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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...

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20 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...

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Deutsche 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...

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Croatia 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...

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Croatia 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...

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Serbia’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...

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Croatian 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...

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EC 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...

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Croatian 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...

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Serb 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...

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CROATIA 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...

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Refugee 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...

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Croatia 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...

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CROATIAN 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...

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“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...

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Croatian 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...

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PAHOR, 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...

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Hungarian 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...

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Remains 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...

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Croatia: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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