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Croatian PM Criticises Timing of Minister’s Arrest for Corruption
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has criticized Saturday's arrest of Construction Minister Darko Horvat in a corruption probe as disproportionate, and has called on the State Attorney's Office, DORH, to explain the reason and timing.
Croatian Euro Coin Design Scrapped Over Copying Row
The prize-winning author of the design for the one-euro coin in Croatia withdrew his design on Monday, after claims that he had copied a published photograph.
Stjepan Pranjkovic said he was withdrawing the design due to "negative atmosphere in the media, as well as the pressure" he was under.
Croatian Police Probe Serb Mayor for Calling Operation Storm a ‘Crime’
Media reported on Tuesday that the mayor of the Borovo municipality in eastern Croatia, Zoran Bacanovic, is under police investigation over his recent Facebook post about Operation Storm.
Why Bosnia Needs an Anti-Genocide Denial Law
That is a problem for a far bigger set of actors in Bosnia than the reactionary and secessionist Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, of Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the state presidency.
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Croatia Celebrates Joining of Peljesac Bridge
The Peljesac Bridge, linking Croatia's Peljesac peninsula with the rest of the country, was fully joined together on Wednesday night, with the installation of the last, 165th segment of its steel span.
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Croatian MPs Pass Law Giving Benefits to Civilian War Victims
A law that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war was adopted by Croatian MPs on Thursday with 107 votes in favour, 16 against and five abstentions.
It was passed after heated discussions in parliament about whether the law would also give benefits to people who were part of 'enemy' Serb forces during the war.
Tomislav Tomasevic: From Grassroots Activist to Zagreb Frontrunner
Rather than being a work-horse for the people of Zagreb, Bandic is "a Trojan horse working against the citizens," Tomasevic told some 4,000 protesters at the site.
Avoiding old ideological divides
Tomislav Tomasevic at a protest against a construction project in Zagreb's Varsavska street, February 2010. Photo: Flickr/tomislav medak.
80th Anniversary of Serbs’ Killings Commemorated in Croatian Town
Croatia's Serbian National Council, SNV and the NGO Documenta - Centre for Dealing with the Past on Thursday commemorated the deaths of around 400 Serbs who were killed by Nazi-allied Ustasa members under the World War II-era Independent State of Croatia in the town of Glina 80 years ago.
Bosnia Under Pressure to Adopt Srebrenica Genocide Denial Law
Denis Becirovic, the other lawmaker behind the proposal, said that because deputies from the main Bosnian Serb and Croat parties, the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, SNSD, and the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, did not back the changes, it is now time for Inzko to step in and impose a solution.
Intolerance, Hate Speech Persists Against Croatia’s Serbs: Report
The Serbian National Council, SNV presented its annual report on Tuesday, registering 214 incidents of ethnic intolerance, historical revisionism, denial of historical facts, offences, threats, physical attacks and hate speech targeting Croatian Serbs last year.