Wednesday, 2 april 2025.
Intolerance, Hate Speech Persists Against Croatia’s Serbs: Report
The Serbian National Council, which represents the Serb minority in Croatia, warned that threats, hate speech and violence against Serbs in the country persist, despite a lower number of cases...
Croatian Street Names Still Bear Names of WWII Fascists
Croatia's WWII fascist state was established 80 years ago and its legacy was revived by nationalists during the 1990s war years - and even today there are still street names...
Croatia Orders Ex-Policeman to Compensate for Yugoslav Troops’ Murders
Former Croatian policeman Mihajlo Hrastov, who was convicted of killing 13 Yugoslav prisoners of war in the town of Karlovac in 1991, said he has been ordered to pay more...
Croatia Overturns Rebel Serb Commander’s Acquittal
The Supreme Court overturned the acquittal of Marko Carevic, wartime commander of rebel Croatian Serb Territorial Defence forces, for ordering the killing of an 83-year-old civilian in October 1991.
European Court: Croatia Violated Serb War Refugee’s Rights
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Croatia violated the rights of a Serb whose property was stolen and damaged after he fled the country because of the 1991-95...
Croatia Rejects War Convict’s Miscarriage of Justice Plea
The Croatian Supreme Court rejected Mirko Graorac’s plea for a retrial, despite new witnesses saying they never saw him at a Bosnian detention camp where he allegedly committed war crimes...
Croatia Charges Serb Ex-Fighters with Russian War Reporters’ Murders
Three decades after Russian reporters Viktor Nogin and Gennadiy Kurinnoy were shot dead during the war in Croatia, two unnamed members of a rebel Serb special police unit have been...
Croatia: Post-War Reconciliation Rhetoric Sparks Cautious Optimism
The absence of nationalist gestures at state commemorations of war anniversaries and the reconciliatory rhetoric used by some Croatian officials offered some hope in 2020, but little progress was made...