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	CNN.com - Croatia's PM quits in tactical move - July 5, 2002
		The resignation followed a series of political disputes and is regarded as a strategy to enable Racan to form a government without the Social Liberals, the second-largest coalition party, which frequently has opposed his moves.
		Racan has already indicated he plans to form a new government without the Social Liberals, who are led by Drazen Budisa, by including several smaller parties.
		Racan's government has launched political and economic reforms, moving Croatia closer to the European Union and NATO.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/07/05/croatia.racan (255 words)

	Irish Examiner - 2001/07/10: Croat general set to surrender to tribunal
		Racan said his government "disagrees" with some aspects of the indictments, but will defend its views in The Hague courtroom, "not through conflict with the court and the world".
		Racan did not reveal the exact charges or the names of the two, the first Croat citizens to be indicted by the tribunal for wartime atrocities against the Serbs.
		Racan did not speak of Gotovina, whom Croatian newspapers reported yesterday is unwilling to surrender.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2001/07/10/story7576.asp (540 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan was in Brussels today to hand over a dossier containing answers to some 4,500 questions from the European Commission intended to establish whether the country is ready for EU candidate status.
		Racan said Zagreb is appealing for the cooperation of all relevant law enforcement agencies in the region and beyond.
		Racan also appealed to the four EU member states blocking the Stabilization and Association agreement not to punish Croatia for something beyond its control.
	www.rferl.org /features/2003/10/09102003165639.asp (884 words)

	Feral Tribune, Budisa, 5/20/00
		I'm sure that Ivica Racan is not happy about the recent incidents in Veljun, where the unpunished pissing on the Serb graves resulted in a demolished monument dedicated to the victims of fascism in the Second World War.
		Ivica Racan is certainly not happy about the pro-fascist speech delivered by the vice-president of the Parliament, Baltazar Jalsovec, in Bleiburg, where he said that Croatia had been established on the foundations of Bleiburg, or more precisely, of the Independent State of Croatia [NDH, pro-Nazi Croatian puppet state created during WWII].
		Ivica Racan is not happy that the Defense Minister Jozo Rados (also a HSLS member) visited the grave of Gojko Susak [former Croatian defense minister], the evil spirit of the wars in Croatia, but also in Bosnia.
	ex-yupress.com /feral/feral111.html (1100 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The re-election of moderates is "important to complete the tough job," Racan said, of meeting key conditions listed by the European Union as a prelude to membership: return of Serb refugees, cooperation with the U.N. war crimes court and regional stability.
		Racan's pro-Western government, which took power in January, 2000, broke with Tudjman's decade-long authoritarian and nationalist policies, winning backing from the West.
		But Racan's re-election is in question amid growing disappointment with the failure of his government to translate promises into economic prosperity.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/030Compecon/Centeur/Croatia/031107EU1.txt (254 words)

	nij 200
		Prime Minister Ivica Racan of Croatia resigned his office last Friday, but in doing so won a key victory in the gravest government crisis to date since the political changes of January 2000, a crisis that threatened to force the country into early elections.
		Through resigning, Racan was able to engineer the removal of his trouble-making coalition partner, the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), and its president Drazen Budisa, and succeeded in getting a small majority to form a new government without HSLS that will serve until the end of its mandate.
		Racan’s government had already suffered an important setback in this field after most parliamentary parties, including some in the ruling coalition, announced their intention to block a border agreement Racan signed last year with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek.
	www.idee.org /nij280.html (3902 words)

	CNN.com - Croatia in war crimes crisis - July 9, 2001
		Racan said rejecting requests by the U.N. war crimes tribunal to extradite Croatian citizens "would return us into the abyss of the troubled Balkans, from which even Serbia" is escaping.
		Racan said he would ask the parliament for a confidence vote next week, putting his old reformist coalition to its most serious test during its 18 months in power.
		Racan stressed there was no real alternative to cooperation, especially after the landmark transfer to The Hague of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic by the Serbian government last week.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/08/croatia.crisis/index.html (613 words)

	CNN.com - Croatian PM survives confidence vote - July 16, 2001
		The chamber is dominated by parties in Prime Minister Ivica Racan's coalition government, but the issue had initially driven a wedge in that coalition, opening up the possibility of a government collapse.
		Racan was hoping to get national consensus on such a sensitive issue, but members of the former governing party of the late president, Franjo Tudjman, remained adamant in rejecting the extradition plan.
		Racan told deputies at the start of the session that a refusal to work with the U.N. tribunal would prevent Croatia becoming a democratic nation integrated into the rest of Europe.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/16/croatia.vote/index.html?related (826 words)

	CNN.com - Croat PM: General could surrender - July 9, 2001
		Racan’s government agreed last week to extradite Croat suspects to The Hague — a move which prompted four of his ministers to resign in protest.
		Racan said his government "disagrees" with some aspects of the indictments, but will "defend our views in The Hague courtroom, not through conflict with the court and the world," Associated Press reported.
		Racan did not reveal the exact charges, but the two have been indicted by the tribunal for wartime atrocities against the Serbs.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/07/09/croatia.crimes (300 words)

