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  • Calls grow in Croatia for a referendum on same-sex marriage

    Opposition to marriage for same-sex couples is growing in Croatia. An initiative called “In the name of the family” wants a referendum on changing the… 29/05/2013

  • Six former Bosnian Croat leaders are jailed for ethnic cleansing

    Former Bosnian Croat leader Jadranko Prlic is one of six to have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms by a UN tribunal in The Hague for war crimes. The… 29/05/2013

  • Croatia gets new Tito-inspired Communist party

    Supporters of the late Yugoslav strongman Marshal Tito have founded a new Communist party in Croatia at Tito’s birthplace. Every year to celebrate the… 27/05/2013

  • Croatia researchers work on getting honey bees to hunt for landmines

    Croatian officials estimate that since the beginning of the Balkan Wars in 1991, 2,500 people have been killed by landmines. During the four-year conflict… 23/05/2013

  • Bees buzz over landmines after detection training

    Croatian researchers have trained bees to detect land mines by associating the scent of the bees’ sugary food with the smell of explosives. During the… 19/05/2013

  • Croatia upgrades borders as it enters EU

    Upgrades on border lines and crossings are taking place as Croatia becomes the 28th member state of the European Union on July 1. The country has seen its… 16/05/2013

  • Dozens of flights grounded in Croatia Airlines strike

    Pilots and flight attendants working for Croatia Airlines have gone on strike over planned wage and job cuts. Efforts are being made to restructure the loss… 15/05/2013

  • Croatia: controversial golf course

    In the quiet countryside above the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik, a battle is unfolding. This David and Goliath tale pitches an international real-estate… 03/05/2013

  • Croatia’s EU turning point

    Croatia’s path from a war of independence as the former Yugoslavia broke up reaches a turning point this 1 July, when the new country will join the European… 26/04/2013

  • Croatians show lack of interest in first EU elections

    Croatia’s opposition right-wing coalition has won most seats in the country’s first ever vote for the European Parliament. Out of a possible twelve they… 15/04/2013

  • Croatians vote in first European Parliament elections

    Polls have opened in Croatia’s first European Parliament elections. 12 candidates must be chosen to represent the country when it officially becomes a member… 14/04/2013

  • First first MEP. elections in Croatia

    Croatian voters will go to the polls on Sunday to select the country’s first-ever group of MEPs. The country of 4.4 million people joins the European Union… 13/04/2013

  • “Our next goal: to join the Schengen area”: Croatia’s ambassador to Belgium

    This week, I Talk will discusses Croatia’s upcoming EU accession with Mario Nobilo, Croatia’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg. Isabelle Kumar… 10/04/2013

  • String revisionists

    The Croatian duo 2Cellos have long been heralded as the boundary-breaking revisionists of string, whilst their genre-bending hits have achieved both critical… 05/04/2013

  • Easter fun with biking bunnies – nocomment

    While most europeans spent their Easter Sunday thinking about chocolate, eating with the family or at church, 150 motorcycle-bunnies collected presents for… 31/03/2013

  • Hirscher wins to reclaim lead

    Austria’s Marcel Hirscher overcame a shaky start to reclaim the overall World Cup lead in Croatia on Sunday. The defending champion trailed Jens Byggmark… 06/01/2013

  • Shiffren crowned Snow Queen

    American teenager Michaela Shiffrin won her second World Cup slalom of the season and her career on Friday after she won the prestigious floodlit classic in… 05/01/2013

  • Christmas lights galore for Croatian family – nocomment

    The Salaj family estate in the village of Grabovnica in central Croatia turns into a fairy tale decorated with an ever-increasing number of Christmas lights… 13/12/2012

  • EU enlargement

    Andrea, in Italy, asks: “What will the economic consequences be when more countries become members of the European Union in 2013?” Peter Stano, European… 09/11/2012

  • Croatia’s Perkovic wins discus gold

    Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic wins an Olympic gold medal in the women’s discus. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach 05/08/2012

  • Informal learning

    Learning can take place anywhere, any time. It is not necessary to be in a classroom. We explore some non-traditional learning experiences at the beach in… 03/08/2012

  • London 2012: Get in there!

