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The decision was made by a state commission in charge of controlling public procurement procedures.

The commission rejected the appeals of Austria's Strabag and of the Italian-Turkish consortium Astaldi-Ictas , after more than two months spent analyzing the complaints, Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List said.

ZAGREB - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic on Monday visited the Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanic, who welcomed the courageous step forward made by the two heads of state towards improvement of Serbian-Croatian relations.

ZAGREB - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday he had discussed the issue of war reparations with Andrej Plenkovic at the insistence of the Croatian PM.

Vucic said this in a statement to reporters as he was walking across Zagreb's Markov trg towards the Croatian parliament building, where he met with Speaker Goran Jandrokovic.

She made the remark after their meeting in Zagreb on Monday.

Speaking to the media, Grabar-Kitarovic said she was satisfied with the meeting, that according to her, had been under preparation "for months."

Croatian pupils have expressed their mixed feelings about Europe, the Balkans and their own identity, in research recently published in a Croatian scientific journal Revija za sociologiju [Review for Sociology].

 The Croatian capital could soon have direct flights to the capital of South Korea. The Korean airline, Jin Air, plans to expand its operations in Europe and one of the new destinations for 2019 is Zagreb, Dubrovnik Times writes. "In 2020, Jin Air plans to operate 52 domestic and international routes.

Greece will need a miracle on Sunday to overturn the 4-1 deficit from the first leg at the Maksimir Stadion in Zagreb on Thursday, as Croatia was a class above the error-prone Greeks on the night. The dream of a third consecutive World Cup now appears distant for the national team.

A former executive from the ailing Croatian conglomerate Agrokor, Mislav Galic, was questioned at the state attorney's office in Zagreb on Tuesday and presented a document which allegedly shows how all the major financial decisions were made by company's owner and founder Ivica Todoric.

An incident happened in Croatia's capital Zagreb on Thursday evening that left one person lightly injured, Croatian media are reporting.

The local police confirmed for the website index.hr that they received a report about the incident, which took place in a tram traveling on city line 6.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Zagreb has been postponed, his cabinet confirmed on Wednesday.

According to previous announcements, the visit should have taken place in November at the latest.