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...
View ArticleCroatian 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...
View ArticleBosnia-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...
View ArticleGRABAR-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...
View ArticleCroatian 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...
View ArticleCroatian 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...
View ArticleCroatia 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...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticleCroatian 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...
View ArticleRUSSIAN 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....
View ArticleTerrorist “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...
View ArticleCroatia 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...
View ArticleCroatia 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...
View ArticleNazi 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...
View ArticleCroatia: 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...
View ArticleConstruction 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,...
View ArticleCroatia 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...
View ArticleDacic: 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...
View ArticleCroatian 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...
View ArticleCroatia 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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