    From the poolside, players and coaches of the Croatian Water Polo team show their joy after a goal scored against Greece. Laszlo Balogh / Reuters 29/07/2012

  • Spain v Croatia: How it happened

    Defending champions Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championship following their narrow 1-0 win over Croatia on Monday. Vicente del… 19/06/2012

  • Euro 2012: Spain, Italy go through

    World and European champions Spain reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 as winners of Group C and sent Croatia crashing out after beating them 1-0 in… 18/06/2012

  • Italy 1 – 1 Croatia: How it happened

    Italy, who held holders Spain to a one all draw in their opening game, started the encounter brightly in Pozanan.   After missing several chances they went… 14/06/2012

  • Ireland v Croatia: How it happened

    Croatia played with class and precision to secure their 3-1 win over the republic of Ireland. Slaven Bilic’s team played with an energy and directness which… 11/06/2012

  • Croatia down Ireland in perfect Euro start

    Former Wolfsburg striker Mario Mandžukic scored a brace of goals to hand Croatia a convincing 3-1 win over The Republic of Ireland at the Miejski Stadium in… 11/06/2012

  • Euro 2012: Croatia

    Since Slaven Bilic’s arrival as coach in 2006 Croatia have not ended the year outside the top ten in the FIFA World rankings. Their European pedigree makes… 30/05/2012

  • First taste of European Parliament for Croatia

    At the European Parliament in Strasbourg, President Martin Schulz welcomed 12 Croatian observer MEPs. It has become standard practice for countries which are… 20/04/2012

  • International justice – is it working?

    I-talk host Alex Taylor asks: “Since the Second World War, justice has become an international affair, war criminals are tried for crimes not only against… 05/03/2012

  • EU enlargement: In search of the next Croatia

    Croatia’s ‘Yes’ vote to join the European Union puts it on course to be the club’s 28th member in July 2013. But the low turnout last Sunday suggests the … 26/01/2012

  • Croatia votes on whether to join EU

    Croatia will decide if it wants to be in or out of the EU on Sunday in a referendum to join the club. Polls point to a ‘Yes’, with around 55 to 60 percent… 20/01/2012

  • Demonstration against European Union ahead of referendum – nocomment

    More than 1,000 Croats rallied on Saturday against their country joining the European Union, demanding the postponement of next weekend’s membership… 15/01/2012

  • European Parliament backs Croatia membership

    The European Parliament has approved Croatia’s entry to the EU, ahead of the formal signing of an accession treaty next week. Representatives of the Croation… 01/12/2011

  • Big car crash in Croatia – nocomment

    On the highway near Zagreb 24 vehicles collided early Thursday morning due to heavy fog, resulting in one person being seriously wounded and 6 others injured. 17/11/2011

  • Portugal peerless in Lisbon

    Portugal sealed their place Euro 2012 finals after beating Bosnia 6 -2 in Lisbon. An inspired performance from Christiano Ronaldo with two solo goals helped… 16/11/2011

  • Euro play-offs prepare to kick off

    Turkey host Croatia in the first leg of their euro 2012 play-off. The home side will be looking to Trabzonspor striker Burak Yılmaz to continue his run of… 11/11/2011

  • Motor cultivator race in Croatia – nocomment

    The fifth Motor Cultivator Race took place on Sunday in the small Eastern Croatian city of Orahovica, bringing together farmers from all over Croatia and… 20/09/2011

  • Wading in to protect the ‘European Amazon’

    Croatia wants to get a grip on its rivers to generate electricity, upgrade inland waterways and protect from flooding with multi-million euro projects.   But… 16/09/2011

  • Balkans justice: The road to the EU

    The arrest of Goran Hadzic marks the home straight for a difficult Balkan justice process led by the EU and the Hague War Crimes Tribunal. It has taken 18… 20/07/2011

  • Croatia gets provisional go-ahead to join EU

    The European Union has given a conditional thumbs up for Croatia to join the bloc. That should see accession talks wrapped up as early as next week, allowing… 24/06/2011

  • EU Council: no comment

    The ‘crucial’ June EU Summit proved not so crucial after all given the delay on the decision about the new Greek bailout. Only a deadlock in the… 24/06/2011

  • Croatian EU membership approaches

    Soon Croatia’s flag may unfurl amid those of today’s European Union. The former Yugoslav state of 4.4 million people is a significant step closer to… 10/06/2011

  • Benedict XVI celebrates mass in Croatia – nocomment

    400,000 Catholics gathered at Zagreb’s Hippodrome for the central part of the Pope’s two-day visit to Croatia under the motto “Together in Christ” — a Mass he… 06/06/2011

  • Croatia’s shipyards get that sinking feeling

    By this summer, the Croatian government wants to successfully close its European Union accession negotiations. This means that no state subsidies may be… 02/06/2011

  • Croatia under the spotlight

    Croatia’s prime minister, Jadranka Kosor, is pushing hard to make her country the EU’s 28th Member State. But the European Union still doesn’t think the… 12/05/2011

  • Twin shows of modern art in Croatia

    Montenegrin artist Boris Dragojevic is exhibiting his paintings at the “Kula” gallery in Split, Croatia. At the same time the Istrian Modern Arts Museum in… 07/02/2011

  • Croatians’ criminally good cello cover

    Two Croatian musicians have taken the internet by storm with their cello version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal. 03/02/2011

  • Croatia: controversial golf course

    In the quiet countryside above the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik, a battle is unfolding. This David and Goliath tale pitches an international real-estate… 03/05/2013

