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Woman dead in flat ... for 42...

"So far we have no idea how it is possible that someone officially reported missing so long ago was not found before in the same apartment she used to live in."

CROATIAN police broke into a flat to check who lived there 42 years after its owner was reported missing - and found the woman's mummified remains sitting in front of her TV. via News.com.au

"My dear neighbors! Please keep on being curious and a bit tiresome, as you have been so far"

Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. via KATU

Users of a popular internet service chose a Greek island as their favourite place for travel in Europe. via SETimes news

Jia Qinglin, China's top political advisor, concluded his official goodwill visit to Croatia Wednesday afternoon, ending his four-nation Europe tour ahead of schedule. via Xinhuanet

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Zoran Milanovic was re-elected on Saturday as a leader of the Social Democratic Party . via Balkan Times

"The grey zone of real estate and construction industry are easy targets for such operations. Though Croatian institutions delivered anti-money laundering laws ten years ago, there have been only two such trials."

Real estate and the construction industry are easy targets for those seeking to launder money, a Council of Europe committee warns. via SETimes news

"Those Bosnians who elected to remain in the camps eventually found asylum in countries throughout the Western and Arab worlds. Many of those who settled in the Middle East later fought in Palestine against the new Israeli state."

On a pleasant Thursday in December 1948, Emilio Traubner, a correspondent for The Palestine Post, found himself near Abu Kabir, not far from Jaffa. via SF Sentinel

"I've dedicated most of my life to this shipyard. This place means tradition and my wish is that many more generations earn their pensions here... because I think 3.Maj can compete on the global market."

Time stood still on the docks of 3.Maj shipyard as the champagne bottle swirled and smashed against the hull of a tanker being launched for Latvian owners. via Reuters

Serbia's Dragan Sutanovac urged Kosovo voters to choose pro-Western candidates. Also this week: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro sign a cross-border co-operation agreement. via SETimes news

"Croatia will pay the 40m euros from its tax revenues"

The recent court case against Croatia for improprieties in the Hypo Bank acquisition of Slavonska Banka may dampen the enthusiasm of foreign investors. via Balkan Times

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