Latest News from Croatia
Balkan States Score Well in Doing Business Ranking
Six Balkan countries - Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria - have been ranked among the top 50 countries in the world in the Doing Business Report of the World Bank for 2018, released on Tuesday.
Macedonia is the highest performing Balkan economy, ranked in 11th place among 190 economies worldwide in terms of quality of its business regulations.
Croatian Journalist Threatened for Report on African Refugee
Maja Sever, a reporter for public broadcaster Croatian Radio-Television, HRT, received a death threat via Facebook Messenger late on Sunday night over the report on the African refugee, news site Index reported on Monday.
"A day will come when we'll execute you, you piece of trash," wrote the person who sent the threat, whose name has not yet been confirmed by police.
Vucic receives Croatian ambassador's credentials
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday received the credentials of Croatian Ambassador Gordan Bakota.
They agreed an official visit to Croatia by Vucic should take place as soon as possible as it would have a significant effect on development of cooperation and improvement of the political atmosphere between the two countries.
Balkan States' Passports Rank as Average in Global Survey
Balkan countries that are members of the EU fared significantly better than their non-EU neighbours in the latest Passport Index, which ranks countries based on how many other states can be accessed with their respective passports.
On the list, ranked from one to 94, Croatia took 14th place, as 144 countries can be visited using a Croatian passport without a visa.
Russians are surprised - "Croatia, too, is against us?"
The Russian embassy in Zagreb was surprised to see Croatia among the signatories of a recent letter asking the EU to combat Moscow's influence in the region.
Who was Diana Budisavljevic?
The book "Diana's List", a biographical novel of Diana Budisavljevic is one of the most significant books published by Samizdat B92.
Traveler flies to Crete as only passenger on plane!
Author Karon Grieve paid £46 for a private Jet – all 2 herself.
The writer and telly food expert was flying to Crete on Sunday afternoon for a break.
And she was stunned to find she was the only passenger on the Jet2 plane from Glasgow to Heraklion.
Her solo status meant she got a VIP service on the four-hour flight and personal Tannoy messages from the captain.