Geography of Croatia

Bosnian photographer Milomir Kovacevic's disturbing photographs of the former Yugoslav communist-era prison camp on Goli otok have gone on show in Sibenik as a part of an alternative festival in the Croatian town.

Croatian Wikipedia has again amended its entry on the World War II concentration camp at Jasenovac – naming it a 'collection' and 'labour camp' and again disputing the broadly accepted name-by-name list of victims.

Summer is, as usual, drawing a clutch of world-famous celebrities to Croatia's fashionable coast, including British catwalk legend Naomi Campbell, who has been enjoying cruising on the Adriatic.

Croatian music legend Oliver Dragojevichad died in Split, after a year-long battle with cancer.

Born in Vela Luka on the island of Korcula, Dragojevic has enjoyed a long career and was considered one of the most iconic music stars in Croatia.

Australian company Valley Eyewear removed footage of the memorial at the World War II concentration camp at Jasenovac in Croatia from a sunglasses advertisement after a public outcry.

UberBOAT, an Uber service operating on the Croatian coast since last year, has said it intends to increase operations on the Adriatic this year.

A one-way trip from the city of Split to the island of Hvar by Uber for a boatload of eight people costs 350 euros by Uber, or just over 40 euros per person.

The Image of War museum will open in Zagreb in July, aiming to show the horrors of armed conflict through the eyes of professional photographers as well as telling ordinary people’s stories.

The Administrative Court in the town of Osijek on Wednesday scrapped the custody order for one adult member of the Hosseini family, Croatian Centre for Peace Studies, a human rights NGO, told BIRN.

This sparked hope among human rights campaigners involved in the case that the rest of the family could be released soon.

In an introductory article for Visit Split, a promotional travel magazine distributed free of charge, the mayor of the Croatian resort city, Andro Krstulovic Opara, extended a warm welcome to foreign visitors - but added an extensive list of rules they must follow.

A Croatian called Sasa Pavlic has started a long walk from the city of Rijeka to Zagreb with the intention of leaving his 20-kg wooden cross outside the government building in Zagreb's upper town - as a symbolic message that instead of buying military jets, the authorities should buy medicine to treat sick hildren.