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Serbian PM and Croatian president sign declaration

SUBOTICA, 20. JUNE 2016 – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic have signed a six-point declaration on enhancing relations. The document, signed in the...

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Karamarko Resigns as Rulling Croatian Democratic Union President

ZAGREB, 21. JUNE 2016 – Tomislav Karamarko resigned from the position of president of the rulling Croatian Democratic Union, claiming he is taking responsibility for failing to achieve a parliamentary...

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Croatia says other EU members back its blockade of Serbia

ZAGREB, 29. JUNE 2016 – Croatia’s outgoing prime minister said in Brussels his country’s stance regarding the opening of negotiations with Serbia in chapter 23 has not changed. Tihomir Oreskovic added...

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Croatia Erects Serbian Border Fence to Deter Migrants

ZAGREB, 30. JUNE 2016 – Croatia has suddenly erected a fence on a bridge on the border with Serbia, reportedly to block the entry of illegal migrants and the activities of people-smugglers. Croatian...

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Croatia no longer obstacle to opening Serbia’s EU accession chapters

PARIS, 04. JULY 2016 – As far as Croatia is concerned, there are no longer any obstacles to Serbia opening chapters 23 and 24 in the country’s EU accession negotiations, as confirmed by the Serbian PM...

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Hague Rejects Croatia Bid to Clear Ex-Leader Tudjman

THE HAGUE, SARAJEVO, 19. JULY 2016 (BIRN) -The Hague Tribunal rejected Croatia’s request to be involved in the appeal against the conviction of six Bosnian Croat wartime officials, thwarting Zagreb’s...

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Croatian FM says Serbia could face “severe sanctions”

ZAGREB, 21. JULY 2016 (Dnevnik.hr) – Croatian Foreign Minister Miro Kovac has said that Serbia would face “severe sanctions” if it were to “arrest some Croatian citizen.” He was referring to Serbia’s...

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FM DACIC BLASTS ANTI-SERB HYSTERIA OF OUTGOING CROATIAN GOV’T

BELGRADE, 21. JULY 2016 – Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic strongly criticized the outgoing Croatian cabinet for “anti-Serb hysteria,” stressing that Serbia would not allow anyone to humiliate it....

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Croat ex-president advises against “hysteria” toward Serbia

ZAGREB, 24. JULY 2016 – Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has urged his successor to “stop the unconstructive hysteria toward Serbia.” He was referring to Croatia’s efforts to block Serbia’s EU...

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CROATIA SENDS DEMARCHE TO SERBIA OVER STEPINAC

ZAGREB, BELGRADE, 25. JULY 2016 – The Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs sent a demarche to Serbia over “inappropriate statements” of Serbian officials on the annulment of verdict to...

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Nazi-Hunter Condemns Quashed Stepinac Conviction

ZAGREB, TEL-AVIV, 25. JYLY 2016 – A director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, said the Croatian court judgment, quashing the conviction of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac in 1946 for collaboration, was...

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Outrage in Serbia on the re-trial for war crimes against Serbs

ZAGREB, BELGRADE, 28. JULY 2016 – Former Croatian war commander Branimir Glavas faces a re-trial after Croatia’s Supreme Court annulled his first-degree conviction for war crimes against Serbs in...

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Croatian minister praises Nazi Ustasha terrorist

ZAGREB, 01. AUG. 2016 – The unveiling of a monument honoring Croatian Nazi Ustasha terrorist Miro Baresic has been attended by two Croatian ministers, the N1 broadcaster has reported. Baresic was...

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SERBIAN PM: BLATANT ANTI-SERBIAN POLICY BEING CONDUCTED IN CROATIA

BELGRADE, 02. AUG. 2016 – In a letter to the European Union’s highest-ranking officials, Serbian Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic warned about “the blatant anti-Serbian policy” in Croatia,...

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Montenegro sends demarche to Croatia over statue of terrorist Baresic

PODGORICA, 01. AUG. 2016 – The Montenegrin Foreign Ministry sent a demarche to the Croatian authorities over the erection of a statue of nazi Ustasha terrorist Miro Baresic, who was convicted of the...

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Serbian Minister:EU’s reaction to Vucic’s letter “has no essence”– minister

BELGRADE, 03. AUG. 2016 – Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic says the EU’s reaction to a letter PM-designate Aleksandar Vucic regarding anti-Serb policy in Croatia, sent to European Union top...

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SERBIAN OFFICIAL:CLIMATE IN CROATIA PUSHES REGION BACK TO ’90s TENSIONS

BELGRADE, 03. AUG. 2016 – The Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migrations wared that ahead of the 21st anniversary of the Croatian Army and police Operation Storm in the mostly Serbian inhabited...

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Croatian top leader Plenkovic Sends a Message to Serbian Government

ZAGREB, 31. JULY 2016 – Croatian rulling party HDZ leader Andrej Plenkovic reacts to criticism by veterans associations that the government has been too lenient with Serbia. Plenkovic said that Serbian...

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Serbian PM:Future anti-Serb pogroms won’t be allowed

BELGRADE, 05. AUG. 2016 – Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic told a gathering in Belgrade that his country will never forget what happened during the August 1995 Croatia’s police and military Operation Storm...

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Croatian president:Operation Storm was “ethically clean”

ZAGREB, 05. AUG. 2016 – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has spoken at Croatia’s celebration of the 21 anniversary of the Croatian police and military Operation Storm in August 1995 against,...

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