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Croatian President Reignites Row over Ustasa Slogan
War veterans' associations and Croatia's war veterans' minister have condemned President Zoran Milanovic for saying that a controversial plaque with the Ustasa slogan 'Za dom spremni' ('Ready for the Home(land)') should be removed.
Croatia Charges Right-Wingers for Pro-Priest Protest
Charges have been pressed against 13 people who rallied in front of a Catholic church in Sirobuja, a suburb of the coastal city of Split, flouting a ban on public gatherings during the coronavirus epidemic, Croatian media reported on Tuesday.
In Australia, Some Croats Openly Celebrate Fascism
Similar clubs operate across Australia, gathering places for more than 43,000 Croatian-born Australians and more than 133,000 others who claim Croatian ancestry.
Tens of thousands of Croats migrated to Australia after World War Two and the collapse of the NDH, when Croatia became part of the socialist Yugoslav federation under Josip Broz Tito.
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‘Ustasa’ Letter Threatens Croatian Historian with Death
Historian Hrvoje Klasic received the death threat letter at his office at Zagreb University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on Wednesday after making public statements critical of the rehabilitation of the WWII fascist Ustasa movement in Croatian society.
Croatia Ombudsperson Condemns Police Inaction Over Fascist Chant
Croatian Ombudsperson Lora Vidovic on Tuesday said that if police failed to initiate legal action against former members of a paramilitary unit, who on Monday celebrated the anniversary of Operation Storm by chanting the Fascist slogan "Za dom spremni", it will be a blatant violation of the legal order.
Bosnia Capital Names Park After Wartime Resistance Heroine
The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has voted to honour the memory of a World War II woman resistance fighter by naming a park after her.
City Park, in the heart of Sarajevo, will be named after Jelena Vitas, the city council decided on Thursday, following a local referendum held in April.
Austrians to Protest at Croatia’s Controversial Bleiburg Commemoration
Anti-fascist demonstrators will stage protests on Saturday against the annual gathering in Bleiburg, which commemorates the tens of thousands of Nazi-allied Croatian troops and civilians killed by Yugoslav Partisans in 1945.
Croatian Serb Leader Condemns Hate Graffiti on Election Posters
Milorad Pupovac, the leader of the Independent Democratic Serb Party, SDSS, one of the parties representing Croatia's Serb minority, said on Friday that the defacement of some of the party's European Parliament election campaign billboards should not deter Croatian Serbs from turning out to vote.
Dodik to meet with pope, discuss Jasenovac genocide
Dodik said that the position of the Serb entity in BiH, the Serb Republic (RS) would be discussed during the meeting.
Jasenovac Camp Victims Commemorated Separately Again
Commemoration in Jasenovac. Photo: Lovorka Sosic.
Despite rain, about 2,000 people gathered on Friday for the annual commemoration of the victims of the camp at Jasenovac, site of an infamous World War II concentration camp run by the wartime Croatian fascist Ustase regime.