[MSN] Montenegro Returns Stolen Pictures to Croatia. Podgorica: Three paintings, which disappeared from the Dubrovnik area during the war of 1991-95, have been returned to Croatia, Montenegro's police said on Monday.

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Montenegro Returns Stolen Pictures to Croatia
29 10 2007  Podgorica _ Three paintings, which disappeared from the
Dubrovnik area during the war of 1991-95, have been returned to Croatia,
Montenegro's police said on Monday.



The paintings had been removed from a Franciscan monastery in the village of
Slano, in Dubrovnik-Nevesinje county, in the course of Croatia's war of
independence from federal Yugoslavia.


The works of art, which were found in Podgorica, have now been handed over
to  representatives of Croatia's Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of
Culture.


Montenegro's Police Administration has not been able provide further
details, including information about the idenitity of the alleged thieves,
as the police investigation is still underway.

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