CROATIA/SLOVENIA/1ST UPDATE: Voters Narrowly Approve Sea Border Change.

BBC/ LINK CHANGE/ UPDATE: 6 June /   
Voters in Slovenia narrowly decided to settle a long-running border dispute with Croatia.The heart of the dispute was an 8 square miles of borderland and sea that have been in question since Slovenia became independent of Yugoslavia in 1991. It led Slovenia's PM Borut Pahor to kill Croatia's EU bid in December 2008. Croatian legislators have already authorised an agreement. With the referendum win of just under 52%, Slovenia can now authorize an agreement after its parliament failed to approve the deal.     (Foto of Borut Pahor)

Croatian Stocks Surge On Possible End To Slovenian Border Dispute.

BLOOMBERG/
Croatia’s four-year bid to join the EU has been blocked since December by Slovenia. Slovenia claims its ships are being denied direct access to international waters by Croatia. The two sides finally agreed to settle the dispute through EU arbitration.

Croatian Tourism Drops Again.

BLOOMBERG.
The number of tourists in Croatia declined in July for the third consecutive month. Tourist arrivals dropped 2 percent after decreasing 6 percent in June. Tourism accounts for about a fifth of the gross domestic product of Croatia.

TV Show Tries To Reunite Missing From Yugoslavian Break-up.

GLOBAL POST.COM.
Sasa Lekovic heads a five person team of journalists behind "Potraga" ("The Search"), produced by Belgrade TV broadcaster B92. The show has asked its viewers — averaging about 400,000 — to contribute as "citizen journalists" in searches for missing from the Yugoslav conflict.

The Former Yugolsavia Puts Itself Back Together.

THE ECONOMIST.

Almost 20 years after political bonds were broken by war, links are quietly being restored in the former Yugoslavia.

Croatia Puts Tito's Adriatic Islands Up For Sale.

The Independent, UK.

A price of $2.5 billion euros is what the Croatian government is asking for former Yugoslav president Tito's Adriatic islands.

Hungarian Prime Minister Warns Ambassadors Of Social Crisis.

From the Budapest Times.

Slovenia/Croatia Meet To Resolve Maritime Border Dispute.

From Bloomberg.