Latest News from Croatia
Djokovic Restores Joy to Child Flood Victims
Two kindergartens, one called Radost [Joy] in the northern Bosnian town of Samac, and another called Krajiska Radost [Joy of the Krajina], in the western town of Sanski Most, lived up to their names after reopening with financial aid from Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic.
140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border
140 kilos of heroin seized on Croatia-Serbia border
ZAGREB -- More than 140 kilograms of heroin have been seized by the Croatian police on the Bajakovo-Batrovci crossing between Croatia and Serbia.
The Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List is reporting that the value of the seized illegal narcotics is "EUR 5.5 million."
Josipovic to Form New Left Party in Croatia
Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic told a TV show on the N1 network on Tuesday that he is about to form a new centre-left party.
"It will be a party of young people and people who have already established their careers. Let the name remain a secret for now," Josipovic stated.
Veselinovic: Gotovina's appointment is part of HDZ campaign
BELGRADE - Chairman of the Serbian Parliament's Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Janko Veselinovic said Monday that the appointment of Ante Gotovina as an advisor to Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic is not the kind of news to which the Serbs in Croatia and Serbia could be indifferent.
Nikolic: It is time for Croatia to honour agreements
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met on Monday with a delegation of Serb youths from Croatia and said it was time for him to discuss with Croatia all of the agreements and obligations that country had towards the Serbs.
"Serbia will maintain good relations with Croatia believing that it is the only way to solve all issues," Nikolic stated.
Young Serbs from Croatia visit Serbian parliament
BELGRADE - Representatives of the Serb youth in Croatia underlined on Monday in the talks with members of the Serbian parliament's Committee for Diaspora and Serbs in the Region that the greatest problems they are facing are employment discrimination, lack of schooling in Serbian and not enough presence in the media.
"Easy to respond to provocation with provocation"
"Easy to respond to provocation with provocation"
BELGRADE -- "Now is the time to discuss with Croatia it respect for all agreements and obligations that it has toward Serbs," President Tomislav Nikolic has said.
Belgrade court acquits man accused of killing 11 Croats
Belgrade court acquits man accused of killing 11 Croats
BELGRADE -- The War Crimes Department of the High Court in Belgrade has acquitted a former member of a Territorial Defense unit accused of killing 11 Croat civilians.
Zarko Cubrilo was a member of the Territorial Defense in Tenja, eastern Croatia. The civilians were killed in the summer of 1991.
Serb cleared of murdering 11 Croats in Tenja
BELGRADE - The Department for War Crimes of the High Court in Belgrade acquitted Monday former member of the Tenja Territorial Defense Force Zarko Cubrilo of the murder of 11 Croat civilians in Tenja, eastern Croatia, in the summer of 1991.
The prosecution has the right to appeal this decision to the Appellate Court in Belgrade.
Refugees against appointing Gotovina, Markac as advisors
BELGRADE- President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta called on Sunday on Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic to change the "scandalous" decision on the appointment of generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac as advisors with the Homeland Security Council, if she is truly committed to ensuring better relations with Serbia.
Greek plants help scientists hit on the moon pollination theory
Catarina Rydin and Kristina Bolinder from the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences at Stockholm University accidentally discovered that pollination in the gymnosperm Ephedra foeminea is linked with the full moon. They made this discovery after a fruitless study of the plants of Greece and Croatia. It hit them that the plants may have been waiting for moonlight to bloom.
Serbia and Croatia should continue on path of peace
BELGRADE - Serbian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana Porfirije said on Friday Serbia and Croatia should continue on the path of peace, cooperation and harmonisation of interests between the two nations for the good of both sides.
Serbia welcomes UN stance on use of Cyrillic in Croatia
BELGRADE - Serbia welcomes the UN Human Rights Committee's report calling on Croatia to ensure that national minorities can use their own language and script, especially Cyrillic in Vukovar, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Friday.
Dacic: New ambassadors within next month
BELGRADE - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday the diplomatic service would soon be reformed and that ambassadors to countries where Serbia did not hae any would be appointed within a month, adding that it included Croatia and Germany.
FM: Region should build ties based on interests
FM: Region should build ties based on interests
BELGRADE -- Countries in the region should focus on finding common interests in order to overcome recent incidents, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said.