Franjo Tudjman
Croatia’s Riven Ruling Party Eyes Autumn Election
The resounding nature of Plenkovic's victory, however, glosses over internal divisions that plagued the conservative HDZ leading up to this race.
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Croatia’s Would-be Presidents Fight for Tudjman’s Mantle
The three leading candidates in Croatia's late-December presidential election have not yet confronted each other directly, for example in TV debates - but are meanwhile quarreling bitterly through the media and social networks on who is the rightful heir to former president Franjo Tudjman - who died 20 years ago on Tuesday.
Croatian Activists Rally Against ‘Political Repression’
Hundreds of human rights activists marched through the centre of the Croatian capital Zagreb on Saturday to highlight what they claim is a worrying rise in political repression in the country.
Cartoonist Celebrates 25 Years as ‘Chronicler of Croatian Stupidity’
A retrospective exhibition of caricatures by the famous Croatian cartoonist Nikola Plecko, known as Nik Titanik, marking his quarter-century-long career, opened on Tuesday at Zagreb's Mimara Museum.
Croatian Schoolbooks Teach ‘One-Sided History’ of Wartime Victory
On August 5, Croatia marks its Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian Defenders with an annual celebration in the southern town of Knin.
Croatia to Choose Between Nationalism, Populism and Mediocrity
As a result of his involvement, Croatia tried to pass a law that tried to protect former Yugoslav secret service agents from extradition to Germany to stand trial. As in many other things, he was unsuccessful.
"Croatia should apologize for genocide, then lecture others"
The Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was a WW2 Nazi allied entity whose Ustasha regime established and operated death camps for Serbs, Jews, and Roma.
Croatia Unveils Tudjman Monument to Applause and Criticism
The 19th anniversary of the death of Croatia's first President, Franjo Tudjman, was marked on Monday by the unveiling of a more than four-metre-high monument in Zagreb, near the National University Library and the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall.
Charges brought in "Petrovacke ceste" war crime case
The case involves Croatian military planes bombing Serbian refugees on August 9, 1995 near Banacki Petrovac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when nine people - four children and six adults - were killed and 50 were injured or badly wounded.
Croatia Mayor Promises Tudjman Monument by Year's End
Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic said that a big monument to Croatia's first President, Franjo Tudjman, will be finished by the 19th anniversary of his death in December.