Rijeka

President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday received a group of children from Croatian towns of Rijeka and Kostajnica, and from the Zadar County.

They are currently in Belgrade, attending the Sveti Sava Summer School, and learning more about the Serbian language, literature, and culture.

Many sites of mass murder committed during World War II in Yugoslavia are neglected or left unmarked, according to new research by the Centre for Holocaust Research and Education, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Serbia and the Faculty of Philosophy from Rijeka, Croatia.

Some 3.7 million Croatian voters are heading to the polls on Sunday for the second round of the local elections, choosing new mayors, municipal heads and county prefects.

Croatia's new law imposing crisis management on s0called systematic companies - nicknamed "Lex Agrokor" after the troubled company it is allegedly designed to help - may collide with Croatia's constitution, a law expert says.

Sources from the left-wing Croatian daily Novi list say staff are shocked over the publication in their paper of an opinion piece condemning the recently signed Declaration on the Common Language as a Yugoslav trick.

Some far-right media outlets in Croatia have been condemned for publishing a press release from an alleged initiative of academics called "Let's Save Rijeka" claiming that Serbian groups with the help of some political parties are trying to take control of the university in the Croatian city of Rijeka.

With icy, sub-zero temperatures gripping the Balkans and imperiling many birds and animals, wildlife protection organisations and volunteers are battling to help them survive the savage weather.

The media in both Serbia and Croatia are encouraging ordinary people to make their own dog houses from cardboard, construction foil and Styrofoam.

BELGRADE - Wolfram Lotz's the Ridiculous Darkness, directed by the Czech Republic's Dusan David Parízek and produced by Burgtheater Vienna, has been named the best play of the 50th Belgrade International Theatre Festival - Bitef.

The Mira Trailovic Grand Prix was handed out to Parizek by an international jury.

These investments are of vital importance to ensure the port continues to be competitive with the rapidly modernising neighbouring ports in Trieste and Rijeka.

Oliver Frljic, a well-known director and the head of the Croatian National Theatre in the coastal city of Rijeka, told BIRN that he has "lost all hope that police will solve the numerous threats and pressures"that he has encountered since he started running the theatre in September 2014.