Thursday, 3 april 2025.
Croatia to Finally Give Welfare Benefits to Civilian War Victims
Croatia aims to pass legislation that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war - but experts warn that the draft law in its current form could omit...
The Vukovar Murders: Which Units Killed Civilians in Croatia in 1991?
BIRN’s analysis of Hague Tribunal evidence reveals which Yugoslav People’s Army and Serb paramilitary units were deployed in villages around Vukovar in Croatia in November 1991 when Croat civilian prisoners...
EU Ombudsman Launches Probe After Claims Croatia Abused Migrants
The EU Ombudsman opened an inquiry into the possible failure by the European Commission to ensure that Croatia respected the rights of migrants and refugees at its border.
Croatian Police Arrest Suspect for Torturing Prisoners of War
Croatian police arrested a man suspected of committing crimes against prisoners of war at Ovcara Farm, where Croats were abused and killed after the fall of the town of Vukovar...
Bosnian Croat War Criminal’s Sentence Increased for Woman’s Murder
Croatia’s Supreme Court increased the prison sentence handed down to Vinko Martinovic, a Bosnian Croat wartime fighter already convicted of ethnic cleansing by the Hague Tribunal, for the 1996 murder...
Access Denied: Most Balkan War Crimes Case Files Not Public
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia, most of the case files and evidence from war crime trials are not immediately accessible to journalists, researchers and the general public,...
Court Records Reveal Croatian Units’ Role in Operation Storm Killings
BIRN’s analysis of Hague Tribunal evidence has revealed which Croatian military and police units were deployed in villages where Serb civilians were killed during and after 1995’s Operation Storm -...
Croatia Charges Six over Anti-Serb Banner in Zagreb
Prosecutors in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, have filed an indictment against six men, fans of the football club Dinamo Zagreb, over an anti-Serb banner hoisted in the city.
Austrian MPs Vow to Ban Croats’ ‘Ultranationalist’ Bleiburg Events
The Austrian Green Party told BIRN why MPs backed a proposed ban on an annual commemoration in Austria of Croatian Nazi-allied troops and civilians killed in World War II which...