The daily alleged that Slovenia was dissatisfied with the non-implementation of the part of a bilateral agreement on cross border traffic and cooperation referring to fisheries.
On its web site, the Foreign Ministry dismissed the allegations as incorrect. "Slovenia has not yet given its consent for opening negotiations on the chapter on fisheries because Croatia, despite the agreement signed in 1997, does not accept the agreement."
According to the Ministry, the part of the Croatian-Slovene agreement which refers to fisheries is in the European Commission's jurisdiction since Slovenia joined the EU and a solution is expected to be found between Slovenia, the EC and Croatia.
Novi List said Slovenia had tried to block the opening of Croatia-EU negotiations on fisheries but that EU president Finland urged it to settle the issue bilaterally.