Tito

With no street or statue to remember Yugoslavia's late strongman Josip Broz Tito, a new tour in the Croatian capital Zagreb is hoping to trace the leader's complicated legacy in a city where he remains divisive.

The exhibition begins with the garments that Josip Broz Tito's wife wore at her first public appearance after their marriage and ends as she withdrew from public life with the conclusion of the Yugoslav President's rule four decades ago.

When the Zagreb city authorities removed the name of former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito from a prominent square in September 2017, Danijela Matijevic said she felt "revolted".

Across the territory that was once ruled as a unitary state by Josip Broz Tito, small groups of people who still maintain affection for the Yugoslav Communist ruler gathered on Tuesday to mark the 41st anniversary of his death.

The unveiling of the plaque in Herceg Novi. Photo: BIRN.

The plaque was installed near the former Herzegovina café in the centre of Herceg Novi where Dzumhur used to sit for hours talking to friends and acquaintances.

Academics and activists marked the 70th anniversary of the split between Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, which led to mass persecution and the creation of the Non-Alignment Movement.

A new Google map (see above) developed by Italian researcher Giorgio Comai shows that there are still 276 squares, streets and waterfronts named after former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito.

The map, created using data from Google from August 2017, shows that more than half of them are located in Serbia - 176 squares, streets and waterfronts named after Tito.

Zagreb city assembly voted to rename a square dedicated to former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito after pressure from right-wingers to erase the legacy of Communist rule.

The town of Karlovac changed the name of a square dedicated to Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito to honour 1990s war veterans, amid an ongoing dispute in Croatia about the former Communist leader’s legacy.

Research by the Belgrade-based Research Publishing Center Demostat shows that Serbs see Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as second-best leader Serbia ever had, just after former Yugoslavia's president for life, Josip Broz Tito, the daily newspaper Danas reported on Wednesday.