Croatia : Most NATO countries won’t take part in Storm parade
ZAGREB, 15.JULY 2015 – Most NATO member-states will not send their soldiers to a military parade in Zagreb that will on August 5 celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Croatian army and police Operation...
View Article20 years since start of Croatia’s Military Operation Storm against Serbs
ZAGREB/BELGRADE, 4 AUG.2015 -The August 4th marked 20 years since the start of Croatia’s military operation “Storm” that led to expulsion of more than 200,000 and killing of the ethnic Serbs from that...
View ArticleDeutsche Welle:Anniversary of the Croatian Operation Storm-The crimes others...
COLOGNE, 04. AUG. 2015 – Twenty years ago, the Croatian army launched Operation Storm to take control of the Serbian-occupied territory in Croatia. To this day, Serbia and Croatia still disagree about...
View ArticleCroatia Celebrates Operation Storm Anniversary; Serbia Mourns
ZAGREB/BELGRADE, 05. AUG. 2015 – Croatia staged a military parade to mark the 20th anniversary of its victory in Operation Storm, which defeated Serb rebels and when more than 2,000 Serbs were killed...
View ArticleCroatia sends protest note to Serbia over Seselj and Nikolic
ZAGREB, 06. AUG. 2015 – Croatia’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has asked Serbia to “sanction as soon as possible” those who on Thursday burned Croatian flags. The incident happened in front...
View ArticleSerbia’s demarche to Croatia over incidents in Knin
BELGRADE, 06. AUG. 2015 – The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a protest note to the Croatian embassy in Belgrade. The ministry said there were “statements and acts” made during Croatia’s...
View ArticleCroatian police: Fascist pro-Ustasha singer to be punished
ZAGREB, 06. AUG. 2015 – The Croatian police have said that Marko Perkovic aka Thompson will be punished for shouting a fascist greeting during his concert in Knin. Perkovic could now face a fine...
View ArticleEC confident Croatia will respect Serb minority rights
BRUSSELS, 20.AUG. 2015 -Bilingual signs and minority languages are in the jurisdiction of European Union member states, a European Commission statement said commenting on the amendments to the Croatian...
View ArticleCroatian president says fascist salute idea “unacceptable”
ZAGREB, 25.AUG.2015 – The initiative to reinstate a fascist salute as the official salute of the Croatian Armed Forces is unacceptable and is not serious.This is what the cabinet of Croatian President...
View ArticleSerb Minority Rights Scripted Out in Croatia
ZAGREB/BELGRADE, 02. SEP. 2015 (BIRN, by Sven Milekic and Sasa Dragojlo) – The muted response to the Croatian town of Vukovar’s decision to scrap controversial bilingual signs in Latin and Serb...
View ArticleCROATIA READY TO ACCEPT 3,000 REFUGEES
ZAGREB, 14. SEP. 2015 – Croatia doesn’t expect the refugee wave to wash over the country, but it’s ready to accept around 3,000 refugees, the head of the Croatian interior ministry’s border...
View ArticleRefugee crisis: Croatia closed borders and “moves to Plan B”
ZAGREB, 18. SEP. 2015 – Croatia closed its borders stoping the migrants entering from Serbia and the Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has said the refugee crisis is not threatening the security...
View ArticleCroatia Reopens Border Crossings With Serbia
BELGRADE/ZAGREB, 25. SEP. 2015 -Amid increasing international pressure, Croatia reopened two key border crossings to Serbia after a row sparked by the influx of refugees threatened a damaging trade...
View ArticleCROATIAN PRESIDENT: WE WILL HAVE TO ERECT FENCE AT BORDER
ZAGREB, 14.OCT. 2015 – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has stated that Croatia will have to erect a fence on its border in order to protect itself. “I do not wish Croatia to find itself in...
View Article“Croatia should close green border, deploy army”
ZAGREB, 19. OCT. 2015 – The head of the Croatian president’s operational team for the refugee crisis Mate Granic stated Croatia “must close the green border with Serbia and call in the army.” “There...
View ArticleCroatian minister comments on Serbia’s plans to buy Russian weapons
ZAGREB, 29. OCT. 2015 – Croatian defense Minister Ranko Ostojic stressed that Croatia is a NATO member, “and nobody will dare attack it.” Serbia’s announced buying of Russian weapons has attracted...
View ArticlePAHOR, GRABAR-KITAROVIC:CURBING MIGRANTS FLOW KEY TO SOLVE CRISIS
LJUBLJANA, 22. NOV. 2015 – Slovenian President Borut Pahor and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic discussed the migrant crisis underlining that curbing the number of refugees was key to...
View ArticleHungarian FM:”Great relations with Serbia, never worse with Croatia”
BUDAPEST, 09. DEC.2015 – Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says his country’s relations with Serbia are “exceptionally good,” while those with Croatia “have never been worse.” Relations with...
View ArticleRemains of 56 Serbs exhumed in Croatia
BELGRADE, ZAGREB, 09. DEC. 2015 -The remains of 56 people of Serb nationality have been taken out of a mass grave at the cemetery in the village of Gornje Seliste in central Croatia. Serbia’s...
View ArticleCroatia:Pharma Company Boss Named as Prime Minister
ZAGREB, 24. DEC. 2015 – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic named pharmaceutical company director Tihomir Oreskovic as prime minister designate, signalling an end to the post-election political...
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