  • Thousands of Croats rally against Serb Cyrillic signs

    More than 20,000 Croats have been protesting against plans to put up bilingual signs using the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. The Social Democrat-led… 03/02/2013

  • Gay rights demonstration in Croatia

    The issue of gay rights is currently fuelling debate across Europe. In Croatia, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists gathered outside Zagreb’s… 13/01/2013

  • Ex-Croatia PM Sanader gets 10 years in jail

    A court in Croatia has sentenced former prime minister Ivo Sanader to 10 years in prison.   Sanader, who ruled Croatia from 2003 until a shock resignation in… 20/11/2012

  • Hague appeal court clears jailed Croatian officers

    It was just a taste of what life could now be like for two Croatian generals freed on appeal after being jailed for war crimes. Celebrations began early and… 16/11/2012

  • Croatia/Serbia: Gotovina returns home after war crimes acquittal

    General Ante Gotovina, the most senior Croatian officer convicted of war crimes during the Balkan Wars, is back on home soil after being freed by a UN appeals… 16/11/2012

  • Croatia/Serbia: Gotovina ruling ‘opens old wounds’

    The acquittals of General Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac for war crimes by a UN appeals court were greeted with jubilation in the streets of the Croatian… 16/11/2012

  • Gotovina acquitted of war crimes

    A UN appeals court has overturned the conviction of the most senior Croatian military officer charged with war crimes during the Balkan conflicts. General… 16/11/2012

  • Croations in show of support for Gotovina over war crimes appeal

    Thousands of Croatians have held vigils and attended masses in support of two generals on the eve of their appeals against war crimes convictions. A rally… 16/11/2012

  • Perisic due to launch appeal at the Hague

    The first official from Belgrade to be convicted of war crimes in Bosnia will begin an appeal against his sentence on Tuesday. Former Yugoslav army chief… 30/10/2012

  • Croatia’s tax dodgers named and shamed

    If you live in Croatia your name could end up posted on the internet. Not in lights of stardom – but on a ‘name and shame’ list. That is what the government… 31/07/2012

  • Forest fires rage across Europe

    As ash reaches Barcelona, Spanish firefighters say they are closing in on the fires that have ravaged Catalonia over the weekend. Strong winds which had… 24/07/2012

  • Tourists flee wildfire in Croatia

    More than 1500 tourists had to be evacuated from their holiday camp site in Croatia after one person was killed in a wildfire. The main coastal road linking… 24/07/2012

  • Blaze spreads on Croatia’s Adriatic coast

    Firefighters in Croatia have been trying to control a blaze on the country’s Adriatic coast near the tourist town of Vodice. The fire started in low… 11/07/2012

  • Sixty-five migrants rescued off Croatia coast

    Croatia’s coast guard has intercepted a stranded boat carrying more than 60 migrants in the south of the Adriatic Sea. The sailboat which had originally set… 03/07/2012

  • Croatia rescues immigrant boat in Adriatic

    Croatian coastguards have intercepted a small boat in the Adriatic and rescued 65 illegal immigrants on board. The vessel was heading for Italy from Greece… 02/07/2012

  • 7 Czechs die in Croatia bus crash

    Seven Czech citizens have been killed and 44 wounded in a bus crash in Croatia. The vehicle was around 200 km from Zaghreb when the accident happened on… 23/06/2012

  • Croatian generals appeal against war crimes convictions

    Former Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac have begun their appeal against their 2011 war crimes convictions. Appearing before the… 15/05/2012

  • Bosnian Muslim woman found guilty of war crimes

    Rasema Handanovic has become the first Muslim woman convicted of war crimes during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. After being… 30/04/2012

  • Italy & the Balkans shiver in the big freeze

    It is only the fourth time in 100 years that central and southern Italy has seen snow, with Romans complaining it is the harshest winter since 1955 at… 11/02/2012

  • Croatia’s EU leap

    The referendum in Croatia on whether to join the European Union has come out in favour. If all goes to plan, the state of 4,300,000 people on the eastern… 23/01/2012

  • Low turnout as Croatians say ‘Yes’ to Europe

    More than two decades after their country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia, Croatians have voted to join the European Union. With almost all… 23/01/2012

  • Croatia votes for EU membership

    President Ivo Josipovic was among the first to cast his vote in Croatia’s referendum on joining the EU. He backed entry into the bloc and the country has… 22/01/2012

  • Croatians vote in referendum on EU membership

    Croations are voting on Sunday in a referendum on whether to join the European Union in July next year. Opinion polls suggest a ‘yes’ vote will prevail; the… 22/01/2012

  • Clashes on eve of Croatia’s EU referendum

    Croatia is expected to vote for EU membership on Sunday, to the dismay of nationalists who protested in Zagreb on the eve of the referendum. The… 22/01/2012

