Andrej Plenkovic

Human rights groups in Serbia and Croatia have called on authorities in both countries to do more to recognise and aid victims of a 1995 Croatian military operation that ended the country's war against rebel Serbs.

Croatia on Monday marked the 24th anniversary of Operation Storm, a military blitz that quashed a breakaway Serb statelet but put to flight almost 200,000 Serb civilians.

Croatia's political leadership gathered on Monday in the Dalmatian town of Knin to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the military offensive that snuffed out a rebel Serbian statelet and ended Croatia's 1991-95 war of independence from Yugoslavia.

Newly-elected President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is on a working visit to Croatia.

She will talk with Prime Minister Andrej Plenković  about the priorities of the upcoming Croatian presidency of the EU Council, the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework, and Croatia's aspirations for membership of the Schengen area and the euro area.

Hina reports that wounded soldiers are the members of the 10th Croatian contingent (HRVCON) which is situated in Afghanistan since March 2019, as a part of NATO Resolute Support Mission, while the members of the armed forces of Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina also belong to this Contingent.

President Rumen Radev is on a state visit to the Republic of Croatia at the invitation of his colleague Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.

They will discuss ways of deepening bilateral partnerships in the economy, energy, tourism, science, education and culture.

President Rumen Radev will be on a state visit to the Republic of Croatia on July 23rd and 24th at the invitation of his colleague, President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.

Uncertainty

Few European countries have seen the same levels of combined economic and political turmoil as Greece over the last decade. Thankfully, Greece seems to be coming out of the turbulent years, but as it does so, will its economy be able to accelerate forward or remain stuck in limbo?

The conservative-led coalition government of PM Andrej Plenkovic has lurched from one scandal to another. But it's his own party's internal power struggle that will decide his fate.

European leaders failed to reach an agreement on the allotment of the EU top jobs on Sunday night, with the presidency of the European Commission, the highest prize, as the major bone of contention.

Thousands of anti-fascists from former Yugoslav countries gathered on Sunday at the Sutjeska memorial in Tjentiste in Bosnia and Herzegovina to pay tribute to the soldiers killed during the crucial battle during World War II.