Latest News from Croatia

Croatian Court Promises to Review Abortion Law

Jasna Omejec, president of Croatia's constitutional court, on Wednesday announced the start of a constitutional review of the law on medical measures, which allows abortion until the 10th week of pregnancy.

The mainly Catholic country inherited the law of 1978 from communist Yugoslavia.

Serbian Security Chiefs’ Retrial ‘A Chance for Justice’

Victims’ groups and rights campaigners in Bosnia and Croatia praised the UN war crimes court’s decision to order a retrial for former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic.

Croats Vanishing From Bosnia, Bishop Says

Croats have been migrating en masse from Bosnia since the end of the 1992-5 war, which poses a threat to their continued existence as a national community, Catholic Church leaders say.

Greek actress among the European Shooting Stars

European Film Promotion has unveiled its European Shooting Stars list of the top 10 young European actors and actresses picked as talents to watch.

Greek actress Daphne Patakia known for Yorgos Zois’Interruption and Constantine Giannaris’ Spring Awakening is among the ten most promising young performers.

Dayton Peace Agreement signed 20 years ago

Today marks 20 years since the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, was signed in Paris in 1995.

It was signed by the then presidents of Serbia and Croatia, Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman, and Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic.

Balkan States Hit by Illegal Cash Outflow

The new report by US NGO Global Financial Integrity entitled 'Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013' rings alarm bells about the amount of 'black money' leaving the four Balkan countries each year.

Turkey faces Spain, Czech Republic, Croatia at Euro 2016

The 24 nations participating in the 2016 European Championship have discovered who their group-stage opponents will be next summer. Turkey will face Spain - crowned European champions in the last two tournaments - the Czech Republic and Croatia in Group D.

Turkey manager Fatih Terim described the group as "tough" but he remained hopeful.

New Highway Loan Causes Unease in Croatia

Croatia's government on Thursday agreed to guarantee a 200-million-euro loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, to finance the indebted highways.

Croatian Highways, HAC, the company managing most state-owned highways, needs new cash to cover previous loans, mostly taken out for the construction of highways.

EC asks Greece why 370,000 “fingerprints” were lost during migrant registration

The European Commission has started legal action against Greece, Italy and Croatia for failing to correctly register migrants. Greece has been criticized for failure to fingerprint around 121,000 of the almost 500,000 people who arrived in the country between July 20 and November 30, 2015, according to EC estimates.

Diplomat Magazine: Three Women from E. Europe in Race for UN's Top Job

For the first time since the creation of the United Nations 70 years ago, female candidates are being mentioned among the likely successors of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Venetia van Kuffeler writes in an article in the December-January issue of London-based Diplomat magazine.

"Serbia to have more kilometers of highways than Croatia"

"Serbia to have more kilometers of highways than Croatia"

Aleksandar Vucic says that "by the end of 2016, or no later than early 2017" Serbia would have "more kilometers of highway than neighboring Croatia."

Croatia Exhumes 56 from Operation Storm Mass Grave

The authorities have exhumed 56 bodies of Serbs who died during the Croatian Army’s Operation Storm in August 1995 from a mass grave in the Gornje Seliste municipality.

Time selects the top 100 photos of 2015

The Time magazine gathered the photos marked the 2015, a year which has been dominated by the migrant and refugee crisis in Europe.

Therefore, many photos of the collection are from war zones of Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, as well as from Greece, Croatia and Hungary, which received thousands of refugees.

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