Latest News from Croatia
PM "sad" western embassies didn't lower flags at half-staff
Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic has said he is "sad and disappointed" that western embassies in Belgrade did not lower their flags at half-staff on Wednesday.
Serbia on that day observed a day of mourning for the victims of Croatia's Operation Storm.
Serbia's demarche to Croatia over incidents in Knin
The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday delivered a protest note to the Croatian embassy in Belgrade.
Croatia sends protest note over Seselj and Nikolic
Croatia's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has asked Serbia to "sanction as soon as possible" those who on Thursday burned Croatian flags.
Egypt's Sisi inaugurates 'new Suez Canal'
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kicked off a lavish ceremony on August 6 to unveil a "new" Suez Canal, as Egypt sought to boost its economy and international standing by expanding the vital waterway.
Croatian police: Pro-Ustasha singer to be punished
The Croatian police have said that Marko Perkovic aka Thompson will be punished for shouting a fascist greeting during his concert in Knin.
ISIS Threatens to Kill Croatian Hostage
ISIS militants in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt published the video message from Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek on the internet on Wednesday, demanding that the authorities in Cairo release imprisoned Muslim women.
In the video, 31-year-old Salopek reads out the message on his knees, while a masked man holds a knife beside him.
Croats Chant Anti-Serb Slogans at Nationalist Concert
Some 80,000 people watched nationalist singer Marko Perkovic Thompson celebrate the 20th anniversary of Croatia’s victorious Operation Storm, many chanting “Kill a Serb” and fascist slogans from WWII.
ISIL threatens to execute Croatian abducted in Egypt
Egypt's affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threatened on August 5 to execute a Croatian kidnapped in Cairo last month within 48 hours if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed.
Thousands Join Croatian Victory Celebrations in Knin
Thousands of people celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Croatian military’s victorious Operation Storm in Knin - the first town seized back from rebel Serbs during the offensive in August 1995.
Prosecutor: Operation Storm criminals unavailable to Serbia
Serbian War Crimes Public Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic says his office "processed dozens of war crimes cases committed during Croatia's Operation Storm."
However - "only a few of them have been prosecuted due to impossibility of identification and unavailability of perpetrators to the Serbian authorities."
PM "can't understand people who celebrate persecution"
Serbia needs rational and normal relations with Croatia but "Serbia will not be ashamed" for respecting Serb victims, says Aleksandar Vucic.
A day of mourning is being observed in the country on Wednesday for the victims of Croatia's Operation Storm, as is a day of remembrance for those Serbs killed or exiled during the wars of the 1990s.
Nikolic: Croatia's parade is message to Serbs not to return
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says Croatia's military parade to celebrate Operation Storm sent a message to the expelled Serbs "not to return."
Report describes "chaos, Ustasha orgy" at Knin celebration
The Croatian website Index is reporting on Wednesday that the Operation Storm anniversary celebration organized in Knin was "chaotic."
Croatia celebrates Operation Storm with military parade
Croatia on Tuesday held a military parade to mark Victory Day - the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm when more than 2,000 Serbs were killed or went missing.
200,000 more ethnic Serbs from Croatia were expelled from the country during the operation.
Operation Storm commemoration in Sremska Raca (PHOTOS)
The central state ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary since the start of Croatia's Operation Storm campaign was held in Sremska Raca late on Tuesday.