ZAGREB

Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic scheduled a meeting for Monday with the heads of all 13 parliamentary groups to update them after Zagreb said last week that it may pull out of international arbitration with Slovenia over the Piran Gulf following revelations of secret conversations between a judge and the Slovene representative.

Bosnian Presidency member Dragan Covic, who represents Croats in this collective body, says he has not been invited to attend the Operation Storm parade.

Politicians from Zagreb and Belgrade have been exchanging harsh words over the upcoming 20th anniversary of Operation Storm, which saw Serb rebels’ hold over Croatian territory crushed.

A former Yugoslav general was arrested in Montenegro on July 19 on suspicion of having committed war crimes in the 1990s, an official source in Podgorica said.

Montenegrin police arrested general Borislav Djukic on a warrant issued by Zagreb accusing him of involvement in blowing up a dam during the 1991-95 war in Croatia.

Zagreb County Court on Friday threw out an indictment filed by the Croatian Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime, USKOK, against Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic.

Members of the Slovenian Army will not participate in a military parade in Zagreb that will be organized on the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm.

Most NATO member-states will not send their soldiers to a military parade in Zagreb that will on August 5 celebrate the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm.

Croatia has invited all NATO member states to take part in a parade in Zagreb on August 4 that will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm.

Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic underlined the importance of Montenegro's NATO membership for Croatia, at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Zagreb on Thursday.

"This is something that interests Croatia, bearing in mind that Montenegro is a neighboring state and security in this part of Europe and the region is an important matter for us," the PM stated.