Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Five Croatian diplomats are expelled by Russia

Russia

Russia announced the expulsion of five personnel from Croatia’s embassy in Moscow on Friday, after a similar step by Zagreb in response to Moscow’s military incursion into Ukraine. Russia’s foreign ministry said it summoned Croatia’s ambassador to voice “strong protest over the Croatian authorities’ baseless attempts to implicate Russia in war crimes in Ukraine.” The … Read more

Zagreb anti-abortion march draws thousands

Zagreb

An anti-abortion rally in central Zagreb drew thousands of civilians on Saturday, according to an AFP journalist, as activists in the staunchly Catholic country warn of a deterioration in women’s reproductive rights. Thousands of people, including many parents with children, marched in the annual “March for Life,” waving banners with slogans such as “Unborn children … Read more

Croatia Jews boycott WWII death camp memorial

Croatia

Jews in Croatia on Friday snubbed a professional commemoration for the sufferers of the united states of America’s maximum notorious World War II dying camp accusing the government of putting up with pro-Nazi sentiments. Jews, as well as ethnic Serbs and anti-fascists, had boycotted the occasion for three consecutive years earlier than rejoining it in … Read more

Croatia PM urges closer NATO operation after military drone crash

nato

ZAGREB: Croatia’s prime minister Saturday urged closer cooperation within NATO after a military drone, which he said was launched from Ukraine, crashed in Zagreb. The Soviet-era Tu-141 reconnaissance drone crashed in the Croatian capital late Thursday, damaging around 40 parked vehicles, but no one was injured. It entered Croatia’s airspace from Hungary, having flown in … Read more

6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Croatia

6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Croatia

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit central Croatia with an epicentre some 50 kilometres southeast of the capital Zagreb, Croatian state television reported. According to the details, one of the strongest earthquakes of recent years rocked Croatia in a result of which rooftops were collapsed in Petrinja, home to some 20,000 people, and left the streets … Read more