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Pivot of Franco-Croatian intelligence cooperation awarded top French honour

Croatian Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) Director Daniel Markic. © SOA

A Croatian master spy has received France's Légion d'Honneur medal, crowning an eight-year relationship between the intelligence services of Paris and Zagreb. [...]

Published on 18/07/2024 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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