	Globus: Croatia in the Partnership for Peace, 5/12/00
		It is also significant that for the first time Racan said that Croatia will not insist on reciprocity, that is, that the return of displaced persons and refugees to Croatia will not be connected with returns to other regions in the former Yugoslavia, first and foremost to Bosnia.
		As far as cooperation between Croatia and the international court in the Hague is concerned, Ivica Racan pointed out two significant moves by his government: the extradition of Mladen Naletitic Tuta and cooperation with the Hague investigators in Gospic.
		The other possibility, which was discussed prior to Racan's departure to Brussels, was that the announcement of Lord Robertson, after a meeting with the Croatian premier, have the tone on the basis of which it could be indisputably concluded that Croatia would receive an invitation.
	ex-yupress.com /globus/globus6.html (2733 words)

	Η Ελληνική Προεδρία της ΕΕ - eu2003.gr - Croatia applies for EU membership, Athens 21/02/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan on Friday submitted an application for the Balkan country’s accession to the European Union.
		Racan delivered the application in Athens to the President of the European Council, Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis.
		Racan underlined that Croatia’s political leadership as a whole, as well as public opinion, fully supported the country’s accession to the EU.
	www.eu2003.gr /en/articles/2003/2/21/2026 (315 words)

	Jeffrey T. Kuhner on Croatia on National Review Online
		Socialist prime minister Ivica Racan came to power in early 2000 on a platform of economic reform, democratic renewal, and an end to the authoritarian policies of Croatia's previous president, the late Franjo Tudjman.
		Racan and President Stipe Mesic were lifelong members of the Communist party; and, to this day, they retain a Marxist mindset.
		Racan is likely to lose the national elections to be called sometime this spring.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-kuhner020703.asp (1574 words)

	Goss, Ivica Racan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		An interview with the President of the SDP, Ivica Racan
		Ivica Racan, President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on a rainy April morning at the Party headquarters in a modern high rise off Vlaska Street in Zagreb.
		Racan said at the beginning of our conversation.
	hometown.aol.com /vgoss/z-ir.html (1416 words)

	Croatia on the Brink of Financial Ruin [Free Republic]
		Ivica Racan’s government should not have been so afraid of the demagogic threats of "revengism", and "clean-ups".
		Ivica Racan, also president of SDP, in spite of all of the misses and mistakes by his government, is still seen by most citizens as a serious, responsible and capable politician.
		Premier Racan and his government can only be saved by new individuals who, with their authority, knowledge and results to date, can guarantee the success of those changes.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b43c0c846ae.htm (2461 words)

	nij156
		Ivica Racan was a pale communist aparatchik who took over the lead role in then Croatian communist party in 1989.
		Although Racan's party got almost fantastic 30 per cent of the votes at the first parliamentary elections, it started to erode soon afterwards and Racan decided to create a new party according to ideals of modern European social-democracy.
		Racan joined forces with Croatian socio-liberal party led by Drazen Budisa, who was a student leader of Croatian spring movement in 1971.
	www.idee.org /nij156.html (4990 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Racan said the Social Liberals resigned due to a "moral conflict" between the government's decision and their party's position.
		Racan did not name those incriminated by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), but the Croatian press has said they were two generals accused of alleged atrocities against Serbs during the 1991-95 conflict.
		Racan said the government had "preferred to choose the way of cooperation to that of confrontation" with Europe, to preserve its hopes of being accepted into the European Union.
	www.islamonline.net /english/news/2001-07/10/article16.shtml (827 words)

	ESPN.com - Ivica joins sister Janica with slalom victory
		Ivica and Janica Kostelic became the first brother and sister to win World Cup Alpine races on the same day.
		What Ivica has done means a lot because we've spoken for years about winning a race on the same day.
		Ivica had a total time of 1 minute, 44.71 seconds on a rutted course to pad his lead in the slalom standings.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1487504&type=news (668 words)

	Ivica Račan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Ebersbach, Germany, where his mother was interned in the labor camp.
		Ivica Račan ceased to be the prime minister on December 23, 2003 when Croatian Parliament gave its consent for his successor, Ivo Sanader of the Croatian Democratic Union.
		Račan publicly stated that this is his last term as the party president, and observers see former defence minister Željka Antunović as his successor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivica_Racan (921 words)

	Croatian Government Bulletin - Croatia and the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		PM PLEASED THAT EC Prime Minister Ivica Racan said he was pleased with the news that the European Commission was about to start defining an evaluation of Croatia's application for European Union candidacy.
		Racan told reporters the talks addressed the reform of Croatia's military and the situation in the region, especially in light of the recent assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
		Racan made the statement at a press conference held at the end of a European conference, an informal summit of "wider Europe", which pooled some 40 European leaders in Athens.
	www.vlada.hr /Bulletin/2003/april/cro-world.htm (2173 words)

