Geography of Croatia

Hvar Mayor Rikardo Novak has declared war on "rambunctious tourists and nudity" in the streets of the town, located on the eponymous island in the Adriatic.

According to Bosnia-based website klix.ba, the mayor of the Croatian town thus made good on his promise.

The South-East European Cooperation Process member countries is being held in Dubrovnik today, which will be attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Croatia, which chairs the South-East European Cooperation Process, hosts a meeting to conclude its presidency of this regional initiative, and a day after the Dubrovnik Summit, the traditional Dubrovnik Forum is being held.

German-based NGO Rigardu, which helps refugees on their way to Europe, passed reports to BIRN that allegedly show that Croatian police used violence against refugees in June.

Rigardu took statements from people who said they had witnessed the use of violence by the Croatian police, mostly on the border with Serbia, from where the refugees have been entering Croatia.

Two more Croatian sites join UNESCO's World Heritage list in July, one from the Adriatic coastal town of Zadar and the other from the coastal town of Sibenik.

The remains of 14 victims of Serb nationality, killed during armed conflicts in Croatia in 1995, have been identified in Zagreb, Croatia.

This was announced on Tuesday by the Serbian Government's Commission on Missing Persons.

According to a statement, the remains had been exhumed in Gornje Seliste, Vrbovljani, Sibenik, Zadar and in other locations.

Mayor of the Croatian town of Pozega Vedran Neferovic (HDZ) on Friday physically assaulted a reporter working for a local website.

The mayor first pinned his victim, Mladen Mirkovic, to the wall and bashed his head against it, and then literally kicked him out of the city hall, the website, 034portal.hr, said today.

Croatia’s largest Jewish community group will boycott the state commemoration at the WWII concentration camp in Jasenovac, arguing the government hasn’t acted to stop the display of fascist symbols.

The authorities in the Croatian city of Dubrovnik have been accused of "reckless degradation" of the city's heritage in connection with the filming there of the Hollywood blockbuster Robin Hood: Origins, starring academy award-winner Jamie Fox as Little John.

Several duct tape-wrapped plastic bags filled with marijuana have been found floating in the sea near Dubrovnik, Croatia.

According to the website index.hr, such discoveries have been made 11 times so far, netting a total of 267 kilograms of the drug.

VUKOVAR - Stickers with the image of people hanging from a tree and inscription in English "Serbian family tree" have appeared on Trpinja road and bus stops. Later they appeared on several other locations in Vukovar, reported Serbian daily "Vecernje Novosti".

The police immediately gave the order to remove the stickers and began an investigation.