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Croatian Serb Refugee Artists Depict Lost Homeland
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Croatia Army’s Operation Storm, Croatian Serb artists who fled the military offensive displayed paintings and sculptures about the place they left behind.
"Operation Storm was joint criminal enterprise"
Croatia's Operation Storm was a joint criminal enterprise whose goal was to expel the Serb people in Croatia from the areas they lived in for centuries.
This has been stated by the head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations Miodrag Linta. He spoke for Serbia's state broadcaster RTS on the occasion of the upcoming 20th anniversary of Croatia's military and police campaign.
Statue of Tudjman placed on Knin Fortress
Preparations to mark the 20th anniversary of Operation Storm are in full swing in Croatia.
This year, due to disagreements over the place and the manner of celebrations, they will last two days - there will be a military parade in Zagreb and a traditional celebration a day later in Knin.
Croatia's Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic Confirms She Will Run for UN Chief
Croatia's Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic has confirmed that she will run for UN Secretary-General.
According to British daily The Independent, Pusic has a good chance of being elected to succeed Ban Ki-moon, whose term in office as UN Secretary-General expires in December 2016.
Croatian Ex-PM's Retrial Set for September
Zagreb county court has scheduled the start of Sanader's retrial for September 7 on charges of abuse of office, war profiteering and bribery.
Sanader's eight-and-a-half-year sentence was revoked by the constitutional court on Monday due to procedural errors.
Croatia Launches New Oil and Gas Tenders
The Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency announced on Wednesday that a second licensing round will begin in September for exploration areas in both the Adriatic Sea and Slavonia.
The tender will be opened for seven months, during which time interested companies will receive documentation showing the potential for hydrocarbon exploitation and be asked to make a binding offer.
Bulgaria Will Have World's Most Rapidly Shrinking Population in Next 35 Years - UN
Bulgaria is expected to have the world's highest population decline rate between 2015 and 2050, a UN report shows.
Croatian MPs Vote to End Slovenia Arbitration
With all 141 MPs present, the Croatian parliament voted against the arbitration agreement with Slovenia at a special session on Wednesday, unanimously backing the stance of the country's government.
Croatian arrested for charging Norwegians EUR 20k for drinks
The manager of a strip club on Croatia's island of Hvar has been arrested for charging two men about EUR 20,000 for the drinks they had in his establishment.
According to reports, he "forced two Norwegians to give him their bank cards" and then proceeded to charge them USD 20,000 - and another EUR 4,000 in local currency, Croatian kunas.
Croatian Anti-Fascists Commemorate 1941 Deaths of Serbs
The Anti-Fascist League of Croatia commemorated the deaths of around 1,000 Serbs who were killed by Nazi-allied Ustasa units in the town of Glina during July and August 1941.
Bosnian Serb Leader's Referendum Appeal Ignored
A Western diplomat told BIRN on Wednesday that Dodik's letter explaining his motives for a proposed referendum challenging the authority of the state judiciary and the international High Representative's office for Bosnia and Herzegovina, both of which he believes are biased against Serbs, has been ignored by international officials.
August 5 to be observed as day of mourning in Serbia and RS
Serbia and the Serb Republic (RS) will observe August 5 as a day of mourning, in memory of the suffering and persecution of Serbs during Operation Storm.
This August 5 will mark 20 years since Croatia launched this military operation.
Sarajevo Film Festival Expects 100,000 Visitors
Construction of the main stage has started in front of Sarajevo's National Theatre, which will be the main venue for the red-carpet introductions and presentations at the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival which starts in less than three weeks in the Bosnian capital.
Oil Firms Quit Croatia Over Montenegro Border Row
Croatian economy minister Ivan Vrdoljak confirmed on Tuesday that Austrian energy company OMV and US firm Marathon Oil Corporation have decided not to sign contracts for to search for and extract gas and oil from Croatia's Adriatic Sea, one of the country's major energy projects.
Croatia's Exit from Slovenia Territory Arbitration Contested
Croatian legal experts argued on Tuesday that Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic would be able to go through with his decision to suspend the international arbitration process with Slovenia over the contested Piran Gulf off the two neighbouring countries' coasts.