On July 7, 2006, Bradtke presented his diplomatic credentials to Croatian President Stjepan Mesić and took over in the American Embassy in Zagreb; Bradtke had previously served in Zagreb when it was part of Yugoslavia.
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In 2006, Croatian President Stjepan Mesić and his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski announced that the Croats would receive national minority status in Macedonia.
Simon Wiesenthal Center director Efraim Zuroff complained to the Croatian president Stjepan Mesić about the funeral of Dinko Šakić, one of the leaders of the army of the Independent State of Croatia, who died on July 2008.