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Croatia MP Becomes Region’s Anti-Establishment Star

ZAGREB, 27. OCT. 2016 – After a video in which he slated the US, NATO and the EU swept the social media in the region, Croatian anti-establishment MP Ivan Pernar claims ‘people are hungry for the...

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Croatian Minister Praised WWII Fascist Official

ZAGREB, 28. OCT. 2016 – New Croatian Science and Education Minister Pavo Barisic praised a WWII Nazi-allied Ustasa official, calling him “a tragic hero and a victim”, in a scientific paper he wrote in...

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Bosnia-Croatia Relations Hit by Arrest of Croats for war crimes

SARAJEVO, ZAGREB, 01. NOV. 2016 – Relations between the two countries face a new challenge as Croatian and Bosnian Croat officials expressed concerns after ten Bosnian Croat ex-fighters were arrested...

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GRABAR-KITAROVIC “SURPRISED” WITH ARREST OF EX-CROATIAN FIGHTERS IN BOSNIA

ZAGREB, 03. NOV. 2016 – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said on Nov. 2 that she was surprised with the arrests of ten former members of the Croatian Defense Council on suspicion of having...

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Croatian President promises support to ethnic Croats outside Croatia-Concern...

ZAGREB, 10. nov. 2016 – President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic stated that Croatia’s institutions should provide Croatian minorities in other countries with full support and underscored that “young people...

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Croatian Defence Minister Accused of War Crimes in Bosnia

ZAGREB, BANJA LUKA, 10. NOV. 2016 – Serb officials have filed a criminal complaint accusing Croatian Defence Minister Damir Krsticevic and 15 other former high-ranking Croatian officers of committing...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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 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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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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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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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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