Croatia News

The Croatian president's intervention in the controversy over the dismissal of the Jewish community's chief rabbi has ignited a potentially broader dispute between community leaders and the head of state.

CROATIA will seek the extradition from Australia of a former police officer accused of murdering a police chief and two councillors in eastern Croatia during the 1991-95 Serbo-Croatian war, the country's ...4

The World Bank Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes today's opening of a newly built border crossing in Izacic between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia.2.7

Tadic maintains that Davinic could not be the only one responsible for it and urged an investigation to determine possible criminal wrongdoing by others in the ruling coalition.3.1

Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev met with the new US Ambassador to Sofia, John Ross Beyrle, on Friday .2.7

Croatia reopened a war crimes trial for its troops on Monday, charging eight former military policemen with torturing and killing Serb prisoners of war in 1992.1.2

Serbia's president warned in comments published yesterday that worsening relations with Montenegro threatened to split the two Balkan republics apart.

Jesse Owens, 1936. AP/Wide World Photos Jesse Owens "I let my feet spend as little time on the ... German commandos effected the escape of Benito Mussolini to Munich during World War II.

The Kaladjics outside their home in the outer east of Melbourne ... Nor was she reassured to hear him say he'd join them by swimming across the Sava River that flows along the border with Croatia.2.9

Local authorities fear for the safety of a young Australian hiker missing in the treacherous Croatian hills.4.5

Israel's first ambassador to Croatia officially took office on Thursday, presenting his credentials to Croatian president Stipe Mesic in Zagreb.3.1

Prosecutors in the western Khanty-Mansiisk region of Russia announced on Tuesday that they have charged Bosnian Serb Dragan Zelenovic -- wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal -- with entering Russia illegally ...2.7

The Apple rumor mill swung into overdrive this week when the company reported it would make a big digital music announcement on Wednesday .2.1

ZAGREB- Czech President Vaclav Klaus would like to ask his Polish counterpart Aleksander Kwasniewski whether he really wants the state Europe, Klaus said during his visit to Croatia.2.7

With 1,185 islands to choose from, you would think visitors to Croatia might spread out a little.

EU foreign ministers, meeting in an exclusive holiday resort near the town of Newport in south Wales, have paved the way for important decisions on the membership aspirations of Turkey, Croatia, as well as ...2.9

Andronico Luksic, the Chilean industrialist who died on August 19 aged 78, was one of the richest ... Andronico Luksic Abarao was born in Antofagasta on November 5 1926, the son of a Bolivian mother and a Croatian immigrant father who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brac in 1910 and made a living in the nitrate industry.2

Croatian children will find it more difficult to mess up in school and keep it secret this year as information about their performance will be available to parents at the touch of a mobile phone button, an ...

The Socialist mayor of Tirana called on outgoing Prime Minister Fatos Nano to resign as leader of ... (Fena - 26/08/05) Police Report Significant Drop in Zagreb's Crime Rate ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatian police reported late last week that the crime rate in Zagreb declined by 20 per cent between January and July, compared to the same period last year.2.7

New Zealand's Ben Fouhy reflected on a disappointing few days in Zagreb, Croatia, as the world kayaking championships K1 500m final was contested without him today.2.7

Karen Furneaux of Waverley, N.S., captured silver and bronze medals while Olympic gold medallist Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., won bronze Sunday at the world canoe and kayak flatwater championships.2.9

The government expects to be able to quickly resolve an ongoing diplomatic spat over the detention of a Croatian ship for allegedly transporting illegally-logged timber.2.7

After a lull, Croatia and Slovenia are again staking their claims in the Bay of Piran.2.7

International hotel chain Kempinski would manage a five-star seaside resort in Croatia under a contract with Skiper Hoteli, a Croatian tourism company, Skiper Hoteli said on Thursday.

SEATTLE, Aug. 25 /CNW/ -- The ms Amsterdam will circle the globe and the ms Prinsendam will ... The two ships will chart different courses to city and island destinations, and will cross paths docking the same day in picturesque Dubrovnik, Croatia, on April 11, with a special celebration planned for guests on both ships.2.7

Aug. 24 - Shock-rocker Marilyn Manson performs in Pula, despite public outcry.Shock rocker Marilyn Manson performed in Croatia on Monday , despite a public outcry and calls for his concert to be banned.1.3

A senior official has vehemently denied China's decades-old one-child policy is the reason for the country's gender imbalance and instead blamed outdated traditional thinking and an inadequate social security ...2.1

The UN tribunal's trial chamber on Friday rejected former Republika Srpska Parliamentary Chairman ... In other news, UN tribunal prosecutors reportedly have objected to a recent request from lawyers representing former Bosnian Croat officer Ivica Rajic to transfer the case to Croatian instead of BiH authorities.2.7

Funeral services for Vjekoslav Mihic, 75, of Timberlake, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Monreal Funeral Home, 35400 Curtis Blvd., Eastlake.

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday accused nine people of making $6 million on insider trading of Reebok International call options after the company announced that it would be bought by a ...

Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, who expects to be given the mandate to form a new government after DP's strong showing in the July parliamentary elections, disclosed his plans Wednesday to reorganise the ...2.7

A 70-year-old man has been arrested in the Croatian capital for stealing in downtown hotels and shops, police said.2.7