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March 21, 2020 at 11:27 pm

Croatia quake injures 17 amid partial coronavirus lockdown VIEW

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake in Croatia on Sunday caused panic, the evacuation of hospitals and widespread damage including to the capital's iconic...

January 6, 2020 at 5:36 am

Croatia’s ruling conservatives to analyze loss of presidency

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's ruling conservatives said Monday they will analyze why their candidate lost a presidential election to a leftist challenger in order...

January 4, 2020 at 10:29 pm

Leftist beats conservative in Croatia’s presidential vote VIEW

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A leftist challenger won Croatia's highly contested presidential election on Sunday, beating a conservative incumbent — a rare victory by a...

January 3, 2020 at 1:07 am

Messy start: Croatia to elect new leader amid EU presidency VIEW

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's bitterly contested presidential race is headed for a runoff this weekend to decide whether a conservative or a liberal will...

December 20, 2019 at 1:20 am

Croatia holds tight presidential vote before EU chairmanship VIEW

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia is holding a tight presidential election this weekend that is seen as a test for the conservative government only days...

Business

December 3, 2019 at 4:12 am

European official urges closure of Bosnian migrant camp VIEW

BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A top European human rights official on Tuesday demanded the immediate closure of a makeshift tent camp in northwestern Bosnia where...

A wooden statue resembling Donald Trump is built near Kamnik, Slovenia, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Only weeks after Melania Trump statue was erected in her home town of Sevnica, Slovenia, another statue, now of her husband Donald, has been erected not far from there. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) XDB101 XDB101

August 30, 2019 at 8:57 am

Donald Trump gets statue in wife’s homeland of Slovenia VIEW

SELA PRI KAMNIKU, Slovenia (AP) — There's no mistaking it depicts Donald Trump: a large wooden statue of the U.S. president has been erected in...

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July 30, 2019 at 6:19 am

EU president-elect praises Croatia as bloc’s ‘role model’ VIEW

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday praised Croatia as European Union's "tremendous success story," saying the bloc's newest...

Business

A woman mourns next to the coffins in Potocari near Srebrenica, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2019. The remains of the 33 victims of Srebrenica massacre will be buried 24 years after Serb troops overran the eastern Bosnian Muslim enclave of Srebrenica and executed some 8,000 Muslim men and boys, which international courts have labeled as an act of genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) XDB107 XDB107

July 11, 2019 at 3:06 am

Bosnian Muslims mark 1995 massacre of thousands with burials VIEW

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Thursday to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, the worst mass killing in Europe since...

March 13, 2019 at 1:42 am

Rights group: EU complicit in violence against migrants VIEW

BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A leading rights group has accused European Union states of complacency in the "systematic, unlawful and frequently violent pushbacks" by Croatian...