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Former Croatian minister conveyed his cat in a government car

Posted : Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:42:48 GMT
By : DPA
Category : Europe (World)
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Zagreb - A former Croatian minister used his official car to drive his pet cat between his apartment in Zagreb and his family home in Osjek, local media reported Wednesday. Berislav Roncevic, defence minister in the 2003-2007 government, frequently had the animal driven so it could spend the weekend with him and then be returned to the family, weekly Globus reported.

A one-way trip between Zagreb and Osjek, near the border with Serbia, is 260 kilometers, and the former minister's cat clocked up more than 150,000 kilometres using the government automobile.

Roncevic was in 2007 appointed an internal affairs minister in the new government but was recently sacked after a high profile mafia killing in downtown Zagreb.

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