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US Holocaust Envoy Warns Croatia About Fascist Symbols

ZAGREB, 25. MARCH 2017 – On a visit to Croatia, the US State Department envoy for Holocaust issues warned the authorities that symbols of the WWII fascist Ustasa movement are offensive to victims and...

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Croatia: Five Serbian Orthodox churches broken into

ZAGREB, 11. MARCH 2017 – Five Orthodox temples in Croatia have been broken into during the past several days, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) announced. Money was stolen, but no major material damage...

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Parliament speaker:Croatia won’t participate in ‘shameful’ arbitration with...

ZAGREB, 03. MAR 2017 – Croatia will not participate in arbitration proceedings behind which are shameful acts by some members, Parliament Speaker Bozo Petrov said, commenting on European Commission...

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AI:”Discrimination against minorities widespread in Croatia”

ZAGREB, 28. FEB. 2017 – Discrimination against Serb and other ethnic minorities and Roma remained widespread, states the latest report on Croatia prepared by Amnesty International. Additionally, Serb...

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Mayor condemns nazi parade in Croatia’s capital

ZAGREB, 28. FEB. 2017 – The mayor of Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, has condemned in the strongest terms the march organized by the A-HSP party, Croatian agency Hina is reporting. Bandic called on the...

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Croatia To Reintroduce Conscription Military Service-Serbia will not

ZAGREB, 02. FEB. 2017 – The Croatian government is analysing the possibility of reintroducing compulsory military service, although the costs of bringing back conscription are not yet clear.The...

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Croatia Ex-President Shown Downplaying WWII Crimes

ZAGREB, 24. JAN. 2017 – Croatian far-right media published videos shot in 1992 of former President Stjepan Mesic downplaying the crimes committed at the World War II fascist concentration camp at...

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Croatian Jews Boycott State-Run Holocaust Commemoration

ZAGREB, 24. JAN. 2017 – The Croatian Jewish community will boycott the state commemoration of the Holocaust, claiming that the government is not tackling attempts by right-wingers to distort the...

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Dacic: Serbia’s relations with its neighbors are “burdened” by Kosovo issue...

BELGRADE, 02. JAN 2017 – Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has told Beta News Agency in an interview that Serbia could vote against the interests of its neighbors who in the past failed to support...

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Croatia unblocks Chapter 26 in Serbia’s EU accession talks

ZAGREB, 24. DEC. 2016 – Croatian Foreign Minister Davor Ivo Stier said that his country has “unblocked Serbia.” This means that Zagreb “removed its reservations” regarding the opening of Chapter 26...

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Construction of Croatia’s LNG Terminal to Start in 2017?

ZAGREB, 19. DEC. 2016 – After many years of waiting, it seems that the LNG terminal of the Croatian island of Krk could soon become reality. If it builds a floating LNG terminal on the island of Krk,...

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Croatia: NATO to Remain Engaged in Southeast Europe

ZAGREB, 17. DEC. 2016 – NATO and the United States want to continue to stay involved and present in Southeast Europe and contribute to stability of this part of the continent, said in Zagreb Croatian...

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Nazi hunter Zuroff wants EU to explain rising neo-fascism in Croatia

ZAGREB, 16. DEC. – Director of the Jerusalem-based Simon Wiesenthal Center Efraim Zuroff says the current situation regarding neo-fascism in Croatia is very worrying, Radio Free Europe reported. Zuroff...

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Croatia Unveils Military Monument at Prison Camp Site

ZAGREB, 13. DEC. 2016 – Croatian officials and veterans opened a monument to a military police battalion at the former Lora prison camp, where several Serbs were tortured and killed by battalion...

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Croatia blocks EU-Serbia negotiations Chapter 26, Serbian PM leaves Brussels

BRUSSELS, 12. DEC. 2016 – Croatia has blocked the opening of Chapter 26 in Serbia’s EU accession negotiations, prompting Aleksandar Vucic to leave Brussels. The Serbian prime minister was in Brussels...

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Terrorist “Islamic State” Struggling to Recruit from Bosnia

SARAJEVO, 07. DEC. 2016 – After Bosnia’s security minister cited data that no Bosnian citizen had left the country for Syria or Iraq in the past six months, experts said it confirmed that terrorist...

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RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CONCERNED WITH ZAGREB-MOSCOW FUTURE TIES, BUSINESS FORUM...

ZAGREB, 28. NOV. 2016 – Russian Ambassador to Croatia Anvar Azimov expressed his concern with the future of Zagreb-Moscow relations, confirming that a Russia-Croatia business forum had been called off....

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Croatian PM on Russian criticism:Too low-level, I won’t respond

ZAGREB, 23. NOV. 2016 – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Nov. 23 that he would not be responding to criticism from the Russian Foreign Ministry over his statement that Croatia might...

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Russia to Croatia: Tackle your own deep-rooted problems, not Ukraine

MOSCOW, 23. NOV. 2016 – Russia has called on Croatia to refrain from offering Ukraine its “peaceful reintegration experiences,” and instead “tackle its own deep-rooted problems.” These problems, a...

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Croatia Wants to Prosecute Alleged War Crimes in Bosnia

ZAGREB, 12. NOV. 2016 – After reports that Croatia’s Vice-Prime Minister is under investigation for war crimes in Bosnia, a Croatian expert says Zagreb could take over the prosecution of crimes...

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