	Party Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Prime Minister Ivica Racan, who heads Croatia's biggest party, the Social Democrats (SDP), expressed concern over the situation and said he would demand an explanation from the HSLS.
		Asked whether he was thinking about a minority government, Racan said, "Yes, including the possibility of the SDP withdrawing and supporting the minority government." Racan later said he had been joking.
		Racan in the end had to go along with this view, but kept insisting that his partners support him in seeking to keep Granic in the government.
	www.tol.cz /look/BRR/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=3764 (687 words)

	SKI in Bulgaria
		The Kostelics are icons in Croatia and their rise from poverty and gloom to fame and stardom has become a fable for children in the country of 4.5 million, which is struggling to emerge from the ravages of war after it declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
		Ivica led after the opening leg and had a total time of 1 minute, 44.71 seconds on the badly rutted course to record his second straight victory.
		The Kostelic family is an icon in Croatia and the rise from poverty and gloom to fame and stardom has become a fable for children in the country of 4.5 million, which is struggling to emerge from the ravages of war after it declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
	www.xtdev.com /ski/wmview_en.php?ArtID=109 (1537 words)

	JUSTWATCH-L archives -- November 2003 (#579) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Racan's only real chance for survival was to show Croatian voters that he had made real progress toward EU membership, and that it would be disastrous to switch jockeys in mid-race.
		Racan had been planning on the 15 members of the EU officially making Croatia, by 1 October 2003, a candidate for 2007 EU membership.
		Racan, blocked by Del Ponte from being able to demonstrate that Croatia had become a member candidate under his four year tenure, could not credibly rebut the HDZ's argument.
	listserv.buffalo.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0311&L=justwatch-l&D=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=70169 (588 words)

	Distributed by CroatianWorld
		Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan resigned Friday in a political maneuver apparently aimed at forcing a rival party out of his coalition government.
		Racan informed his Cabinet ministers that he resigned during a closed government session Friday morning, HINA reported.
		Racan has indicated he plans to form a new government without the Social Liberals by including several smaller parties.
	www.croatianworld.net /Letters/1256.htm (462 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		#L# Commenting on numerous criticisms about the situation in the five- party coalition and requests he sees as "sometimes unbelievable and unfounded", Racan said after a meeting of coalition leaders "the SDP is aware of the seriousness of the work and its role in the coalition".
		Racan informed reporters that the party leaders today agreed to hold a serious discussion about relations and the situation in the coalition after the electoral assembly of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) scheduled to take place Saturday.
		Announcing a thematic government session for Thursday, which is to focus on the strategies of defence and national security, Racan said that immediately after the session, a set of bills would be forwarded to parliament which would bring the reform of the Croatian army to an end.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/021Compecon/021Centeur/Croatia/020128coal.txt (345 words)

	The Hindu : Tudjman's party trounced in Croatian poll
		Ivica Racan, a former communist and 55-year- old leader of Croatia's opposition coalition is poised to become the Balkan State's new Prime Minister following Monday's Parliamentary polls in which the late President Franjo Tudjman's HDZ or Croatian Democratic Union Party suffered a crushing defeat.
		Racan has said he will interfere less in the affairs of Bosnian Croats who are supposed to part of the Muslim Croat entity in Bosnia- Herzegovina.
		Racan has also pledged to revamp and liberalise the country's broadcast media and cooperate with the U.N. war crimes tribunal, although he feels Croatia may not get fair treatment.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/01/05/stories/0305000m.htm (556 words)

	Ivica racan - Hrvatska radiotelevizija/Croatian radiotelevision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dinner in honour of H.E. Mr Ivica Racan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia.
		SDP is currently the most popular party in opinion polls, and Ivica Racan is viewed as the leader of Croatian opposition.
		Ivica Racan: Stranka je uz Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic / VIJESTI
	je-suis.yourinfoworld.com /yiw/je-suis-ivica-racan.htm (259 words)

	2001/12/10 00:57 Slovenian — Croatian Relations
		Ivica Racan has decided to let the Parliament (instead of the mentioned Foreign Policy Committee) decide the Agreement's fate, since there is greater chance that he could secure in Parliament the majority necessary for the Agreement to be singed and ratified.
		That is why the Slovenian Prime Minister, Janez Drnovsek made a rather unusual move in diplomatic communications and sent an open letter to Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan in an attempt to break the deadlock in the resolution of problems at issue.
		That Prime Minister Racan, nevertheless, tacitly agrees with the allegations from Drnovsek's letter is confirmed by Racan's statement that Croatia "will get more than it will lose with this Agreement" and that the resolution of disputable questions would benefit Croatia in the broader political context too.
	www.aimpress.ch /dyn/trae/archive/data/200112/11210-001-trae-lju.htm (1209 words)

	TCM Breaking News - 2001/07/10: Croat general ready to surrender - claim
		Racan said his Government ‘‘disagrees’’ with some aspects of the indictments, but will ‘‘defend our views in The Hague courtroom, not through conflict with the court and the world.’’
		Racan did not speak of Gotovina, whom Croatian newspapers reported Monday is unwilling to surrender.
		Racan said that if veterans follow through on threats to stage mass protests and road blockades, his Government will react with ‘‘all available means.’’
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2001/07/10/story17909.asp (638 words)

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