south-africa/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:45:37 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=27000 GenevaLunch.com Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland moved to the top of its qualifying group for the 2010 Fifa World Cup with a 2-0 win over Greece in their match. The Swiss scored two goals in the final 10 minutes after playing much of the game with an extra man as Vyntra was sent off for receiving [...]

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