  • Clashes in Zagreb on eve of Croatia EU vote

    Croatian police have clashed with nationalist protesters who tried to take down an EU flag on the eve of the country’s referendum on membership. About… 21/01/2012

  • Divided Bosnia finally unites in new government

    Leaders of Bosnia’s main Serbian, Croatian and Muslim parties have agreed to form a national government, ending a 14-month political stalemate. There has… 28/12/2011

  • Croatia to join EU in 2013

    Croatia is set to become the 28th member of the European union in July 2013. The ex-Yugoslav state was rewarded with the membership following deep economic… 09/12/2011

  • Four-party alliance wins majority in Croatia

    Croatia’s Kukuriku party will now guide the country into European Union membership in 2013 after ending eight years of conservative rule. Zoran Milanovic… 05/12/2011

  • Centre-left on track to take power in Croatia

    Exit polls indicate a victory for Croatia’s opposition bloc Kukuriku led by Socialist Party leader Zoran Milanovic. The results from two polls show the… 04/12/2011

  • Money misuse and mismanagement marr Croatia ballot

    It appears Croatia’s current government is set to pay the price for the country’s poor economic situation, with voters expected to desert them in Sunday’s… 04/12/2011

  • EU on horizon as gloomy Croatia goes to polls

    Croatia, like Slovenia, is voting in a general election with the floundering economy the centre of debate 18 months before the country is due to join its… 04/12/2011

  • PM and government expected to lose Croatia election

    Victory for the centre-left opposition is the predicted outcome of elections in Croatia on Sunday. The country is facing its toughest economic… 02/12/2011

  • Balkans seek over 500 million euros for refugees

    Foreign ministers from western Balkan countries have signed a declaration of intent to solve the long running problem of war refugees. Tens of thousands of… 08/11/2011

  • Fresh charges for former Croatian prime minister

    Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, whose trial on corruption charges opened last week, is to face a fresh indictment. The court is already trying… 07/11/2011

  • Croatian Serb Goran Hadzic denies war crimes

    The Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic has denied charges of war crimes during the fighting in former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. He pleaded not… 24/08/2011

  • Hadzic refuses to enter plea in court

    Serbia’s last major war crimes suspect, Goran Hadzic, refused to enter a plea when he appeared before a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the… 25/07/2011

  • Last fugitive set to make first appearance at the Hague

    Former Croatian Serb rebel leader, Goran Hadzic is set to make his first appearance before the UN’s war crimes tribunal. The 52-year-old, the last fugitive… 25/07/2011

  • Perkovic rejects doping charge

    European women’s discus champion Sandra Perkovic fought back the tears this week at her first press conference since failing a dope test last month. The… 28/06/2011

  • Croatia gets provisional go-ahead to join EU

    The European Union has given a conditional thumbs up for Croatia to join the bloc. That should see accession talks wrapped up as early as next week, allowing… 24/06/2011

  • Croatian former PM extradition open

    Croatian former prime minister Ivo Sanader has withdrawn an appeal against his extradition from Austria, leaving the way open to face charges of corruption… 20/06/2011

  • Pope arrives in Croatia

    The Pope has begun a two-day visit to Croatia, a country his predecessor visited no less than three times, and invited it on the eve of its becoming an … 04/06/2011

  • Refugees criticise Gotovina sentence

    For dozens of refugees from Croatia, the camp at Smederovo has been home since they were expelled from the country. Here the verdict on Gotovina was also… 15/04/2011

  • Former Croatian general jailed for war crimes 

    The UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague has sentenced the former Croatian general, Ante Gotovina, to 24-years in jail for crimes against humanity.   The court… 15/04/2011

  • Gotovina – Croatia’s fallen hero

    Ante Gotovina had been on the run for four years before he was apprehended on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Although widely seen as a hero by his… 15/04/2011

  • UN court jails former Croatian general for war crimes

    The former Croatian general Ante Gotovina has been jailed for crimes against humanity by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. It found him guilty of… 15/04/2011

  • Croats call on PM to quit

    Thousands of protesters rallied into the night in the Croatian capital Zargreb calling on Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor to quit and hold fresh elections… 05/03/2011

  • Croatia aims to extradite ex PM from Austria

    The former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader is being held by police in Austria over corruption accusations back home. He was picked up on a main road in… 10/12/2010

  • Ex-Croatian PM held in Austria in corruption probe

    Croatian television is reporting that the former prime minister Ivo Sanader, wanted by the authorities over corruption allegations, has been arrested in… 10/12/2010

  • Croatia’s hidden village

    Kruscica is where 70-year-old Mate Balenovic once called home. But his village in Croatia’s central Lika region no longer exists. It was swallowed up by a… 30/11/2010

  • Turkey still outside the EU comfort zone

    The European Union is due to publish its annual report on enlargement, which will highlight key areas for improvement for those countries looking to join… 08/11/2010


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